Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1885-10-29

soino OF the gold II he was set nt lib
crty. Tho President Of the bank accept
ed one bag OF gold and then bailed
Heinrich out The case was before
Justice Hogan, and l remember it very
well.
Tw0 MURDERS AT SEA.
"rll tell you of thing that saved q
mans life, and | didn't even have to
tell lie 20 do IL either In 1864 n man
namei Griffin was mate OF big ship.
1e wanted TO be Captain, and so he in
duced the steward, n man named Lees,
TO help him kill the Captain. They
rubbed blue vitriol on the edge of n
drinking-glass. and in this way poisoned
the Captain, who died. The owners
were notified. bat instead OF promoting
Griffin they hired another Captain from
the outside. Griffin was wild over his dis
appointment. and he killed the second
Captain in the same way. Again the
owners went outs dc for man to fill the
vacancy. The Mate made an attempt
TO poison the Captain, but the owners
of the vessel suspected what was the
matter and had the bodies of the two
murdered Captains eXhumed Traces
of poison were discovered and both
Griffin and Lees were arrested. Lees
confessed, and when Griffin was tried
in New York | defended him. The
court was in Burton's Theiter. in
Chambers street on the very spot where
the American News Company's build
ing is to-day. MY wife wanted TO hear
me defend Griffin, and she came to
court with her little baby in her arms.
Well. the trial went on. j made Lees,
the steward. admit that he had terrible
dreams. in which the scenes Of the muir
der haunted him. Upon this mainly
| tased theory that Lees was
the real and the only murderer. and
that he was trying 10 implicate Griffin
TO save his own neck. When / got up
to sum up the case l felt shaky. l
wanted to awaken some emotion in the
breasts of the Jurors, and vet couldn't
see my way clear While was talking
my eve happened to alight upon my
wife and baby sitting in a far corner of
the room. Il was an inspiration. Point
ing at them / cried: oh, gentlemenl
gentlemen Will you make that moth
er a widow and that innocent babe an
orphan2 Can you look upon those
gulltless ones and send this man 10 an
undo served deathP
"The jury was moved to tears, and
need not tell you that Grilin's life was
saved My wife. who was too far away
to hear my words, never could UNDER
stand why she suddenly became the
center Of attraction for all the eyes in
the room. may as well tell you that
Griffin was unmarried. The present
Judge Andrews was Assistant United
States District Attorney in the case.
Tho baby is now the mother of five Of
my grandchildren.
BANK OF ENGLAND BURGLAR
"Of course you've heard OF McDon>
aid, the great Bank of England forger,
who is now Sc wing out lie sentence
well. / knew him we'll He used to
pract ce his p-oies sion, in this city. He
was a mean man and would screw his
lawyer down TO the last cent. Even his
alb lit:es can never make me admire
such q man. McDonald's greatest game
was this: He would hire cheap house
on South street, which in those days
was a poor neighborhood, and would
put up on the front Of the house sign,
such as Buggins ~ Co., commission
merchants, or Muggins 4 Co. shipping
merchants. Then he wou d order whole
shiploads of goods from Canada and
other distant places Sometimes his
victims would make proper inquiries
about Buggins a. Co. and would refuse
to ill the orders. Other firms would
Jump at the princely style Of the orders
and would send on the goods. OF
course Buggins d Co. would instantly
sell the goods. pocket the cash and dis.
appear Mcdonald got Sl.7O0 worth
Of umbrellas from Spencer ii. Smith, n
wholesaler The swindle was discov-
cred and Mcdonald was arrested. AL
though the umbrellas were taken to
Police Head quarters the prisoner made
an assignment of them TO me. together
with some furniture he owned. Nc
Donald was arraigned before Judge
Bowling, ia :he Tomb and dis
charged
"How?"
"Oh. in consequence of his innocence.
Good heavens, what a quest ont
"What did YOU do with the UNI
brellas?"
when went to get them found
that Spencer II. Smiths lawyer had put
an attachment upon them. ] ole ed to
compromise and take half OF the um-
brellas, but the other fellow wouldn't
give up one. The result was that they
rOtted in Police Headquarters, and, for
all know. the frames are there now.
THE STORY oF An ALIBL
"Some criminals are well versed in
law. remember a case in point A
man named Page and pal broke into
a house in Surrey. England. and got
away with mass Of valuable plate.
They were arrested. and had them
bailed out Now alibis cOncOcted by
burglars are generally very weak, but
Page was an extraordinary fellow. and
he executed a very shrcwd trick. He
took two friends out In a buggy. drove
them across London Bridge and stopped
at hotel called the Elephant and
Castle. The three drank wine, and
Page swept the empty glasses from the
table. When the waiter returned he
asked who broke the glasses i did
with nv cane, said Page. 'Why?'
said the waitar. because | wanted TO,
roarel Page. The result was that Page
paid for the glasses. He next took hls
friends 20 Merton. where they had din.
ner. Page gave the waiter bad
guinea. and, after a dispute. sEbsti
tuted a good coin. Then they went Ia
Epson. where they entered a gypsy's
tent and cut the tent strings. / would
here observe that they got a beating
which they didn't bargain for. On the
day OF the trial Page swore that when
the burglary was perpelrated he was Al
Epson. lie then called his two w.t.
nesses. who told the story Of the trip
have described, simply substituting tn,
date Of the burglary for the real date
, The subtlest cross examination failed
to shake their testimony, for they only
had TO tell one little lie and all the res
was the truth.
Haven't criminals often suggested
false allbisP"