The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-04-14
THE RECENT RoBBERIEs.

An Alleged Fugitive from California
HIS ARREST IN THE LOWER BAY-LARGE AMOUNT
OF MONEY AND MINING STOCKS FOUND IN HIS
POSSESSION, ETC.
On the Sd Of February last Mr. W. l. Adams Collector
Of Customs for the district Of Oregon stationed at Aso
ra embarked the steamer Oregon for San Francisco
taxing with him 900 in gold coin and $4,000 in
greenbacks On reaching San Francisco week later
Mr. Adams found that during the passage from Astoria
Of his trunks had been opened and robbed Of
In gold coin Isaiah W. Lees captain of the detective po
lice OF San Francisco asnformed ohe loss and at once
examined many Of the persons employed the Oregon
as well as several passengers but without success
Oregon, and who had charge Of Mr.. Adams sateroom
during the passage was mssing he having decamped with
disrePutabe female. It being supposed that Lambert
had left San Francisco by steamer and would eventually
reach New York, Captain Lees, Of the detective police,
teegraphed on TO General Superintendent Kennedy,
giving description OF Lambert and requesting that the
California steamers be closely watched with the view Of
arrestDg Lambert For the last three days detectives
Thursday they boarded the California Santiago
de Cuba at Quarantine, and almost the first man they
saw was Lambert. He was recognized from q likeness
which the officers had In their possession The onicers
Of the rendered the detectives every assistance
required in securing Lambert and his baggage After
and found contain g. $40 in $40 gold pieces $500 in
gre nbacks and gold and silver mining stocks amounting
SIS 600 These stocks s supposed Lambert had
purchased with portion Of the money taken from Mr.
Adams. All the money belonged to the United
States government In his letter to Superinten-
dent Kennedy Captain Lees expressed his ability
to convict Lambert they could secure his presence in
San Francisco The prisoner has been committed to
await the action of the California authorities who have
been informed by telegraph of Lambert's arrest,
The accused twenty years Of age and native OF
England. He ID very uncommuncatve and has little or
nothing to In relation to the theft OF which he stands
charged. nn
The Astounding French Cashier.
THE MONEY LOST BY sPECULATISG IN sToCKs-HE
LANDS IN THIS COUNTRY UNDER AN ASSUMED
NAME-DErAILs OF HIS ARREsT---THE ExAMINA-
TioN POSTPONED UNTIL TUESDAY NEXT, ETC.
Sureau Lamrande the abscondng cashier Of the Bank
of France whose in this city announced in
Yesterdays Herald, infected with the Wall stree
mana-he speculated in stocks. His specuations
failures and four hundred thousand francs Of
the money entrusted to his care are alleged to
have been lost in that way. He received an
order from Paris to forward large amount of specie to
the establishment in that city, and promised to do So
knowing at the time 1t had gone to fill the pockets or
successful operators the Bourse To exrcate himself
from the very unpleasant dilemma in which he was
placed required some ingenuity and after considerable
thought he adopted the not original but very com
mon method Of leaving for parts unknown Before doing
he is alleged to have distracted an additional sum Of
four hundred thousand francs TO pay his travelling ex
penses He then crossed the Channel and made short
covered He next heard of Liverpool where the
fact that he had sailed for America under assumed
was clearly ascertaned inc next steamer brought
of France to Messrs Couder Bros Of this city, who
Immediately took tho necessary preliminary steps to
capture the fugitive One Of the firm started for Port-
land, Me-, where il was expected he would land On
tho Both Of last month Monsieur Thbold among the
passengers landed there from the steamer Moravian.
From persons with whom he became acquainted the
fact Of his identity with Sureau Lamirande cstab
lshed and he traced through several cities OF the
Eastern States and finally arrested Monday last ut
the Metropolitan Hotel, in this city, where he had
registered himself under the name Of Deyhcrs large
proportion OF the money with which he absconded has
been recovcred and tho remaining facts in the will
be elected Tuesday next before United States Com
missioner Belts when examination will be had, and
application made for his return under the Extradi-
ton treaty.
An Old Offender In Limbo.
John Henry. alias Walter Price. q man we'll known as