St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-04-28
IN English BURGER Out,citfed.
\ GRAFTON (vr.) GANK ROBBERY.

\ GRAFTON W. BANK ROBBERY.
A woman, giving her name as Mrs.
Newnham, has been prosecuting for
some months past claim against the
Williams & Guion Steamship Company,
to recover s. 900 upon trunk claimed
to have been lost while on the passage
from Liverpool to New York. She said
that she sailed from Liverpool in the
steamer Nevada, having in her possession
six trunks, and that she saw them ali
safely stored on board the vessel. She
even made oath that during the voyage
she sat upon the missing trunk, although
the manifest showed only five. Upon
reaching the port she put in her claim
for the six trunks, and before Il notary
made oath to her statement. The pas
senger agent OF the Company had every
steamship dock in the city searched, and
every baggage manifest inspected, with
out any solution of the difficulty. He
then wrote TO the agents in Liverpool,
who, after an extended search, found the
missing property in Il boarding house in
that city. 1t had obviously never been
taken aboard the steamer
A few days since, and before the
above fact was known here, Il deputy
sheriff from Grafton, Vermont, entered
the office, and asked the agent if he was
not engaged in Il litigation with a GER
tain Mrs. Ncwnham. The agent APP
priscd the officer Of the facts then known,
and the deputy then informed him that
her husband was Il notorious English
''cracksman," for whom he had been
searching more than seven months. Gle
was arrested" said the Sheriff, "abcut
eight months since for cracking Il bank
at Grafton, Vermont, and was lodged III
the county Jail. | had him especially in
charge, and gave him much of my attcn-
ton. One day, as | was leaving the
cell, lie suddenly sprang forward and
struck me Il blow which iclled me TO
the floor, and rendered me almost sense
less, and then escaped, and has since
been at large. traced him to this city,
but he has completely cludcd me. Up
on learning from member of the sport
ing fraternity here, with whom | have
managed to ingratiate myself, that Newn-
hams wife was engaged in the laudablc
calling Of shoplitting, and that she WAS
trying to swind!c your company out of
goo sterling, | thought that by uniting
our interests, we might be of service to
each other
The agent decided to join interests
with the Sheriff. He dispatched a let
ter to the house OF assignat;un in West
lIouslOn-st., known as "Clark's," where
''Nirs. NcwnLam" had ordered all letters
to be sent, asking her TO come To the
Office at NJ. - Broadway, about II
O'Clock, on Wednesday last, and he
would Try to settle her claims. She
a.rCc 10 the proposition. The services
OF two private detectives were then pro-
cured, and they were stationed outside
ON the pcycment The Vermont Sheriff
toJk his position in the private Office
armed with Il rrquIsitiun from tin Gov
crnOr OF crmUmt, to await the cpmin"
of Mrs.. Newnlam. She was not far b.
hind tlir appointed time. ami the AGENT
IN 4 few moments convinced her that lac
was ready To- sign the check for the goa,
provided lie would procure the -i"nnturc
OF her husband To- thr receipt lhi+ She
readily promised 10 obtain, and, eoing
to the door, "avc some signal To her Ius-
band, WHO WAS pa~>in" carrlr~sly down
the other side of broadway. lie came
across the street, entered the buillin@
and WAS told 10 step into the private
office, where the check would be made
out. Mrs. NcwnlIam entered before him
and at once recognized the officer The
detectives outside had clrclcssly strOll.d
in after their victim, and lad been en-
"a@ed i'll an inquiry concerning the price
Of Storage passage. The moment the
BURGLAR entered the private office, the
Sheriff rose, and, upon his giving the
signal, the detectives secured the burglar
after some struggling, The handouts
were at once rut on him, and the Shcr-
iii lett with his prisoner for Grafton,
Vermont, ON IN afternoon train.-N. I.
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