The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-02-14
on promising that he would do what he could In the
work Of ferretng out the object Of their pursuit

work OF Ierrotlng out tue ODJect Oh tncir Pusou~
ON THE TRACK ONCE MORE.
The officers were still of the opinion that the latter bad
IN agent in this city 10 dispose Of the bonds and they
their assistant TO work 70 IND that agent lug
after soon discovered man who, al his SOLICITATION,
agreed tournsh twenty dollars worth Of bonds
seventy five per cent Of their par value me man saw
he would have wait time before ne could get ye
bonds bat promised deliver what he could by Sunday
morning, January q, ata place agreed upon. Lean-
while the man said ne would hk St ,o leave cave
to him package done up IN un IeiL INC
parties separated, detective, however, following the
agent as far as Philadelphia where he lost sight Of him
accidentally The friend, going TO the station house.
opened the package In tin foil and found 20 contain Two
thousand four hundred and thirty dollars in notes OF the
funds Here at length the first tangible proof that
the detectives on the right track 1t would have
who had gone to Philadelphia; but the officers fe Ger
tain that he would keep his appointment with bs Trend
trace through hi the the main party The
interval to sunday, the 21s ult, passed without any
further developments On the morning OF e appointed
day the agent to his word, made his appearance in
the city, and while passing through For9 -hfth street,
near Third avenue en- route 70 the rendezvous
a close carriage and driven 10 the Sixth precinct
station house. where he searched and twelve thou
sand dollars in government securities found upon his
person The officers looked the printed schedule 81
the bonds stolen from the bank but surprised to
find that the numbers Of the bonds taken from tho prise
not on the list.
sKILFUL CONTEMPLATING.
The bank officers consulted, and they examined
the bonds, but could not identify them as belonging to
W ,l ca, T noS G, 0a h s.UA . ~ aro cai.a in
az S se h sr The ln sre nnaSIe ~
discover anything wrong, and gave IL as their opinion
h uie =, ,h ao RnE Noha comnanv. Int the
experts there also unable TO detect alteration or
.h hsrS ,vera Soroad. hnt 40 q was mnossible 10
detect the fact Immediately and As the prisoner was en-
s,orod acainst bm n WAS necessary IN adopt some
;mmsd;ae straterv Accordingly a plan was arranged
na ored as fo,lows The friend was given the pack
e in lin foil once more and while the agent was seated
~ ,h W. ri. ate Office Of Cantain Jo1rdap in the
station house his friend was brought in, apparently
nrisoner Also On examination OF his person Of course
he PACKAGE Of bank notes originally given to him
by the agent was found The agent during the examina
lion maintained most wonderful Goodness and smoked
cigar with undistushed eouanirnitv even when the
package was produced. -
ma, ,.u uSEA alsra men TIVE S SECRET:
po.n 'i,b .ha hone that the @ W ~, Sc IN VIZ
Ses !" Sis nseudo epnfedere and %scose soms
hinn.li ho,Io,o,ts NJ tho s,,rrosna rinc,no, In
ce" W . ,hev were called N Xxx oGca end alta,
h ANIMATION bv Judce Downo were sensrated for
s ~ saSatv ~ vvas said ond de,active ESor laSt
,b pn;lSne with tho annarcnt Intention NJ conwevnc
s sd y .h ,ocLnn headnror,a hii. ,h &
W. IN s od cen re 81 % s men
that the latter had refnsad N conua,se With hin,
believing that some one was listening TO them but aid
o snsct that rhare vas ] Hce,i =; TIE % 1 s
the frend Next morn;nr 10th tvcrc again hronobt
toge,her in the lodusrs, ward Of the staton
t 1850 ,,tara .ho. So <..An S $780,,
rss, Tho AGENT dyr,r~ ,Ha ,a| I,"nSaraS - ~
the detectives cali THAI is he became more disposed
to talk and opened with his friend ss
The latter said che ssn,t Going IN Siate Prison
the thing and rather than do SO he would tell where
he got the This alarmed the agent and De also
SAID ne would make clean breast OF his share OF tne
business II he could get cut of the scrape and calling
Captain Jourdan he said he was willing 70 confess all;
he had been led into the business Of the bonds
tingy, and did not wish to suffer for anothers ms.
officers OF the bank at which he promised " Tell all ne
knew he were protected; that he bad been an honest
doing.
CAPTURE OF THE RoBBER
The authorities were consulted and the promise was
made of a suspension OF judgment in his case
Accordingly he disclosed most important facts which
led TO the capture Of one Of the robbers, as the
sequel will show Upon the Information given by him
apian Jourdan and detectives Elder Hunt, Dunn and
Haggcrty mmediatey proceeded 10 Camden, n j., OPP
pose Philadelphia VIII CHI place they reached the
evening Monday january %. During the night they
procured a conveyance and proceeded nineteen miles
down inc sns ,s se ~ sr h on 'ne I'VE,
lust at daylight, and at surrounded knock at
the door Vas answered by voice Of the windows
which ,cy recognized as that of the man thew were In
pursuit Of Il said can right gentlemen Iii be with
you IN minute servant opened the door almost as
officers rnshed in and were proceeding 70 mount the
stairs when they were hailed by the same voice again.
demanding to know what they wanted Looking up |
search standing at bay on the landing and aiming
pistol the stairway. The presentation Of several
similar weapons by the officers induced him to lower its
muzzle and he soon after surrendered He made but
little objection to accompanying them TO New York
which he might have done, US they were without war
rant ana nc was brought on 70 this city.
RECOVERY OF NEARLY TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
DoILARs or THE STOLEN rTNps
coupe of the detectives remained nm the prouises
to make a search for the missing funds Three fdays
sad and tbough the whole bonse WAS transacted no
trace Of them was 10 be found The toor,py Of the
bouse the base and the carnets were aiken nm
The walls were sounded over the garden was dug no
The manure niles in the barn we're oycrhaule but all in
vain The officers returned TO New York considerably
chagrned, but meanwhile Captain jourdan had |
oh,s,noS additional inarmation and bck the marty
went 10 Camden They' dug owe, the vicinity |
of the stable and at last discovered buried in |
The ground n large glass lar such as may be seen on
drpists or confcctioncrs Shelf Theoretically sealed at
the mouth with coat of India rubber and sealing
way on hing opened IL was found 10 contain over
hundred thousand dollars in United STATES government
bonds and other securities En- arant The party next
proceeded to the rivers edge and commnced digging