Evening journal., 1892-05-24
IS CLARK A MURDERER7
Detective Emily Noble Tells
the Story.
JIM CARNEY WAS THE VICTIM.

JIM CARNEY WAS THE VICTIM
The woman Detective m This City She
Says THAT Jimmy Moore VIII Not Tes-
tify Against Eugsne DUPONT Burns.
The Way the Mills We're Exploded.
Mrs. Emily Noble. the woman detec-
tive who figured so conspicuosly in run
ming down the Clarks William Gibbons
and Eugene Dupont Burns. the alleged
Dupont consprators and barn burners
IS in this city stopping at a boarding
house ON Market street. near Ninth. She
came To this city ON Sunday evening,
being ON her way from Coviugton, Ky,
with two titled English f0rgers whom
She had captured there and who are now
in Che hands of shadows in New York
city TO- whom she telegraphed when she
left the train at this point
An EVENING JOURNAL reporter called
upon her this morning at her place of
lodging After a few preliminary re-
marks of greeting. the reporter asked
'AIrs Noble. are You still in the en-.
ploy OF the Wilkinson Detective Agency
"No she replied, IL left their employ
several weeks ago
"What do YOU think viii be the out.
come of the Burns trialg'
"WCl to tell you the truth, the vii
kinsms have not got sufficient proofs tC
prosecute him. and the beauty of the
thing is that ] have ] have kept from
the agency a number of the most import
amt points right through gave then
A..
from having more trouble from thos,
who are in captivity. But / have still
more that can give. for the trouble Il
not ended When the friends of th'
conspirators think the DuPonts are quiet
they viii begin their work again j
would not surprise me if at some futur
time Messrs. Frank and G. l. DuPon
started OF on journey and would nevc
reach the end of it.
DO you think they are going to pusl
this case against Burnsy
"No, for they have not the proof.
Where is Jimmy MooreY
Cup TO six or seven months ago ] lef
/ Mr. Wilkinsons employ, he was i'm thei
l hands ! saw him with John Vraynol
with whom he has been since he went O
New York have met him repeated
on Eighth avenue and Thirty-tirs
street
8Ioore's Mouth Is Closed.
'Has he information against Bumsl
why. certainly he has He knows
great deal and win not give it up Nh
Wilkinson said TO me, He wants someon
smarter than am to get the information
They can't work him, though they ha1
tried They did not handle him properly
They scared him. They took him to- MI
Bird. Attorney General Biggs and Deput
Attorney General Davis, and frightene
the life out of him. They should hay
kept him away from an lawyers. The
promised that lac should be cared for am
have q good job He seemed TO thin
that he was TO give the information an
pose as an ornament ever afterwards.
"Do you think he is still iu New York,
yes IL is all bluff They know jus
where to lay their hands on him.
"Was not Jimmy Moore a principal
that AFFAIR."
yes DE did all the watching Tie di
not have courage to start the fires. The
should have roped him quietly and keI
him out of the state / think that undr
the circumstances. they are holding th
case back until the matte
drops Moore's bread is too well huttere
to tell what he knows He knows tina
as long as he keeps back this informatio
he viii be taken care Of but as soon 9
the goose lays the golden gg he viii
dropped, for his usefulness is ended
"Why did you leave the employ of II
WilkinsmsT
"They laid me off because they had Il
further use for me. and | was, pcrhep
considered dangerous To the case, ia thi
possessed points that 1 had not give
up. There was also trouble because
said something about the fortune tell
employed in the ease
Are you going to give up the
pointsy'
mo, not unless am well paid for it
Have you seen the DuPonts.
"No.
Are you going to see themY
"No, If they want TO see me they CA
do So Here is Gibbons i'm captivity
burning a barn and conspiracy; here a
the Clarks in Jail for conspiracy bl
they are going to drop the case again
a man who helped Gibbons TO lay powd
to blow the mills up, and who burned
barn
Mary Gallagher is in New York.
"What has become of Mary Gallaghe
: the girl who lived with the Clarksy
l. "She is living as a servant in the hou
of James +. Wilkinson at No 33l We
Thirty-frst street Thomas H. Lynch. q
r. man who bought and ran Columbus ln
= has been laid off.
Is Clark a Murderer?
u Mrs Noble, when you We're ON t
i witness stand you spoke incidently
!, Clark having confessed that he commit
murder. What were the circumstanC
of that confession q
1T was one of the most startling ca
y fessions he ever made to me. IL W
" when we were at Washington's hea
e quarters at Newbmgh. l suppose t
.e surroundings prompted him to do it,
4 was in the hotel and turning TO Clark
e.. said
IT, Come on the grass with me, aw
from that sick man. He accepted the
vitation. AS soon as we were seated
g. the grass al the headquarters, / beg