The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1889-06-17

turned from California. Sullivan re-
peated his first answer: i don't recol-
lect you l have never met you before.
/ told him was looking for job, and
Williams had recommended me to him.
He said: No, l have no work for any
body Are you q stranger here? 1
said Oh! have only few acquaint-
ances.' He asked, What kind of work
would you hke?' l said, Anything in
Gods world if there isany money III it.
He looked at me sharply, and replied:
If / hear of anything for you | Will let
Mr. Williams know, and walked ava
without even saying good-by to me.
II met Williams an hour afterward
going out of his room on Clark street
We took grip car and went over on
the north side. told him / had seen
Sullivan, and what he said. We got off
Just before we got to Division street.
We met Alexander Sullivan as we were
coming out of saloon. He took Will
Jams to 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
Williams he led him some four or i've
steps further away. They had quite a
talk, and / knew from the way that
Williams looked back and laughed that
they were talking about me- They came
back after talking some minutes and
Sullivan, approaching me, said, You
must not take any offense at anything
said to-day as was very busy and have
a great many applications for jobs, l
said, That's all right and he laughed,
walking rapidly ahead toward Clark
street / said to Williams. What did
he say, anything about me?' Williams
answered No, not much; he doesn' {
have much to say, anyway / asked,
is he your banker He answered
He's good enough banker for U.S. L
then left Williams, and went back to
Deans stable.
1.-The following Wednesday, that is
the Wednesday before the murder, 1
met Dan Coughlin on South State
street. He asked me what l was doing
and where / was living. told him /
was at Deans livery stable. Coughlin
asked me how 1 was fixed, and told me he
would see me again. He called at the
stable the Saturday following, and L
went out with him and had drink with
him. We walked on together down to-
ward Lincoln park To go back-I re-
member now that I saw Williams on
centennial day He asked me whether
had seen Coughlin and told HIM no,
and asked him what was the use OF
them. He said: oh, nothing but L
am in hurry now. l lost him in the
crowd, and coming over to State street
some one hit me on the shoulder 1
turned and saw it was Ooughlin He
asked me whether had seen Williams
/ told him where had seen him. He
then asked me to take note over to
Alexander Sullivan He wrote note
in alphabetical cipher. understood
the cipher, as it was the same that was
used by the Fenians when / was sta
toned at Niagara. The principle was
the employment of every seventh letter
from the one intended He told me to
take it up to Sullivap's Office. i asked
him if, in case Sullivan was not in,
whether L should lespe the letter. He
told me no, to tear ft up if could not
deliver it to Sullivan personally. did
not do this, and the letter reads: Go
ing up to p. o. Sultivan's'
ITO come down to the night of the
murder: After meeting Coughlin We
walked toward Lincoln Park He asked
me if could get horse and wagon
that night, something that would carry
trunk ! informed him that we had
light rig in the stable. He said that
was just the thing He told me there
was $25 in it for me if could get the
horse and wagon and have it in a desig-
mated spot on Lincoln avenue before 2
O. clock the next morning. That even
ing stayed around the stable, playing
cards with Mr.. Senica, man named
Howard and another named Bates. We
played until 1920 or IL o'clock. Bates
went away at about IL o'clock, and ]
waited an hour and half and then led
the gray mare down the stairs. 1 put q
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 I had left the wagon
in the alley and I hitched up and drove
up Lincoln avenue.
when Coughlin paid me the $25 he
informed me that would be met al
Lincoln avenue by two men. / was tc
approach them and inquire of them
where Frank Williams lived They
would then get into the buggy with me-
On arriving near Ashland avenue and
Lincoln two men jumped into the
wagon without word Recognized one
| of them as man by the name o.
O'Shea alias Mike McDougall, who was
a machinist OF blacksmith from Phila-
delphia. had known him in Wichita
Kan. McDougall is u man about five
feet six inches in height, from 40 TO A
| years old, and wears a nearly black mus
| tache Both his hair and mustache axe
turning gray. The other man was Mel
Vile Melville is about five feet clever
inches. He is heavy built, thick-set
man. / have met him in Peoria in con
nection with Irish matters
'"They ordered me to turn to the right
! ON Ashland avenue, and directed me to
drive right up to the cottage The two
men then jumped out and went in
There was dim light in the front room