, 1879-07-18
PIlINEAS AVER.
The Latest Sensation In the
"Match-Hond" Case.
Voluntary Rsturn Of The Dups and
scapsgoat Of the Affair.
IIe Tells a Reporter How He
Was .Roped In.


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lno kcHsAuon lotcVeaue clse'us JeatosuhS was
tho return Of Phineas Aver, principal IN the
masc1ebond case which 1,as lately stirred several
departments Of The Government Building; and
sor,h. IT. II, a." ~. -. IN. n,ners IN ~. - ss..
have done, In response to tho Joint appearance
hut AZ hc cjaIn1.. an, a, vonld annear II tc Tho
ou.' - ~ Sa..''' a"a 80 nDps ~ ~ Nv
trhsnt Oh LIS OWE 1seo VIII anu accosu'
to gtvs himself up aud at he same
time 10 explain what hu Rvsrs to bo blu Innocent
connecttnu with what ba now sea was a cloycrly
nnv,nccroi tchc1no Ia dofrsud the Qoycrpmcut
out of xoa IN worth of ,nntch etauns. Tbs
,,nr~ ~ hta ,,rt IN ,,c .ffoir. ttc dcytca can.
eac,s,7 ,,s ~, .rch c,n.nir,or H. r fIa,.to ~,
him ont Of The nay when bis presence hero was
no longer necessary, bis subsequent wauderngs,
his discovery In the Chicago papers and through
had supposed TO 20 stfa'ent oas'nees cntet"
prise, but which turned out to bo the barest
faced kind of copfdence-Rame, and his yolun-
tssY return to me place Hnlcn M nas not sno.n
MIN Tor nearly s'x montns, a'l form VA 'nsoteeT
inE revcntton OF the methods which may DO
| resort.d to BY gang Of stmrpcrs who have
soae W at,or .ho srnosnrc of ,hc frand thu
local uoYofnnent otis!se MseoYeseu ,, esHencu
stsonEg ph.n 10 tne h1rr aa
!n all probability eeen nseo ~ ue nslea asu u!
Sloan Is \ mers hgure.head, tool, a onpo.
III. arrest, homs.eI Uas important saut 10 aore t'
ways than one, and uley at once set about as.
eompliahnE 1t. Having learned, IN W!
known only to lsevenue Agents. tnnt no "as IN
Icnvert theT inciaaea n,s nane y .ne MEst
warrant sWo5u out ior the arsest o. Me pflne'pat
and thc bontsmen. @ aIa sent on OF n copy OF m, ms
samcto ttle D!atrlet.AttoIney ai Deayes; Hnt
by this time Aycs mad hcaEo, thtougn nn nilg
aud the Chicago papers, OF mo e1p!oston. aIN
NO INTENTIONAL wnoso.po1so.
Communication. followed between the two ends
NJ tic rn.i,e. he otilcials hcro became satisfied
~ ti,e hnnrstv Of hls nurnose to ret,trn. no ar
ecat w,s ms,if. md lat Hatnrday nirht Aver
wns onra 1norn within tho fcity limits.
lila ARRIVAL hnro vas knnr,n 1ste Wcdnc8-
day :. teventng, aud yesterday morn.
cnfird unnn Him Mt thc nrtvatc law o{flcp Of CITY
Xttorncy Gdnnoll,-wlo has becn Mrs. Ayers
stthtncy fni n YEAR or rnore,-anti FORMALLY
rsrront 'f..nsi hv :f,irc n,odontt. Tho formal
mrntssJtnTa hefnro the iJnitod Stntea Commits.
tioner hnyinc been in the mcantitpo dIsmtsscd,
| There WAS no scene. Aver, accompanied BY his
wife, went quiet and peaccably to tho Martnal's
noon. when, falling to secure bal be was trans
ferrcd over the river. Ills stay there will prob.
ably be very short, however, as thero 's good
prospect of bis obtannE ample } 6aa! toaagi a..
Aver Was called upon BY several OLD friends IN
this c!tyt who, with h!s wife, ondesvorcd to
prevent bis. going. TO- jail over night: though
@ nut I pa soas Dus ss -
lawyor beto.e and after hcr marriage. and to
h!ni TUE Tn1BuhE rcpoEtor 1rst appea'sd for
tnfortnatton, Ay:t hmself being engagoa With
ditton to DO tackled personally Just then. MI
GslnneIl's statement was short and to the ef
feet that Aysr, as nearly az he could learn, had
been imposed upon BY the lalcs. uaed
NJ q mcre tool to obtain tho stamps,
and then eent adrtft. Hta vile. whom
| be had married seyen Or eight, months ago
; they wcsn widow and W!doWcr,-had been suc-
J was engaged with tho nales was pot altogether
on tic SQUARE. and, on Tho recent expose Of tho
deep.laid fraud, had written: to him to come
home. He was sick then at Denver, and not u
condition to coEt,e on, but as soon IS nc could
atart back ne did 60, and here ne was the inno'
: cont .vtct!tn OF either mems Eilcs. hirs aver
laid Mr. Gr1nnell Taa 81 nost m respeetabe ,, IAN;
?eIsf:s ! 7 sessa
, hlm, though he had not known him much. until
now.
70 GET THE PARTICULARS,
rnursc @ ~ nnroas.ry to 70 10 Aver hnseit and tht
, renorter bsJsd III i,me. Il was noticeable that
IN i,ts in,uryiaws with ts callers, ho Appeared tt
be Eeinarkabiy n tactitnrn-not to say dfseustea-
on.Ia;pbta h. Opi ths ?onorter sailed ia, Il,
i fnmnd his snhiect ratbcr Indisoosed to talk Al
. it, nnS s,tSonUh % b, US very Hnar3ed On snn,
T nnIt,ts. bsforn lie interview Was over be- CAV
in p III Tie mstcrtal fac,s OF lie case and ht
connection viz it vtn iresom md tallnsss
lions M 9'"ne :; be-. - ~ an!I he bad : formcrl,
1 11"s nr.nt,raa ~ law IN Boston. Coming hor