The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-06-14

a Prisoner Appeals to the Nan
whom He We Accused Of
Hun0OI1ng.

Cleveland Leader.
The receipt of . letter by Constable
Whitney. 1T Justice l. cx's court, from
Frsnki..ri. ny. Yesterday revealed
one Oi taUse strange. though nov moi
uncommon, Cases wh"re men have
bsen tried and senienc,d for crimes Of
which they were innocent, merely on
circuu.staniiAl evidence. To be sure
the testimony ws- very strong. but
there WAS nothing positively direct to
cuiminate the deiencans. Mr.. Whit
Dey told the story If the man Who
writes for assistance. and it 10 rather
Nh interesting one. Fr,m the year
1876 to 1877 Mr.. Whitney was en-
gagged in The United States secret
service in looking up countsrfeiters,
principally in and about Casoo county.
Ky. For the success Of hs labor he
found it necessary tn h.ve the ser
vices OF man who ''knew the rOpes"
and whO would at the same time be
true 70 the Interests Of the service. In
looking about tor such . person ex-
Secretary Bristsv. Of Louisville. re-
commended the appointment Of John
Loard. . desperate character Who hal
just bsen acquitted Of . heinous Of
tense, Mr.. Whitney thinks Of muir
der. Mr.. Bsissow had defended Loari
on the trial, and probably we'll enough
knew the man he recommended.
Losrd received the appointment anil
engaged in the work with Whitney.
proving himself true Ia the service.
aud succeeded in bringing to ligh,
scSunlrels that is WAS thought imp~-
sihle to reach. Lizard was one Of the
bOldsst cracks in his time. Was sharp
aud shrewd. aud knew the ways of the
~ we'll ~ the hunting
dog knows the sc-nt If the fox.
Whitney said he could not have oh
taued q better assistant than he found
Lizard tn be. He WIS untiring in his
efforts. brave aud determined. In
1877 Mr. Whitney left the service and
came to Ohio. finally reaching Cleve-
land. and soon lost all track Of Lizard.
About u year ago he heard that hi>
old assistant Was in some kind Ut
trouble 10 Kentucky. but did MT know
what, and the matter soon passed from
his mind. The letter he received yes-
tsr,lay, though. made matters plain
1t seems that something over q year
ago the h,nrs ot y murdered man
were found in Casey county. Nome
knew what bad bec-me Ut Whitney,
and the remains answering the de-
oi the missing man exactly.
It Was asserted that they we're identi
csl. Loarl had been under police
for some time. and the
suspicious gained ground quickly that
he Was the guilty party. Loard VA
arrested and sent to jill. At the CDR
ouer'. inquest ever the remains OF the
murdered man, witnesses swore posi-
lively that L. b. Whitney Vas the
man whose lifeless baiy. or what was
|eft of it, lay before them. 1t was
brought out in evidence in the trial
that Loard vas employed by Whitney
for two years; that Whitney carried
Gums of money about his |
person occasionally, and that Loard
vas we'll aware Of the fact. Other
tended more or less to |
lhicken the web about Lnard. The
sudden disappearance oi Whitney,
stc., were shown, the final result being |
that Loari was sentenced to the |
tate PRISM FIR life, which sentence he
3 now serving out. BY some means
be learned that Whitney was in
alive aud well. and sent the
etter.