St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-11-17

rssistaass Il any shoald b made.
On Tie arrival Of the train ct Gov.
isgtos .bs officers proceeded 70 q
grocery store kept By Nr. Henry
]. Smith. whore Posnds. Who VA
preparing 70 lssvs Tor bic home in
The wooda, vs. found and placed
ssdse arrest The pr,sousr waa
taken 70 Tie depot and the of6cers
IN charge Of their prisoner lett lot
New ORLEANS 1t 9 o'clock that same
eight, reaching New O1lssns early
Saaday 0oruing-abous l o'clock.
Poands was immediately taken to
he o6los of Farrell + BOylan's De-
tseset,vs Agency. and after some
tslk, il which il wss sudsav0rod "a
hsvs him make . seatsmsut-whic6
10 decliasd 70 6o-vas Transferred
70 the Parish Prisea. On Sunday
morning, 1t about IL o'clock. hs wsa
again brought 70 the Office Ut Far
rsll h Boylsos Detective Ageuoy
and The o6losrs again brought thsi'
bo.tsriss upon him with the view
Of having hisn make . ststsmsnt
Aftse talking with the prisoner fo'
nearly an hour and . hall. they
could get netting out OF him. H
inaistsd that hs knew nothing o
tue robbery. sud declared that An
Ellis was only . Summer visitor,
aud explained his presence in Gov
iaston Oh the night 0f his srrsst by
sayinR that 10 bad visited C0ving-
tou Tor the purpose Ut seeing Mn.
Ellis. the woman. o6. She lad
bssa stopping ct bic house some
time aud had grown tired Of the
q.istude Of :hs country and wanted
b. get back 10 New Orlsana I,
may b veil % state here that
Peonds was arrested without tbs
knowledge Of Bunch Or the woman,
Ma Ellis.
Further than this the prisoner
ssid he knew n0thiUg. At this
iuuotnre, Col. BOylap. who va
cooducting the examination. eyeiug
The prisoner closely. remarked.
you ere lying. cir; yoa have NOT
spoken . word oi truth. aud you
know It. We know that you know
IA sbout The robbery add the
womanis connection with The rob.
bsry."
The manner Of Mr.. B.yian va
% decided aud impressive that The
prisoner weakened and made q
clean breast Of Ill hs knew.
Pounds admittsd that 10 had
sseu Bunch On Sunday night the
Ath Instant, about y o'clock. Il
will be remembered that tue rob-
bsry was committed on saturday
morning q 1 O'Clock near Derby
Station. Pounds tatsd that as the
hour named on Sunday evening he
went out 10 iced his nurse. when b
heard soosebody calling him ov =
the back lsaos. Prvossding 10
where The sound came from. he was
confronted BY Bunch. who implore1
hi,n for food, saJing that he wss
nearly starved u death. Pounds
brought him something to eat aud
be sts iassuously Of what Was given
him.
After partaking Of . hurried sup
per Bunch went back to the woods
where hs passsd the night Bunch.
who was cooeealsd in the tbickst y
lev hundred yards frosD Poands'
houss. he'd bic diansr brought to
him the next day Monday. aud
,gs,n on Tuesday P0Hnds brought
him out some food. Baoch con
iesssd - The robbs J and declared
|hat hs had not got more than
1900 in esrrsncy out OF the rob-
Dsry-e statsmsut which 10 o0nsid-
ned damaging 70 Pouuds. - It ill.,
jieatss that P0suds aud Bunch
we're voskiag in collusion. aud
has Baneh was trying to dsirsu
rim out Of bic share ~ the proceed
4 The robbery. Considerable talk
re- also held between tho prisonsr
Nd Busch regarding the dispose
ion Of . lot Of bonds amounting u
$4,000, which cosnprissd part Of
10 booty. Il was finally dstsr-
mined that they could not negotiate
hem. snd henes that il WORTHLESS |
|lundse.
During Buneh's stay in the woods
'Ousds stated that The woman,
Ire. Ellis, frequently visited him.
'vusds protested that 10 had No
With The robbery.
When Pounds Was broayht t.
10 dstsctives' Office and searched .
,ttsr vas found ON his person
'hiek parportsd b written BY Z
;. Bunch. On being asked whore
. obtained sbs letter the prisO nsr
Dpllod that 10 had g0s u throuxh
b Lee Cresk. La. postO6ios On
'uesday Nsvs,obsr 6th. The lst-
v was dated Vernon. !. T.. New. I.
BsR
Pounds vas Intercepted very
|oeely with regard ~ THE letter
ID The abesnes Of the psstvmes
amp and 6ually admitted that
BUNCH aAU WklIf4H ra8 L.rrgR
J bic cabin IN bis presence. ussir
'ovsd gusposs Lsisg ~ prove ."
ibi in she evsat that Bunch -.
lvlursd aad charged with the train
,bbsey. The Letter. which vas
I'd slsad b thoss psssssk was
nrely pareosal in il e6aractse, aud
atod that tho writer bad ruuchsdI