The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-16
BONAPS LIST OF CRIMES.
AOKNOHBEDGE s THAT HE COMMIT
TED TWELVE ROBBERIES.
showsa No bitterness reward mis- win who
BETRAYED ai,n-lnsiats That re Viewer shet
at Any Ono while Committing Robbery
his Letter AshinE IIin wire to Fray Ter Wirn

:" HItterness bewsre ~"
=, 49, C..-.,,., 1.ss.rv-
M, 80. $500 ,,,. VIC. !. PRAY Tor Min
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DN.DSAroHT' Conn.,, bec' - -.
hai, ."o accused muroerer Oh uoorso 1n"lou'
Niohois' and confessed robber' was unuer cross,
eNanhna'ion by states Attorney resSenuon an
Oh Vouay. bonai was cool Wnen 'ho SUI
tion oosan, but as question aiter quos'ioh WIS
pu' MS VIII ana memorS oes"a ~.
sake him' and no weakened cohsioera'iy' MT
Eeseenoeh started In THIS morning W oNpoSo
bonais career and brought out inc i"ct .nat
bonai nao committed Twelve roooerles or our'
eiaries' several OF them Oh inc cnei"0Uoi oi'oh
oescripeo as desperate. but tne prisoner
STUCK 10 MIS- statement tnae ne mover re.
VoiVcr' except to frighten MS Vietims' ANU 1na1
he never was violent.
Ihe robbery OF a man named Bull IN North
East "a. was q daring holdup IN wmeh Two
men heid revoivers, pue bonai oenicu using
one. He denied that he fired q revolver In e'
sherin Lamorees mousse ana IN MT ruitons
house at Pine Plains, N. y. During the exam
nation not one word OF bitterness toward his
wife passed his lips. His only allegation
against the woman VINO betrayed MN WAS 'ha'
she, her mother, and her Two nrothers were
cognizant OF the crimes which no committed
and spurred hin on for the love OF tho money
"hlch-he was obtaining.
Or his motherin'law ana DeV1o ana 1onn
weeks tho prisoner had nothing COCO to.sas.
To them. he said, his downfall after he had
u,",,b-" -" I.... 80 ......i.n.
Welding 10 their persuaslons ana tomp.at,ohs
poachhhs. nns VIZ aiueu M no
gone. wrote to him to Join him that night to
make another haul, as his motber.in.law was
grasping for money.
"of tho nineteen years following your hrse
conviction you were in different state prisons
for eleven years. MT. fessenoon' eskod.
'Twenty-three months in a reform school seven
yeafs .n.e 80 ~o.snsa a. ~
months IN "ethersneiu. :
knew all about the businessI"
.T didn.t Snov all about The brr,n,,,. 7 kn.v
it was S,c wrong aao" I II told . Dave 70 IL ' was poor Susi.
ness, and did my best to persuade him not to 60
into it"
Then you went of into Duchess county alone
ana v stole %, o Il yGs, , ,.,,...
Bona, said n he robbed sss,, tho house tS", Of 4 q m man manned manned
Mccsbe wa. with him at Lamoree's at tho
outskirts OF Salt Point, N. Y. They entered at
midniqbt. Tbev wore bandkerchiefs tied over
their madr' faces and andy wore mei armed. They did not bind
nor gag the woman in the house. He fred no
,h.+a no;+hor d;d his nm, Th.ra vos M ona In
shote' hei'no uiu nhs p"' hoto nv
tho house but Mr.. Lamoree and his wife. They
Tansssked d. The ssan hoq use, a and rav tS9s nc namore Sgs :
head nor threaten, to kill him II he made a noise.
MT. Lynch objected. saying MAJ phIt,hg a TO
lence.
a" IT tSSSim some m pretty t;cn near Wo itIa , thH S0 30 + sad AZ had
a revo ofief at aS lis F head. %G NJ. f Sessn DC N put ut i n"o
,Bonai testified tn It he never went under an
s ala c IN MasM,a sanr II aai He never Ss Genf un nd%;
the name Of Charles Mason. He %Eemembered
e Pine Plains bpIsiary; but didnt remetnner
whether it, was the Fultop robbery or not.
They went into that house about . +: NJ: They
they entered: He did not elinch With Fulton;
No one was tied with q ropes. Mccaoe and
'4 In Pecember. 1895. and January. 1897, he
sold bandakes 70 ph3siclans: AFTER that ne
January the prisoner said that he and Weeks
committed 2 Ia number E OF f1D1er,es y Nic,o M,
roA.5sries. ,.. ,v.,v. ,ur,,,-,., von h.v,
eo %Yest SD. Six before I was in prison and six
or The robbery, of olney Bull in North East,
himself, and two "Plck;ups." whose names he
didn't know. MI. Pessenden 6 %;aS ms 99es g.
his hand si,, BGpsi said hsld he ,es searched aISh I'd the h;m mans M;th
pockets while Th pave nei1 inc drop on MN nldm p WiT9
so nevG scnsi s nhi 4 Heh disp pES sde NO a fseoivsr. bnn'
" ..WTth was the ne :. next robh hoppe Try con,,tt.a
In replying to MIR, Fessenden Bonai 40
S cisit te 1sor o ano!ner W I4oIely Sas " WIZ Maf him e se T6av
| used no weapons. This visit was early In the
evening moor Dave take Won tbcre,,
{ NO, sir; got poor Dave to go there;
bonai said thf ~ TINS not ~ as ace eek stS.I nrst f npD
perry with MN, pnt not the nr5I attempg Lhey
made together. Weeks went 70 Bottstord WIZ
nm TO rob could Iomilnson; 10 i1snua 10 TOT
|. Da nS had worked. =, o.o,c. u N,o,,,,
? The hrst Bonat beard OF George M. Nieholt
: vas a day or two before they went there; Bona
= tcld OF the MURDER OF Nlchols moro IN delai
than ne dta IN 1ne oireCI efatht tn ~ nj pDn a
r held steaufast 70 inc story that ne dld not nfc u
/ shot that night, hut that ooth bullets came
from the reSoIyer OF weeks; Ira Transferring IN the
scene 70 the " eokS nome on tneir return, Mr
a Fesscnden, asked him Goncernng what no toil
thst T ha ;o,d sG mans S naf tn ne sb ala hP Rut leu ius a s. %,r'
the door was burst IN ne dia say DON'T sIo9t.
N No adm d that ne Soi9 70. nus Mhe nat Mt
, Nlcnois shot az hlmi that was . ne;
I Dld you tell your WIG you nreu tho Bnot 81