Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-19
SIMONDS JUDGED.
Alleged important Arrest in the
the Cronin Case.
LoNG-soUGHT-FoR NAN ooRRALED.

Mortensen. the Express Driver. Said to
Have Identified the Prisoner-The Sus-
pect Says the Detectives Are ON
Testimony I'm the Jury Bribing Case
johnnie" Graham's Roll of Cash
and How He Wanted to Use the Same.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb 1.-THE mys-
FERROUS ~ B. Simonds," who pur-
tage, and employed Mortensen to convey il
to the place of DIR. Cronin's Slaughter, is
under lock and key at the Four Courts A
few minutes after 10 o'clock Monday night
the arrest was .,ade by Detective Frese and
Ziegler, of this city, and Detectives Thomas,
of Chicago The man had been Swallowed
for month, and his haunts were well known
with pool-rooms, aud night after night was
observed studying the entries and making
mental calculations OF the chances of the
thoroughbreds.
The Police Take Him In.
Monday night he was intently taking in
the board in nllotson's pool room in the
Merchants Exchange when Detective
Thomas stepped up beside him and began a
conversation out the relative merits of the
horses They talked for few minutes and
then "Mr Sinonds" walked toward the
door. Thomas accompanied him while Frese
and Zeigler stood across the street Thomas
piloted the man across the street and then
the three detectives closed in and "Simondsr
was a prisoner. He exhibited great sur
prise al his arr st and grew pale and nerv-
Gus. He offered no resistance, but walked
along quietly to the Four Courts He was
surreptitiously conveyed to Capt sYoung's
Office, searched and examined. He gave the
name OF j. b Kelly, aged ~ years; nation
ality, Irish; business, book canvasser.
The Prisoner sulIen and Saucy.
At O'Clock yesterday afternoon Kelly
was brought up into the chiefs Office and
turned over to the reporters He was sui
len and insolent, refusing to say anything
except that he had no knowledge of the Gro
min cas-.
81 am Irish" said he, "but have taken no
part in Irish politics. don't know Bourk.
or Coughlin or Sullivan. My name is Kelly,
and am from Chicago; and you can go to
the devil if you want any more of my his
tory"
Identified by Mortensen.
As soon as Thomas had placei his man be-
hind the bars he telegraphed Chief Marsh:
I'VE have our man sure; send man
for Identification. At 7:25 O'Clock last
evening Lieut.. Brennan and Mortensen, the
expressman Who carried the furniture, ar
rived from Chicago, and were taken in tow
al the railway station by Detective Thomas.
They We're piloted to the Four Courts, where
Mortensen identified the prisoner as soon as
be set eyes ON him.
A Talk With the Suspect.
reporter was permitted to talk with
Kelly last mig L These detectives said
the suspect, plunging into the subject at
once, have made foolish arrest have
had nothing at all TO do with the Cronin
murder, and when / get back to Chicago
will show the detectives so in a mnute NV
name is John b. Kelly and / ana d book
agent, The detectives found the ends of a
peculiar storT and thought / was connected
with the murder. They have been follow
ing me ever since, although it was easy
enough 70 find me. have not made any at
tempt to hide myself
Was In Chicago Last Spring.
Were you In Chicago at the tune of the
Cronin MURDER
Yes, arrived in Chicago Feb Is, and
left the latter part of June"
do you know Martin Bourkf'
mo, do not Neither do know Cough
lin. or O'Sullivan, or Seggs, or Kunze. or
any Of the Clan-na- Gaels"
Are you or were you a member Of the
Clan Gael, OF Land league, or any other
Irish political societyr
Il never was
-Do you know Alexander Sullivan, the
lawyer
Il do not, except by r putation"
Did YOU read the proceedings Of the Gro
min casei"
-Oh, yes, l was quite we'll posted on il.
When | left Chicago. proceedings for the ex-
tradition Of BOurk had just begun"