The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-16

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Yesserday saw the closs Of . brief osrssr q
crime and the cityAj jan last night shnt IN Iwo
Bows ~ sssrim nay bs read Win psuei ~
the youSA q IL Tie word
tn cznEKAI&
Jsmes Ncwlss the older a nhess 80 youth-
ful felons, a bui nIaeseen yea1 Of ~ BE was
born In Ascher. Forids, and 4 e ssid thai his
family are respeciable. Daniel a McD1znei.
year younger than his companion, y jackson
Vile lad, The son Of highly bonored cit.en and
sternly upright and henorable man, Col T. =
Mcdonnell, the widely knOwn snd eminsniE
successful criminal lawyer Of this city
'-@ss''' - ~ a CRIME
Awsek go last THURSDAY night. 81 Green
Cove Spring, the jewelry and curiosity store of
]. L Maekey was barElarised and robbed Il
large amount of valuable g0OdA Mr. Mackey
came to this city and consulted with our police
authorities, who are widely known both - sue
cessful detectives and - eElcient ofncen City
Marshal John F. Tyler on the next Sunday made
careful examination Of The tacaa and ne loc1nty
An alligator tooth vinaigretis hHd ben found n
A branch near the house Of Mr.. Sullivan, The
Town Msrshsl Of Green Cove Spring Another
article was found between the store and Suili-
vans Mr. Sullivan keeps boarding -house, and
Marshal Tyler inquired particular about TIE
guests. He learned that among them were
Young Fowler and the Mcdonnell boy. II was
further discovered that they bad come 10 lhis
citv the day before. The Marshal searched
Fowler's valise and found one set Of jewelry and
one alligator tooth. He then returned 10 JACK
sonviIle and had an interview with Fowler Tie
young man holly protested bis innocence, and
FOR wise reasons the Marshal dismissed him, oui
placed him under close surveillance
LIST or cREMEA
Some startling evenu transpired shortly afler-
NJ ID hmr - arrr nd
upon the highway Just outside the CITY BY two
mnsked men and robbed Of q watch. The store
of Mr. Golf near Hogan's Greek, was burglarised
and merchandise, . watch and q ring were taken
Mr. Brown, q citizen Of Fairfield. was stopped
upon the highway about midnight, hTed upon
and badly wounded BY two men
About six O'Clock yesterday morning Colonel
Hamilton jay, the postmaster, made the start
ling discovery that the city postofhce bad been
burglarised he promptly reported the matter
10 the police and here will insert the graphic
STORY OF CAPTAIN vIxzAET-
ABOUT halfpast ten O'Clock the night before
last" said the Captain Of Police, g saw Fowler
and man whose name / will not give You, BE-
cause he is not otherwise implicated, standing
together talking near the postofnce- ] watched
Fowler for about an hour He crossed over a
last with his companion, and went into Br1lz
lunch rooms and / followed them Afler q
while they went out at the Newman Street en-
trance and came out 90 East Bay ! Eafcheo
them till they got TO the First National Bank. NJ
the corner OF Ocean Street, and then they sepa-
rated, and Fowler came back and went round n
the rear of the p0sf0face, and lost sg-t OF him
in the dark. II was then about midnight i
now trsnspires that Mcdonnell was boring fhs
hole in the shutter while 1 Was shadowlng
Fowler in the street"
why were you watching Fowler % closelys'
the reporter asked
Upon general suspicion and partly becnuse
colored man had been stopped BY disguised men
back of La Villa the night before Our c0uFic-
ton that these two boys were The parties who
were doing 50 much robbery and crime rs
growing rapidly stronger, but Il Was = serIous
thing 10 scandalize an honorable mans family
by arresting one of his children and We her
fore desired TO be pretty reasonably sure abou1 =
before doing what 81 last We have been iorcsd -
do
Sergeant Sheppard brought NE The neEs ms
morning Of the robbery of the post-of6ce- i i0lG
him Immediately thai Fowler Was the m4n- j
went 10 the post0fhce and saw The brezks- CaL
jay explained 10 me what had happened TIE
robbers had forced the window By boring ne
shutting and removing the fastening They had
| opened between 800 and 400 letters The leuerx
IN the lock-boxes were nearly al opened 1nd
letters in the drop boxes and genera delivery
Eighteen dollars Of money belonglng 10 Col @4Ts
tive dollars or more Of Clerk Williams Do1eT
and Col jays sleeve-bufl0ns were gune and RaE
Baxters overc0at was malici0usly cuE VIA \
knife
Il then went" continued The Captain. . 90
Col. McDonnelrs once and told HIM frznkly
that We suspected his son. He sent ms oder so
TO the house for Donald and they refurned -
gether 10 the once. Col McDunneIl was deeDlT
agitafed. He said thai If he found the b0F gas
guilty the law should lake lis cuurse wifh hiEz-
When the boys returned he took Donald i1Eo n
private ONCE and they were closelsd hAn Al
hour. Then the door opened and the Colonel
deep agony, said: Captain take Four n-isauer-
ne has disgrsced and dish0nored me and NJ
family; he is
A HIGHWAY RoBBER AND A THLEF
Take him and put him in Jail disown him'
l will confess that, strong a am, me fears IN
down my cheeks during that scene We brouEhz
the boy over To the Jail and ne made a cl1an
and be robbed Mackey. robbed NzL PrruzrI
robbed Gof, robbed the p0sf-ofsce. shui Buuwnr
In default Of bail they were COMMITTED % -
to await the sitting Of the United States Cau-l
The Times says edit0rially: The iuIamF q
young Fowler is q sad Illustration Of uhx1 cuu,-s
from the reading of dime novels and simIl4r per
nicious trash We are informed BY lzdF who
has known about him for several wears 1hat TIE
reading of this stuff was his habiIual occupailau
and such exploits the writing Of the two Ieslers
that have been produced are precisely the sorl
of brummagem brAvado that might be exDeeiea
from one who drew his inspiralion fram shis
source.