New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-27

found she was not there and was unao0 ~ IT
certain where che was; was ;u The ever
pNua hs;ns shont 6y vessels lying in thS nver at
anchor, fried 10 obtain boat but the Sipkeepers Of
the vessels living the dock reiusea w. let fne have
one although offered $loO as securl.J 70 retnTn III
~ them that there were two mene lives involved in
b. case and we were on earnePG business, but we
conld not obtain a boat from tdem on any terms; I
finally found boat and borro we'd without leave Cor
a abort time and after searching awhile among tho
vessels at axchor, found she French and called up
her captain who had returned; i asked him if he
could give the nsme Of the sloop from which the
Chnaman be picked up purported TO come he
sad he did not see the name on the soop as tho vessel
was under water; | asked him if he could give me
any evidence that the Chinanan belonged
the 'sloop Spray, or that the vessel was
che slSOP spray h, he said that the China
book which contained the Gales ofhs cargo from March
&c to ID; also, letter which he dropped on deck,
written by tOwnsman of ours to Capt. Leete; rec.
ognized the passbook, as soon as saw it, as belong
ing to Capt Leete; asked him if he had brought up
the yawlboat in which he found Canoe; he said he
had it on deck and we proceeded with lantern TO
anime il; Capt. Seward, who had sold the Spray to
Capt Leete about year ago, and was familiar with
all attached TO the vessel at recognized the va vi
as belonging to the sloop Spray | then TO the
conclusion that there foul play and determined
upon continuing the investigation the officer took the
book, the Ratchet and the letter, and we three re-
turned to New-York, and found the General Superin
tendent of Police before whom laid the natter;
gave my opinion of the case and suggested that the
Chnaman might have gone 70 Guiliord to tell Capt.
Leete family of the accident the vessel my mind
was strengthened in that belief from the fact that Capt
Webb informed mel that Canoe wanted him 70 furnish
him Cancel with certificate setting forth that he
Webb witnessed the COLLISION he said he wanted
TO show to the bOatmen of Guford that they might
be satisfed that the Spray met with such fatei
found that could dc but little that night and 30
returned to my vessel, where ascertaned that the
Spray left the foot of Pike street, in company with
oh o9o he iOaf m honnd for
Guilford she had light freight on board for that
place. before slept that night saw Capt. Bennett,
of the sloOp Gem 1.-THE weasel referred TO as having
gone out with che Spray) and learned from him
that the SpIay kept off on the night of the 10Th for
Norwalk, as the weather was threatening storm;
unable to obtain any further trace of her east
telegraphed to Gniford on Sunday morning to make
inquiry the ChnamaD had been seen there, and was
answered that he had not at my suggestion, General
Superintendent Carpenter sent dispatch to the author
tiles OF Guiford requesting them TO arrest John Canoe,
IL there on suspicion of numbering Capt Leete and
brother, of the slOop Spray; l learned on further
| inquiries on Sunday morning that the sioop
was seen TO come down through Hell Gate on
Sunday, the 18th ns with one on deck but Canoe,
he being at the helm; have been unable TO obtain
any further trace of the sloop Spray from that point
| until she was found off Barnegat; my views of the
affair are that Capt. Leete and his brother
dered in Norwalk Harbor the night of the 15th and
that ON the Xt morning, it being foggy, Canoe got
the vessel out into the Sound and threw the bodies
overheard; he is shrewd fellow, and think he at
tached weights TO the bodies that they could not be
found; both were stout men, and in good health
my views that the Chinaman drugged their tea
that he might the more easily accomplish his purpose;
from examination of the passbook of the sales OF
cargo discovered that Capt Leete should have had
some $3.50 and ths the great part was in specie, for
which kind Of money the Chinaman had peculiar at
tachment, as have heard of him throwing away bank
bills and saying "No good" whereas he would take
great care of any COIN am further inclined to the
opinion that Canoe after the collision (which no
doubt accidental, had, in his hurry to escape Lost his
Io,t voffo- oil. how loaru cd uOhI pnf
that no one at the helm, and that the Chinsman
was seen walking the deck.
ARREST OF THE CHINAMAN.
The Chinamap, Canoe, Jackaloo arrested
yesterday afternoon at the Backensack Railroad
bridge, about four miles from Jersey City, and was
subsequently lodged in the City Prison at Jersey City,
TO await further action of the authorities.
Shortly after noon yesterday, the engineer and brake
man the Philadelphia train, coming in, reported that
they crossed the Hackensack bridge man had been
seen making for piece of woods, and from his appear
anee they believed he was the Chinaman belonging to
the Spray, who was picked up from yawl boat at
Barnegat, and who escaped from Capt. Webb on Sat
urday morning, at Jersey City.
Two Jersey City officers started cut in pursuit, and |
an hour later returned for further assistance. Some
eight officers then went out but before they arrived in
the vicinity where the man was supposed to be lurking
Sanford, henry Wilson, William Jacobus, and John |
Douglass, who are engaged at work the railroad |
bridge.
Their account of the arrest is follows: AT noon
while the above named persons were at dinner man
attempted to cross the railroad bridge when Jaco5us
turned him off, as it was against the rules After he
was gone Jacobus went into the house and mentioned
the fact that man had attempted to cross the bridge
he ha
was Jackaloo, the ChinamaD of whom they had read |
in the morning papers. Wilson said that he believed
that 81 600 reward had been offered for his arrest
when the four concluded to 60 in pursuit soon
they could lay out work for the hands TO attend
to during their absence.
With spy glass they could see man lurking in the
cedars about half mile distant and apparently en-
deayorng to make for the plank road unobserved. /
Jacobus and Douglass started in that direction, while
Sanford and Wilson went to Newark on the cars and,
hiring horse drove up the road in order to intercept
the man. They returned, however, without having
accomplished their object and while standing at the
bridge tol-gate Jackaoo came up the road to cross
the bridge, the appearing not to notice him. As
he was in the act of paying the toll one of the men
asked him if he was not the man who attempted 10
cross the railroad bridge he replied that he was They
then asked him what countryman he was, and he re-
piled that he was an East Indiaman. Becoming sats-
fed, from his conversation and Dress that he the
man, they told him that he must go with them.
One Of the men while behind him, called ont "Jack-
aloo" when the prisoner whired around suddenly, |
but Immediately afterword denied that that was his
name. They then stopped train of and brought
their prisoner 10 Jersey City about o'clock. AT the
depot Assistant Superintendent Woodruff searched the