The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-12
A swindler from Baltimore Arrested In
Europe.
A LIVERPOOL DETECTIVE
from the Liverpool Mercury Feb lo1

EXTRAORDINARY AND EXCITING CHASE OF HIM
LIVERPOOL DETECTIVE
From the Liverpool Mercury, Feb 10
In August last In the city OF Baltimore very extra
ordinary swindle was perpetrated by person named
John Piehl, who kept tavern there, and who, by
series OF adrot ard apparently legal means committed
ermastor Of the place. whose clerk he managed swim
die out of receipt the ground OF having contracted
for large number Of horses to the amount Of ooo
by this means no managed to forge the paymaster 9
name, and obtained order on bank payable in twen
~ days and with bis document he was enabled to raise
introduced OF $40 900. The day after 1t dis
covered that the order forgery and that Piehl had
America for Europe and was supposed that
he had come TO England. In september last Mr.
Mcguire, late suporiutendent o. Police, and now
Office, No. Doran's lane, In this town, was applied
to the subject ard requested to take the affair into
his hands and look after the forger, which he did.
BY process known only to himself, Mr. Mcguire dis
covered that Piehl, with his family, had arrived
place called Petschan In Bohemia where his father
Sides respectable firm in Liverpool had been in
srncted to give Mr. Mcguire any assistance in the
wanted" party should turn up. and after delay
the necessary documents were procured from America
and placed in the detectives hands who had gone TO
London and made inquiry about the movements Of Piehl
Rcing fortified with all the necessary legal documents,
Mcguire proceeded to Prague aid took up his residence at
the Hotel do SAKE He discovered that short time
family had been stopping the house. From this
he traced him to petschan where Piehs father resides
and from inquiry there he discovered that Piehl had
gone to kepsic some three weeks before this.
AT this point there was standstll. All trace Of the
seemed 1851 nut Mcguire not 10 be OIL
the SCENT and the difficulty presented itself the
strenuous his cxertions became for the mans cap
turs. Sc returned to EnganA once On the 4th In
slant ne proceeded from Liverpool for the continent and
travelled for isree days and nights, until no reached
Gessen p Germany, where h. was fortunate enough to
light on the Individual thai he anxiously seeking
f6r When Mr. Mcguire told him the charge and stated
that he would have to aresa ne ne repea
be bored not and expressed wish to settle Tic aaaI,
possible. without the alternative OF going back
America. He then communicated to Mcguire i'm.
porant Information relative ve bonds Of 81 900 EACH
which he alleged were stolen from him by his father
while at Petschan On procuring this information, Ma
guire, having left the DELINQUENT In safe accepting
ceeded to the latter place. and after travelling for three
days and nights bv rail- coach and sledge he proceeded
to the house OF Pehls father Being assisted by the
local police OF the place, he succeeded after much DIM
Guilty obtaining the ve bonds Of 81 900 each from him.
Next day Mcguire proceeded to Giesseu, where he ar
rived on Saturday the 18th instant, and saw his man
again and in about two hours bonds gold and silver to
the amolnt OF S26 900 handed to him by Pieh
when he then set at liberty and on Monday morning
returned rs this after his exciting and successful
chase The money was paid over to the firm above al.
luded 70 by Mcguire, -,