The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-09-28
nnGrEs ARREsrEn.


Il Is becoming very difficult matter for
oven thc most cunning rogue. o c.rore dc.
lection, II for awhile they clu,ic the vigil
LANCE orlhc officers 81 tho law,thcy are gene.
rally ultimately drought mp" ap4 locked up.
The arrest ofthc dorchester Bank rofhcrs
illustrates the truth Of thi, assertion, The
robbery Wa crwuittrd in ,Iuuc, hut n few
days since the rohh@rs were taken into cu,to.
dy, The partcu'u are dyw, IN the Buna-
lo Courier oflhc 18th inst, a4 follows
Some ten DAYS since couple at gentlemen
from NV York City happened Ia bee taking
q walk NJ Main .trccL Whcn onc ~ tTcm
recognized nofo'~Imv New York burglar.
who was suspected uf being concerned ia the
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cumHlaurv was communicated tu officer II II.
Best, who M once set tp Burh Ia ferret him
out While thus engaged, one Of tMk mans
accompliccs went on board the steamer Queen
City and paid for passage, handing out q
500 Dorchester bill The change was riyon.
aud that bill, together with Other money tax
en- 10y the Queen" prior 90 her departure.
was handed 10 Mr. Harrison, Agent of Rcod',
Line, who took It Ia the latchin Bank to de-
post.
! The President of the Bank had HI. atian.
ton Called to tirr bit, and su,pcrtrri II 10 hr
some of the stolen money and for the purpose
of asccrthluing whether such was the fact or
not, sent the bill Ia the Cashier OF the Bank
who promptly rcturcd il, stating it was one
-GLlhc stolen notes. Mrpatchin comumuicnt-
cd these facts Ia ~ -otIicCT WalTiTyfT Ffiif 5r=
ticcr Tyler, who soon asccrtancd that other
0'and 500 bills had been passed Ia differ
cnt boats, and furthermore that those who
passed. thsIn di.l not Taxa lla.aaua, L..i 10.
manned in Buffalo.
To "catch en- Of it" was now the prinripal
business. Mc-srs Waldron and Tyler accor-
dinghy went ON board the Saratoga ia the ey-
cning, for the purpose of watching aud had
been there scarcely a moment before a per
son offered the Clerk Slu0 bill on the Dor
chester Bank, in payment for passage 10
Sandusky lie was, Of course, promptly ar
rested and committed TO Jail This summa-
ry mode of procedure got to the ears of his
conicdcratcs, who deemed it cxpcdcnt TO
leave. They accordingly went TO Rochester,
pursued by officer Best, who tracked them
about three miles west of the city 10 the res
idence OF person occupying respectable
position in society Best went boldly up TO
the occupant of the house and said
"Sir. want Dcmpseg."-
Don't know any such person." was the
reply.
Sir / want nliAiaAey-- lie was 4ete-pes-
terday, and You know where nc is"
81 don't know ANYTHING of any such man."
"Look here, Mr. b" said Bnst looTin,
his man full in the face. ! must either haye
DemPsey "or, or else the handouts 90 ON 10
yoH.'
This rather act back" the gentleman. who
lowered his tone, and quiesy replied that
man calling himself Dempsey had been there.
but had lett for the landing. Tpou a.cnr,
tanning to his satisfaction that this was tho
fact, Best started off for the landing.and tltrr,
nscertaincd that the two "covcys" had inst
loit on The boat for Lewiston. He then no.
traced his steps to Rochester, and tSlearaub-
!d burton toprococd at once to Lewiston and
intercept INN. Burton took in company OF
hr'r Tyler, and on Monday at 40 AM or
illeA Ai-lri.d Lewiston thea -i,,t,,rI tl7,
" ght-fingcrGd gentlemen. had come :, th,,.
rails TO the Falls therefore they rrt,rurd
ON reaching the Falls thuy soon discn,.rrod
ihe ha-nlae LnlnnpinH- Ia tl,.4-t..pt,,
was taken possession Of but the birds them.
selves probably smelling a rat" had ognin
Cvrccu their steps 10 Lewiston Burt,,,
remained with the trunks, and 1yior a,,nin
returned To Lewiston He reached rho G,rI
Just after the steamer (the CataracD mad NM
on but the Captain managed Ia take him az,
board soon after getting under way one of
the robbers gacc the clcrk 500 in paymcn,
i'r two fares; this was made known To- Tyler
and an, the Clerk aeon after pointed out the man
Tyler waited until he asccrtaincd the conird-
crate, aud then arrested both The nrvt
ihln@ Mls 10 gll.t iLaal l4s.l t. lewiston
wa, done 10y the captain Of the Cataract. who
haled the steamer OntaEq on her pasa,,c
mp raniiled tea'Jd put T ylaF and hrs fr;;ruiei
3 o, board. They were then bruuuh, up ia
nnIaioi were taken to the United States IIo-
tel; treated TO a good break fast; shaved AMI
thence taken before Police Justice Chilli VIII
,omnnttod them to jail. Such is Il sketch of
this curious arrest. "
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9ese three are among the most cyptr,
rooPers IN the country Ono orthcm Drmp