Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-02-22
From the y. \. Tribune

FROM the y. !. lrlDune.
On the 90h Of October last George Calvert,
he messenger Of the firm Of c. c. Parks & Co.,
brokers' at No "a New s'rce,, was sent by tie
:irm with $4,000 in gold checks o. certificates
to deposit i'll the Bank. Iastead Of doing So.
Calvert went to tie Snh-Treasury. and ex-
changing three Of the certificates, which were
Of the denomination of 5000 each, procured
instead 81, 10 $1,000 certificates and dsap>
peared. lie WAS soon missed by the firm, Nho
sen, to the Hank AID iot,l4i that no derosit
had teet r.aia.
Information of the affair VAS g. once con-
we've, 10 Superintendent Kennedy, Ct Police
| Hello arters, hut the members of tie firm
strange to say, knew nothing of his untecc-
Tents, or where he resided ii this city. Tie
case waa given UP n Captain Young, Of the
detective force. and he detailed Mess1s Ne.
| 'ougal and Gilmore TO look it up, lu, all
chance OF obtaining airy clue 10 The thier
, seemed hopeless. kilograms were sent to all
parts Of the United States and Canada TO look
cat for Calvert, hu. week after week went by
and 10 trace Of him could be found.
IA case OF this kind, nine times out OF ten,
here is n woman concerned in il. and once
earning he Whereabouts, the remainder is
sasy. by means lest known TO themselves,
the detectives learned that Calvert had been
Ia the habit Of visiting n young woman named
Emma Dumas, who lived in Mercer street On
the day that Calvert disappeared, and within
an hour after he he had left the Office OF his
employers, he appear ed q, m mas boaring
house, and without waiting to pack up sin
gle article, sine had driven off with him, since
which time she has not returned 10 claim her
p op' rty. Here was Il clue at least, but where
they had gone to was another matter. They
armed also that while N this city Emma had
been intimate with man nsmel George Ri>
card, for whom she professei the ardent at.
tachment sometimes exhibited by women Of
her class Who however degraded they may
be, must apparently CRAFTY their womanly
instincts by loving some one.
It is almo certain the woman would in
time communicate with Picard, and, accord
ingly his movements were closely watched
for the space of six weeks. During this time
the detectives received information ON one oc-
casion, that The fugiiives had been seen at
Troy, New York, but the trail was lost as
soon rs found They had merely stayed there
for few hours and left At length at new
turn. the detectives sent letter to Montreal,
Cinada East and addressed TO the girl, pur-
porting to come from trie' q in this city.
and giving some unimportant news. The an
swer came from small town in Vermont
and, although the contents were of no avail,
It Vac important, as showing that the letter
was taken from the Office at Montreal About
this time, loo, kicard left the city, and i. was
believed TINT lie must have gone 10 rejoin the
girl and Calvert. Still the officers were as
far as ever from knowing exactly where the
fugitives were. At length about month ago
letter was sent, purportins 10 como from
lady friend, stating that valuable articles Of
jewel:y had been received d: the house in
Mercer street, from an old lover Of Emma 8,
, dir c,el TO her, and asking what disposition
| SUtuuu lH4GC tiieNy Nuu likewise
property she had left behind. In course Of
tim a reply was received that q messenger
| would be sent for them. \ telegram was
| then sent stating that the articles would not
be delivered 10 any one bu; trusty friend Of
Emnas. The response WAS that one would
at once be sent, and on Thursday last, Ricard
| allied for the articles. lie was at once ar
rested BY NcDougal and Gilmore, who had
been anxiously waiting for him, and taken to
/ Police Headquarters. There he was ques toned
! by Captain Young and tie detectives, but de-
c!ared that he knew nothing about Calvert
aud the woman. lilo was searched and in
his possession was found bill of exchange
issued by !. Montreal broker, and, what was
Of infinitely more value to the officers poll.
cy of insurance on the household furniture
AMI clothing of the fugitivos, issued by tho
loyal Insurance Company Of Montreal. The
policy of course contained the number Of the
house, which is stunted in Cathcart street.
This was ell the information needed netec-