The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-02-23


severely in their vigils at his house or in
the vicinity of his haunts. Night and
day he waswatched, and every twenty-four
hours complete record of his movements
was furnished Captain .Jourdon. From
the moment he left his house until his re-
turn late at night every incident was not
ed down. From the suspicious circum-
stances attending his movements, and es-
pecialy as it was observed that he enter
ed a certain locality by the rear way,
each time looking up and down the street
and then suddenly darting in, it was de-
termined to arrest him.
LOOKING FOR A MAN WITH HAT THEY
FIND A MAN WITH A CAP
On the 18th of January last Captain
.jOur,lan and the detectives stationed them
selves in an uptown street through which
he was in the habit OF passing. At the
usual hour lie came along. and in the
middle of the block encountered Captain
.Jourdan, whom he knew at once He
evinced some surprise at seeing him, and
said, Good day, captain what are
you doing up in this neighborhood!" ;" 4
blast Went of at this moment and sug-
gested a reply to the captain-''I own
those two houses over there" said he.
and they've carried away my fences by
their blasting, and I'm going to see if [
can't get redress The suspected party
remarked that they were pretty houses,
and walked side by side with the captain
as far us Fifth avenue where he started
to 20 across the street. ''Are you gong
down town ]? " inquired the captain, max
ING turn in that direction. ''No,'
SAID the MIN. I'm going across to the
East side | live there Detectives Ell
der and Hunt were now close at hand
/ In a moment he was siezed, and before
any bvstandcr could observe ii, was rush
ed down the street, pushed into close
carriage that was in waiting, and driven
to the Sixth precinct station house in
Franklin street He was aken into the
private office, where Captain Jourdan
asked him. well, are YOU clean -
an interro9atory whose meaning Is sulli-
cicntlv suggestive under the circumstances.
Iii, answer was. you've got me this
time Eve cot wife and amlly-don
iniure me- 1t will do You no good. and
will do everything for YOU
ATFAUIT AGAIN.
Captain Jourtlan said he wanted the
inli,ilual suspected, mentioning his best
known alias. The arrested individual.
who had become perfectly unnamed
wcpt bitterly. went on his knees. and de-
ciarcl his willingness to swear that hC
diln't know where he was. \ search ot
} hi- person revealed his possession OF ong
thousand dollars in newly executed com.
trrtrit twenty-five cent notes.-the object
he supposed, Of his arrest and the cause
of his sudden detection. AZ in the vocabu
!arv, he was not " clean" The accom-
plishment Of their main purpose now
seemed a> distant as ever. The pursuit
OF one g,tiltv man mad, curiou>ly enough
led to the capture OF another. and here
was full-fcd@ed criminal rcady-madc tC
hand. with all the proofs of guilt on hi
person 1t was certainly 4 singular side
scene in the more important drama. The
<elt-convicted individual row implored t'
be set at liberty and promised TO assist il
the pursuit. Judge Downing, Distric
Attorney Hall, United States District At
.orncv Dickinson and Assistant Unite'
, States District Attorney Courtney wcr
con<ecutvelv consulted 1t was tinall
, decided to enter up a complaint agaln~
: him. and he was admitted TO bail on con
dition of future good behavior on his owl
part. and on promising that he would d
what he could in the work of ferrctin
: out the object of their pursuit.
ON SIZE TRACK ONCE MORE.
II The officers were still OF the opino
G that the latter had an agent i'll this cit
c 20 dispose of the bonds, and they set thei
0 new assistant to work to find that agent
: The latter soon discovered Il man who, q
It his solicitation. agreed to furnish $1,000
e worth of bonds ut scventy-tive per cen
\ of their par value The man said h
: would have to wait some time before Il
IS could oct the bonds, but promised to dc
d liver what he could by Sunday mornin!
e january u, at a place agreed upon.-
" Meanwhile the man said he would like t
n leave some money in lis friends car
n and handed over to him a package dor
II up in tin ioil. The parties separated,
ID detective, however, following the agent ;
es far as Philadelphia, where he lost sight
% him accidentally. The friend, on gol
As to the station house, opened the packa;
Mt in tin foil. and found it to contain tv
b. thousand four hundred and thirty dolla
in notes of the old issue of the Concol
bank. portion of the stolen funds
Here at length was the first tangib
proof that the detectives were on Il
:: RIGHT track 1t would have been belt
had the detective been able to trace Il
- - agent who had gone to Philadelphia, b
~ the officers felt certain that he would Ike,
10 his appointment with his friend, wh
~ ~ another opportunity would be afford
" :" them to trace through him the where
no bouts of the main party. The interv
~ Nv to Sunday, the list ult., passed witho
F. F. any further developments. On the NOR
y 4 ing OF the appointed day the agent, tr
w w to his word, made his appearance in t
IF city, and while passing through Fort