Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-10-11

%s EOEBcE CauSmt IN TRAP.
ia lite nuinberof the Philadelphia piri
Of tire Times HIS the following: tea lal
Il il win be reccllected that 4, month !,
two since. an individual, calling himself T.
! Will, committed forgery on the Bank .
North America. This man had confed.
crate, q great forger and bank robber
manned Charles. D'Delpit, Frenchman
DDelpit had committed extensive foreer.
les and rObberies OIL over the Union
New Orleans. was the scene of his opera
tloons and more recently, the bank Of Vir-
gina at Richmond had been made to suffer
70 the amount Of several hundred dollars
by him. "A reward Of, 81 OeO was offered
for bis arrest, " the Cashier of the ..Vir-
ginia Bank, and his description furnished
to the police Of this city. Mayor Mccall
was anxious to have him arrested-and
learning that he paid visit 10 the Nova
rmensipg prison to see Will Afaer his com
initial, placed a warrant in the hands Of
Mr., Haines; deputy keeper, with direc-
lions to arrest him if he should make his
appearance again. Mr.. Haines, as ven az
one Or two others Of the deputy keepers,
remembered bis appearaneei we'll enough
to recognize him in case lhey sho,I,l see
him again. Mr.. III. instructed Mr.. Free
stone, the keeper at the gate if such a
man applied for admittance, 10 lei him III.
The police of this city, New York, Bal
timore, and all the large Atlantic cities
were In the mean time on the alert for the
forger, but he remained at large. On Sat
urday morning last, the gentleman ,nex-
pectedly called at the prison, and rang 1t
the gate.s Mr.. Freestone knowing him
the moment he opened the gate, Of course,
admitted him. a~
His GRAND was to see his friicc.hid VIII
Mr.. Haines recognizing him at the mo-
ment he presented himself at the desk for
permission to go into the. cell, played his
part SO well as to throw the fprger off his
guard, while he the more fully satisfied
himself Of his identity. Wishing to be
perfectly certain, and being cautious not ito
make false arrest, he wanted one ofthe
cell keepers to recognize him before he
served the warrant. .t
While Mr.. Haines was playing this card
of the game, the forger discovered that he
was detected, and suddenly changed his
mind about seeing Viii, said that he v would
see his counsel instead, and asked to be
Immediately let out, maniiesiing the great
est anxiety to 60. Mr.. III. now went to
his desk and got the warrant, while Free
stone kept his hand on the key Of the door,
and the forger, to his surprise and amaze
ment,, was made prisoner by Haines,
Freestone and Mirkle, the keepers, and
locked up Two Of the Mayors officers
were sent for and the prisoner searched.
A gold watch was found on him, and
money in gold and silver and notes, was
found in nearly all his pockets. A work
house search is very thorough one, and
the gentleman's boots were drawn, Ia
Major Andre, when, 10! letter in French
containing. important police information,
rolled out Of ci1e, and clingingto his draw
ers from the other was another letter, fill
ed with bank notes, and five or six forged
checks and drafts. A4a Na' " ". 'o
Thus at frs, this Fofger was nicely
caught in q Trap, and all without the in
Prevention Of the police. He was taken
TO the Mayors office, where he had pri-
vate hearing, and was committed. DDel-
pit is second Monroe Edwards. Mayor
Mccall considers his arrest the most i'm
portant that has been made since the arrest
Of Edwards. The prison officers, Messrs
Haines, Freestone, and Mirkle, managed
the affair admirably. t