The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-09-09
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Under this caption .the Daily Re0iHT
OF last Saturday publishes tie following
Ia relation TO the past history Of our
former partner, Grey, North, or what
ever his name Is
In the month Of September, 1870,
the city of Madison, Wisconsin, was
thrown into fever OF excitement by
the rumor that forgery and breach
OF confidence had taken place, and I'm
such quiet manner that the perpetra.
tor had several days the start before
the crime became generally known,
ana all trace OF the man was lost, with
this exception, a few months later u
man answering the description of the
fofger was heard OF In st. Paul. MINI
and from there all further trace OF the
man was lost, and his whereabouts
remain Till this day mystery.
On the 2jlh day of July u gentle
man by tho name OF Jackson, arrived
ia tlis city from California, who had,
about nine months prior, come from
Madison, Wisconsin. Being OF "a quiet
turn OF mind, but little Of him II
known In this city beyond his imme-
diate associates About two weeks
age, one evening, while standing In
'front.' OF the post0ffice talking 10 an
other gentleman, Grey made his APP
peHfance and passed Into the office
after some mail, and In few seconds
returned and met Jackson face TO face,
exchanged glancea, and he was gone.
After be Grey had left, Jackson asked
his companion who the gentleman
was, when lie was told. aud he remark.
eel that ~ have seen that face some
where before" Nothing more was
said on the subject That evening,
when Jackson retired to his room, his
mind wandered back TO Grey, and feel. |
Ing confident that he hed met him |
somewhere, and being u stranger Ia |
this city, lac thought perhaps, after |
exchanging Views with Grey he might |
Ind In him an old acquaintance, AL |
though his memory refused % cali up |
the name, Grey, yet he felt assured he |
had once upon time been acquainted |
with the man. A few days afterwards |
no aud Grey met again upon the |
street, aud jackson, thinking that lac |
would Interview him and perhaps
strike up an old acquaintance, spoke /
TO Grey, but he was only rewarded /
with such a glance IA only n man can
give when his suspicious are aroused,
and he hurried on TO the postoliiee.
On coming out, he again met Jackson,
when he appeared to be- somewhat
agitated. Jackson had seen enough.
aud IN confident that he has met the
man before, and his appearance and
actions leads him 10 believe that he
IN the man that the authorities In
Madison, Wisconsin, would like very 1
well IN Interview. lie says that III
Grey ~ not the man he had in view.
who was he ? and why did he treat
him Ia such an ungentlemanly man
ner? We are led To believe that Grey |
recognized Jackson, aud fearing de.
lection, committed another crime aud |
skipped the cosntry. rather than 10 be
Identified.
There II no doubt la our mind but |
that Mr.. Grey had at some time In his
life before hls advent on this Coast
crime for which he has
not made amends 10 the law, aud that |
he had received werd that his where
abouts had been discovered. but IL II
only barely possible that he aud the
forger are one ani the same.
He came 10 81. Paul iu li.. rprl,i. OF
lsS0, and Instead Of having niois+y, as
would probably have i'ren The ease
had he been the N allison forger, he
was almost Is'nnil'-s- lie ,Smaineh
at ~. Paul until about the n.coad
week Of August, when i,e married aad
came almost directly ta AibaDy. ariNy-
ing here about tile first eF September.
We can 'ery truthfully testify that his
supply Of "buliion" has bern ,ieei,l-d-
~ short since he arrived in Albany,
and as lie had none nj 50. l'aui. we are
inclined to the belief that u lac lid
commit forgery at Madison lee was
certainly not 40 suecessfIi IA l,e was
here