The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-26 00:00:00

Northern Railway, at Kiz lass. These were
two very impudent robberie mmitted openly on
the platform. On the arriN Jf trains from the
north, the prisoner claimed as Ais own and carried
off passengers' luggage. He was sentenced to three
years' penal servitude.

CLEVER APPREBENSION OF FASILION_ABLE
SWINDLERS AND RECOVERY OF 11LE _PRO-
PERTY.

On Monday morning a fashionably-dressed man,
about 35 years of age, of good appearance, who
gave his name as James Frale, and a fine lc:laing
young woman, who said her name was Mary Ann
Greenslade, were brought up in custody before the
Bath magistrates, charged with having conspired
together in obtaining goods to a considerable value
from various tradesmen in that city, with intent to
defraud them of the same. The case excited great
interest, end the court was crowded with a respect-
able audience. As the police authorities only went
in for a remand, it is necessary to the understand-
ing of the case to give some particulars which did
not transpire in the evidence.
It appears that on Monday last the prisoners took
furnished lodgings at No. 19, in the Royal-cireus,
one of the first localities in the city, representing
themselves as man and wife, who had come from
Scotland with the view of spending six months in
Bath. They brought but the slightest quantity of
luggage, having merely a carpet bag, which they
accounted for by saying their luggage had been
directed so as to follow them, and would reach Bath
in a day or two. They daily promenaded the most
fashionable parts of the city, arm in arm, and not
only succeeded in beguiling the lodging-house
keeper, but in obtaining goods of considerable value
from several of the leading tradesmen. On Friday
they favoured the shop of Mr. Alderman Jolly, ex-
mayor of Bath, in Milsom-street, with a call, and a
silk dress, silk shawl, and skirt, value about £2O,
were sent to the Circus. Mr. R. King, silk mercer,
of the same street, was favoured with orders to
about the same amount. Messrs. Turner, also of
Milsom-street, were ordered to make a suit of super-
fine clothes for Mr. Frale, and other tradesmen
met with similar commands. On Friday after-
noon Mr. Frale also walked into the shop of
Mr. Routley, watchmaker, of Broad-street,
and inquired the price of a diamond backed
watch in the window. He was told 15 guineas,
and he then inspected some others, concluding
by requesting two ladies' watches, and a gentle-
man's gold repeater, to be sent to 19, Circus, the
same evening for approval. Mr. Routley, who
understood from him that he intended making one
of the watches a present to his lady, took the
watches, together with three gold chains himself,
and saw the female prisoner, who said the captain
was gone out to dinner, but she thought he had
shown very good taste in the selection of the watch
for himself. She was not so certain, however, as
to the watch intended for her. She passed some
trivial remarks upon the chains, and ended by re-
questing Mr. Routley to leave the goods and call
in the morning, when he would receive the money
for those approved and take the others away. Mr.
Routley's property was of the value of £6O. After
he had left he did not feel easy in his mind, bat his
suspicions were allayed by the assurance of a friend
whom he consulted, and who had been assured in
turn by the woman who keeps the lodgings, that
he would be safe if it were for £l,OOO. Next
morning by half-past six o'clock, however, Mr.
Routley was roused from his bed, and informed that
his quondam customer was non est, and that he and
his " lady," taking with them the gold watches and
chains, had disappeared from their lodgings, with-
out paying any rent, on the previous evening.
Great became the consternation of the several de-
frauded tradesmen ; but prompt steps were taken
for the detection of the swindlers. The police dis-
covered that a lady on the previous night had ac-
costed a workman in the Circus, and drawing a
carpet bag from under a mantel, had desired him
to convey it for her to the Twerton station,
about two miles from Bath, on the Bristol
line. On their way, however, they came up
with a gentleman (Mr. Frale) lounging against
some rails, and the lady and gentleman
each saying, " Oh, is that you," fraternised,
and the bag was handed to the gentleman by the
porter, who was dismissed by the lady with the
promise that she should see him again, and would
then reward him for his trouble. The man left,
but not quite liking his ireatment, watched the par-
ties to the 1 werton station. He was thus enabled
to give the clue to the police, and on Saturday In-
spector Dalsworthyand Detective Barnett proceeded
to.,Bristol, and, with the aid of a detective from the
Bristol force, traced the male prisoner, whom they
found in the act of pawning one of the watches at
the shop of Mr. Chilcott, of St. Augustines-parade.
At the station-house he took another watch and
chain from his waistcoat pocket, saying, " That is
another of them " The female prisoner (who at
first said she was Frale's wife) was subsequently
apprehended, and from her the whole of the re-
mainder of the property was obtained.
The prisoners were remanded for a week.

APPREHENSION OF AN ABSCONDED

J3ANKR UPT.

It will be remembered that the examination of
Thomas Henderson, wholesale woollen cloth and
tweed warehouseman in Glasgow, whose estates
were sequestered in November, 1861, took place
partially in the month of December following, and
that he absconded about the end of that month or
beginning of January, 1862. Henderson had been
twice under examination, but ultimately deemed it
prudent to withdraw beyond the reach of his credi-
tors, and a day or two after his disappearance a
quantity of goods belonging to the bankrupt, con-
sisting of household furniture, clothes, pictures,
and jewellery, which had been concealed, or were
alleged to have been concealed, in a house at 119,
St. James's-road, was discovered by the police,
amounting in value to between £2OO and £3OO
Several witnesses were examined, and, among
others, Mrs. Henderson ; and on the 9th
of January a warrant was issued by
Sheriff Murray for tie apprehension of the
I bankrupt, who had taken refuge in the Sanctuary.
When the officer went through to Edinburgh to
carry the warrant into force he found that Hender-
son had taken alarm and fled from the Sanctuary.
A few days after the warrant was issued, Superin-
tendent M'Call, after a harassing and energetic
search, succeeded in discovering the silver plate
chest of the bankrupt and its contents in a house in
St. Vincent-street, and a day or two later a dis-
covery was made in Helensburgh of another quan-
tity of household furniture, bedding, carpets, &c.
Meanwhile a vigorous search was made for the
bankrupt himself, with a view to his apprehension,
which, however, was unsuccessful. Rumours were
afloat that he had gone to Australia, to France, and
to America, but the result has belied them all. Not-
withstanding these; the police have been more or
less active in their endeavours to trace the where -
abouts of the bankrupt, and about the end of last
week they obtained a clue which led to his appre-
hension. Following up this clue Peter Brown, de-
tective officer, was despatched on Saturday to Edin-
burgh to search for Henderson, and in the course of
the same afternoon he saw a man in India-street
who seemed to answer the description of the bank-
rupt. Brown had never seen Henderson before, and
was so far at a disadvantage. He had, however, in
his possession a photograph of him, but it had been
taken when Henderson wore neither whiskers,
beard, nor moustache, whereas the individual whom
the detective met wore the whole three. Resolving
at once to put his man to the test Brown came be-
hind him, and in a bold, off-hand manner, ejacu-
lated—'° Hallo, Mr. Henderson, what are you doing
here ?" The individual addressed, who had two
young girls with him, turned round abruptly,
and said to Brown that he was mis-
taken. Brown rejoined, "I know you, Mr. Hen-
derson." The latter reiterated, " You are mis-
taken." Brown pulled out the photograph of the
bankrupt, which he had in his pocket, and present-
ing it to Henderson, said " Isn't that you." When
the individual saw the photograph he admitted that
he was the veritable Mr. Henderson who had ab-
sconded from his creditors in January last. He was
instantly taken into the safe keeping of the officer
and conveyed to his lodgings in India-street, where
the young girls who, we understand, were his
daughters, were left. He was then conveyed to Glas-
gow the same eveuing.—Glasgow Herald.

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rose to very high credit. The projector of both banks was
Mr. Wm. Paterson. The capital of the Scotch Bank was
£1,200,000 Scotch, or £lOO,OOO sterling.—CaPPer'
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