Show HIS OWN I 1 I 1 RUIN I 1 f william Ivillia t MIL ac 1 I bogers ll tho tile soi nonia noma aristocrat I 1 KISSANE I 1 THE hienamen HIe Name revealed Bevo Revo aled at last story tory h of who followed like i nemesis I 1 win lym titiane Kit iane the forger murderer incel i diary Is said to be col wm K bogers 4 of sonoma california the cleveland CleT elAnd leader Leti cler Is publishing a series of article articles showing Ris villainy the account being tak TA from the manuscript story of sidney C burtone efforts to j I 1 to earth li tirton WIM was poisoned by come some of friends fri endi KISSANE IS ROGERS the identity of th the wealthy criminal kar hat been revealed sax flancisco april 1 there seems to be no doubt among hose those in a position to know that the statement statement published yesterday in the california democrat german paper of this telegraphed east last nights night is strictly correct and that william IVIllia rn kissane Ivis sane and col wm writ K X rogers a wealthy citizen of this state living at sonoma aro are one and the same person this fact lias has been known to several people e of this city for three daye days but out of consideration ti on for his family and relations it has not been made known the california beino democrat crat was the first ts to reveal kassanos Kis identity but nothing further than that beyond what was telegraphed from cleveland last n night ight has been mentioned on the subject Kis ganes or rogers ro gers connections by rn marriage arriage are among the most prominent people of this city i CLEVELAND ohio april arll 3 the leader will tomorrow to morrow publish another interesting installment Jn of the story of sidney 0 burtons efforts to rundown run down william VIlliam Kissane Kie sane it saya every detail of this case has been preserved in manuscript and ie Is now in possession posse eelon of the daughter of burton barton mrs frances IL 11 Bow manof no 85 95 state street thia this documentary evidence includes the manuscript c I 1 a book written by mr burton an voluminous correspondence xv wi j h persons interested in the case ahe be complete story of 0 Kies anee caree has never appeared jn in print in 1851 mr barton burton had bad for eight years as a proprietor off a leather and woolen warehouse cile conducted a prosperous prosperous business busine L ut at P among cha chapin pink 1 leoth I 17 n L we w e C in november 1885 h lia held their notes for 2500 and ha owned aleo alto 2200 sheep skins skirts were gt stored ored in their waro warehouse honse ori or i De december cembor 1851 he ted chiv cincinnati cinnoti cin nati and found that th thac firm had hai made aa an as elen slun ment they design ed to lyman cole a oan tran who wa subsequently arrested in new now york ou in a charge of baa bavin been fru with Kissa tic in th the bank forgery when mr barton burton asked for payment of the tile no notes tea and rind for return of the sheep skins be he was inform d that lie could go to tho the devil aub the rest of the creditors captain cummings who commanded the mirtha washington was an intimate driend ofa of colo cole and kissane and h ad d an ati interest in ill the business mr burtea learned that they had parel purchased iasell the martha washington and were annoyed over the able that prevented ted lier her arril archal al the vessel p put re in in an zin appearance atlant at last llast and steamed out of the city for new orleans with a heavy in voice on board on january ath 1852 it was soon developed that the stev steamer mer cr and cargo were heavily insure insured on january JAZIna ry 1832 1839 the boat was burned near helena ark sixteen cen lives were lost and the value vallie of the produce was placed at early ea eg the year yar mr barton burton bald said adam chapin waa was in now york endeavoring to secure payment of the ansur insurance ance policy for i and satisfied that the burning of the steamer was an act of burton notified the insurance company I 1 and they refused to pay the po policies liches the conspirators then a ought to win mr burton over to their side he lie says in his manu script that they offered him 1000 in addition to the filley and chupin chopin notes if he would w uld assist in securing curing sZ the payi payment nenT of the insurance money then mr burton resolved to bring the criminals to justice the insurance company refused to assist him but be he offered of bis his own money and over coati contributed by a friend during I 1 his ila p pursuit u raul of the tile gang lie traveled miles lie waa was constantly hounded barr hirr assed and even threatened by kusano glano and hie his friends A few persons are abaro that emissaries of kissane were instrumental in causing mr burtone burtons death in the slimmer of 1885 1895 he visited I 1 new ew york and aa bad had been the tle case throughout bOut his hi ia the united states and canada 1111 every yio Wo was watched by klasine Kl asane early in the fall he the victim of s mysterious illness and returned to his home lie ell lin n for months but never recovered dying on oil december lith 1855 the fact fac t was established at the tile time that frien friends ds had rue succeeded lo 10 smuggling at SU ulle poison into hia ills food and lila uia his death resulted despite the efforts effort of alt al hia ills ici ana ans to eava ravo him mr 1 burton during ilia tr avela wrote a book bod k riving n detailed mccoun account t of the case bv tit was never but into print htwa it waa sen entitled titled drama crime or tragedies gee 9 in real life t according to tho the preface the beok contain contains amona other things a complete confession by Wm Kissane amone among mra mrs Bow anane papers are several interesting letters lett cre one from general F francis fricis J darr of san francisco which bears date data july 1888 general darr says 1 I lama am 2 native of cincinnati cincinnati and of tho the old firm of gross dietrich our factory candles soaps and oils waa destroyed in 1857 by an ancen incendiary diary act I 1 I 1 of william Ivia sanc while we were preparing proofs dk other crimea crimes came to light kissani baa has become rich fich and prominent ent and ills ila intimates knew know no nothing iain g of hi crimes he ila was wa born b orn in ireland emigrated to canada cin daina and thence to cincinnati in the th fortie forties finally he lie escaped the halter by the death of your father by poisoning another letter letteris is from john eddy of province R 1 I a former officer of the chemical bank it bears date nov in it mr eddy says kissane Kie sane was pardoned after your your fathers death lie ile went wen 4 to Nic nicaragua araua and returned during the war and held hold some prominent pr positions bohn lie ila now lives in luxury john S soden So denof par new york president of the marine insurance took Kia His sines confession company mrs bowman bee written to recorder Ee corder smythe blythe of new ew york a letter which wi will i I 1 reach its destination on 0 n monday giving borne information about the case this colonel 0 IV doubleday Pou bleday of city who was one of filibuster walkers Wal kere kerla adjutants in nicaragua told a reporter last lait night that he be knew kissane when the latter was acting as commissary of the expedition jie he said kissane was a sort of a desperado while it was known in nicaragua that ris sane and rogera rogers were identical the officer leers off for some reason at was the same roan man wae was mixed up in the martha washington disaster I 1 |