The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-18
CRIME.
The Great Canadian EsobERy.


The Cleveland (ohio) Leader of Saturday
morning con- aims the folio Elng:-
The police authorities here have been noti-
fed In regard 10 the great bank robbery at -.
Cathsrinee Canada, on Monday night last, with
lbs rncnons to keep sharp lookout tor the
burglars, 1t is pretty we'll settled, no Rever,
that they passed through Cleveland Two or three
oays ago, and are now probably far West. They
have With them $3.50 IN paper money and a
quantity of gold.
Their mapner of operating In this successful
robbery proves them TO be adopts at the art.
Abe teller OF the 0ank was ln the habit OF
leaving his keys on the mantel.shelt N the
evening and putting them under his pillow a,
II ght. some one familiar with the premises
most have obta ned an impression of these Seys.
On Monday plight the safe, bark vault, aud
banking room were securely locked as usual,
but at IL O'Clock that nght passer-oy dis
covered an appearance OF something wrong
there, and the robbery was discovered, but the
birds bad flown.
The door of the bank and of the vault had
been unlocked with false keys, the sa e punched
Just over the lock. fuse applied, tae vault door
closed, and the sound beng confined bV the
thick stone Wal'a, was net heard beyJn the
buildings. The S48 600 in paper was packed
in,o couple of ordinary bag, aud the bur liars
procured conveyance from st. C1thanues to
Niagara Falls, from there they got another to
ToLawanda, from there another 10 Buffalo, an
at Buffalo they procured team. driving It
themselves 10 Angola. There they remained ~
the hotel for n couple OF hours, apparently
raging little heed to the satches that contained
The pre cious load, but refusing to allow the
porter TO take charge of the,r Overcoats. Tner
reason for this is that most pro bab bly, The pockets
were pretty well TILED with gold, as they had a
chance to help themselves to what they wished
OF $500, 900 IN gold, also in the sae
At the Anp ola etation-they tried to get through
tickets to Ch cago, but the regular agent was
absent, aud they paid their tars on the cars,
payirg out American money. Nothing further Is
known OF them except that they went through
L tno in m Hop p11,fr IN
Ut the m en- is OF sho TT build. about five eet six
probably weighing 100 pounds. Ae has nun.
Der OF disgnises. and between 81. GATHERINGS
and Erie had changed his facial appearance bait
a dozen times. The otner is tall, ot rather spare
build, and wore light mousacne.
The Rogers Murder-MarVeIIOus Stra.
tPgy Of tire New York Police
The N. Y. San says:-As we understand 1t, the
police are now working uDon the theory that
the ASSN OF Rogers is young fcllo Y wh)
recently escaped from Sing Sing, aud who,
while there, was the associate OF james Logan.
ana O1re in his pocket at the time OF the murder
tie empty envelope addressed to Logan.
When, on Wednesday mornlng last, we saw
these facts spread out IN detail in all the jour
mails OF Ibis city, accompanied by vivid sketch
OF this erso on's ecedents tor the past tnree
or iour years, and O minute description OF the
mode OF his escape from Sing Sing, we confess
that we regard It as a blind thrown out By the
| police 10 cover the real track they were pur-
suing. But we have aupie reason Tor be.
| lIpvne that the officers who lmpartei this n-
| tOrmatiu II to the reporters aud caused 1t to be
| printed in all the newsp ,pers under startling
| head lnes, with ibe name also OF the detective
| who was emplOye to hunt do Rn the assassin,
| were really sincere III their belief that the per-
| son whom they had thus nouiei to qlit the
city was the very man ho killed Rogers.
| the strategy which devised this mode OF
| catching fugitive murderer is too deep for
| this metropolis though floating In slush. Its
stupidity Draws ninety feet OF water. 1t is
huhting wild ducks wsth drum corps-rsisiug
hue aud cry whose oOly effect could be to
| warn the assassin to fee the country.
The simplicity of those engaged in working up
| this case was ludlcr0usly reflected in some oil
| those reports of Wednesday. After telling the
murderer that the police knew him, and we're
acquainted with all his bauuts aud associates
| and bad specially detailed James Irving to hunt
| him down, they declared. In q burst OF epthusi-
asm at the exquisite texture OF the net spread in
| the eight OF this State Prison bird, that 1t would
! be impossible for him to escape the Gordon o
| dett ctives fast closing around himl The police
though evidently aching with the secret. claimed
| great credit for Withholding from the reporters
| the name Of the assassin. The dondeys! II
| they bad GIVEN his name TO the press 1t nigh,
| have afforded some means OF catching hum. II
| certainly would have impaired no additional
| information TO him and his "pals," while II
would have afforded the public another clue To
| his identity.
The theory of the police goes on the assump-
| ton that james Logan, now IN custody. il
intimately acquainted with the man who they
| insist killed Rogers, and has seen him since he
escAred IRON the PenlteDiary. Is there not
| temptation enough In the re wards offered by
| the Mayor to induce him to "peach ?n or eau
not a searching cross-examina'ion by the
| District Attorney force him to "sQueal?" :" Ol
course, the culprit has hec: but Logan can give
a shrewd guess aoout the course OF his Hight.
or, at all events. he can refer the officials to
those who can. Ii be refuses to DO this, 1t will
be proof that he il far more deeply implicated
in this homicide than he preteud5.