The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-27

| telling you? It was simply a business
L went into to make a living, just as
you write news for the newspapers.
The prisoner claimed that all that was
contained in any OF the letters was a
proposition TO each Of the men addressed
10 forward him tho cost Of transporta-
ton to Washington and an offer TO
come on there and make a business
proposition 10 them. This was after he
found that there was no work TO be
had, and he intimates that he had
plan 10 better affairs As to what this
plan IS he declines to say anything, but
will probably make a statement OF 1t
later at his trial
The man came 10 washington three
days ago from Baltimore. Night before
last he applied at the police station Tor
lodging, and the officer in charge direct
ed him to the municipal lodging house
next door to the police station, where he
slept that night and sawed wood next
morning TO pay for his lodgings.
With reference to this Donjon is very
earnest in his assertion that 1t is the
first time he ever slept in such place.
The Washington police had no descrip-
ton OF the man at that time in their
possession.
Yesterday he fell i'm with a German on
a bench in one of the public parks in
this city. The man was drunk, but
spoke some words of encouragement to
him and told him that he was out of
work, but gave him quarter and hoped
that he soon would find something to do.
He thought the best thing he could do
with the quarter was to get some postal
cards and make another effort to secure
answers from them to whom he had been
sending. He took lodgings at 304 Tenth
st. in this city and slept there last night.
This is the address on the postal card
received from him today. His story is
that he waited about this place all today
waiting for some one to appear in reply
TO his postal cards, but that no one
came He then determined, he says, 10
start out to look for Chief DrummOnd.
He was very much disturbed and aston
ished at the character Of the publica-
tons In the newspapers regarding the
letters he wrote from Baltimore last
week, but wanted 20 see the authorities
and set himself right. With this in mind
he stopped at the detective oftica of
James A. MCDevitt. He knew perfectly
well that he would be arrested when he
made himself known to the authorities,
but this did not seem TO distuEb him.
Well Educated.
The man speaks very good English,
but with a very strong German accent.
He Is evidently we'll educated and says he
has spent much time in reading scien
tihc works on electricity and chemistry
and kindred topics
also read works on political economy
and social science, but Mastered t. add
that they were not such as were
out by the socialist and arlaFchist = ss8-
Citations in New York City.
The police officials say that 81 is nos
probable that his hearing will take p,acc
tomorrow. and il may be delayed ssRerat
days. The letters from him which they
have now in their possession do not eCn-
tain threats OF a character that would
o.
on that charge. It is believed, however,
that threatening letters can he secured
from among the earlier ones he sent II
any Of them have been preserved. IL
they have not IL may be mes sary TO
proceed against him on a Charge Of Us
ing the mails to defraud,
The man tells a connecte5 tsg l'Et
the nolice DDi "a fgh in ftt
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by other persons.