New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-20
THE GREAT FRENCH RAILROAD FRLvn
MYSTERIOUS Experimentation
or A PORTION OF THE MONEY


Charles Carpenter, the principal pdfson npl,c..,
in the late enormous frauds upon the Mort tern R,s
Company of France, was arrested, as we sirn,.S =
our edition of Saturday Thursday last, 500, a..
the publication Of the details OF these fraut, j. ~.
country and the belief that the parties had ea hh..
the brothers Greet and the broker Parrot wer, ca
tured; but Charpepter adrotly euded arrest And A..
the CITY. going no one knew whittier. Il is sid A..
he hrted when last seen, that he would 20 TO psa,-
dephia. and il was believed that he had set on, -
New-Orears. So skillful were his efforts 10 ooyS a,
his retreat that while he was quietly vending his "a,
through the interior of this State, one Of the keena -
the United States Deputy MAMMALS Of this city AL
the steamer for New Orleans in his pursuit.
The Rothschilds, who said TO be large loserh 4,
these frauds have manifested great anxiety abO N.
escape of these parties, and extraordinary efforts vc
put forth. both by themselves and their agent, 1.
effect their arrest. When it was known that Chv,...
tier had le the city, Mr.. Christmas the agent Of An.
gus. Belmont caused minute description Of b;s ,a,-
son and appearance to be extensively circulated A..
gether with the offer OF 81 900 for bis csptare TA,.
tempting prize set all the cstchpoles in the country a,
the alert and Carpenter chance OF escape grew pr,
portiunably small. There were plenty Of aspirsss
eager for the honor of catching the fugitive s.S
Greedy Of the golden reward which was to follow.
Late last Thursday night Capt. Bowling Of tie
Sixth Ward Police was awakened by q tall. uy,e.
rous looking fellow coming into his sleeping spsr,-
ment and shaking him roughly by the shoulder.
Starting up, he saw man by his bedside, wrapped
a thick cloak, which mufiled up as 10 coacei
The LOWER half of his face while slouched bat es..
cesled the upper part leaving only his eyes aad As
tip of his nose visible.
"Wbo are yos, asked the captain.
"An officer" was the laconic reply.
"Nhat is the matter 7!
"Got prisoner for you.
"Who is he T.
"Charpentier. the French Railroad robber."
Show me your authority for arestng him.
Es drew out from under his cloak, warrant isssel
nv Justce Osborne and without disclosing any Of his
features. quietly handed il to Bowling. The Captain,
who had not vet dressed himself began to feel chilly,
and the mperurbable coolness of the stranger rather
ANNOYED him; but there was no gainsaying the %.
tboritv upou which the arrest had been made. Px.
hans be also felt little ye1ed, as it was obvious tint
,he man was New York Detective, that the reward
sbould have been earned by outsider. AT any rata
be sharply asked him,
"Who are you, anyway Where do you hail 'FRONT.'
If Won are an officer where do you belong =
Without derangiug fold in his dress, the stranger
coolly replied
u have brought you prisoner, there is my author
ity. By what right do you TINS question me =
Downing. who was now standing in the middle OF the
room. shivering with cold, suddenly bred up
this answer and told the stranger to clear out,
and air himself in the entry, for bis nsolence, aaa
wait until he was ready to attend to him.
When he came out the prisoner had been lodged |"
the cells and his captor after duly transferring nun y
the custody of Bowling, left. Next day ne din nv
come back nor send Chapentier any food, ana to~ss
neon Bowling sent out for some at his own expense
He then discovered that the prisoner was hsndcuned
and in great pain from the swelling OF MS wrists tho
cuga having been on ever since his arrest The cap
tain after much difficulty succeeded in getting biz
wrists free and then placed him in warm room, ssd
made him comfortable In the evening Sergesat
Brown of the Chiefs Office, and United States Depa-
ty Marshal Ryer went to the Sixth Ward Stston-houe
and conveyed the prisoner to the Eldridge street jail
where he il now confined q civil suit What became
Of the unknown officer could not discover as none
e those Of whom inquired could tell anything about
him-who he is, where he came from, or whence be
has gone. 1t seems that Charpenher, after escaping
from this city, went into the interior of the State H.
had passed and then watch his opportunity to slip out
Of the country. In furtherance Of this intention aif
wandering about in several DISCUSSES, shaving of
bis moustache and cropping his hair shod,
he oonned the hablimsnts Of farm laborc
and came toward New-YOrk again. Then, taking the
cars on the Erie Railroad he stopped somewhere u
the neiehborhood of Newburgh, and thence walked
some .hree miles below Canterbury, and succeeded
obtaining empoym ent on the farm of Mr.. ketheid ot
his board, and email monthly SALARY. Hero ne
ancied himself secure from detection; but on ednes-
day night after retiring TO rest, he was awakened oJ
the mysterious individual above mentoned-who tarw
out to be Mr.. Mcknight of Washngton-who OF.
dered him TO dress and follow him to NewYork. The
Door Frenchman would fan have excused himself, and
endeavored to convince him that he was mistaken
that he was not Carpenter-but il would not do tho
stranger was imperative, and he reluctantly complied
He was securely handcuffed and then assisted into .
wagor in waiting outside. Two officers from New
burgh followed him, and an hour or so afterwsrd saw
them all safely in Newburgh. Next day Mcknight ana
Charpentier crossed the river in rowboat Charpes-
tier still handcufed Their arrival in this city we have
already described.
Quite in Ike, ping with these singular proceedingsw
another transaction 10 the case. On Friday sS
Mr.. Emanuel Tissandier, Inspector of the Northern
Railroad Company of France, appeared before Jusuoe
Osbane at the Halls of Justice, and made the fol
lowing deposition:
Emanuel Tssander Of Paris In France now being IN To-
CITY f being duly sworn depo@s and says ths
Of titles capital stock OF tho Northern Raj
uy Company Fsree with the coupons attached thereto
hs been stolen eubezzed from SAID Company that tn
Ar. Of great vaue and deponort suspects that uci
rtoperty portion thereof concealed In the house Ar<
Ir.ias No lN West Sixteenth (tencnent hou.s
of New Ofk
Al trays warrant for search for all the property
cealed, as provided IN such cases BY law. -