Collins reached Wilkinson in safety, but Owen was murdered, for the sake of the money he bore, by his boat's crew while on the Ohio river.

[Footnote: _Do._, letters of Carondelet to Alcudia, Oct.

4, 1794, and of De Lemos to Carondelet, Aug.

28, 1795.] The murderers were arrested and were brought before the Federal judge, Harry Innes.

Owen was a friend of Innes, and had been by him recommended to Wilkinson as a trustworthy man for any secret and perilous service.