The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-03-24
lFrom the New York Worldly
A DETECTIVE DIFFICULTY.
a Quarrel over the SpolIs-Rumoret
Resignation of Captain Young
History of the New Wind
sor Bank Robbery.


Young, of the Detective force, and
Detective James Irving, of his COM
mand. to settle which the action of
the Police Commissioners has been in
voked, and has finally eliminated in
the anticipated resignation of Captain
Young.
The readers of The World will
doubtless remember that on the night
of the 28d Of January last, party of
burglars forced an entrance into the
New Windsor Bank, of New Wind
sor, Carroll county, Nd, and rified
the bank vaults of their contents, con.
sisting of $125, 900 in United States
Five-twenty coupon bonds, Union
Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad
bonds, Maryland State, and Washing
other railroad securities, together
with 5000 in greenbaeks. With this
booty the burglars escaped unmOles-
ted, and no trace of their whereabouts
could be at that time obtained. The
bank officials at once telegraphed to
Messrs. Smith, Pierson and West, de-
tectives, of Baltimore, in whose hands
the case was placed to be worked up.
Circulars describing the stolen bonds
were printed, and SO, 600 reward Of
| fered for their recovery. Detective
Pierson, of Baltimore, placed himself
in communication with Capt. Young,
who promised to give him all the aid
| in his power, the large reward offered
being an additional incentive TO enlist
/ his best services. In this condition
the matter rested for several weeks,
until one day reputable broker, do
| ing business In Broad street, called
| upon Captain Young and Informed
9hat Official that q man. an entire
stranger to him. who was subsequent
ly ascertained to be James McQuade,
| Ind called upon him at his Office, and
| offered for sale quantity of bonds at
a rate so much below the market val
| qe that he Immediately became sus-
| piciOus that they had not been hon
estly obtained, A conference was
thereupOn had with Superintendent
| Kennedy, who determined, with the
assistance of Capt. Young, to estab-
lish brokers' Office for the especial
| purpose of negotiating the bonds
| which the officials had become con-
WINGED were the proceeds of some
large bank robbery. With this OBJ
jeCt in view, Capt. Young hired two
offices on one of the upper floors of a
building in the lower part of Broad
way. These offices adjoined each
other, and were only divided by a
thin wooden partition, in the upper
portion of which were two windows
furnished with panes of ground glass,
so that although nothing that trans
pired In one Office could be seen in
the other, yet all the conversation
could be distinctly heard. When all
had been arranged, and the Office had
been opened for business, the gentle
man who had placed the police in pos
session of the first clue to the matter
was instructed that if McQuade called
on him again, to decline to have any,
thing to do with the bonds, but to re,
fer him to the bogus broker, who had
been employed and put in possession
of the Broadway Office, as one who
would probably purchase them If he
could get them cheap enough. Nc
Quade, who soon called upon the
Broad street broker, swallowed the
bait, and one afternoon he paid call
to the Office of the bogus broker, who,
true to his instructions; at once gave
McQuade to understand that he sur
missed the bonds were stolen, or he
would not have called on him with 9
proposition for their sale. McQuade
heat about the bush, and inquired
what certain bonds were worth, and
so forth. The bogus broker declined
, TO have anything to do with the pur.
chase unless he could see the securi.
ties, WhereupOn McQuade stated that
he had none in his possession, but he
knew where a large amount of the
bonds were, and If he could find 9
customer for them, he could obtain
possession of them. McQuade LETT the
office, however, before any conclusion
had been arrived at, but promised tC
call again. A day or two after, Nc
Quade called again. at this inter
view he produced q full list of the
bonds which he desired to sell, anC
allowed q copy Of this list to be made
! by the bogus broker. Finally. a bar
: gain was made, and the next day Wai
appointed for the delivery Of the
bonds, the purchaser promising tC
pay for them with a certified check
I on q city bank. This McQuade per-
! emptorily declined to accept, insisting
upon having the purchase money fol
1 the bonds in greenbacks, and nothing
| else. A positive appointment wa
{ then made for IL O'Clock on the fol
= lowing day, when the cash would bV
e in readiness for the bonds. The fac
!, that the negotiation had progressed
4 so far favorably was communicated tC
8 superintendent Kennedy, who there
D upon supplied the broker with hug
pile of counterfeit and bogus banl
notes, with which he was to still fur
= ther hOOdWink McQuade. During al
: this time-a period Of three weeks
Capt. Young had not called to his as
;, sistance any of his skillful detectives
q but had been working alone, unde
}, direction Of the superintendent. A
?, the crisis was approaching 1t was nee
!, eSsary for him TO hRYe some one aiI
in securing the holders of the bond
when they called at the ONCE. o.
# the morning of the eventful day, b
called Detective Irving into his Office
and told him he was about to max
E an arrest, and wanted his aid, and q
d the same time promised to give hin
l. 500 whether successful or not. T
- this proposition Irving acceded, an
y they both started down town. o.
L the way down to the Office they me
Isaac Edsall, an ex policeman, VIII
= was also taken with the officers to a
sist in making the arrest. On arr
8, wing at the premises, Captain Xouns
at Irving and Edsall esconced then
n selves in the Office adjoining the on
~ occupied by the broker, in such pt
" sitIon that they could hear all thu
u was aaid In the adjoining rooms-
" Punctual to the appointment Nj
Quade arrived at the Office, accomp,
MED by one James Weaver. Unsu
Z pectingly they walked into the tra
which had been laid for them, an
which was then baited by the pile
* counterfeit money, which had bee
1e PLACED in 9ne Of the compartment
of the desk and the door Of the con
NO partment left open as though by acc
" dent. After some conversation We
yer produced the bonds, which we
compared with the list and foEnd co