Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-07
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Sen tho Performing Elephants tonight.

-Four THIEVES ARRESTED.-0n Tuesday
night Detectives Claryoe and McDeyitt received
information that Mr.. Schwar'zkopf OF sor,o ,,
Va, bad been robbed ut the depot o. " w:
The detectives with Assistant Snperintehueht
Reed, Detective Donaldson, and four policemen
went to tho depot yesterday morrint sna NV y,
the arrival Of the New York train, owe mere
H. m. when the train arrived the pino ' Jus us
covered several professional thieves come from
the train. As soon as they saw the , detectives ives
they turned and ran. MeDeyitt and heeu SUI
ceeded in arrcstng one Of the party, " no ghye
his name as Daniel Yates bnt mopeY w. iona.
dence man On him they found cheek rhWn
on the 20th Of last August, for s4,2oo, and l%yS
able at the banking house Of Rittenhouee, fah q
GO, pfhh city, to WIN: II; how n,San OF ws,,s Il
Co and was endorsed on the back VIM ~
Howard Another check was also found on
him, drawn on the same day and for the same
amount Of money, payable to order OF HIRAM
p Woods, at the Farmers and Merchants M.
tonl Bank Of Baltimore. II purportod to be
signed by J. G. Olden Go. ..-.-..---,
A large amount Of counterfeit money was also
found on him A key TO room No. II huffman
House was also found In his pocket. Reed and
MoDeyitt then proceeded to the kaufman House,
and learned that several men had stopped In room
No. u the night previous, 80 snty ~ tho room
Soon Ave men appeared, and McDeyiu told them
that he wanted them to goto me once WIN MIN :,
a phrase that they usually address that class Of
weighs about l75 pounds, replied that they were
not going to the office, and struck at McDeviu,
who Immediately drew his revolver.
Another, named Alfred, alias Jimmy carr
asked McDeyitt what he drew tho revolver Tor
Seeing there would be trouble with the gang, the
oIieers called for assistance, there being large
number OF persons congregated about the door
Mr., j, d, West, formerly policeman was th'
only man to step forward TO assist the omeers
hut In the meantime one OF the thieves escaped
The other four were arrested, and inc omcer'
started for Iheadq quarters with their prisoners
When near the Kirkwood House U Nell proke
away. and ran up Twelfth street. Detective Nc
Dewitt called TO Mr.. Jhon Sanderson 10 stol
o'Neil, which he succeeded In do.pg tnonHn M
was knocked down by o'Neil. MI sanuersoi
held him until the detectives came up, when M
was again secured. ,,..,.x.
They were all taken to police headq,M,,,e y
Carr told McDeyitt he should have been kiHea II
Philadelphia when he (McDeyitt) was auacket
there some time ago. They were all taken beloI'
Superintendent Richards, when Mr.. schwartzkop
appeared and identified the man who gave NJ
name as Edward Rogers, but who is known 20 D.
Ned Brown, notorious thief O'Neiii was hel'
in $4,000 ball for resisting the officer, aiding prs
oners to escape, and for committing an assault OF
John ganderson. The other three were sent u
jial, In default Of bail, to appear for turtle
hearing The officers had hard work, but nnali!
succeeded in securing their prisoners, who are
desperate set Of thieves.