The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-05

- Sa6 OAu bA0s kk900%I-n
sao" the Cnsprttewas Detected, and
now He Imposed ON, the Public
$40 Oommifs suicide-R Very Extra.
ordinary story.
on the 9Th of December last, Tamh CITY.
Iowa, was thrown into m extraordinary
| state OF excitement on account of tho rob.
berry OF the county Treasurer's safe of mo.
ney amounting to between $4,000 and
5000. About I o'clock on the evening Of
that day one of the county officials, named
! Newcomer, heard means and groans rro.
, cceding from the Treasurer's office, and ON
entering found the Deputy Treasurer (Dcn.
ION Camery) lying under the table in o
| POOL OF blood, He was apparently insensi.
bic. Examination showed that he had
: feveral wounds in the breast, and that bis
hand was gashed across. and that Ills head
was badly bruised. On coming to he gave
the following version of the case:
About half-past o'clock p. M. be was in
the office preparing TO 60 home, when two
, men OF savage aspect oame to the counter
and called for five dollars worth of internal
revenue stampa, offering in payment hill
of one hundred dollars. After carefully
scrutinizing the bill, to assure himself of iii
gcnuineness, he went to open the safe to re,
the change. While doing SO, the larger Of
the two men jumped over the counter, and
grabbing him by the throat, inflicted the
wounds in his breast with knife while
the other man occupied tho time in pound.
ing his head with heavy stick; after which
lie put out the lamp. The wound in his
hand wns caused by himself, rs he grasped
the knife with which his assailant was cut.
ting him up. The thieves then rausackcd
the safe.
The entire community folt deep interest
in the case, for Mr.. Camery was nearly
killed in protecting public property. HI
received the sympathy Of man who sscri.
fees himself for the public good. Then be
was always known rs respectable either
Of tried worth and honesty, and, more thar
oil, had been married only six weeks to tho
prettiest girl in that part Of the country
His friends and neighbors vowed vengc,
ance on the perpetrators Of the outrage, anj
q sort Of vigilance committee was formed Il
AUNT down the villains. The country waf
secured, and every suspicious character fol
miles around was closely watched, but with
no satisfactory result, as no clue could BIZ
obtained to fastcn the crime upon anybody
+ Mr.. G. II. Warren, banker in the town
wss determined to have the mystery solved
| st any cost; so ho wrote to Mr.. Holmes, o.
the Manufacturers National Bank of Chi
cago, who placed the case in the hands Of
Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. 4
detective was at once dispatched 10 tht
scene TO work up the case. He lay around
there for week, following up the case. a
tho end Of that time he became convinced
thai none OF the known bad characters Of
the community were guilty of the crime
The story told by Camcrv did not hold to-
gcthcr in sll its parts. There were iucou
sis.onc!es il It's details that could not b,
reconciled.
Il was strange that when the lamp was
thrown down it did not set something OF
FIRE, and it was more strange that ths
wounds, though deep, were not serious, nol
were they such 80 Il 1uau would be likely t
receive in q struggle Of life and death. Thu
detective made up bic mind that Camery
inflicted the wounds upon himself as n blinc
| 20 screen The robbery and divert suspicion
into other channels. Camery wac induced
10 20 TO Chicago on Thursday last on Pre-
tense o. searching for the robbers there
lie went without much hesitation, and was
taken to Hukerton's office, where he wa!
! mt through q course Of what detectives cal
! swc2tirE,' and after three hours cxami
ton &c owned w and confessed the crime
He stated ,hat the money was in the safe
nj biz mere, and Lie became POSSESSED o
m unconqucrablc desire TO steal it. Ii
took it and buried It under the sidewalk Of
the courthouse yard, where it has since
Jeen found, not dollar missing. The
wounds lie made with G knife, and thel
| bumped lis head against the wall to pro
Guce tie bruises. Ho muet have been :
man OF surprising coolness, combined viii
great tcuaci:y Of purpose, TO deliberately
plan and execute Eucn q scheme. &c wa
taken back whence he came and given il
custody OF tic authorities. Tie surprise o
the PEOPLE On learning The true state Of af
! fairs may nc imagined. Camery, overcome
with shame and disappointment, shot him
self or Tuesday, thus passing igncminiousl,
away at the carly age Of twenty-five. Their
seems to be no adequate motive for the rob
| hery. The unfortunate man wac compare
lively well Of, the owner of some valuable
real estate, and in the enjoyment Of goo:
salary.