The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-02-16
The Colchester Bank Defaication.

ARREST OF MR.. JONES AND ATTEMPTED CONVEY
ANCE TO CONNRCTICUT-HIs RESCUE AT HARLEM.
We published yesterday report of the Of Mr. s.
r. JONES' the alleged defautng cashier by the detective
police of city, since when have learned the follow
ing facts in the caseMr Jones arrested here in De-
cember 1857 charge of defacaton in the Colchester
Bank of Connecticut, and requson Governor King
procured to convey him TO Connecticut At that time
he held for day. but the Bank Commissioners, who
then in the city, declining to lodge complaint he
discharged, in presence of the Commissioners and
several other parties On the h of this month he again
arrested in this city, charge mentioned below under
warrant issued by Recorder Barnard and he the
custody Of officer Of the Recorders Court when the
ecves to arrest him again the requsiion issued
previous to his first arrest in 1857 He informed the
officers when they presented themselves they refused
to recognise his position as prisoner and quietly sub
mitted They denied him all intercourse with his friends
counsel, and took him first to the police head
quarters in Broome street, from there he conveyed
the Fifth ward station house. then TO the Twenty first
ward station and at four O'Clock yesterday morning he
was conveyed in carriage to Harlem bridge 70 take
there the first train for Connecticut In the meantime his
friends and the officer in whose custody he had been
Recorder Barnard and he directed the officer him
held and returned on the original warrant of the 7h inst
The parties then took the first train from the city, and
found the detectives with their prisoner at Harlem ready
TO get the Messrs Keefe and Houston struggled
hard against the interference, when the deputy sheriff
produced warrant signed by the Recorder authorizing
the Of Mr. Jones charge OF false pretences The
detectives refused TO recognise the authority of the shers
posse take Mr. Jones into custody the that the
requisiton of Governor King paramount sharp
scufe here ensued which eventually resulted in the tri
umph Of the deputy sheriff and his party. During the
struggle Messrs Keee and Houston were roughly han
died. They clung TO their prisoner with commendabe
cnacy and only by the strength of superior odds
that they bafied. The being effected, the
prisoner hurried off TO the Metropolitan HOTEL fol-
lowed by the vaHQuished but unsubdued detectives.
There they met by Recorder Barnard who claimed
that Jones his prisoner and answerabe the Court
Of General Sessions, where he stands charged
with having obtained 81 900 by means Of false
pretences Recorder Barnard further stated that the
which the detectives held issued two years
ago by Recorder Smith, and therefore invalid
also that the requiston of Governor King void
much be had ceased to have any executive power
The officers seriously contemplated the recapture Of the
prisoner but the Recorder assured them that Mr. Jones
would be produced at eleven O'Clock that forenoon
the question Of authority would be fit subject argu
men Jones hand at the Recorders Office prompt
y 10 the minute also the Shers posse and the detec
tives. After delay Recorder Barnard decided to
postpone the argument until ten O'Clock this morning.
give both sides opportunity Of engaging counsel
Meanwhile Mr.. Jones remains at his old quarters, the
Metropolitan Hotel, until the matter is decided