New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-01-23
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THE ADVENTURES OF VAN EATON, TIVE F0RGr1
Ills ARREST ~ NEW ORLEANs-ADNEN-
TUREs OF A NETWORK DETECTIVE
Lewis NJ. Van Eaton, alias Livingston, a
noted forcer, whose exploits have been heretofore re-
lated In TIE TRIBUNE arrived in tLis city yesterday in
the custody Of United States Detective Thomas Sampson,
and was committed TO n cell at Police Headquarters. on
the Cd Of November last Van Eaton sold SoO0 United
States Five-Twenty bond 20 HaIgartLer CO.,
brokers' OF No. IS Broad-st, and received 4 Cd x
therefor This check he had certified 90 the bank IN
which it was drawn, and then cleycrly er'iing tao
amount named made il S57,-0O. with it h. then pir-
chased from Wells Fargo Co. :77O0O worth o. holds
on which be ne gotiated loan Of $4,000 at tie Office Of
the Mercantile Loan and Warehouse Company receiving
two checks for $4,000 each. lie tried to get these checks
cashed, but tho alicers OF tho bank on which t,y
were drawn refused to cash them unless Van Eaton was
identified by some responsible person a. the one IN
whose favor they drawn Van Eaton went back 20
the Office of the Loan and warehouse Company and en-
deayored to induce Of the ocers0 OK Leustnop %
90 with him TO the bank and youch for him e. TIE CASHIER
Before this could he done il was after banking hourd
and no payment would therefore be made ,n' the fJl.
lowing day. Fooled in his eudeay0r 70 obtain Ae money
for the checks Van Eaton gave them 10 broker OF his
acquaintance, and desired him early on tie following
day to purchase bonds with them, and deliver hem 10
him wan Eaton az place uamod. Bc.ore
tho purchase could be made, Wells, Fargo 60.
discovered the true character Of tie oheck,
given them by Van Eaton, and, communca' .ith tho
Loan and Warehouse Company, payment u the checks
given TO Van Eaton was stopped, and 'ho broker en-
ployed TO make the purchase of bonds Wa taken into
custody when he offered the CHECKS as payment. By
some means Van Eaton learned that bis ,ch.~e ud
been detected and fed from the CITY.
He was next heard from Jon California, wher. De- suii
$4,000 United state, bond, one % The $1,000 vc-th
stolen from senor ca mo, Treasurer % ir C!aar
Foreign Mission. for 5000 IN gold lie hal .l~od tho
number Of the bond. about i've WncA, $50 b.n EIlpn
arrived in NcwOrean' nom Havana, accompanied D., "a
woman VINO haa DE-, n WIN il ID !s ,fF-.. ~ va
arrested, and after hearing WAS az caar-.d,
2aL wac T'aI s,1,, on eorah i'' J'te
Detective sampson provided WITH th, uorr....y
papers, including rpgui,Iiol CON GOV N'urortl .1-
the prisoner ana started Tor ~" Orleans, aivin there
TU lay i1.;. ar some d-.at Ie rl :. lIe found
that the examination OF the prisoner .s ~ down tor
and was Al oHcr r.9rg,stad hy Iletsc gc 'nu 0u ca
cOIit-roOm VII. of h3os, corpus, VII e. f.. been
provided for such AN enerE'nc a. rrs " rived on
Dete.ii.e sampson ae informed in' ofi. 20 served
he placed his prisoner IN carriage I'D Il BE- raly
and the friends OF Inc prisoner ano.hes
carr4ge, but managed 20 einde thcn, 4" o@ lcih-e
street chez Of Police Badger. Who ia3 5ycl t,le-
gram rom Superin cnipn kc,u requesting i'm 20 give
Detective Sampson ~ the old r could. pik cd the POI
lice steamboat ~ the disposal Of The latter on ii Re
prisoner was placed aud carried 20 mics J hr Ws.is-
sipp River small station on the line Of tfe railroad.
hound norm on his fii: was m officer Of 4, Ne-Jr.
leans court who bore with him writ OF haSas corpus
issued by one OF the Orleans Judges IL cmcnied
that sampson return 90 NewOrlcans win ms Prison I.
This sampson released to DO. At the next
station at which the train stopped. the southern
officer informed the crowd that a Northern
Sheriff was Illegally carrying of "A Southcrn man, and
called on them to rescue him Detective S.lpp'Ul pro-
duced his revolver, and declared ne would tnoot any
man Who made an attempt 10 modest him. shc crowd
prudently let him alone This action was repeated by
the Southern officer at every station Until e Mississippi
state line was reached and with equally futss results
Placing his prisoner In the baSgagecar IN ocr 20 at
tract as little attention possible ana ci Wing what
ee he could ON the way the detective reached tho city
without further trouble. The accused will taken be
fore the United states District-Att0rney TODAY