Daily Republican., 1882-05-26
RoSrON,s BANCO : SrEER aR.
NOW Charles Francis Ad AIMS was
Vlctlmtxed.

A special despatch from Boston
Mass, says; The Superior CrimlnaI
Court roo was crowded to day when
James Fitzgerald, alias "The Kid, alias
Morrison, was brought to trlal before
Chief Justice Bingham on a charge OF
obtaining mouey from the Hon, Charles
Francis Adams at a game called banco
on March 2S.
The most interesting portion of the
t. .ial was the recital of Fitzgerald s
story or confession. He went to the
office of Mr.. Olney, counsel for Mr.
Adams, on April 3, in company with a
private detective, under promise that
he should not be arrested there, nor on
his way to and from there. Mr.. Olney
and Mr. John Quincy Adams described
the interview. Fitzgerald was smiling
gaily, and seemed to be enjoying him
self. He tipped his chair against the
wall and remarked
"This is disagreeable business, VI
Adams. am banCo steerer, and
dom t suppose there is a man in the
United States who has done so much or
knows the business as well as /. When
we go to a city we find out all we can
about our intended victim, his charac-
ter, acquaintances, habits, and resorts,
and watch an opportunity to get into
conversation with him. knew Mr..
Adams and watched for him. When he
came out let him get in advance, and
then went up, told him | was the son of
an old friend, and that it would be a
great favor to let me walk by such a
gentleman as he. Mr.. Adams had the
reputation of being unsocial, but | did
not find it difficult to get down into
him. When once get into converse
tion the rest is easy. drew him along
to our rendezvous, and then, pulling
out a lottery ticket, told him there
was 81 500 due on it, and asked him to
60 in and identify me. There was no
difficulty in persuading him to 60 into
the Office, where the ticket was present
ed and nearly 81, 800 in bills handed to
me. | objected it was not right, and
the man explained that they always de-
Quoted a percentage, but that we might
haye for that some tickets to play on a
board OF table,
Fitzgerald de.cri bed the game with
great gustO, turning frequently to the
detective with the remark; "You
know Heath you know how it it"
He continued
81 permitted Mr.. Adams to play for
me. He drew s., 500, and it was ex.
planned to him that he must give a
check to the bank for ten per. cent,
and he drew one for $3.50 and shortly
after another for $3.50 by the same meth.
cd. Finally he got into the dilemma of
drawing blank, which subjected him
to loss of Sl7, 900. We then charged
him with gambling, when the poor old
man threw up his hands and said that
no such charge was ever made against
him before, that he had represented
this country in England, and never did
anything to be ashamed of, and ex-
claimed: oh, what would my boys
say If they should hear of such thing
as this?
l pitied the old man, for l had a
great respect for him, but acted as his
friend, tod him | had lost the same as
he, and begged him to pay the money
and save ME from ruin. We induced
him to sign the check, and l left with
him weeping bitterly and telling him
NOW RTl6Vtu l was JnAL L ndu Ue6n Jne
innocent means of his trouble, ! went
home with him, soothing him all the
way. | have roped in forty men as
smart as Mr.. Adams. They all paid
the checks. This check will be pay.
They always pay. They kick as you
are kicking, but they pay. The Adamses
would not let this story get into
court for twice this amount. We al
ways have the regular check of every
bank in the city where we are, 1t is
part of our business"
Mr.. Adams testified that his fathers
mental condition was not very bad eX-
cept his memory. He has, however,
been unable to do any business of late
except to ta&e memoranda of orders
from the house to the grocery store.
Fitzgerald found guilty on the first
three counts of the Indictment. On the
other counts, By instruction of the
court, verdict of not guilty was rem.
dered. The defendants counsel filed
exceptions to points in the judges
charge, and the case now rests until
the Supreme Court passes upon the is
sues raised