Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-04-10
MARCHED TO THE auARDnousE,

streets, request which was, however, un-
needed. At the scrgcant's desk ho pre-
tended ignorance of tho cause Of his arrest,
and denied ever having been in or near tho
bank. llo was passing along State
street. he said, when he saw some mcu run
out Of gate, whcreupon lie ran too. Ele
gave his name as
JonS MORGAN,
! and his residence as Utica, N. Y. On hir
person were found fifty dollars in Eve dollar
| bills in a blank book, and two dollars and
ninety cents in smal change Besides this
was handsome gold watch and chain, u
box of chlorato Of pataSh lozcnges, and ia
one of his pockets ho had two very Gne
scarf pins, apparently Of solid gold set with
diamonds. One of them was rough gold
| skull and crossbones, the eyes Of the akuli
being either diamonds or Brazilian pebbles.
The most damaging thing found upon
him, however, was
4 KEY AND rIECE OF WAX.
The key was Of brass, roughly made, aud
evidently newly filed, aud was tho counter
part of the key to Dr. Simond's closet
This explains how nn entrance was affected,
although how he secured the original key
to take an impression, and how he knew OF
stil q mystery, Morgan soon rcgaincd his
composure, and became as cool and cheeky
Us possible. The key, he said was his own,
and fitted his room door. lie could ,ee
nothing wrong or suspicious in tho wax
1t was such as any tailor might have. llo
was locked up, and an examination insti-
tutcd into the contents Of the little brown
bag dropped at the door. 1t was found to
contain about
TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
Of DR.. Simond's bonds, &C.. Marean having.
even in his haste, selected from tho cou-
tents Of tho tin box such papers us could be
quickly and conveniently converted into
cash. Twelve thousand dollars of the
amount was in United States coupon bonds.
The bag itself is about the size of twenty.
five pound -four rack, nude Of brown linen.
scwcd by lock-stitch machine, and smells
| os if it hud lain for long time among per.
fumcd articles. The contents, when re-
placed in the box, left nothing missing.
The bank has not lost cent.
Morgan is about five feet six inches in
height, apparently between twenty five and
thirty years of age. lie is
QUITE a iANDsoME MAN,
! being somewhat Of n blonde. His face is
| clean shaven, with the exception of small
close cut and becoming brown side whiskers.
lie wore q handsome suit Of blue cloth,
spotlcss shirt and collar, and tasty, though
somewhat 0ashy scarf His soft blue felt hat
was set jauntily On the back of his head
| with the brim turned down so as to shade
his face. His shoes arc somewhat peculiar
in having no tacks in thcm, the soles being
covered with something that makes his tread
as soft as cats. In fact the feline com,
parison would hold good with him in other
respects, his motions being quick and rest
less, with tho same indcfnablc suggestion
Of ease. strength and springiness that char.
actcizes animals Of that species. Whom
interviewed by Reporter for the Ners and
Courier, about half hour after his arres.
/ (rccordcd as having taken place at II
o'ciock) he showed no signs Of his trouble
! except little of the cell whitcwash on his
shoulder. There was not tho rcmotcst sign
Of his crime 10 his clear blue eyes, as he
turned thom quickly from one questioner to
another, looking every body full in the face
| lis countcnance Wore half smile, some.
what sarcastic perhaps. rs he respectfully,
but without the rcmotest symptom Of fear
! talked to the reporter and policeman. He
would answer 90 questions, ho said, except
| through his counsel. lie told the newspaper
| man that ho had been in tho tobacco BUSH
ness in Utica, but had retired. lie was Of
| prescct travelling for pleasure, having been
! to Florida, and had been in this city for
about two weeks. lie explained the pros.
! cncc Of a railroad check found upon his
person by the statement that his trunk was
at the Northeastern Railroad depot It
! could not be found there however, aDd the
probability is that it was acnt ahead, its
owner intending to follow it as soon as hc
/ had completed the "huul," which wss 40
nearly successful. Whom Officer Mitchell
went into Morgan's ell to put on
TIE HANDOUTS
that individuals conduct was such os to
inspire the belief that he had wo. n them
before. iIe fret tried an old trick Of doub.
! ling hs fists tightly, and swelling tho mup.
clcs Of his wrists, so as to have them rut on
loosely. Being defeated in this he gave up
and spread out his fingers gracefully, super.
intcnipg tho operation carefully aud
wrangling with tho officer over The space
and play to be allowed his arms, in.isting
on havng the last sixteenth of an inch
compatible with security He threatened
resistance IN c,sc he was unduly pinobed
4 rcmarking that he was a "wlole tcam" whom
he "got started" His accent was that OF
Northern man and his bearing and conver.
sation indicates that he has aomewhcae
acquired good breeding and correct know.