, 1869-02-25
.E4-
GRIM
AOre Hundred ard Fifty Thou.
tar d Dollar Robbery.

A One Hundred ard Fifty Thou.
tar d Dollar Robbery.
Escape and Pursuit Of the ThieE-Hs is
Captured in Cincinnati,
s111, 900 Worth of Unitod states
Bonds and Rai1road 8ocuri-
tios Rocovorods
From ihc Cincinnati Commercial, Feb. 2l.
On the 1st day or January last L large sale
In the otllce Of Mcssrs. ClmtrclcnE d PYnc,
attorneys ut law, M. u Wn'l street, New
keys, aud robbed of railroad securities und
bonds Of the United States Government 10
The amount uf si52.V-0. The gonlle,nnn 10
whose keeping this vast treasure had been
entrusted were troubled l,cy,oud measure on
discovering tlclr loss, mud knew not whou,
10 turn 10 ior ndsite. They, Of course, did
all In their power to keep ittc ,,arlic,,tars Of
the rObbcry from the public; but. III 4pll5 or
thclr exert!ons, the affair leaked nns, antl
created great excitement IN cu,nnrrcial
circles,
Nearly every detective er notc in thu
United b,at.s lrp.lc'l himself 10 llc lrtrc
tion ot thr il,lrvta. hut Tor several weeks
tl.cr exertioua, individual md combined,
were futile. Al l"ngti, when thu excite:
mint consequent o1 criminal operation
aRltations VI "a hlmilas eha'aeirr IN the
Rtcnt cItY VI New fnk. ''lr .nuhirtpnl de.
tcctIycs f',u, Il the rtcn iur which they lla.I
Fo diligently Searched. 1it nn~on,r..
rs"tiignI1'y nf Ii y"ung mau hy the nante
II .1ufln fIubt,p, whu.c reputation lps hui.
nj tshel Il II
their tustirl"t. llIry watched Itui closely
fur tnn"y ,Mys; saw lsm eSrrnd 1aTve slths
Ut InDfry On objects tir tfnfi cl,Atitnhn,
and "t IT. 't'ailc tu perceive rum wiiat IT,
gttlnnt.,c sntitr" h. .ltrs HI. e1rr1y Of rently
easiI. They finally arrested him uI etlspelon
81 hu,lug l.A.ts Implicated III the CanssNelcMg
Il t'yn" inblety, mud by WUrklng un lila 1eafs
IF pn'1t l,nIrt,t Il Ii" raa proven guilty With.
uHi hMsi,r fi,ntle r,,Htrselt,sf uI his rsytftI.
ratl"n IN lie rtl,nr, estofsel an a'lnlasI"n
lfHit him Tint lr wna Cnllnertel With tle
tranfnrlInn, not na rtlnelinl, but merely as n
tnnfrl1pfRtn.
il.e rtltne sneset In the sel,,sety, t,e said,
wra t'hat''a King; q ''p'k WIN lla'1 t'en', N
al,nu! thtfr nn,,ii'a. 'f1ta ri"y. tela'etfh hy
lin. waa !" thr rItn'l. ttiat n'atnt i'm mr"ka
t,"ttlr tt,n tnl'luly waa rnt,tutl'nt, lttuE
! Ind t"thri "" a''l'lntH' ntTa ii Il ttsAN hy
tl"ttalnt ii 'uIn',' md utk."t lin wIinlhdi
+" ''','I'! '"sh" " !" !" ~ s'"a Is, t'am'ae
! =
mni. but 'ti'sl I.n m"u|d i hH'mltrr him Tan
sah!' Win 'nH't, t''''ia "sl'rssr.' hls 'nttI"
| Willingness tu mah" llW key "ji H. "aa
wht'h a"}.hi.E," N't,n sAr's'asa' h'a plans,
hN,t lr,lhtssai tn Eltu thr hny IMnk.I *5tHhl
| il inn trninL aTIIra MN forthcoming,
| Ihis VITA ea|isfh,turY IN DoI,'s, and llr rnll-
tract hrt tlIn tWb parties "ns lluuo ut
| utlrr. l{lHu uMnlly hltntna,i I'll lniuri.H1liNl
o' ttG lick III lie haIe. I'nhl,s as enAly
casi Tie iry, MD ut tn,ural meetings Wl,trll
| IL Ma I..tc
1st nf ,Intllh,ry, tlr Two rrnundrrls fnnt..rnl
their Plat fur ursim,lfng illr treasury nt Cam.
hrrlrng Il l'ynr Of "vrr quarter tnislion u
dollars.
At l,ign nom, on New YcAr's bay, tho
trrnchcralls elrrk, taking adyuntngu III tho
! t1.rIr *nlt with thu dhl'1lcutc kry, nuA ab-
stTncicd Irrtn Itn plnrc u durosit small tin
lnx. continuing rnl!r"ai Mrutitirs, t,*,Ir,
ancc tlock mil United States tiuyrrnn,eNt
eunt,any with h!s ren&rdrrntc, Dol,s,s, rc-
I,nAr. 10 sn,nc rlNeu conveniently strlIcn.
tired. wtrrn ih'ir i1LvO,tcn hpoIl* rould lr
s'vlli't, 'rl!i~ ronyrhtchi plac, wn> nntslc-
wiurfr III Wnlrr htrrrt. A s!ay nr Two nft"r,
exceeding ils promised iihcraIty, King gave
DobL. s4il.hN worth os the r,o!tt srrur'irs
nnl 1859 III money, hn hnylny sold kIu,OjJ
worth Of bns,in tor s7,'dH), IN thu uitEr part
oil thu ely. Aiter ,hin satisfactory tfuns.
nrtlon slir two parted. nn''hs 10 a" ear"k II u
y S.w York, and King to nlakc Ills why Ia
TAls dlsclnsnrc Oil tho part NJ Duhbs made
.lle NrW YORK oi'lccrs !nrI ior afsht Di
Kings hsna NINE enuntenamrv, hu. ihls II
was not their privilege 10 luye tar aeycra
weeks.
They watched all points closely, and al
. lrugth were rewarded Iy receiving i,tellI
] rc,.ce Of luc whereabouts OF their min
through letter which wRs Intercepted y.
its passage tn the sately.cased t,obbs. Til
!, letter WAS written from Detroit, Michigan
ansi cenialaed a proposition FROM King tc
u.eet uebl.s ut tAe spe-cer llou,c In this CT,
on the 24Lh dny OF January. aieeSrs. Nc
p; coid aud Wruldridgr, Of thc New York dc
: tettiye force, were tenl ltthes to captMr,
! King ii he attempted to keep his aupoin.
2 tte ,o4tl day Of January; the!
examined the register; the name Of tlei
man Was Inscribed on tho pages Of the boon
but hc lad left the house two days. before
nfter layirE taken but one meal.
= Tie had taken light yalisc with him, ant
told the clerk that be was going lnlo the Ia
:. terror OF Kentucky, fil the Kentucky Cen
t!al Railroad. The detectives rcmalned 10 th,
i, city to7 several oaFs, but finding that theil
+ chances Of baggtng their game were yer,
= slight, indeed. RETURNED to New York, afte
making known the object of their visit Il
t Captain Rufl}p, Chief Of Police. Our ow,
= detectives had been deyoting considesabl. nt
teLtion to the case, and now began to cas-
about them, to Obtain the bear1ug Of MI
King, with augmented interest.
! King, It seems, found out that Hazeu wa
a keeping him under pretty close slTyeiilauct
It and, the game day on which he WIS reroe
i nizcd. left the ty. Larry got on bis track
Q ARD followed him by railsoad to Aenia, Q
r From A.nia, kinE went 10 Crestllnc froi
&C Crestlirr back to Columbus from Columbu
l. to DAYTON: from DAYTON to indianapolis
and from Indianapolis he returned 10 III.
city.
= Chief Rufttn was Informed OF this fact tha
!. the men who had committed the New Tor
robbery were in town again, aud he nud Dt
!. ttctiye Craven, with MIR. uazcu, started on
T. 10 find them. The hachman informed ther
where he had left his party. Ilc had ru
them down at house IN tue West Eud. .
hack soon conveyed the Cliei and bis a
:: sistunts to tho house In question. The lane
r lady, In rcply to tie inquiry made as I
Z whether the mcn we're at her house, said tbs
: thti had spent an hour or more there, bu
|, bad 1cil SHORT time before in @ hack whic
!; was "aitfue In frcnt OF the door for anoth:
:. gentleman.
!. The officers left the place and rode up tow
s again They wCrr a,.sut separating for th
!. night, near the corner of sixth mud Nal
): ttrccts, ~hen who should appear but th
: : very men for whom they were looking. pu
y little time elapsed between the first glance .
> them and the moment when handruiIs wi,
n cIaspcd arnnnd Their delicate wrists. Tie
Tere taken 10 Hammond Street staiiu
F. House kitg ychCulcutty denied that b
= had any thing t. to With the bond robbery
= and Thornc $worc that IL had never eve
q tten tho securities That had been st0le1
/ Their rrotestatf.'ns OF Innocence ayaiIcd thrl
very lh1le. They were taken 10 the Brcuic
:. Street Sutton House tho next ulornipl
: and from there they were renoved to one /
I. the hotels in the clsY, and placed under sc
+ cure guard. Subs cqucnt Investigation satl:
l. fed the officers that Thornc' had not hcc
connected with the robbery Of tho firm
New York, bat satisfied them that be kuc,
whc.e the stnlcn securities were.
II l1c was released OF promising to turn u
!; the bonds lie went with de-. ,ctive lIazeu I
b ccrtain place in Canada, aud there gaze ii
d 10 his possession railroad aud Insurance ttoc
and government securities to t.c mn punt
esa,tt0.
Dobbs, on making his confession in Nc,
York, turned up his s..u.00o North O. bond
The s1o,o, Q worth Of bonds sold by King
IL Tho rt,rt.r of NnT vork ~. ran :,