The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-08-14

McKeIlop & Van Petit Take Leave of Mccoy
4 Van Wharf.-The former Firm 20 10 Alex
andria, ID Care Arrested Horse
Thieves-The latter Firm set out In Pursuit-
Are Minus $3.50 in Currency-Thc First
Firm Captured. &c.
In November OF last year Messrs Van wart & Mccoy,
Arm doing business in Beekman street, engaged a
clerk boy eighteen years Of age by the Of George
McKellop Since that time McKellop had so demeaned
himself as 10 win the entire confidence Of his en-
ployers up the rst Of this month On that day they
gave him greenbacks and gold certificates amounting
g. 500 with instructions so the Custom House and
pay the duties goods Of their importation.
pected TO- Instead young fellow about three years
his senior formerly newsbpy on the steamboat plying
between here and Keyport, and now a stage driver,
living the vicinity OF that town in Jersey known
AARON
entered the store Of Van war Mccoy in the afternoon
and LEFT his card Tor McKelIop with requesting
him TO 20 10 certain place in williamsburg The mem
bers OF the hrm thinking that something wrong
OF their number determined TO 60 TO the place desig
mated III Williamsburg see what was in the wind. 1t
there ionnd out that Van Pslt living Key
port On going 70 Newport II was ascer,ained thai The
had been seen in company with each other in that
vicinity, and that they had gone TO Philadelphia. At
Philadelphia II out thai they had purchased tickets
for Pitsburg BY this circumstance the detective, who
their trail was put bis Wits ends insnuch
he had heard IL rnmored that they had gone 10 Washing
what had been already learned the story
looked very plausible
Thus matters stood with the detective when Nessrs
Van Wart Mccoy received telegram from Washington,
signed by by the name OF Hotchkiss who duty
there a special constable saying that NcKeiop and
Van Pclt in his custody and that he would deliver
them up the receipt OF bonus of 5000 The Free
dom with which the fast young spent their money
had led 70 their arrest spicon Of being horse thieves
While ia dGrance MeKelop confessed 10 Hotchkiss his
relation to the firm which he had betrayed.
coysrARIE N LIMBO.
Messrs Mccoy Il Van Wart, instead OF giving the
money demanded by Hochkss, Informed their detective
Of the offer that had been made and the whereabouts Of
the abscondDg thieves, as they were regarded The
detective fastened To Washington, applied the
chief OF police in that city who had H0tchiss arrested,
and the prisoners that he had concealed for the sake OF
getting bounty taken from his custody They
found at the American Hotel, where Hoichhss had
hoped keep them ont Of tho way OF detectives till he
should get the money he demanded
: FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS
on one who has never before had hundred Is some
what curious 20 observe. The first though OF
watch Aaron George differed in this from the
OF their kind The first bought scarlet nccktie
and gold watch, with chain attached; the second
bought white silk neckle and gold watch, also with
ehsn attached What else toy bought obtained with
eye To having ali they had OF apiece. After staying in
Washington q short time they went to Alexandria and
obtained board there with Captain Petit After
they had got fairly settled they began think OF bus
mess, and commenced negotiations for porter house
and pin alley but their negotiations were brought
TO untimey end by the suspicious Hochkiss taking
them for horse thieves. AZ they taken
into court for examination McKellop, not for
deserted OF his wits, behought himself thus he might
possibly be searched As he exactly prepared
to be searched he watched his opportunity and slipped
thousand dollar gold certificate which he had In his
pocket under tho windows but wishing To lose the
money he watched his opportunity more, and
caught first the eye and then the ear OF Captain Petit
his landlord. To him he whispered Of his concealed
treasure and tho captain went and got the certificate
lie looked at IL, and pronounced II Worthless yet not
witstanding il was trash he told Mckellop he would
give up for hundred dollars As ii could not be
got Without that given. When this fact
To light Captain Petit was also arrested Yesterday the
suspected parties brought before Justice bowling
and held 10 answer. sk