Arizona republican., 1895-06-07
COOL AND EASY. McNichol Says He is Not
 Heney or Guilty. The Suspect Both Talk
 atiVe and Serene.
Was 1t a RuSe or a Case of Mis-
 taken Identity?
Neither Description or Circumstan- CeS Quite Connect Him With
 the Carson Mint Robbery.

Jas. McNichol, the man in the county jail charged with being James Heney, perhaps the most wanted man in the United States, for whom the secret ser. vice department has been searching for weeks, is the serenest prisoner in jail. He says that he is annoyed by his de- tention, nothing else; that he has @ half.dozen ways of proving that he is James McNichol and not James Heney, and that be never saw the Carson mint thongh he used to know Heney, and ne does not regard that knowledge as a capital offense.
 McNichol was taken before Commis- sioner Crenshaw yesterday morning and his examination was set for next Tuesday. The secret service office at Denver is inclined to believe that he is the man wanted, and a telegram was received yesterday from Chief Walker saying that photographsof Heney had been forwarded to Phoenix and that 8 man acquainted with Heney was on his way.
 An Associated Press dispatch from Washington yesterday stated that an order had been sent to Arizona direct ing McNichol's release. It did not reach Phoenix, though it may have been directed to United States Marshal Meade, who is now at Tucson. The authorities here were in correspondence with him yesterday but he wired noth- ing concerning such an order and Me- Nichol is still iliw sil and will probably remain there u4.tsssaoaxt Tuesday.
 He talks freely, admits that he knew Heney well from boyhood and first knew him in Philadelphia. It is doubtful now if the Denver secret ser. vice office ever confounded McNichol with Heney or suspected that one was the other. The officers probably only had suspicion that McNichol could give information concerning Heney and on this suspicion directed his arrest.
 That McNichol is Heney is not be. lieved. There is wide discrepancy in descriptions. Heney is said to be 2 dark brown haired man, five feet eight inches high, weight 190 wounds. Nc Nichol is light haired. weighs about 1OU anu lc HUI utC lCCt Clsut luCucbs
 The warrant tor Heney's arrest issued from the ninth judicial district, charges him with having on or about June 30 1892, robbed the Carson mint at which he was assistant chief melter, of golC bullion to the amount of $77,000. As | matter of fact it IS not known wheI the robbery occurred and McNichol il | his volunteer statements has not un dertaken to say where he was at o about that time but denies that he wal ever in Carson.
 | The United States authorities thougI have been tracing Heney in variou parts of the country and located him il Colorado two or three months ago McNichol can prove a continuous resi- dence in the territory since last March prior to dates when Heney was knowl to be elsewhere. He worked for som, time on the north and south road ant has been at Wickenburg since. Anon, letters found on him were some iron his mother in Ireland. Heney's par ents are said to be persons of gooe standing in this country. Then agail McNichol's appearance precludes tn possibility that he would be selected t. fill such responsible position as Hene, occupied at the mint.
 The only thing therefore which ap parently connects him in any way witt the case is that he knew Heney, tha he was in correspondence with anothe person who knew Heney, that he hat received letter which the secret serv ice officials expected him to receive an, that that letter contained newspape clippings referring to Heney's crime altogether natural and innocent circum stances taking into consideration tha both correspondents were acquaintan ces, not necessarily recent, of 8 crimina whose crime the whole country wa talking about.
 The Colorado official will arrive her next Sunday. The following associated press dispatch was received at I'll REPUBLICAN office last night:
 CARSON. New, June 6.-There are n new developments in the mint matte since the report of the arrest of Heney It is stated that a reconciliation ha been effected between William Picklel and the Stewart woman and that the will be married before Tuesday. Il that event the wife may take advantag of the law releasing her from testifyin against her husband.