National Republican., 1883-02-20

SO had to let him have IL for SIS altogether, iu-
ciudug the IS given the night before, and 1t was
divld d between tic three Of US. This man who
was robbed was from indianapolis, q STRANGER
here Miller and McEliresh told me he was from
Tnis watch was advertised for. forgot the re.
ward, but the owner valued II at $50. Miller and
II, aud / was sitting in the room at
the tme-in the back toom-and Manz
told Miller and McElre.h that he got
il went back or MT. They then went behind the
bar, aud didn't hear anything more. / don't
know whether the watch WIS returned or not.
Duuohuc had nothing tn do with that Transaction.
That was the last Of thut job.
To this statement ho subsequently added
the following
In the case gave before Of garroting a man in
the capitol grounds. forgot 20 ny luat thu next
day Oh New Nu avenue met Miller, and he
STOPPED inc an showed me n card III I had a
description Of thi, watch and how itw stolen,
and D. G asked me if | knew anything abuut it, and
ItOli him yes, and gave him SO. and he asked
me then how much we got Tor II, ana told him
$50. He tore the card up then an threw II away.
ceutage. ] gave II to him myself, for We didn't
want that watch turned back and worked up on
us,
srR1EtNG HOME Ar TIE FORCE
In Iapua.y, 1852, between aud 8 o'clock, upon
the same afternoon that the job was done ON Cap.
itol hill, neur the mUk,t smith hnvi q gone to
Capitol hill job, me ana Riser went on together to
SwampOodle While going in this direction We
ran across q "slough,'u house occupied by 9 ser.
gennt of police, ms was told next day by Mcsl-
iresh ia Tom Donohue's. He said YOU IRE strik-
ing home on the fu'Cs.
We rang tho front door bell and nobody came TO
the door. There is an archcd nllnyw be'wccn
this house aud another. and lntlre wO goes
clean up TO the top o' the nr h. We couldn't get
IN that way and u#d To gu una to n vnvaut lot
in the rear thi this v0cHit lot II On Second
or Third street. Jumped a. once iuto one yard.
Klscr sitting out IN The front and had to climb
over another fence and gei int this polCvmau's
yard. Two men were sitting in The back room of
the house In this yard, Jumped into aud they seen
when got ~ there aud climbed another fence.
They didn't say anything ut MI got over and
there was bolt IN the middle OF the shutter,
which required me to cut Que the upper Stats
out and tnen | raised the window. CT into the
kitchen. went up stairs; gOt some jewclry aud
some gold medal, mud pOlCemHn's buige-n sil-
yer one ana some money, Junk II was laying
loose IN pasieOO nd box; think nbont 81 Tint
was all we got there. searched everything, Hnd
this was everything iouni could take away. l
came out tie trout door aud found Kisar tauding
on the corner. There were people across the
street 10 king at me coming out the front door.
We went to DOuuhucs them when we met Ell
Smith there and sold the jewrlry nud medals. Ed
smith W, SIyaiting there fir ms, and we sold this
silyerwHrt that we taken from Capitol hill. ]
couldn't tell the exact amount we got. think
got s. S. for my share of thr jcwelry and silver
ware f'om The two places, f Smith ana Riscr re.
ceiving equal amounts, think thore wa Kick
about this job: ! srou 1t in the apur. McElfrcsh
showed II to me IN the paper Wen he lnld me
that We were striking home ut the force That Is
all OF that case.
DIR. WHITES HOUSE.
McGill gives circumstantial account Of
robbing DIR. Whites house, ON Connecticut
avenue. One day in the early part Of January
1882, McGill, Roxy aud Patsy Green rang tho
bell of this residences, and were told by n ser
want girl next door that nobody was ut home
They went round the back way and entered
the house. They robbed it Of cigar box ful
of silverware, jewel caskct containing
cameo set, brcstpin aud earrings
pearl set of brcastpin and earrings
two pairs of gold bracelets, larg,
cameo brca5tpin, a gcntleman's gold watch, N
old fashioned English watch, n large revolver
q sealskin saCque trimmed with fur, a larg
amount of other jewelry, and surgeon
knife. The silverwarc proved to be bu
plated. They went out the front way AM
met Il lady coming to the house. McGill ha
the sealskin sacque under his ovcrcoat, am
as IL showed the lady closely scrutnized il
They went straight to Donohuc's an,
divided tho spoil. They weighed tn
teenth street, near New York avenue
Donohue bought all the articles but the watcl
and the sealskin sacque and paid the thrc
thieves $ii. Donohuc never bought scalsk
sacquesa George Mantz bought both the sacqu
and the watch. Mantz, McGill alleges, bough
every thiug from a shocstrng up. lie wOult
take the silverwaro which had no initials Oi
it and sell it to persons, putting their initial
on il il they desired. Other things he wOult
ship to New York. On this occasion Mant
gave him $22 for the things DIR. Whit,
valued the sacquc at $780,
In reference to the return Of the thing
McGill says:
On n night in June, 1882, McDcvitt and Nee
fresh le.urned these things, / didn't know N
reward Amer thai think II was Joe Acton an
Coombs arrested Eddie McGray aud Henry Kis,
on suspicion OF doing this job, MS they done tn
same Kind of work. And this lady, wuo live
gcr ss the street from Dr. Whites Identified 10
die McGray aud Henry Kisir as the two parii,
servant girl next door snid they were not tl
ones, and Miller and McElflesh were afraid the
me TO take n stand up before the parties VIII
thought they could identity the parties VIII
robbed the house. MGDoyi.t took me aud Rox
said we was not the ones, nnl was positive IN
other two was the ones. had clungtu my uveI
coat and hat before we went, aud they failed
recognize me. Then wen to this servant ri
next to Dr. White, and she said Roxy was on
but nobody Identified me at all. Then MrDcvi
testaurant, down In the basement. We went /
ihere, and asked ior lu Oh ano drinks fIr us
Roxy, McDevitI, aud myself We met McElf es
lust before we got TO heGdqnnr,er' and he tol
Mcleyitt that we hGd better stand up /
headquarters and have these parties Coz
others others out So we went to the detectives hes t
quarters and staid until o'clock, and MI. WhitI
the lady across the street, aud the servant ncA
in their statements and failed ~ identify the rig
parties, aud MCDevitt took meund Roxy int Ma
Brooks Office aud told the major that those puI
ties were mixed up in their statements and h
didn't think they had the right men that they Ia
better let them go, Muj. Brock turned u, I,os,
The goods were turned up nfterwnTd. McDeyi
knew who done the job, and MrEllresh knew
and Miller too II they could get more money h
turning the goods back again, they said the
would turn ihcm back. MtElr sh and Mile
knew we took them, because We were all tOgeth,
in the back room at Donohues, tulking about III
job, playing cards. We were playing "Huclio
pitch, four OF us IN the game that Is, Mile
MCEltresh I'd smith, and my.elf The goo,
were all turned back through Miler's aud Nj
Eliresh's hands, and McEliresh, ] thiuk, done n
bargaining with Dr. White, We were afraid
give one man the whole thing III the inst plac
At first we did not want these things to 20 back
the party and we took aud divided thel
between Mantz and DOnohue Donnhue didn
want the sealskin saoque anyway. Mantz wou
have taken the whole thing of our hands IN Il
first place, but we didn't want the things TO 3
back to Dr. Whites; we was afraid we would &
turned up and get COllRred IL they did, 81 we giN
Don hue the first pick Ol the things, and what |
didn't went we taken to Mantz, and then ate
ward they made bargain together Mauz al
DOnOhue had to join together u get the thin
back, While we was playing cards Patsy WIS
the back part OF tue room reading, That fin ,sh
that job
Ii is understood that the books at poll,
headquarters show that these articles we
"turned up" through the agency of Smit
West Il Lyons a firm of detectives in Bait
more, giving the impression that the gOo
were sent TO the monumental city and had
be obtained from there, while 1t is positive
known that they never left the city.
1t will be remembered that in the case
the robbery of the watch and money fro