The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-04-02
LIVE TOPICS OF THE TOWN.
CAUGHT ON THE FLY By THE SUMS
UBIOUIIOUs REPORTERS.

The Arrival OF Caldwell In this civ under
Arrest-DetniIs Of His Capture-How he
was Hunted through Canada aud Bled by
n Matchmaking Lawyer.
Richard Is. Caldwell, the notorious drawback
forger Is in the hands OF the United States Govern
ment onncials.s On Wednesday evening Col Whitley,
Chief Of the Secret sei vice Division, started for
Toronto, armed with Official documents to arrest
Caldwell, and returned to New York last night by
early train, having Caldwell in his charge. Cald-
well seems to take his extraditon very coolly. He
felt very "sck" when lie found he was to be
brought back. but he anerward put on as good face
as he could under the circumstances.
Caldwell claims that he should not have been
brought from Canada, and he fully expected to be
released under the writ Of hdbeds corpus that was
issued. lie let Toronto at 10 o'clock on THURSDAY,
In charge OF tho Canadian Sheriff and the Hon. A. ID.
Shaw, the United States Consul, and was delivered
over to Co; Whitley and bis assistant at the sus-
After he made his escape fom Montreal his counsel
made him give him note for t?'0oo under tie
threat splitting" upon him, and that he was taken
into the northern parts OF Canada some three or four
hundred miles, until be became completely FROST
bitten.
Caldwell, who Is the principal one connected with
the great Drawback frauds has cost the United States
Government a large sum OF money, but lie has been
closely followed up by that energetic oniccr Col.
Whitley. ever since last December
He was lodged at Headquarters, Mulberry street.
A Young Broker In tho Hands of the
Thievrs-How the Scoundrels Contrivcd
to Dispose of their Booty.
William 0kell was held to bail by Justice
Scott in $4,000 on the charge that he was in the
burglary Of bonds from the Norwalk National
Bank. Yesterday Edward Deal, OF Yonkers, u
clerk for the Empire Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, was arraigned before Justice Bowling on the
charge that he also was concerned in the Norwalk
Bank burglary, the principal evidence being that
he bad sold six 81 600 bonds TO Fisk 4 Hatch, the
same being a part OF those stolen from the bank.
Mr. Ebenezer Hill testified that Sept. 30 siG00O0
in bonds were stolen, and among them the six
traced to the possession Of Deal, Who according TO
the testimony of John p. shannon, sold them to
Linn at the once OF Fisk & Hatch.
Detective ofhcer Elder testified that the prisoner
told him that he had made the nequainta' ce Of Il.
II. HARRINGTON at the Westminster Hotel through
William oken who resided at Yonkers. and who
spoke to him one morning coming down 10 the
cars. and asked him (DeaD whether he would sell
some bonus NJ the usual commission.
Deal consented to sell some bonds for Harrng-
ton, who gave him from 5000 10 $4,000 worth.
| Deal sold the bonds TO Fisk q Hatch and to White.
| Morris & Co Deal received o statement, and re-
turned the to Harrington at the lunch counter
| of tie Astor House, where lie instructed Deal to
call FOR meeting For that transaction he received
| ten dollars
Harrington had called several times at Deals
| place OF business, ea5 had given him bonds To sell
Deal had sold iEese bonds in the REGULAR way and
alYaS. gave Harrington statement. Harrington
! I'd asked Deal how he would like to 60 into bu I
ness for himself as broker, and had promised "
put up a cspu6 OF 5000 or more TO urpish o.
| ONCE, when Deal consenleu, a. narrlng ,on .4,
| been vouched for b! Okell US a respectable man
hut he held in default Of $4,000 bail, which b,
| will furnish to-day.