The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-15 00:00:00

THE

TAE GREAT GOLD ROBBERY ON THE
SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.

1,Y,11 Thursday, William Pierce and James Burgess were
Rol% brought before the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion
dad, e, according to arrangement made on the previous
llpop the charge of having stolen gold and securities,.
are "a C 15,000, while in transit on the South Eastern Rail-
isesY, between London and Dover, in the month of May,
tips.l. Mr. Bodkin again appeared for the prosecution,
sap aaewis, of Ely Place. for Burgess, and. Mr. Wontner
folioerce the former prisoner wearing his guard's uni-
,
toto The prisoners, when placed at the bar, looked
the eaallat careworn. Mr. Bedkin, in stating the case for
beseur°3ecution, said the prisoner Pierce bad formerly
ah enaeloyed by the railway company in the department
of t'e the tickets were printed, and so had an opportunity
loase'ng brought into communication with Burgess, who
solat the time a guard in the employ of the company.
as enquiry at present went, four persons had been
Erged in the commission of the robbery. A man named
epaaward Agar, who had since been transported for another
10,1;1; the prisoner Pierce, the prisoner Burgess, and a
Nab", Person named Tester, who, at the time of the
aria, era', was a clerk in the employ of the company, but
tea". was not vet in custody, and who, there was every
lh, a°n to believe was not uow in England. Agar had
acel;: with a woman' before his punishment, by whom he had
awaid, now about three years old, and this woman would he
analtilasa At the time of Agar's apprehension this woman
witilchild had been left under the care of Pierce, tea,"
Rola 4,7,000 of the stolen gold ; but Pierce,
had a"ad turned the woman and child adrift, and th,
Pro latl,ed the revelations which gave rise to the presen
woecieeft:ngs, and which he (Mr. Bod.ki.n) had no clout);
eta. lead to the committal and conviction of the prison-
brotla• todkin then called Edward Agar, who was
Pica a„tlaP custody, and said: lam at present a con-
-185,a and at Portland. I was convicted in October,
,aa "nu sentenced to transportation for life, for forgery.
Was etch
or the persons by whom a large quantity of gold
of IVT "31f'n from the South Eastern Railway in the month
go., '43', 1855. I know the two prisoners. I have been
pOtiallited with Pierce five or six years, and with Burgess
C 8,4" qtl;te so long. Pierce was out of employ when I first
abin:a and Buraeis a guard in the employ of the South
astratla Company.' Some years ago I went to America,
ago came back the last time about three or four years
aro, Before went to America Pierce spoke to me about
ltiar beerY of bullion from the South E is tern Railway,
at thween I returned I met him by accident somewhere
laws! 'West End, when we had some conversation. I
had :Lint several times a:terwards, when he asked me if I
tato T'uQught anything more about the robbery ? I told
ho ta would have nothing further to do with it. He said
key "°l'ght he could manage to get possession of the
aoelli of the iron safe, if I would do ; and I said it
aroo",(1 be a matter of consideration. He said that if I
trld Undertake it, whatever was got should be
dasamaed into four. I said I had no objection, and
trat,"geMents were made to get possession of the keys to
Afteellia imnression, Pierce saying he knew the man.
getting one key, Pierce and I consulted how to get
lastaakession of the other, and it was arranged between
the /ie and I that I should go to Folkestone, and stop at
kiaaavilion Hotel, where Pierce would send a letter to
~toould send me a box containing money to the
stlataftt,.w °C '6OO or 1:700. I went to the Pavilion by the
eaaa taa, Archer and received a letter stating that such a
od been arwarded to me by rail. I think the box
kr, kr Chapman,
addressed " Mr. Archer, care of Mr. Ledger ;"
,74 16}..,.'naPrnan, I don't know which. After receiving
:44 fn"er I took it to Chapman s office on a Saturday,
take :gild that no such box had arrived. I told them to
:tat
ii,`42'e 01' it if it should arrive, and went again on Sun-
rcp "uell I saw the train arrive at the upper station. I
IlanWet down to the lower station, where I saw Chap-
at:lnd showed him the letter. I saw the iron safe
th' 4 Ch
a I'l4 _ Chapman, who used one key,. which he took
aa, ahaalpboard in his office. He delivered the b?x to
ateo,"aa Presented a form to me to fill up. I told him to
arketeas I had a bad finger, and asked him to sign it
nhee-,." lie did so, and 1 then signed it in the name of
Lilloaa• The box contaitied about £2OO in gold,
"lalt gip as my money, with something to fill it up. I
aoTtt the money to Pierce before I left London.
"th'‘ 'know where I got it from, but I believe
slatesae tank of England, in exchange for notes, a
.day
taatloauefore. I left Folkestone on the Monday morning,
t'Ad ta, Pierce on my arrival in town, and told him what
ek-a,e!,12 Place • but I did not tell Burgess. It was then
laaaava to go 'to Dover, and get over from there to
setaeae• We had noticed that the clerks generally left
eaaaoatae.when the boat arrived, and we were to watch an
'sae, ',May to go in and obtain the key from Mr. Chap-
'haeaaealPboard. A fortnight or three weeks afterwards
er' down• I had previously seen Burgess at Sterrel's,
it -e he •
foHht atated what we proposed to do, and that it was all
tog:ale:0 succeeding. We went down to Dover by a day
4 pnb Which I believe, Burgess was guard, and went
t reed
A h where wo had tea, but I
tc remembers called the Rose,
t either whether we went over to Folkestone that
A itaijrenote We walked over the heights from Dover to
altecne, and went to the lower station, where we
for the arrival of the Boulogne boat. When it
4144 Ore watched Chapman and Ledger out of their
ep attend to their duties in the baggage-room. Pierce
r„t th:lt into the office, while I stood at the door, and
4eY out of the cupcoard, where it was left, and
ht it
bn, -- to me. I took an impression in wax. The key
asaoinae back in. its place, and we came back to London.
tl4lt b?„ exactly know how long this was befere the robbery
ha toe-re, but it was some considerable time—probably
targoagie months. In that interval I often met Pierce and
alilt!) to' and I got the key made in blank, and then fiaed it
ltlaoa?,!.lie wax impression, which was done partly at
blsaaea_aouse and partly at my house, Cambridge Villa, at
I oettl's Bush, where Pierce used sometimes to e one,
aea a ver saw Burgess either at my house or Piea?,,'s.. I
al -441,
h atees an appointment to go down by the traipn. with
tatk:gekall° try the keys in the safe. I went without re? ce,
44 V 44 ~.Ping guard of the train to Dover, and got into
kfaglioaltb Burgess, who had the safe there. I did that
tOtst. eight times, as the keys would not open the safe
always saw Burgess on these occasion.;, the
I,ki,! that .i? always in his van. I used to stop at Dover
tr, taa'lpk sain returned, and then come up to town.
li ae3's fitted, and I saw Pierce and Bur-
s Fed pt the Marquis of Granby, near wia Barges,
%Nal the key fitted, and we talked of the best plan
tai4lpja,setilig the robbery. It was proposed to get some
sat% Vat In bags, to make up the weight of gold we
%atilt ea.° out. We bought 2 cwt of shot to make up the
Ord *',12,000 in gold. It was Pierce who tnentioned;.2
Pension
°ought the shot at the shot-tower near Hunger-
tOt al Pension bridge, Pierce and I going for it. Pierce
001 eLalld I waited outside. Pierce brought out two
faosees hare Pet bags full, one of which he gave to me. and the
110, atoeaaried himself. We carried them to Charing-
Iliac Ai' Vim took a 'buss to Shepherd's Bush, where I
at at time a person named Fanny Kay was living
Natßie b 8 my wife,' and had been living with me for some
stla kat ace! a child by her, two years old on the 7th of
vve was first introduced to her by Burgess.t
4-9. atlinY Kay was at home when we carried ..he shot
illll asked what we had got in those bags, and we
IN; 1:-.4,11 evasive answer. The bags were put in the
404 t alrar behind the door. They contained each
,lot ausa of shot, and Pierce brought a second. and
Nastot to shot later in the week. I had emptied tho
I'ma a trunk, which Pierce had in his possession
Was arrested. That shot was emptied. with
N141111414' annY Kay had no opportunity of seeing the
Nakth,
Bea red that I am aware of, but she afterwards
leaa teltark about the trunk being so heavy. The shot
tr.4,1a1 the canvas bags In which it had been brought.
ItATAaaaa Wag locked, and I had the key. The shot was
t,, ha! moved to Pierce's residence for convenience of
uown to the railway. We had put it into small
)0%8 lbs and 4 lbs, made of a blue checked stuff. No
tc.„.413, Wife. and servant lived in my house. My ser-
aa7 called Charlotte, but I do not know her name.
tg 81;11017 bought theasetu
someof Vo p tmh.e
and bag s
Piercewere
:1,..ke o°f ls.
at leastm he told me so. We had four
44,4tid7RS made, them,courier bags they were termed, at the
Ibrury lae and Great Queen-street. They were
i, me and Pierce together, and were to be made
\ttk7lng to carry heavy weight. These bags were
Nst ttaagY wash house by putting 84 lbs of shot
.into
a as some of them cracked, I mended them in a
Ns, tied
Fanny Kay and the servant were both at
bk, tilt:tl th
I,ttg e bags were tried, but had no opportunity
;Kat,,anat we were doing, as we shut the door. I
:tP4I-11if 'ee hired a horse and cart to carry the shot to
Nitta,
_Re said he hired the horse and cart in Grove-
IN. Mornington Crescent. To complete the
1:1
144 leree bought a carpet bag, with some name
,ltalf,aal the lock, at a shop in a street running into
tata:aa_ was proposed to fill up the carpet bags
regna put a part of the shot. in the middle,
4,444 St of the shot to be put into the courier
-railojtas alt
round our shoulders. We did this,
tActosaatir taaaccleniPped walked from Pierce's house, in
laAa rols, ,to a coffee-shop, with short cloaks or
lsiaa;a: pieraver us, so that the courier bags could. not.
laet doaae got a cab from the stand opposite, and
kalllt La% asaatl,to St. Thomas-street, in the Borough, where
OLP to fah' left Pierce in the cab with all the bags. I
St:qt, th;`ae station to meet either Burgess or Tester,
'IG- °Uter gate and the station, on the incline,
aVtit,_Thes firstt". Thomas's Hospital. I did this several
tithsa‘e taetime met Tester, and afterwards went
Sl:a:Attie boelaibio,hawndastonlodt gPoieinrgcedotwhant
hat night. told
aek t t We
tlll4lls Mto ° Crown-terrace, and previous to arrival
et). alit to Ilut the courier bags on our shoulders, and
ht for house with them. We repeated this
aaaaloalP
aet I,la. a,. fortnight, until the robbery came off. I
Ittl.9stcs met at the station, but on one or two
Nita trld looked
loess. Sometimes I went up to the
t!aitasalaatheaF see whether the chest was standing
theea if —ead's (the superintendent's) door. It was
a. was going, and had the train marked
L10:11/4. opoaaavas going. I met Burgess there, and if
aaaullitY of speaking he was to raise his
isaftaciara,ow tehPaotc ket handkerchief, and wipe his f.ce,
cabst °obethe gold was there. On the night
as
eyedaa io nal took place, Pierce and I
he went to tl
he sal as before, and Pierce brought
h els. ne had hired from the rank near
t ern
a. a to ag-at n out (I know the cabman. We wen
tl,4}lt,h: staretieot, as befor
e. got out, and before
a as' .11 then n met Tester, who said, " It's
ti•rall t, ester. Went back to the cab, where I had left
ea,laa go downw with me and said, "It was all
l() o ri
101. tne bov_ 'went ate--
11'A tij 40(iblYsel f "r
rain.
ales sto . the and Pierce
'44 a kit° Porter
toot i a lur, gave the other bags w
t„ tlto eage van communicating with his own.
kc first-class carriage. Tester went down
at,
Larne ' oPportunity when Mr. Weatherhead's
d, •
JumPed into the guard's van, where

!eping the

ALLEGED ROBBERY AND MURDER AT
EBITH, KENT

EXTRAORDINARY AND SUSPICIOI7S AFFAIR

For the past few days the greatest excitement has prevailed
at Erith, in Kent, and the surrounding neighbourhood, in con—
sequenc2. of the discovery of the dead body of a young man at
a place known as Park Spring Copse, about a mile from this
station, with no less than sixteen punctured wounds on his
person, several of them being in the region of the heart. It
appeared that, as a working man named Thomas Sowell was
proceeding up the avenue leading to Leaner House, Leaner
Park, the mansion of Captain Wheatley, on Saturday morning
last, he was horrified at discovering the dead body of a man
lying on the grass amongst some trees, in the avenue men-
tioned above as Pat k Spring Copse information having been
forwarded to the police, a description of the deceased was
issued. A great number of persons afterwards visited the
deadhouae, but were not able to identify the body. Mr. C
J. Carttar, the coroner for Fast Kent, having issued his war
rant, a highly respectable jury was empanelled at the Running
Horses Tavern, to enquire into the extraordinary circumstances

attending the death of the unfortunate deceased, when the
following evidence was taken :—Themas Sewell, a working
man, deposed that on the morning of Svurday last, at about
half.past ten o'clock, ho was proceeding up the avenue leading
to Sussex House, Sussex Park, when he observ:A the bandy of a
man lying amongst the trees, to all appearances dead. He went
up to him, and found that he was cold, and that blood was issuing
from his body. Deceased had no coat or hat on, but on going
aw iy to fetch some help, he found the coat about tw,) and a
quarter yards from the body, and about two and a-half yards
he found a cap. He got the assistance of the
car, who had the body removed to the dead-
A female named Parkins. said she was the wife of a
Erith. They formerly lived at Wands-
to the body being found,
a she thought

SIIIIIMO

For the previous fc

lie had seen a young man about the vil

to be a person she knew, when living
John Carter, She had seen the hadv

and elle was of opinion

gess again,

that it was that of Carter, but it was not the man she had seen
in Erith, as she had thought. At Ws stage of the proceedings
several jurors expressed an opinion that there should be further
evidence brought before them, as they felt far from satisfied
with the case as it stood. After some further observations
from the coroner the inquest was adjourned. Later in the day,
from the manner in which the description, &c., had been
circulated, information reached the ears of the family of de-
deceased, who carry on business as market-gardeners at Wands-
worth, in Surrey, end soon after the adjournment of the
inquest, the friends of the deceased identified the body as
that of George Carter, aged 28. The identification of the
body was the means of learning some history of the young man
prior to his death ; from which it appears that he was i❑ good
health and spirits up to the day preceding the discovery of his
mutilated body. He then left his home (on the Friday),
having with him, it is supposed, a largo sum of money, betwee❑
£6O and £BO, since which nothing was heard of him until he
was found dead, with only lid. in his pocket, upwards of 20
miles from his home, from which he had not been absent 24
hours. In pursuance of the order of the coroner, at the open-
ing of the investigation, a very minute examination of the body
has been made by Dr. Oates, an eminent physician of that
place ; and it has been found that there are sixteen punctured
wounds in the chest, breast, and ribs on the left side. Of these
injuries no less than five have penetrated the heart. One of
the wounds in the heart was three inches deep, being the centre
of the three in the left ventricle, and this corresponded exactly
with the external incision, through which a portion of the lung
was protruded.

GREAT CONFLAGRATION AT THE SOUTH
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT SCHOOLS.

The inhabitants of the quiet suburban district of Dutton
will not for a considerable period forget the distressing
scenes that took place at the South Metropolitan District
Schools, which stand on a large plot of ground about one
mile from the railway station and fourteen miles from
London. The first thing sought to be accomplished after
the discovery of the fire, was to get the children out of their
beds, which was no little task, considering that there were
over 900 male and female children in the building, out of
which number 200 were under seven years of age. Owing
to the rapidity with which the flames extended, seizing as
they did upon several of the dormitories almost simulta.
neously, even the master and matron were apprehensive at
one time that at least a hundred or two of the children
would perish. Fortunately they managed to get the whole
staff of officers together, who with the master and matron
entered the different rooms, and succeeded in the brief
space of 25 minutes in getting the whole of the affrighted
children from their beds. The poor creatures without
shoes or stockings on, and nothing to cover them but their
night clothes, were forced to remain on the gravel road or
green sward in front of the building, the cold being in-
tense, and at the same time snow or sleet was falling very
freely.

DESTRUCTION OF A SHIP BY FIRE, ON THE
THAME.

We. did

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I I told the cabman

so, and I gi

'e bad

A serious loss by fire took place on the river, off Northfleet,
on Wednesday, by the complete destruction of the ship
Forrester, belonging to Sunderland, commanded by Captain
Arnies, and laden with tallow, hemp, and staves from St.
Petersburg. The ship reached Gravesend on Tuesday night,
and brought up at anchor in Long Reach in consequence of
the foggy state of the weather. Captain Amies and his chief
officer retired to their berths, leaving one man on watch on
deck, who, it is supposed, went forward and there fell asleep.
Suddenly the captain and mate were awoke by a sense of
suffocation, and on jumping out of bed found the cabin not
only full of smoke, but flames raging furiously along the
ceiling of the cabin. On getting on deck it was discovered
that, by some means, the deck had ignited through the.
overheating of the cabin stove funnel. The captai❑ and crew
made eycey effort to quell tho flames, but in vain. The
captain then slipped from his anchors, and drifted down with
the tide, in order to settle her at the most favouable spot. On
arriving opposite Northfleot, she was run on a bank on the
not al (Essex) shore ; hut, unfortunately, she was rot sunk in
sufficient depth of water to cover her deck, in consequence of
which the flames continued to rage. On the burning vessel
being observed from

Tilbury Fort, an engin

spot, which was worked most vigorously, but it lid li,tle
effect in saving the doomed vessel. The firo burnt. furiously
throughout the whole of Wednesday, consuming her to the
water's edge. Tho ship is about 300 tons burden, and is
reported to be insured, as also her cargo.

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MONSTER FRAUDS ON THE GREAT NORTHERN
RAILWAY.

the bags were, and Burgess shut the door after me. Bur-
gess was in the same train. I saw two iron boxes in the
van; and as soon as the train moved, I got up and went
to Burgess, who told me there were upwards of £12,000, Great consternation has been caused amongst the officials of
in bullion and coin, there. I unlocked one of the chests, the Great Northern Railway, by the discovery of a series of
in which I found a wooden box, nailed round with iron pooping, and after drawing the nails out I forced it open most extensive frauds—frauds which throw the defacatians of
William James Robson, on the Crystal Palace Company,
with some box wedges and a mallet which I had with me.
It contained gold bars, but Ido not know how many. I
completely into the shade. Front enquiries which have been took them out, put them into bags, put the shot into the instituted, it appears that Mr. Leopold Redpath, of No. 27,
box, and fastened it up again with the same nails, When Chester terrace, Regent's Park, was the registrar of shares and
we got to Redhill, Pierce got into the van, having left his transferer of stock in the Great Northern Railway, and, in that
first-class carriage. I did not see Tester there, but put out capacity, had a command over the whole of the shares of the
for him a bag with one of the gold bars, which had been company. Mr. Redpath has always borne the strictest cha•
put in it for him by arrangement, to lighten our load. ratter for honesty, and the conviction of his integrity was
(Laughter.) I did not see Tester. but Burgess told me strengthened by the fact, that he was a governor of Christ's
he had taken it away all right. With the assistance of Hospital, a governor of the Royal Society of St. Anne, and
Pierce 1 then put the first box back into the safe, and was intimately connected with many of the most influential
opened a second box, which contained American gold coin
and some caupons of a foreign railway. We emptied and useful institutions in the country. This gentleman, to
that, filled it up with shot, put it back, and locked up the whom such vast interest, were entrusted, and upon whom
safe. We then opened the second iron safe, which 'con-
the breath of suspicion never rested, has disappeared,
tained Californian gold, out of which we took as much as and with his disappearance, comes the appalling fact, that he
we thought we had shot to make up the weight. The has robbed his employers--the directors and shareholders—
box had two rope handles. We put it back into the safe, of maav thousands of pounds. It is said, and apparently
and locked it up again, as we had done the other. There upon the best authority, that the defalcations amount to
were some seals on the boxes, which we broke, and alter- no less a sum than £150,000. Whether that calculation is
wards lit a taper, melted some wax which we had hrought above or below the amount of which the company has been
with us, and sealed them again with some seals which we defrauded, it must of course remain for future investigation to
had bought in Shoe lane. By the time we had swept up reveal. Associated with Mr. Leopold Redpath in the same
the dust
and put it in the bats, the train had got. to Felltestone. We save the safes put out there in the usual r, Bent. This young man bore a high character for
office, and acting with him as clerk, was Mr, Charles J.
manner, and went on to Dover by the same train, where Cumming
we arrived in the middle of the night. We had got into a honesty and ability, but as the directors had cause to suspeet
first class carriage at Folkestone, leaving our bags in the that he was mixed up to some extent with the frauds perpe. van, and when we arrived at Dover we asked for our trated by Redpath, he was given into custody, and has under-
carpet bags, which were given to us by Burgess. We then gone a private examination by the police magistrate sitting at
went to the Castle Hotel. Pierce did not look as he does Cierkonwell Police Court. The case was made out with
now, for he wore a black wig and whiskers. The waiter sufficient strength to induce the magistrate to remand him, and
at the hotel asked us if we were going to stop all night, he is now in the House of Detention. Every exertion has
but we told him no, we were going gun, b
the night train, been made to capture Redpath, but up to the present hour he
and sent him to get us some brandy and water and cigars, has succeeded in eluding the vigilance of the police. Possession
so that he might not see us put our courier bags on. 'We
then went to the station, and a porter wanted us to let him his been t
carry our bats, but we told him we would rather carry them Park, but 'e
no minute examinationken of his house,in Chester Terrace, R-gent's has yet been made of its
ourselves. He asked if we had got any tickets, and we contents. Mr. Kent was apprehended at his residence in
showed him two Ostend return tickets, which Pierce had Castle terrace, Hampstead New Road. 'lt seems to be the
got, I think, from a man named Gower, in the employ of the general impression that he was the dupe of a well devised plot
company. He said that no one had passed through the Cus • on the part of his superior officer, Redpath,
toms from Ostend that day, and that the bags were very Another account says that £lBO,OOO will not cover the
heavy. We told him we had come on the previous day, and amount, hut no accurate estimate can he formed until the
at the same time gave him a few shillings. We had a first- auditots can make up a report—an operation which will occupy
class carriage all to ourselves, and on our way up threw the keys from our carpet bags some weeks. As soon as the accounts can be arranged, the
out of the window, and put the
gold bars from the courier bags into two small carpet bags, result will be made up for the purpose of being submitted to a
which were inside the large one. When we got to a
general meeting of proprietors. Mr. Redpath, of 27, Chester-
station on the road, Ido not know which, Pierce got out terrace, Regent's-park, was, until a few days since, the
of the carriage, and put the large carpet bag behind the registrar of shares and transferer of stock in the Great Northern
door of the waiting-room. A porter saw him, and asked Railway Company. Although his salary was not very extensive,
him what he was doing. He said, " L-ioking for a friend, amounting to something between £250 to £3OO a year, ho
and jumped into the carriage again. The train arrived at. lived in a luxurious style in a fashionable house, had a box
London-bridge about five o'clock,
herewhee we took a cab to at the opera, was an habitue of the theatres, a governor of
the Great Western station, with t mall carpet bage ; Christ's Hospital and of the Royal St. Ann'., Society, and a
but when we got there, I to'd the man we had made a subscriber, and. director to many of the most permanent,
mistake; we "wanted to go to the Euston station. The
metropolitan institutions. There was scarcely a fashionable
man drove back, but we got out at a coffee shop, and
remained there a little while, before we went to Pierce's party, an operatic performance, or a gathering of the beau
house. We then hired a horse and cart to remove the gold, monde, in which the name of " Leopold Redpath, Esq.,"
and afterwards took a cab, and met Tester at the Borough- did not appear. Operating under the prestige which these
market, where he gave us back the bar of gold which we had various occupations afforded, he averted suspicion, and was thus
given him out the night before. Pieree went and changed enabled to perpetrate the enormous frauds which will hereafter
part of the American coins at a shop in St. Mary Axe, and require so strict an investigation. As principal registrar of
I waited in the cab while be was gone. We then drove up stock, Mr. Redpath bad, of course, the entire control of that
to the Haymarket, where Pierce sold the rest of the department of the company's business. The investigation of
American coins to a person named Spillman, who gave a the books since his disappearance—for he left the office in a
clique on the Union Bank for, I think, about £2OO. We somewhat hasty manner ou Tuesday last, and has not since
then went back to Pierce's house, taking the gold bars with been heard of—have showc that the frauds have been perpe-
ns. At this point, it being five o'clock, the prisoners were trated in the following manner. When Mr. Rodp3th, who was
remanded, Mr. Bodkin intimating that his examination in
ttihmet hepr addedineipalraegnis,t,raor,,, htaod £lootthoeisostoueouant,ti s
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The directors appear not to have made any examination into
the accounts, probably because they never had any suspicion of
their officer, and it has been to them a mystery for years
past that they were called upon to pay dividends upon £ 15 000
t or £20,000 more than, according to their audited accounts,
they were liable for. Perhaps it is scarcely right to say the
directors were negligent of their duties, inasmuch as two or
three weeks since they established a distinct department
for the purpose of securing a strict investigation of the
company's accounts. The officials of this new department
met on Monday last, and on Tuesday morning they re-as•
sembled for the purpose of entering upon their duties. Soon
after they met. Mr. Redpath entered the room and sa'd to the
chief clerk, " What are you going to do ?'"fhe chief clerk
replied : "To go through all the accounts from the commence-
ment of the company," Mr. Redpath said : " That is a
perfectly useless proceeding. You will find all the accounts
right in die gross, and it is of no use entering into details "
The chief clerk said : " We are bound to go into the whole of
tho accounts, as the directors have given in explicit directions
to do so, and we wish to begin with the numerical register."
Mr. Redpath took up one of the books and then threw it down
again, saying, " 'Well, if that is your intention, I will have
nothing to do with it." He then said to one of the officers,
"I am going out for a few minutes." He went, but he never
returned. Previous, however, to his departure, he sent one
of the ticket-porters belonging to the railway to the Union
Bank in Argyll place, for the title deeds of his house in Ches-
ter place, and for other securities which were lodged there in
his name, directing him to meet him with the documents
at Chester place. The porter misapprehending his instruc-
tions, took the parcel he received from the bank to the
Great Northern Railway, and the officials of the company have
taken possession of it, and notice has been given at the bank
to withhold Isis balance until further enquiry, A warrant has
been granted for the apprehension of Leopold Redpath, who is
still a fugitive from justice. Ho his described as being about
45 years of age, 5 ft. 10 in. in height, with fair complexion
and brown hair. lie walks in a hurried or " jolting" manner.
fie dresses well, but not foppishly, and Isis general demeanour
a person of extremely quiet habits and good position in
The directors of the Great Northern Railway appear
o have been acquainted with the expensive habits of their
servant, and to have been aware that £3llO ae year could not
have met his expenses. Singularly enough a feeling prevailed
that he filled his responsible office simply from a desire of hay.,
ing something to do ; and this opinion was confirmed by the
fact, that he made large contributions to the many religious
and charitable institutions with which the metropolis abounds,

ARREST AND EXAMINATION OF A CLERK.
As soon as the discovery of the frauds was made directtions
were given to the police to take possession of Redpath's house
in Chester-place. This was done, and almost simultaneously
Inspector Williams arrested Mr. Charles James Cumming
Kent, a young man aged 25, who was a clerk in the
register-office, over which Mr. Redpath presided. Mr.
Kent, who is supposed to have been the dupe of Redpath,
was arrested at his residence in Castle-terrace, Harnp-
stead.road, and he immediately afterwards underwent a
pr.vate examination at Clerkenwell Police Court. Mr.
Williams was the first witness called. He stated—l
am superintendent of the Great Northern Railway Company.
I apprehended the prisoner at his residence last night, on sus-
picion of being concerned with Mr. Redpath in this robbery.
I searched him, and, amongst other papers,l found a telegraphic
message in his pocket, addressed to Mr. Fleury, an hotel keeper
at Paris. It was as follows :—" Is Redpath with you ? If so,
tell him to communicate with me immediately, and telegraph
back." I asked him if he had sent it, and he said
"No." I asked him why, and he declined to tell me,
for reasons of his own. I asked him where Redpath
was. Ho replied, " I will not tell you." This was at
his own house. When I searched him I took a key from
him, which opened a drawer in his office. On reaching that
office I found several letters from Mr. Redpath to him. Mr.
Martin Bid ; I and p, clerk in the registration office. The
entry 553, I believe to be in the handwriting of the prisoner.
In one of the stock columns, I find the numbers 1,250 down.
Other figures down in the same column, are in Kent's hand-
writing. Mr. Humphreys, for the prosecution, explained that
the entry of 1,250, should have been 250 ; and then asked
Mr. Williams if a remand was granted, should he be able to
apprehend Redpath ? Mr. Williams : Yes. The prisoner
was remanded until Tuesday.

APPREHENSION OF REDPATH.
Yesterday morning, Mr. Leopold Redpath, of No. 27, Ches-
ter terrace, Regent's park, late the registrar of shares and
transfer of stock to the Great Northern Railway, was appre-
hended shortly after ten o'clock at No. 4, Ulster place, New
road, by Mr. Richard Williams, the inspector of police to the
Great Northern Railway. The prisoner only left Paris on the
previous evening, arrived in town yesterday morning, and was
apprehended shortly after. He was brought direct to the
Clerkenwell police court, and appeared in the best of spirits.
Shortly after twelve o'clock he was placed in the felon'?
dock, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, the court being well
filled with parties connected with the railway. It
appears that immediately after Redpath left the office of
the company on Thnrsclay afternoon, he proceeded to his
house in Chester place, and was very much surprised
that the porter whom he had sent to the Union rank in
Argyll place for his securities had not arrived. Shortly after
he proceeded to the South Eastern Railway, and went direct
to Paris. When he arrived there he communicated by tele-
graph with his friends, but the messages were, of Course, inter-
cepted by the police. Mr. Richard Williams, the superinten—
dent of the Great Northern police, proceeded to Paris with the
warrant granted by Mr. Tyrwhitt, but shortly after his arrival
there, the prisoner must .have heard of his arrival, for he
departed last evening from Paris, apparently in a great hurry,
for he did not bring any luggage to England with him. Mr.
Richard Williams, from information he received, proceeded to
the house of a personal friend of the
prisoner's, and there
apprehended him as detailed above. Mr. Humphreys appeared
for the prosecution ; and Mr. Wontner for the prisoner. Mr.
Humphreys opened the case at some length for the prosecution,
detailing the circumstances of his apprehension at some length.
Mr. Ryder Mowatt, the seceetary, was called, and stated that
• prisoner was in the service of the company as registrar.
also a proprietor of stock. I have a book where
transfers of shares and stock aro filed. On looking to transfer
8.518, I find that it purports to be a tranfer from Mr. Henry
Baker, to Leopold Redpath, of 500 consolidated A stock of
the Great Northern Railway. That transfer was made on the
29,110 f April, 1853. The sum paid for that transfer to Mr.
Baker by the prisoner, was £225. On referring to transfer
8,519, I find that it is a transfer from Mr. William Kitchen,
of Wakefield, dated April 30, 1853, of £250 consolidated A