Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-02-22

,ive Gilmore at once called upon the firm o
Parks s. Co., and acquainted them of the re
| snlt of the long search, and one Of the firm
] MR. c. !. Osborne) decided TO 60 to Montrea
| with the detective.
On Friday morning Ricard, who is suffer.
ing from consumption, and had passed yer,
| bad night, concluded that it was useless Il
| struggle longer, and gave Detective Gilmor,
/ Il letter, addressed to Entma, in VII CHI he re-
counted his illness, and inplorcd her to use
! her inf renee with Calvert to induce him I,
return the money to its owner, and thus re
lease him (Rcard} from his confinement.
| Bef re starting, a telegram was sent t
! Emma, purporting to come from Ricard, stat
ing that everything WAS all right; that h,
would leave this city on Friday in the II ID p
m. train, and asking her to be at the depot il
Montreal in time to meet him on his arrival
Al the time indicated Gilmore and Osborn,
left the city. and on reaching Montreal on tn,
f,lowng day, Calver, and Emma were The
first persons whom the detective and his com
panion met as they alighted from the car
Mr.. 0rsborne was SO bundled up and disguised
that Calvert did not recognize him, and th'
detective was of course unknown to him.
Proceeding at once 10 the Office of Mr. Pen
ton, the Chief Of Police, Gilmore acquaine
him with the ice, Of their errand, and h.
p"ofesscd his willingness to aid them. Tn,
necessary papers were granted by Justi,
oursol and The house in Cathcart stree, wa,
,isitcl without delay Emma, on The entranc.
the officers, WAS engaged IN taking mus
lesson. She was informed Of the nature 0
the visit. and the letter Of Picard placed i,
her hand. On reading it she AZ once proiesse,
her willingness TO aia the officers. While en-
aged in conversation, Calvert drove up in
sleigh, and on entering the house, dema nde,
TO know the reason Of the intrusion. He pro
sessed not TO know Mr.. Osborne. and in til
coolest manner ina gnable ordered the part,
from the house. He was taken into cus,od
and conveyed to the office of the Chief Of Pc
lice. The house was then searched, and il
the trunk of Calvert WAS found the most Of til.
stolen property. II consisted Of FIVE $500
eo certificates, 6ve $1,000 gold certificates
and bill of exchange for $1,000. In add
ton, $40 IN gold was found upon the perso
Of Calvert when arrested, and small sum ,
gold in TIE ,runk
On ihc arriva! Of the party at the Office d
the thief Of Police, Ca YER, was found TO be !.
great deal more trac;aae ,an a few hou. .
previous, and he offered, if given 5000 in
COLL, 10 rclinqush all claim to the remande :.
He was laughed al for his assurance and Oh
fered 500 in currency. Finally, TO save the
,ronhie and expeise OF a long and tedious
litigation, the case not coming within the Inns
its Of the Extradition treaty, Mr.. Osborne
consented to give Cal ert the furniture of tile
house in which he lived. horse and sleigh
with which he had provided himself, and S40i.
in money, and this was accepted by Calvert
Information Of the successful termination Of
Tie affair was telegraphed TO Superintendent
Kennedy, and Ricard was on Monday taken
b ore Justice Hagan q, the Tombs, and re-
leased from custody.
The case is one of the most Interesting ever
brought to tie notice Of the dctective force
and certainly displayed great deal of cool,
ness and judgme 1t in the manner in which it
WIS worked up
Calvert, it we mistake not will he heard
ON again III a similar way. He had con.
suited lawyer at Montreal, who had assured
him that he could not be harmed for what he
had done willie he remained in Canada, and
this will explain lis bold and defiant air
when frs, arrested. Had he but placed tie
money in bank 10 his account he would
have occGsioncd the officers great deal more
trouble. lie is aged about % years, a native
Of ST. Johns, New brunswick and has the
appearance of being smart, shrewd man. l.,
is stated thar several years since he embeszled
considerable amount from firm in ST. Johns
for which lie has never yet been punished.