The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-22
WHISKY DID IT
Is the Explanation That Young
Quinn Gives for Rob6ing His
Employers Safe.
Mitchell Gives His Version CT the Az
fair, Which Shows that
Gambling and Women
were the Cause.

Another day has passed, bringing its joys to
syme and its sorrows to many Two families
in this city did not escape on yesterday, >
two young men Of different parentage, now
incarcerated in the station house, can testify
and. al though We are willing at all times
to help the erring, or prvoience as acnroh-
icer of passing events must not be overlook
I'd, and consequently We must gi!e TO the
public, the facts OF a crime tbat Is now charg-
ed against two young men well known In
Leayenworth. To show the whole matter, We
must commence on Wednesday night, when
J. J. Quinn, formerly clerk in the New
York Life Insurance C0mpany's ofhce On
Main street, and Albert Mitchell, the >on OF
David II. Mitchell, first started on the path
that will, without doubt, land them in
THE PENITENrIARY.
From the conversation th1t a reporter OF
TIE TINES had WITH The two PRISONERS yes
t..riay the ioilo y;nr f'ct> are adiuc Il
They started out that evening 10 have some
Iuu and CON lIeEccd - .np.b.nS !eely an
ishm-nt> I'M II tn, y WEI DOt.I broke. Quinn
then -uzg sI,d thai Mitchell 90 wi h him 10
the ofiicr where hs had formerly been EN-
ploy-.i, ard that he could procure more
money. They went there, bat the office was
CLOSED and ~ of the employees had left the
building Tim the .vil spirit took young
quinn IN cii;tfes ana >tB8tNlru
enter the building by force and secure what
money lac could. Tie twain then proceeded
IL Ihr rear of the office and they succeeded IN
-ff-cting AN entrance by removing two
pauss Of glass. once inside and "A
part of their crime was committed
Quinn, knowing how the land lay, secured "A
Latchet and made an assault on the s'i'',
which is an old one and is locked with a bar
Of ir on passing across the doors; the iron
land being secured with "A paddock and
srapl The blows were directed to the
lock
WHICH SOON GAVE WAY
and the doors were easily opened \ little
fore, and the money drawer was opened anu
they, securing II contents, wiflch ahouhtsu
TO somcining over SIS. dscamped through ihe
window They then made another round OF
the gambling houses and from There thty
went IT, Mrs. Meyers, corner OF lhlIu anu
Cherokee street. After spend ng sometlin,
lp there, they started up town accompanied
by two OF the girls. They went 10 the bus
barns on SHAWNEE street ana LETT call ior
somt. one in the house who wished to go
AWAY on the morning train From there
they proceeded down Shawnee street To
Fourth, aud by this time they hnd become
rather noisy, and at the corner OF Fourth ana
Delaware streets the party
WAS ARRESTED
by officers Cunningham, Daveron and
Trrkes, and taken To the station house. The
charge of q drunkenness and obscene Language
was recorded against the young m"n, ana
they w.r, locked up. This was about one
o'clock yesterday morning, ana OF course
nothing was known by the officers that the
prisoners had committed burglary.
Yesterday morning they were brought be-
fore Judge Vaughn, and not being ready for
trial their case was postponed until this
morning. In the meantime MI swain, the
present clerk in the Office that had been rob-
bed entered tn" bgilding and al once discov-
cred that the safe had been iampered with
He becoming rather excited over the affair,
called in Mr. Penfeid. who was passing, and
showed MIN what had been done He took
in the situation, and in glancing around, dis
covered the following letter, that had been
slipped
"Fiirnd SWAMI went into the safe last
night: was ia "A Hell Of a fix; will be- at the
Office this -- pretty som.
prompt Y arrest. Il. but Mitchell was not dis
covered for some time, but was AT last found
ia VI dam Myers establishment, by DEPUTY
Marshal Malone, and officer Cunningham
ghO arrested him, and lie was taken 10 Inc
station. .
I.a>U evening a reporter of The TINEs call
cd ON them, and a. he stepped up 10 ths t'eil
ami Begged that the matter he Kept out oil
the newspapers. He did not seem IN
clined to talk. and Mitchell was next called
side nf the corridor, and during the CONVEX
saiio;i h. nad- the
FOLLOWING STATEMENT:
Jerry and / had been playing "hazard,
and bpth gpI fIDks, anu ne stll ill'tt IL
would walk down To the Office with him he
would get more money. We VET down
there and he went 10 the
r.ar xinjnw and cut out two
pam.-s oi glass: | asked him ii this was all
right. H. said 'yes," and We entered the
uIliing; h'- got hatchef, and coilinenced
% I.niInd the lock on the safe, and after ham
it..t ing on IL sometime, gave the hatchct 10
me and [ knocked the lock off; he then
pri,d open the money-irawer. and took
what in ii; he did rot give
me any ~ it; we then went back |
I,a street and he pIayei ..hazard' for a few |
and myself. cJmmenG II Ia play "krno" and |
stayed there short time From there, We
II hr.-e went down delaware street To Second.
aud went up to the corner of Second ana
). lawnec, when Wendell bade us good
night From Their, Jerry and
wart down To Mrs. Meyers, and |
from there TO the bus stables. W. were ar
rested for being drunk and using obscene /
language. That Is al | know OF the case.
This closed the interview.
Thus two Young men who have the capabil- |
titles of being an ornament To- any branch OF |
business or society, are dragged down and |
by their own confessions 10 |
uckn edge that they are criminals III the |
eyes of the law.
To the widowed mother and the loving SIS
ter %; the one, we s-Ntrui our SINCERE ~ ynpa- |
ftiaS and we Itope If Ih--f! j. such "A inlng a. {!
the son and brother escaping the penalty OF |
such IA crime, that he viii reform and b.
comfort To hIS last ani dearest friend on this
ear n-hiS mother. The family OF the se DAD |
participant in this crime is weil-known in |
ihiS community. ills father il one oi the |
ye:lIhitst men in the county. |