New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-13

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not only our Governor but Governor me-
! Millin Of Tennessee. and this attempt would
| have succeeded had 1t not been for Colonel John
| Allison, OF Tennessee.
| rs Colyar under arrest? 80 -, ...o,.
'Colyar is not under arrest He has merely
| been under surveillance all day long
| District Attorney Gardiner said he was mere
| IN waiting for information. and II he could pos
| sibly prosecute the conspirators IN Inns "'"'e
| he would do so. -, 49,, l.. .ha
| district Attorneys office all the afternoon
| Carey said he would take Colyar back 10 fohcc
Headquarters with him. $4,000 ...o.,o,,
| Captain McClusky said that DISTRICT Attorney
! Gardiner may not have known that Coiyar was
But he certainly was said Captain NC
! Clusky and he was locked up at headquarters
at 6 o'clock
A STATEMENT BY Mr.. WEEKS
Barlow s. Weeks. counsel for Roland s. Moh-
| neux issued the following statement last night
In view Of the publicity which has been syen 10 10
tie mater o Of T tas OF Nicholas A.
beg TO state briefly the facts IN resaiu ~ '''e w
On March 2 1892 A. S. Coyar. jr. an attorney
at-law Of Nashville. Tenn wrote , me resdne closely
the Cornish case, and that he was sur r.
prsed Nicholas Heekm Sad g Sssn Convicted
in the State of Tennessee, and offered 10 get ''e
Of TecG S Of f, hs TO he fact
met lawyer Of my name IN A nsnssSmbereS that
| through
n nsS who was travelling company with son
OF se Gnlyar was the man whom had met.
had some OF %, Mr. Heckman
NAL c 20 he no mistake as his identity with
the person MI Colyar referred 10 ~ ""'
cGnv sSbseo M received Mr. Colysr reS e.
SS OF h s @nd several adavs pnrpOng to be
executed by reputable citizens OF Fennessee
lively dsn1Ss Of hf hs SsS Raymond
ceved him pho,OsrSsph P NRsmphs 'G Tenn
| and Which bore AN rnmistakabie likeness u NIL
heck ma mean time Mr. Colyar had Informed me
hat Percy f. Raymond had been sentences 10 9a
term OF mprson nent Of Two ysnes from the peni
tertiary where he had been connnee' ,tarested in
also informed me NE sSl 5s and that he
The interests Of Justice to secure ms retusn ve ont
State Of of his term Mr. coyr also gave
me Number Of other particulars which Isit u ae
SSgS Al w %G NioSola. A. Hickman IN
Being unwng to take a any ab seRs
the mater un as arranged that Mr. Colyar should
visit isi' this city and should see Mr. He'N""" HI
M cOysr sn%e to person and
March 30 Sn:, sTd say Senaed him the
convict Percy RAYMOND ,o1 Mr me that an in
turned to G besn found against Raymond alias
Hickman for the of breaking aa, h a, reouisi
h nn a0 the Governor OF for the surren
der Of the defendant. ., ,oas,her with W. P.
Caseen the agent Of the State Of ,s same nI
rived in and on the nish I'll 6ne w ssS
S Was Srsned on the following by the Governor
Of this state and TsITant OF wss issued "
on the night Of SATURDAY April learned inai
the Governor Of NewYork n mao a g,vT Mr. Col
var still insisted that Mr.. Hickman was ih er iSen
d a sye Conclusive evidence this point
and would arrive the following day, or Oh Waeeh
10 at the latest and on the next DAY 'e'' i''
received several kilograms from Mr. aSril IL
Sunday and Morday and on TUESDAY, hPi ~ - -,
went to Philadelphia pursuant to 'ef ansnv sUc
him 5q d mae n9 hm on mn
City where had long inter W c sse then
of Mr. Ba ba S and could not Identity
Hickman as Percy f. Raymond ana Una" id en-
nov NOT orc h had promised Upon reaching this con-
cusor insisted thai MI SGysr in this city
in order that might lay the facts before fore MT Me-
AUTHORITIES Accordingly Acc nd %e Police Ea' Head
oSaTsers about o'clock in the morning Of APF 5a
T. and the officer in charge an nsbt take such
steps as he might deem proper ana IRON Nv me
time Mr. Coyar was kept under surVe"a"'e ~ Viz
| police.
EXPLAINED TO CAPTAIN MCLUsKEY.
A., ON O'clock on the same morning | again
ouad AZ Police Headquarters and saw captain
| NcC,mskev and personally explained the iaets 10
him AT 1880 O'Clock called also upon the DIS
trict-Attorney and stated the tse b yesentnd
70 Iustice Truax in the supreme court a, IL in i
o'clock and suggested that should appear Ill
'ppr was S' therefore present the hearng before
Justice dru uit Mr. Coyar affidavits sent to by
him the record of conviction ana an o.Ile' liza
ments Ie rsEe any statement at the hearing and
therefore had no opportunity OF making any ca"
throughout this entire matter my action mas ney
based proofs that r fP asRmSn 70 with percy
Raymond and until April II was as. ny 1gvd far
shaken in thar regard; me tbs rensition for Ray
mond alias Hickman. was positive assurance
that the fhat NJ 'n Hickman ~ was the
same person as Percy f. Raymond
PAID NO FEE TO COLYAR.
Maid no fee to Mr. Colyar. and merely ad-
vanced the amount asked by him for necessary
expenses.
.scer,ain the record of MIR Hickman in order TO
determine his credibilty a witness. He had
given testimony against my client Mr. Molineux
which am certain can be shown TO be as COM
Of pfe' Mr.. Hickman as Percy 2. RAYMOND. Under
these circumstances. considered II my duly 70
CONVICT from the state OF Tennessee assist the
authorities of that state in bringing him 70 lusuce
am now satisfied that great injustice has been
done TO Mr. Hickman through this mistaken or
false identihcat ton which deeply y regret shown
how easily mistakes in identification may occur.
either through carelessness or from corrupt mo-
tives
COLYAR WE'LL KNOWN IN CHATTANOOGA
UNDER INDICTMENT FOR LARCENY-BE-
LONGS TO GOOD FAMILY.
Chattanooga, Tenn. April II (SpeciaD.-A. s.
Colyar IT, Of Nashville. is well known in Chatta-
nooga. and indictment now hangs over him for
larceny in the Circuit Court of this city. The Cir
cult Judge Floyd Esti is mis- uncle. and by reason
OF his relationship incompetent 10 try the case.
The notice ana court authorities here the A. s.
Colyar jr arrested for conspiracy in the Molneux
case and the one indicted here are the same.
Colyar is a son Colonel a. ;. Coyar of Nash
WILLIE one of the leading politicians of the South
The charge on which he was arrested in Chatta-
nocga was that OF stealing money from the whole
sale LIQUOR firm OF w. H. Barnes. Barnes is prose-
cutor in the case. The indictment was found by the
Grand Jury on Nav 1895 and the Indictment