, 1862-04-29
THEFT OF GOVERNMENT STORES.
Supplies sent by the Ladies' Aid Soci-
ely and Sanitary Commission Stolen
--Execovery OF a Portion Of the Stolen
Property--ArrcsI Of a part OF the
Gang OF Thieves.


The Government authorities of this city On
yesterday received the developments Of q !
wholesale larceny operation, the parallel Of |
which surPasses IN at1oelty and vllalny any
exhibiting, as they Go, that an organized gang |
Of plrnderers are at work within the Federal /
lines, diegraccfully appropriating supplies |
and Government stores sent bY willing and |
benevolent hands to comfort and aid the
sick and wounded soldiers in the hospi
tails, and the volunteer who on the battle
field, is exposed to great prlVations and
suffering and fighting for bis country,
the Union and the Constitution The partic-
ulars Of this latest villainy aresin substance as
the police hare been advised that m unusual
number Of packages Of different kinds hare pass
I'd through this city en- route for enndry towns
in the North and, taken in connection with 9th
CT Information that supplies sent forward had
never reached their destination, the utmost
vigilance was at once instituted and the CO
operation Of the officers in various parts Of
tie State Was solicited in unrayeling the sppa-
rent mystery.
Within day or two the officers hare ste
ceedcd in un1ayelling series OF most out
rageous frauds. Their suspicious were aroused
at Toledo on Wednesday last by q large guam
tity coming through the Express Office from
Lcbanou, Ky., which was believed to be
property un1awfully obtained. The person to
whom the boxes, trunks and parcels were di-
ItCltu4 hHQ Nuo uaO previously TcCc1tc0 la1EE
cous;srments, was permitted to take one Of
I, these boxes from The Express 0lllee to his
| storehouee in another portion OF the city.
/; There the police seized this box and other
packages, and found them to contain clothing,
! hospital stores. provisions, &c, plainly indi-
: Gated TO have been obtained in the hospitals
! Of the army. At the Express Office the re-
mining boxes and packages we're opened aud
/: found to contain blankets, drawers, stockings,
:: &c.
/: Upon pursuing the Investigation further,
j four boxes and two trunks directed to certain
! parties in Toledo were found In the Dayton
and Michigan freight depot. All the boxes
!! ard trunks we're examined and fond to con-
tain large quantity of suspicious articles.
One box Was filed with fine WOODEN shirts
Society and sent to Lebanon. Another was
hled with saddles and harness. In others
we're clothing euch as only the sick and
wounded in the hospitals could need, while
ir several we're Injuries and hospital stores
which were furnished By. the Government,
Sanitary Commission and the Ladies Aid
Society. Teas, oatfee, sugar, surgical instru
mente, common table delicacies and hetero
goneous mass Of articles, which must hAyt
= been stolen at random, were recovered. Th'
I captors, who constitute an organized gang
are connected with the army In various cspa
cities, and had Forwarded their prizes to thei
= friends in thas State 4 man Damed Alfred "
4 Kinds, who went from Toledo to Lebanon q
nNfec I'LL AeetAaA4 stEHAiua hA0 spon at9
: returned with largely accumulated qnantit
! of "e1tras," has been arrested Kinds al
4 legeg that be purchased bis property of d.
Duniels, Surgeon IT the Fourteenth Ohio Rs
+ giment, and on this statement and other ev
!. dence a dispatch has been forwarded and Da,
y iels was arrested at Pittsburg yestcrda,
!, Kinds is in jail in Toledo in default Of $40
y bail. He will have an examination before tt
- ~ Mayor Of Toledo On Monday.
- At Lima, about sixty five miles from Tol
- - do, the officers have secured ten tons OF
- similar Kind Of property, upon which tha
81 sre railroad charges Of $500. The authoriti
g g in this city are also in possession Of simn
~ y packages, but as the arrests based upon t
~ y. discoveries here have not get transpired, '
1e forbear going into particulars, except to &
u. 4. that the evidence Is positive that q. gza1
OF thieTipg combination has been in SUGGEST
IS. operation for many months, and It is ve
II re- evident that the country and the soldiers ha
o. been defrauded ont Of vast amount, a.
N that large portion of the contributions
a. the benevolent societies throughout t
vs. country have served no other purpose than
he iii the pockets Of certain individuals. witho
!e. we're intended. 49,, :
By These discoveries indicate that it has b.
customary for certain persons, In some :
counected With the hospitals, to steal wh
en- ever property they desired, both from amo
nd TIT Government stores and the contribute
led OF the Aid Societies Of the country, and {
les pose of Il &s tney #1s1eo, Aue- 9ae.e y.
~ brought to light are evidences OF the gene
"a system IN which matters are conducted
connection with the Government stores :
officers Of the Government will take lmme
Fas ate cngnlzance Of the matter, and warra
OF Will be Issued for the arrest OF any per-
lin. having any and every connection with
affair. Further developments of persons
high position may bc iu1nediately expecte