Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-12-14
PARTICULARS OF THE ARREST.

Boston on the 10Th, expecting to make the
trip in ten days. ..- -.s....... .....
PARTICULARS OF THE ARREST.
From the Liverpool Mercury Aug. 5.
Detective Carlin and DR. Townsend, one Of
the managers of the bank proceeded to Liver
pool by way of Holyhead, arriving in Liver.
pool on Saturday morning. They then learn
ed from the newspapers that the steamship
Shannon, by which it was believed the man
they wanted had come as passenger had
arrived ut Southampton on Friday morning.
Mr.. Carlin took up his quarters under an as
sumed name, at the Queens Hotel, which the
thief had fixed as the place ofrendezvous for
himself, Ryan and his lady love- Dr. Town
send went to another hotel, where he lodged
under %. assumed name. ss :;t,,,s
6wfssnd eslss ) IS livdppooi s6f sasurday
night by the half past ten train from London
He went, with his luggage, to the Pelican
Hotel, lslingtontlags, The same night he
called at the Queens to make inquiries for
his friends. Mr.. Carlin was there on the out
look for him, saw him when he called, and
from likeness and description he had, at
once recognized him as the man he was in
search Of The detective followed him to the
Pelican, and permitted him to rest there all
night. Mr.. Carlin obtained the assistance of
Detective Inspectors Carlisle and Horn, and
on Sunday morning the three officers pro-
ceeded to the Pelican for the purpose Of ap-
pretending Townsend
1t was necessary for the officers to go
cautiously to work, as it was known Town
send was determined young man, and car
ried about with him a si1-barreled revolver
The officers waited in the coffee room until
he came down from his bedroom. This he
did, little suspecting who were waiting for
him, for as soon as he made his appearance
he was pounced upon by the detectives Just
as they got hold Of him he was seen to place
his hand in his pocket but he was secured,
and on being searched it was found that he
had in his possession q revolver and bag
containing S42, 900. On his luggage being
searched revolver and S56, 900 more were
found, besides several articles of jewelry which
had been purchased with the stolen money
The total amount recovered by the officers
was $9S, 1874. Townsend had altered his ar-.
pearance considerably by shaving off his
whiskers.
The Liverpool police had been communi-
Gated with some time before about the rob-
berry, and Inspector Carlisle had been on the
lookout for the prisoner for some time. A
diary was found upon the prisoner, in which
he chroniclcd his various doings during his
wanderings-his visits to lager beer saloons,
his playing bagatelle, euchre, drinking "con-
siderable beer, fiirtations on board ship, &c,
and in which the following entry is made at
Havana in regard to the decay Of Spain:
"The Spanish nation, once the most enter
prsing in the world-thc only nation in the
whole of Europe who appreciated and en-
braced the mighty project of Coumbus-how
low YOU have fallen In the present day you
stand as the embodiment Of avaricousnoss
ccwardicc and treachery!''
The writer also INDUCES in some sentimen-
tai reflections in regard to burials at sea, d.
vine service on board the steamer Shannon,
&C., rcmarking that he was not greatly i'm
pressed with the sermons he heard on board
that vessel.
Mr.. Carln and Dr. Townsend sailed yester-
day with their prisoner for New York on board
the steamship Etna. ...... ...... .....