New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-14
THE LONDON TIMES DUPED.
rNrrERs OF A SCOTLAND YARD DETECTIvE
PUBLISHED IN BUFFALO.
uxr TO THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE OF MYsTERI'
QUA LrrrEa TO THE NEwspApER-vArs
xyyoRrs TO FIND EVIDENCE

IyTORT6 TO FIND EVlDENOh
AGAINST PAREfLL
Isufslo Ian. 49," The Buffalo Courier" created
a profound sensation this morning By publishing
thirt>en letters and number Of kilograms written
NV q speciaI detective from Scotland far sent
ont in the interest Of The London Ilnes' 70
procure evidence that would implicate Charles
Stewart Parncn in the Phoenix Park murders 10
Appears that In August 1888. Black Rock
mechanic. lust naturalzed, being out Of work and
IN need OF money. conceived the scheme Of making
somethins out Of The London Times" He wrote
letter to the publishers Of that paper that while
working AZ a mason on the New-fork aQutducc
he oap me across two ishmen who were IN possession
Of documentary evidence that would prove the
lstters ON which The Times" relies In the present
investigation to be perfectly genuine bis an-
guage was:
{. There "a two Irishmen here that was indirectly
,r ma combine TO murder .Cavendish and Burke
whore / can get sn the proof you want for very
Httles
This person received cablegram" from The
London Tines telling him to hold on to tho
men at all hazards" snd adding that an English
detective would soon bS on American soil The
detective duly came in the person Of ]. I. Kerby
OF sCrs Thomas" and was said to be accom-
panied BY female agent as sharp as himself
Kerby's first letter to the Buffalo man was written
from New-York, and directed reply to be sent to
@. Thomas care of Major RiceNo.l, ,237 Broadway.
II said that the writer was authorized to see him
and others well compensated who are willing to
dive undoubted proofs, and also. If necessary, 20
to England and give, link by link. testimony that
would be accepted by the courts Of Great Britain
sna also BY the Royal Commission. He guaran-
sd thai not only would the rewards be liberal
to all who would serve in procuring proof. but the
pgotection would be ample He requested the Buff
falo man to go to New-York with his documents
70 avoid meeting with any one In the city. and to
keep . closed mouth This was written on
Augum ~. The Buffalo man did not 90 to
Nsw-Ycrlx. and his replies to Kerby were opened
at Major Rice's by some third party. There
upon, Kerby changed his name to Girls Thomas
and shifted his address to Boom "a, Gedney
House. Fourth-st. and Broadway. His solicitude
wns making things warm for the Buffalo man,
especially when he proposed a meeting at the
Tint House here. He was equal to the oc-
oasion, and warned tho English detective that
their game had been discovered, advising him
% leave the city. Kerby and his fair COM
pAnion thereupon crossed over to Toronto From
Toronto be went to Montreal and thence to
Chicago, where his headquarters were with George
Harvey & Co., No. l79 La Salle-st, all the
time imploring the Buffalo man to hasten to
procure his proofs, and paying out money in
sums Of s25 to SIS at time aggregating in
al about $500. In his last letter from the
Gedney House he said that be was authorized
20 assure both Of the supposititious Irishmen
comfortable FARMS of their own and secure them
In conpetencies for their lives. BE was will
ing to psy $500 apiece In cash II tney
would give up the papers. Writing
from Room 57a. Palmer House. Chicago on No
vember 2s, he began to show petulance, suspect
ing that he was being duped. and declared that
he would not pay Out another dollar until he
could see the papers IN his own hands. Besides,
be had got SO much other evidence, as 1t was that
be ccuh afford to do without them STILL ne
was willing TO pay $500 He added:
Anyway, l would not want either OF hem OF
ietssrs after see them with my own eyes. II,
after get them and he has the money, ne then
ronsents 20 70 and give evidence Tor
4 further sum, well and good; but
you can tell II. what / say, and nothing Will
induce me to pay out another dollar until get
uy hands, I'll DO as have said above for them
and All have said in my previous letter for your
seif, and more. too. But only when I'm getting
ne correspondence ceased With the thirteenth
letter written on December ! from the Palmer
House, Chicago announcing his intention OF pro
wnnderines after proof. the Scotland Yard man
went to Ravenswood H., where he said his son
lived and then wrote offering to give the Buffalo
man $500 If he would make success certain, and
the same to each of the other men There was
Of course no evidence whatever OF the nature
sought by the agent Of " The Times and the