The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-06
CRIME THAT WILL NOT REST.
REMINDERS or MURDER THAT THE
Law mas NOT IJENGED
a Discussion Of the Familiar Facts by Hunt
ington Folks who SIN Hope for the Al
n,tui-tration Of Exact Justice In this Case.


mi"i-,ration OF Exact Justice In thi. Case.
On recent evening u Sun reporter again
joined party of Huntington folks to hear re-
told some Of their rccollcctions of the Kelsey
case. The gathering WIS in farm house, and
as the persons composing 1t wcro selected.
things were said that have not boon published
some that cannot hc put in print until they are
proved. For instance. one told OF a young
woman in Huntington who confessed 10 her
pastor that she had knowledge Of the tarrng,
and. indirectly. Of the murder. She Witnessed
the tarring and. by chance. became posses sed
Of some " the most startling knowledge con
corning what followed. The clergyman COM
mandcd the woman 10 make her guilty know-
edgo public. This she refused TO do. because
she feared the anger of those whom 1t would
affect and IL il said that tho priest thereafter
refused to admit her to communion.
Il was going to say" the narrator added.
that detective ora reporter might get this in
formation from her but the surcst means of OBJ
tanning it is TO offer reward II she was avcrsc
tn dvulging what she knows. her husband who
Is poor. would soon argue her into doing So"
The conversation dwelt un the probability OF
a reward bcng offered. and the probable effect
of a reward. II was deemed certain that many
conspicuous ctiz"ns and church members
In the Tragedy il known la the officers Of the
law. flight might Lee prevented. Then. by u
ing part "a The story Of Krlsry's misfortune
wore related and discussed To the question:
What part did ROYAL SammiS take in tho
AFFAIR." the old farmer in whose house tho
party sat replied: The only direct evidence
against Roya sammis ~ m actor IN MS mn,h
al the nights work ~ has been made public
under oath waH given by the negro Titus. or
! e9urse am not forg' itins that ROYAL told Hen
| Kelsey that he stayed up from the eity ON pur-
pos. Ia punish Charley Kelsey; nor have | for.
gutt II how lac W nj down and so"u Charley. and
u = j 80 - tp
/ the negro. gave this testimony" and her, the old
man read from n slip OF paper. which alter
ma rummaging. he had drawn from waist
/ cont pocket
,s Essa atkins string in lls S9isSmins ,s o,
str- through Ancr he mod The cut. Royal Iut y in 4
ON, hot-c wagona one seated hoS WAGON ROYAL toll
wagum lie had three or four women with him. There
an.s coiAn has .4uc, sold Ia, farm aL .ono 10 ana.
a. They .ad tncy hein caught kclSy q at nirht but
so'ai len his nat coat mech uc. collar and ,ui, unicr
Iona gown OF m oyrrcoat and souch hat Ne had some
VENT toward Mr.. oaSey. am sure ' he toc1 lac enS
! with him.
Then the old man continued. folding up
! the paper and removing his spc staclcs. tho
| dark,y went on Ia say that Royal returned in
| his disguise. Rudolph and James Con>lin. II
their yves. When Royal and Rudolph reached
! home the darkey heard them tell their father
! they had tarr,d and ieatherei Kelsey, and tho
Niger hoard On lnugh when they told IT,
John VI kly's testimony MAS interesting"
said another ~ the party n" told how CON
| .licuous Dr. Banks made himself at the tarriug.
| Tho Doctor held the lantern up and asked,
" no IA TINS inruitingly. AMI Kelsey smashed
! II with his boot which he held IN his hand
| Then the Do tor hit tho poor fellow over the
! head and should with thu heavy lantern. Mrs
Oakley SAID THIS il the man WHO got int, my
| house and julia Smith tauutngly said to k"l-
soy: You cImc to the basement one might when
! you thought was all alon'. Even IN this
evidence that he knew all about u. Mckay WIS
| not found guilty even Of dl-or,i'rlb conduct
! And Banks WIS not .mad" Co. sun'r, except ly a
brain fever sent 10y Pr2,d,qce and ty the. an
| Eu~h IT must have took t. whitin his hair
cas' ~ Dr. samuel H. burgess. who admitted
t. d. 'nll h. cduiI' To- assist Mr.. Oasiey. lie
snid that James Mckay asked him ~ assist. md
| of the men, put the mask ON his ln,c. Itmght
! hay" bc, tlaudius h. Primo. he said. and ne
our coat collars NJ. Twas in Dr BanIs's hon-e
whom the mas was put on mo. and Or. Banks
took the masks from us when he told us W.
might 20 home. by gracious. Burgess even
went 50 far ~ tu say that the inference wns
! that. by wearing masks. the tor gang, nigh
Iie esf '''''''" II N''7'yFH0O'a be accidentally
=" who WINS tho' New Yorker, to whom, Arthur
! Kelsey z ~ Ncd "a young member uf the party.
| THAT WIS MiiuamJ. Oliver II John street 80
the farmer replied; tut Prime MISC told thu
same thing to another person. Thrs" Primes
WIS good deal mixed NJ ia tho cusc. Arthur
Is In" on" who Disappeared when the conaln-
| hc was aitr him with n euhJIna, aud ho u
| also the one who admitted on the stand that he
| had pcDurcd himself 1t WIS kind of sus piciuts'
| that whenever an important question rs to TIM
| manner in which kelsey WIS treated WAS put Ia
! him. he replied that he didn't want - nnsW ~
/ lest lie might criminatn himself. II WIZ
hintod on the stand, that the Primes
| knew more about where the tar Wa
| heated than they cared To toll ard that H."
box wagon and the. lame horse that played 81 IA
an important part aner In" tarringmd feather
| Ink were owned hy q Prime. Nctanothcr ~ the
| same family said to Henry Kelsey. before the
| body N his murder rcd brother wis found: II
you want Ia Ind your brother. why don't you
! search IIuyd'- llarlorF'
A man told how singular II was that James
| Ives should have been seen in Huntington on
! the night Of tho iarrng. after he hal told his
| friend DR.. Ray tina, he had been invited 10 =
down Ia Huntington for frolic, yet de- laIRl
he WIS not in the village that might Another
| singular case was that of Arthur Iiurd. vino de-
! cnrcd himself simply spcctatnr and sad h'
did not alarm tl" nrg lhors, for tear OF a coat
Of tar AMI feathers " for himself. yet persons
had said TINT he WIS disguised lay means of Il
| handkerchief over his tncn. and belt with his
name on-Aras found ON the beach with Kelsey :
shi ri and neck tie.
Thus the tongues ~ the takers waggad fOI
hours, until the time, rather than the completion
NJ the r"'ollrctiuns forced the iiuntu-truiuns
10 20 humeward. and the reporter went Ia his
hotel. Tue Niila4grrS ar. disappointed that the
lawyers aud the representatives in Allany OF
IN" Long Island counties do not proceed al
once toward Oidainins an appropriation and ne
| oNtr of a reward. but IA N Understood that this
Will be done. and that, whether II IL or not
George Kelsey Is coming East from his home IN
Washington Territory 10 reopen the ease.
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