Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-06-17

said, = Yes, guess s0s slept with MN
last night. He wanted me to so over
and have a talk with YOU Alexander
Sullivan replied. y have nothing 10
say; / have never met you before.
We'll, / said. Il think I have met you
before, although NAV have grown out
of your recollection since / came from
Canada. / have but lately returned
from California. Sullivan repeated his
first answer. Il don't recollect you.
have never met you before. told him
/ was looking for a job and Williams
had recommended me to him. He said,
"No, have no work for anybody: are
You stranger here." ] said, ssOh.
only have a few acquaintances. lie
asked, 'sWhat kind OF work would you
like.n ! said, Anything in Gods world
ii there's any moley in It. lie looked
at me sharply and replied, .sIf l hear of
ANYTHING for you I'll let Mr.. Williams
know of it, and walked away without
ever saying good-by to me.
sullivan Pays the Rent.
met Williams an hour afterward go-
ing out of his room on Clark street. We
took grip car and went over on the
north side. / told him ! had seen SulIi-
van and what he said. We got off just
before we got to Division street. We
met Alexander Sullivan as we were COM
ing out of saloon. He took Williams
on one side and took out roll of bills,
taking several from the pile. He handed
them to Williams, saying: Now, pay
that rent" They were on the outer edge
of the sidewalk, perhaps ten feet from
me. Sullivan saw me, and taking Will
Jams, he led him some four or five steps
further away They had quite a talk,
and / knew from the way Williams looked
back and laughed that they were talk
ing about me. They came back back af
ter talking some minutes and Sullivan,
approaching me, said: sYou must not
take any offense at anything said today,
as / am very busy and have o great
many applications for jobs" said,
That's al right" and he laughed, walk
ing rapidly teward Clark street.
Carries a Note to Sullivan.
On centennial day met Dan Cough
lin and he asked me to take a note over
to3Alexander Sullivan. He wrote a note
in alphabetical cipher. understood the
cipher, but it was the same that used by
the Fenians when / was stationed at
Niagara.,> The principle was the employ
ment of every seventh letter from the
one intended. Ha told me to take it up
Sullivan's Office. i ssss2s-ed him. if IN
case Sullivan was not in, whether
should leave the letter. He told me, no,
to tear it up, if / could not deliver it TO
Sullivan personally. / did not do this
and the letter reads: "Going up to p. o.
Sullivan's."
WOoernH Appropriates the Horse.
To come down to, the night Of the
murder, after meeting Coughlln we
walked toward Lincoln park. He asked
raf fl.nf
night, something that would carry a
trunk. ] informed him that we had a
light rig in the stable. He said that was
Just the thing. He told me there was
S25 in it for me if could get the horse
and wagon and have it at designated
spot on Lincoln avenue before 2 o'clock
the next morning. That evening staid
around the stable, playing cards with a
Mr.. Senica, man named Howard and
another named Bates. We played until
1880 or IL o'clock. Bates went away
about IL o'clock, waited an hour and a
half and then led the gray mare down
the stairs. put blanket ahead of her,
over which she walked to prevent the
noise. There is no truth in any story
that her feet were covered with pads.
had left the wagon in the alley and
hitched up and drove up Lincoln
avenue. When Coughlin paid me the
$50 he informed me that would be met
at Lincoln avenue by two men. / was
to approach them and inquire of them
where Frank Williams hved. They
would then get into the buggy with me.
DTcDougall and Melville Appear
On arriving near Ashland avenue and
Lincoln two men jumped into the wagon
without word. recognized one of
them as q man by the name of OShea,
alias Mike McDougall, who was a
machinist or blacksmith from Philadel-
phia had known in Wichita, Kan.
McDougall is man about feet inches
in height, from 40 to 45 years old and
wears nearly black mustache. Both
his hair and mustache are turning gray.
The other man was Melville. Melville is
about 5 feet IL inches. He is heavy
built, thick set man. / have met him
before in Peoria in connection with Irish
matters. They ordered me to turn to
the right on Ashland avenue and di-
rected me to drive right up to the cot
tage. The two men there jumped out
and went In. There was dim light in
the front room.
Tho Trunk IN the Wagon.
After waiting few minutes-I think
it must have been nearly o'clock-P.
O. Sullivan, Melville and Williams came
out Of the door carrying trunk between
them. They lifted the trunk into the
wagon and Melville and Williams
jumped into the seat with me. drove
across Fullerton avenue. / was going
very fast at that time and the horse was
ON lope, and policeman near there
came out and called, sHelIol Stopg'
Melville said in an undertone, ssGo on.
for Gods sake, 60 on" had the reins
twisted around my wrists and l00sened
them, letting the horse take fearful
gait. We went down to Lincoln park,
across Clark street and crossed a little
north Of the animals cages. This road
winds around about fifty yards from The
head Of tlla. drive. There Is little hill
there, on the top Of which there are q
number Of trees. They ordered me 70
stop there, and az that time it was. in
tended to take the trunk out into the
| lake, Is ! had heard them say that they
had spotted boat for that purpose DUR