The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-20
FUGITIVE KELLY RUN DOWN
MURDERER OF OASHIER STICKNEY
 ARRESTED IN MONTREAL.

Ho Confcsses, but Says He Had an Accom- plice-Ho Was in the Garb of a Woman
 and Was Arrested in a House Of III Fame
 Was Spending Money Lavishly-Se, zoo
 Found on His Person.
 Montreal, April 19.-Joseph E. Kelly, the man accused of the murder of Joseph A. Stickney, cashier of the Great Falls National bank. Somers- worth, N. H., was captured here to- night by detectives acting under orders of Chief Carpenter of the detective force of Montreal, in a house of i'll re- pute.
 The story that Kelly took the Cana dian Pacific train at Cookshire Junc- tion, Que, for Montreal. on Friday night or Saturday morning seems to have been true. As far as can be as- certained he took the train at Cook shire and left it at Montreal Junction. There he jumped the train while it was going at a good speed. He proceeded to St. Justine de Newton, about forty miles away After taking supper in Berards hotel. this evening, he took
 the Toronto express back to Montreal, arriving her about o'clock. Upon arriving in Montreal Kelly, who was in the garb of woman. procured 6 cab and drove around town. Stops were made at several drinking resorts and the Ashton house was reached ok 11.On Yoy1 ,Ixr
 ceived in the house and wine flowed freely. About midnight the detectives entered the house and confronted the supposed woman.
 They accused him of being Kelly and he calmly replied: T guess you chumps have got your man this time"
 On being taken to the central police
 station $2,700 was found in his cloth- ing.
 On being questioned he declined to say anything about the murder, ex- cept that he had had an accomplice. He added that the accomplice told him that he had fixed Cashier Stickney. Repeated questions failed to elicit fur- ther information from the prisoner. On Kelly were found two letters, one to his father, stating that an accom- plice, whose name he claimed he did not know, but who was a room mate with him ein refornatory had done the deed, and it was at the suggestion of the accomplice that Stickney was murdered. The original design was to scare Stickney by showing a revolver, Kelly waiting outside while the accom- plice accomplished his work. Another letter was to girl named Olive. writ- ten in similar strain.
 Manchester, N. H., April 19.-A spe- H., says:
 morning what is thought to be a most significant clue was discovered, estab- fishing beyond doubt the fact that Joe Kelly was in the bank on the day of the murder. On the counter was found a paper requesting that package of postage stamps be delivered to the bearer. The document was signed Frank E. Stone"
 MT. Stone, who is postmaster at Ber- wick, stated that the order is 8 for- gerry. It is Kelly's handwriting. Stone had $400 worth of stamps on hand, and for safe keeping had deposited them with the bank in MT. Stickney's care. Kelly had on one occasion brought stamps in this way for Mr. Stone The fugitive kept company with Stone's sister, who is the postmaster's assist ant. The supposition is that Kelly forged the order and presented it in or- der to momentarily disconcert Stickney. Kelly took the $400 worth of stamps with him and mailed them at North Stratford, N. H., to L. J. Sullivan, Mon- treal. A postoffice inspector is after them.
 Ex-Bank Examiner Dorr told the Union reporter to-day that Kelly left untouched $31,000 in unregistered nego. tiable bonds.