, 1865-07-29

Arrest of Whittlesey.
s1oe,000 In D0Hfs STOLEN 1 YEl1 AGO
4iU JEST RECOVERED.
How the Detectives Wo1ktd the Case.


HIS Reputation for Small Pfontz.
tFrcm tie Nattou11 Intellleencer, s6ta.1
i Yesterday Wallace ". Whlttlesey va
brought to ibis city from New fork, uude
arrest. and Is now IN confinement. lie |
worth Of bonds from the TrEa1ury Depart
ment. Seren months ago he vas clerk il
tte Loan Brunch, secrefarJ's office. In De
ccmber, 1861, he obtalned leave Of absence
bnt resigned his position prior to the expi1a
tlon Of his leave. In july. 1864, bonds, viii
coupons attached, were found missing, anG
suspicion that they had been taken By Whit
last report Secretary FesseEde1 referred te
The robbery thus:
On the blh day Ct June last, Mr.. c. P. B,t1ey;
Chief Clerk and Superintendent Ct the Loin
dressed Letter to the Secretary, stating that one
hundred bonds, partially prepared r., issae qndsI
be found. The bonds we're numbered from q, ,ip1
70 q SEQ inelastre. and were part q one thou,
On IT. aesb ii september, isSa. ia his ietle1 "a 70
the Secretary, Mr. Bailey stales: u have OK.
htust. al The resources at nY command in cd.
e ae1s In 70,
all It I. cts CONNECTED Will The sda!r Was at once
its uted, but 70 light Fas ohta,ned f1slh.r thnn
H. 6a. TO-, on ne ins 7sn 81
with weight placed on them. BY two uessen.
feta, oue oi whom gas an old Clerk OF established
to H. Hts1s:efs oes aud thete
I coupon bonds In the registers room, who o.
| Jecied to taking charge Of then. On Inc ground
thsi there "as no place IN the otllce wnerc they
could be eately kept ard requested that they
might be taken back TO the Loso Beauca, whgre
| there were good snfeS.
NJ: Bal 81 was rtnt for, and, after come con.
stnted that they should be t1ken bsck ind depos-
tied Ia the eafc In his tcc, aud they *ers acc5Id.
ing'y carried back BY the sama messengers, tzken
ocl u the ha.kst, Lid On the tablc, and in ths
course Of The day plkced in The sac, where they
r 1tmalnec, e supposed, unt!l called for b. tbs
em time to Tine rom aarea Il il to 81 Jans ss'H5sI isi
Hhen iha loss was discovered. Ths charscter Of
sl he parties concttned Is reported as aaoge kus-
date the natter 10 furnish sny indication as 10
shat has b came Ct the Hlesine bonds.
AZ theF h.d rot been e'Euet By the Register, Or
howcveI. Were eealed and complete, and psabIe
to bearer On JstusrT and July i, IN each year. a
cireiul exani1aton was made Of tho J1nuuy
ot app.ar that aoY Of them had been plld. The.4
Rould br known BY tneir numbers. l1st.uct,oas
we're gtVen The ss.ietant t. Asuesrs to watch cars-
been eliciied. NJ uther steps have been taken,
IL zone appeared lfkef5 to be aiteueei viii aa5
easGt; Rath ,hss e1c .ptlon, an not awste sls.
plete. they could not, Of course, be noEot:a-
led, bnt the coupcEs could Le sold auy where.
AS soCu as The i0ss WAS discovered, Secretary
FesteDden directed Solicitor jordan to take
such measures Us be deealtd necessary to dts
cLyer the perpe rator Of the roboery, and to
recover, II possible, ths bonds and coup7na.
He accordh gly sent fur Messrs, ClarToo aud
McDcvitt, OF the Metropolitan Police force,
| and c0Mmi. I'd the investigation to thar
hands. a better selection could not have
| betn made, for these gentlemen are well-
! kuoEn Us among tho moss acutc and cne1-
Ee1ic detectives IN tue country, md their. in-
| dustry and persistence In pursuit Of anF case
given tarm for Investigation, is p;overhial.
| all the Information in possession Of the d.
| paltu:ent W.. given tlcse detectives.
The dttt ctiIes at 0uce s1t to work d1f.
gently, and although suspicion re3tsd upon
| WAitutsey as the gnllsy party, yet 81 re-
spectahle were his connections The being
! grandson Of the late bon. Elisha Whtttlesey,
| lhsn whLm uo man ever bore moro hono-ed
| or reputable ntnle and chafacter(, and 80
! Aigh did b own personal reputation sand,
| aud. 80 imposttble e~dd /. seem that be c Ju,l
le implicated In suth de:d, that 1t #as not
| dtemtd advisable to make the arrest IN!
conclusive evidence could be obtained. The
detectives keps Ill eye on him, however,, and
their fuspiIons against him were strength
cned by The fsct OF his resigntng his position
IN the Treasury, and b. his living e1 1:rava-
eanuy without oftsnsiu1e n.ans. H. gave
ont ak his reason fur 1esigning that he had
inherited laree an aunt Of propsrty ftom
tho property be had inherited waa In tue
ahape Of wild and unavailable land.
Nh1tt1csty sod out his furniture here aud
tnnsd up missing. leaving nts wife. The de-
teetyes, not inclined to lose trace Of his
whereabouts, resorted TO IN ingenious deylce
10 1eaaih The threat. CIasyoe aud McD.yi:t
hn TINA hAfY Ersn thh
busi1 esq. and one day wagon appeared III
ttcnt Of The lodgings occupied b; Ms. Whit
Iesey. bea.ing nicely bound up package,
!cou postd Of waste pape!) and dlfecsed 10
". ". Nhittledes. The expressman. Nc
DsHtD, package in band, Inquired Il Mr.
tlrscs said, but she would receive tie pack.
age for him. But the expire ssm4u demnsted.
II waa necessary that Mr. Whtttlcsey should
receipt flr It IN person; and II he were not
IL The city 1t must be returned TO the office,
asd Perhaps returned to New York, a. ii
Then said that Ii Tetnfned to Nsw York, 1t
had better be sent to him In that city, where
he whsi and che prGct edcd to mention the
name Of the hotel wt-re he was stopping.
Mr* Ciasvoe at once proceeded to Sew Y3rk,
and that Bane night he was seated ut Whit
ttesey's elhaw. making hins=lf vs.Y ageee.
able, aud as fetler, Clnyyoe brought up the
subject ufthe oil lands, aud maia SOME iron.
estiaoDs 70 Nhituseey, when tbs latter ead
he was thsI cnesosseu iu more Important
speca!st4oas IN Wall s.1e=t.
About q men. h since some Of the missing
Assistant Treasurer ut Philadelphia. and q
fW dag alter tle Depart m. Mt was Informed
that Etys raj bad bsen paid rs The Assistant
lra1surcr In New York. Tie detectives we're
INFORMED OF this, aud were again dcsoatched
to New York and Phl:ads 1ph!a to make in
qutr1es as 10 the parties who had sold thu
coupons, and to keep surveillance over Whit
On Saturday last tie Department received
telegram from Saratoga, to the effect that
WGlttlesey had been there under suspicious
eli cuusfanccs, having offered to pa Hu his
watch, and having At the time 81. .0O0 worth
OF coupons IN his posseasiou. The so:i.stor
police to arrest Whittleseg, and to take
measnres to prevent him leaving on any for
e'En steamer, md 1t the e1rne tim he dtre.s-
"a Mtsats. Clarvoe and McDeyitt to 20 to
NeE ferk and arrest him. He also telegraph.
% th4s Hnh1itttlesey n1t might hare gone 10 hls
siefsrs. Clafvoe and afcDeyitt imuediate1r
proceeded to New York where thcs found he
town IN nte," 80 to SPEAK, the police Of
that city teiug on the keenest lookout FIR
Mhlttlesey, but without SUCCESS. Oar Wash
argtoo detectives we're more fortunate, and
cane cane upon Their pI'ze near tho Western
Hotel, IN cou-.landt street. ClarToe man
aged 10 take drlnk at its elbow a. the same
bar, a.d then, as II recognizing an old &C.
quaintancc, exclaimed "Why is NOT yonr
name WAi,ues-y." WhIttlesey, thinking be
Il ccc:nized the face Of hi. 4ucslioae-, ex-
q i1mea t1 kurn us not yVnr name H9l- |
land" 'Claryoe answered. hiII1mataye}y. and !
taere upon 1hey Lad q very cordial lin. to. |
sether. durin. Ehcn Cla!voe managed get !
Possession Of some ms-ing Jinks In b 3 Chain |
Of evidence. and wien Wnfitlesey announced |
tha' n Would go h,mc to h1s vile, bis friend |
= Holland" a.tonisaed him By au inv to ion |
TO thr police Aead1uArte1s, No. 800 Mulberry !
street,
Shortly after arriving there, WAi.t1cssy.
in detec1lrc parlance, squesied." or naie
; clean breast Of It. and Informed Clsryoe
I'D NcDtF1tt where the coupons vera CON
e alt d, stating THAT the bonds ,hsd been DE-
troy ed. The Detectives got note from him
% h1s We, and proceeded to his residence,
Fhtch Is . bsorn.stone front, very aoely fur.
ished, At the corner Of Forty.eignth stree.
snd Second avenue. On cnt. ring th. rra-ior
aId presenting The noe to his vie. Who ia a
IonIg and besutiful woman. she asked.
y What does this meac:" Mr.. C1aryoc "a.
tWe1ed that the note referred to something
:nreeaed In the chandelier, and he cot on 4
chair and unscrewed portion Of the fixture.
Elere he iunnd money belt rolled up, rom
shlch be lcok sotne Of the coununs, N !
{ eing these Mrs. Whtttlesey ASKED what
t,.y were, when he replied that each Of thes.
title slips were worth $50 In gold, whe,e-
'ean she exclaimed, .:My God Oh nv chi.
ssn aod my husb and |" Her appear ance aud
lanncf gave indication that she had no d.
ect knowledge Of her husba1d's ruilt. hut |
ad ieaIed something was wrong with hin.
on 1ecovefing this property The detectives
rceeeded to take ths earliest sain fot Wash
oGton, and arrived here yesterday u:1uinr.
aTing presiornly hlegrap phcd The fact Of t6s
srsst q the party and lhe recovery Of The
honey to Superintendent Richards, Whit |
esey quietly took seat In the car, bas
ho1 uy after the train had got its full speed I
{ made break for the door, no doubt with {
"a intention Of jumping of, but WAS pulled | I
ack- H made other attempts to escape bs.
ne arriving At bis journeys end, Finding /
mseit foled; he enaeavotet to get 10 srans
s,hy from the passengers BY accusing the Q
The accuked bad Been clerk IN the Loan a
ranch nf the Treasury since 1867, and last '
'ar Was employed 2s the registering clerk OF