Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-04-13
HICKMAN GOES FREE.
Some New Features Connected With
the Moincuy Case.
COLYAR'S STRANGE STORY
Alleged That Lawyer Who Came
From Tennessee to Identify HeclS-
man MS Escaped Convict Has
Confessed Conspiracy.

New York, April ia. S. Colyar. Jr.,
lawyer of Nashville, was taken to po-
lice headquarters from the Aston House
by Detective Sergeant Carey to explain
what he had to do with an alleged con-
spiracy to remove from the jurisdiction
of the state Nicholas A. Hickman, a
witness in the Molineux murder case.
Captain McClusky said that Colyar was
under arrest. The mans name. how
police headquarters.
1t was charged that conspiracy was
organized to have Hickman identified
as p. E. Raymond, alias Williams, alias
Hickman, who is wanted in Nashville.
When the case finally reached the SUI
preme court, Major Gardiner informed
Colyar that he was not under arrest
Colyar said that he certainly had been
McClusky reiterated his statement
and said THAT Colyar was under arrest
and that it would be decided very soon
whether or not the charge would be
Dressed against him.
In any event, Hickman is free as a re-
suit of proceedings in the supreme court
Colyar failed there to identify him as
the man wanted. Colyar said that he
mad been acting for client and named
Lawyer Weeks, one of MolineuNs coun-
sci, as his ,lient. He said Weeks had
paid his expenses, but he had not been
paid anything for his services.
The World asserts that Colyar has
confessed that the whole thing was a
plot to e:1tost money tom General Mol
ineuX, father of Roland b. Molineux.
The confession is said to have been
made in Tayor's hotel, Jersey City.
Hickman according to this story, said
that when he read of the Adams case
the resemblance of Hickman to Percy
e. Raymond, who was sentenced to two
years Imprisonment in Nashville in 1894
Tor picking pockets, gave him an idea.
Deemed Him Important Witness.
He thought that Hickman was a very
important witness in the case. and any
proposition to get him out of the way
would be eagerly seconded by Moli-
neux's relatives and his c@nsel.
In furtherance Of this scheme he went.
he says. to Providence and enlisted the
services of woman named Ida Cole.
She was coached to positively identify
Hickman as Percy =. Raymond and to
do so adopted the name of Blanche r..
Graham She was taught route Of
cities in which the alleged Raymond
was supposed to have committed the
crimes which finally resulted in his ar
rest and sentence to prison.
That being done. a lawyer named
Scruggs. who defended Raymond at his
trial. was persuaded that Hickman and
RAYMOND were the same persons until
he made affidavit to that effect. An
other reputable citizen was likewise de-
ceived into making a similar affidavit.
Captain Casteen was simply hired as a
police officer to take the man Hickman
down to Tennessee after he was ar
rested.
After everything had been arranged
the application was made to Governor
McMillin, who granted it because it
was in regular form. and the trip north
was undertaken. 1t was all right until
he had asked Captain McClusky last
Saturday to serve the warrant.
Colyar further states that he left this
city on Monday and went to Washing
ton, where the woman Graham. or Cole,
was stopping. Afterward they went to
Philadelphia, where the woman regis
tered at the Bingham House under he
name of Miss NJ. Harvey Providence.
The woman came with him to Newark,
when she declared she would not risk
arrest and left him.