The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-22 00:00:00

CLEVER CAPTURE OF TWO LONDON
SAVELLINTOB'S-MEN, IN LIVERPOOL.

a eaer Oa Saturday afternoon, detective officer Carlyle, made
CaP
una_ tune of two members of the London swell-mob,
Will shatter peculiar circumstances; and, as the details
e
b.. the the sagacity of the officer was amply proved
atthresult. On Saturday, Carlyle observed the men
llooke ReYal Bank. One of them had a memorandum
setriela his hand, in which he seemed to be making
le n 8' Tne officer watched them for some time, until at
)3ruhgtil they Walked arm and arm into a publichouse in
''\viek-street. Presently they came out, again, and he
replied
,them, saying, "do you know me ? " " No," they
de who who are you ?"" My name is Carlyle, and lam
too. t,i've*” " What do you want with gentlemen like
You eLald the two individuals addressed. " Why, I think
ramie a Pair of thieves," replied the constable. "
naiJ°4 smart for this," said the gentlemen. lust
shall etty
the station," retorted the officer, " "or I
y
fat?l'i_you in irons at once; so you had better walk
`l'ish to buave three men alo with me, and if ou dn
They e exposed, go, and make no more noise abouto.tt .
lairee:.,_ut accordingly, and the following details before!and-
7rneu the parties were brought up and examine
00,4 r Parker, at the police court, yesterday. A sum
l'areesttirds,_uf 4'lo was found on the prisoners, whosi
,NnPosede.' nad given as John Smith and John INl'Donneetl
'Mlle to be fictitious). They were both dress
sty-Hail •
8-w thylee informed the bench,
(it' thatthat on February last he
cussrisoners visiting several banks in town, 'and
„Nile p,,eti, they spotted him," and escaped.
`aen -41°13hell we) to defend Smith),
that parl?lied
s„ bench foreso'rrie of the money found on
nearirlio-er, for whom he said he appeared.
17ere said Perhaps the bench was not aware that
psoe::;-,.a charge pof robbery preferred against the
park," Yolin;"'°r having stolen .e2O on the 15th March, from
gentleman named Mr. Doran, who resides in the
;41C1WhO is a clerk at the office of Mr. A. Jones,
Zershi, ; and therefore he hoped his
Tatie,",,euld not •ke any order in reference to the
a,',1,1,11e bench maacquiesced, and Mr. Campbell said
"anee°'",,,aefead the prisoner Smith under any circum-
The The ease was then proceeded with.
stattoyieeieer said that when he took the prisoners to the
11`1210,,' ,e asked them where they came from, and
eteQuell replied, from London, and that he was
,a.
tk'u•nX-psisiln agent and lodged at Clement's Hotel Islin
'raith-"'s latter' statement was found to be correct.
the o Baid he lodged in Seymour-street, and on enquiry,
skeetitineer said he found he had lodged there about a
',ag hat Itnage• Be had intercepted a telegraphic message
arthe hotel, directed to M‘Donnell. It
4-7alea-i' and Was to the following effect, from a person
eeeelle'"via, at Worcester:—"Can you send up Mrs
"tni er next train ? Mr. C. called to-day.' The officer
eonA,4B-exarained by Mr. Campbell, but his evidence only
Pebr-44,Thed the fact that he had seen them at the banks in
Saturday' and that they were at the Royal Bank on
toclie.a,Y. The prisoner M'Donnell (who is a regular.
1.1,,,,q) Said he never saw Smith until he met him in
geativ"l a few days ago. Mr. William Doran, the piing
thati'llaan already alluded to as having been robbed, stated
anti o,e ,h
as general clerk in the office of Mr. M. A. Jones,
LW." 15th March he went (on a Saturday) to the Bank
be 03001 to get £7O. £5O of this was in gold (which
Laid iii„stit° his trowsers pocket), and the remainder west
tato by two notes of ten pound each, which he pu
c3atatoPATcet book, and that he deposited in his outside
l'etrieb;e'et• He saw the prisoner Smitb, and another
Ke tici_n the bank, and they took F.rticular notice of him.
Ariso
'ne name of Smith, but he could not recognise the
batlC
-er k`Donnell as the other person. 'When he left the
he the two
persons followed him down Castle-street, and
saw them watching him. He took out his book, and
"igloo ""a notes all right, and then went into • Winch's
4ittilerr°°lns, in South Castle-street, to get his
et fa: and while standing looking at the bill
gaile-e; the two persons entered, and Smith stood.
tho notes by the pocket where the book containing
fer 4es was placed. The other person called
.for a
note;
for he laid down a four-penny piece, but did wai
the ilange, as both left very abruptly. On going intof
thecae,toetnlag room be missed the book and the money.
a the Prisoners were gone. In reply to Mr. Campbell,
Arisor,fe's swore, most positively, to the identity of the
deya SMith, and witness went on to say that about
'arneaLter that he was passing the Royal Ban. , wen he
the Vnith coming out of the building, and ethenrobveesoad7
\i'i'lle"t„lteas, be at once. jumped into a car and d
Whet's Called a policeman, and they followed the car.
the Prisoner observed that he was followed, he leaped
fatale the car, flung the driver a shilling, and ran up a
theLreet near the railway. Witnes, ran one way aril
ivntteiro. Asairt another, thinking to catch the prisoner,u tberut,
At a., -an; he caught a shoemaker. (Loud laughter.)
gh
tinelppeaajdreilttoliat one of the notes had been stopped, havinge
the bank amongst a sum of £6OO by Messrs.
Villgonli'sh and Brandon but that firm could not tell from
dinin theY received it. Mr. Winch, the owner of the
Ndengn rooms mentioned, fully corroborated the
tioa O Mr. Doran, so far as it related to the transae-
tj-,nd gat too k place on his premises, and identified Smith
eu all doubt, but he could not swear to M'Donnell,
tass
fretil",cond person who was at the shop. Mrs.
3C,lDemoneneel,
had 13%-,lenlent,B
Hotel, Islington, stated that l
konti,Tl in the habit of stopping at her house for twelve
about--;,--Off and on. On the last occasion, he was there
Smiths Week, and was constantly visited by the prisoner
tettb,' ;tit by no other person. He was in the habit of
stateg letters, which he used to read and then burn. He
and that he was an agent, and was vino. to America,
titteehnl, jut said the same. That (Monday) morning her
the 'jar, discovered a valuable gold watch and chain under
vtlieh,4, in the prisoner's (M'Donnell) room. Carlyle said
had arrested the prisoners he asked M'Donnell if he
tlistleallY Watch, or other property, at the hotel ? and he
prilo etly said
r he had nothing bat his partmanteau. The
,",aleltile-,4°N7 denied that he said so, but admitted that the
xrwne h"aa his property, and stated that be could tell
'l,.rree h6oght it. Thiswas the evidence at present ready.
enarD.„l4bell addressed the bench, contending that no
!aid E:81:1 been sustained against his client. Mr. Parker
"seta,-ease against M'Donnell was one of the
could °l3 and he would remand him until further enquiry
Sui• te made about him. The charge against Smitu was
meP Oar; and he should send him for trial. After the
aeB.-°as bad been taken, Mr. Campbell applied on behalf
laire-- Interesting looking young person, alleged to be the
444 Orfa tile Prisoner Smith, for an order to s'e him.
.11e pros to let the parties see each other in
l'enir;e'enee of an officer was granted, and Carlyle
attenb;°., superintend the interview, when the prisoner
t°lll4 ,`"I,T4 to pass some documents to the female, but the
•r, seized them. This led to a further application by
liisetVlPbell to the bench, and in the course of a short
!ntentf,,ln which followed, Carlyle said the documents were
4a hae,,,to defeat the ends of justice, and he was very glad
soketcutitir
; 1303%9810n of them, as he was of opinion that
P.'esentia° itaPortant would come of them. Here the lady
received" herself, and asked to be heard, and having
1014;4 Permission to do so, she proceeded in a very.ener-
IPee rati,,u, and with much theatrical gesture, to deliver a
11-iondeoll,;
(ramount of which was that.. she had come from
Y t.„ u Saturday, in consequence of a message received
snobs uat her husband was in custody. At the conclusioon.
%tat: sPeech, Carlyle ordered her into the custody. _ t
t,he 4„er,oncer, Who took her to the central station. Smithi,.
towin-suatid, Was then fully committed for trial. The fo
t,!ttleengeis the sequel to this strange affair—lt may be
ff,V. that a short time since the representative of
4tanoti-wee.ll, Merchant, of this town, was robbed at the
ae --aeB'vr corn exchange of upwards of £BOO, by some
t
avf"° watched an
hdeek.opportunity, and took the money ou
Carlyle suspecting, perhaps, that the prisoners
6.f'ave sornethine• to do with th aair, set enuiry
oot, and, as he stated, he will be able to trace theq rob
stn' to one or both of the prisoners. At present the affair
448 as above described.
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