Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-04-18
1he ereat Diamond ReseeET.

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The robbery Of the Broadway establish-
ment Of Ball, Black q Co, BY aelark nsEa-
ed Hayden, the arrest Of the robber andas-
eovsry Of the jewels, have been siyeAbFasl-
sgraPh. The Tines ssyE y, =
Ha5don has been employed by Mo,sta-
Black d CO., rs matchmaker, for the past
two years. Three clerks and the colored
porter sleep IN the store Of nights as
watch. Hayden sonse time since feauestei
permission to sleep in the store, bdfznch
permission was not given him On Men
day night, however, he continued to remain
in the store. He had with him . bottle Of
wine, with which he 'treated" his fellow
dodgers, including the colored porter. fhe
parties in the store enjoyed thenselaes
agreeably till a late hour, and then all re-
tired to bed. Not long after, Hayden was
heard to rise from his bed, and when asked
why he did so, he answered that he felt SICK.
The clerks, suspeeting nothing wrong, re-
composed themselves, and were soon sound
ly asleep. None Of them woke up yery eas-
y, and the porter says that he slept two
hours later than be had ever done before.
When they did wake up, they found that
Haydon had gone This circumstance
aroused their suspicion, and on looking
around they discovered to their great sur
prise, that one of the show eases had been
broken open and robbed of its contents, con-
sisting of bracelets, rings and other valuable
jewelry, amounting in value to shout e5e,-
600. razs
The Courier says: LIZ
The police were in1medistely informed Of
the robbery, and a large reward wasefered.
The case looked rather dubious during the
forenoon, but policemen were posted IN all
directions, and those acquainted with such
matters had great hopes of the offender be-
ingeaptured. Officer Bowyer, accompanied
by Mr.. Stevens, one of Ball, Black & Co.'S
clerks, took a position al the New Haven
Railroad Depot, intending that if Hayden
did not come in that quarter to avail HIM
self Of the train, they would proceed to Bos-
ton in search of him. About O'Clock, q
wearied looking young man, admirably dis
guised, with his hair cut short a pair of
common specs closed over his eyes. q slouch-
ed cap, such as 'longshoreman might wear,
an old coat, not his own, and other apparel,
came limping along, with q plain carpet bag,
and was making for car, when Mr.. Ste
lyens exclaimed, sThere he is y and the next
moment Hayden was in the iron grasp Of
Bowyer. No resistance was offered by the
Iyoung adventurer; he was rather in con
dition to faint. So well was the disguise
put on, that he had passed Mr. Black, one
| of his employers, twice before the arrest
without being recognized.
The prisoner, with his carpet bag, were
Immediately taken to the Chiefs Office,
where the members of the firm and their
clerks were soon in attendance, and not a
little elated at the capture. The bag being
opened in their presence, was found to con-
tain one of the richest lot of diamonds that
Broadway could produce, consisting of head
dresses necklaces, bracelets, rings, and SINH
lar articles. All that was stolen was sup
posed to be there. The young criminal
bore his shame well, and assumed hard
ened countenance, as if determined not to
show any emotion to crafty the bystanders,
until some daguerreotypes were taken out
of the bag. One of these was the picture
of young woman, at which he smiled but
the next was that of fine, venerable look
ing gentleman, who he said was his father,
and instantly gave way to the most convul-
Isiye grief. aa II