Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-10
A CLEVER DETECTIVE STORY.
[From the New York Tribune.l

a woman, giving her name as Mrs
Newman has been prosecuting for
some months past claim against the
Williams IL Guion Steamship Company
to recover 81, 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 possess
sion six trunks, and that she saw them
all 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 Gve
Upon reaching port she put in her
claim for the six trunks and, before
o ,tarv, made oath to her statement.
The passenger agent of the Company,
had every steamship dock in the city
searched, aud every baggage man fest
inspected, without any solution of the
difficulty. He then wrote to the agents
in Liverpool, who, after an extended
search, found the missing property in
boarding house in that city 1t had
obviously never been taken on board
the steamer.
A few days since. and before the
above fact was known here, deputy
sheriff from Grafton, Vermont. entered
the Office, and asked the agent if he
was not engaged in litigation with
certain Mrs. Newnham The agent
apprised the officer of the facts then
known, and the deputy then informed
him that her husband was notorious
English cracksman," for whom he
had beensearchiug for more than seven
months. /" He was arrested" said The
sheriff, "about eight months since, for
cracking bank at Grafton, Vermont
and was lodged IN the county Jail |
had him especially in charge, and gave
him much of my attention. One day,
as | was leaving the cell, he suddenly
sprang forward and struck me blow
which felled M to the floor, and ren>
dered me almost senseless, aud then
ESCAPED, and has siuce been at large.
traced him TO this city, but he has com
pletely eluded me. Upon learning
from member of the sporting frater-
nifty here. with whom / have managed
to ingratiate myself, that Newnham's
wife was engaged in the laudable calling
of shoy,Iifting, and that she was trying
to swindle your company out of G2O0
sterling, thought that, by uniting our
interests, We might be of service to eech
other"
The agent decided to join interests
with the Sheriff He dispatched let
ter to a house of assignation in West
Houston Street, known as Clark "
where Newnham had ordered all let
ters to be seat, asking her to come to
the Office of No 20, Broadway, and he
would try to settle her claims. She
agreed to the proposition. The services
Of two private detectives were then pro
cured, and they were stationed outside
on the pavement The Vermont Sheriff
took his positionSin the private Office,
armed with requistion upon The Gov>
ernor of Vermont, to await the coming
of Mrs. Newnham She was not far
behind the appointed time, and the
agent in few moments convinced her
that he was ready to sign the check for
the 9200, provided she would procure
the signature OF her husband to the
receipt. This she readily promised to
obtain, and going to the door, gave some
signal to her husband, then passing
carelessly down the other side of
Broadway. He came across the street,
entered the building, was told to step
into the Office where the check would
be made out. Mr. Newnham entered
accordingly, and at once recognized the
officer The detectives outside had
carelessly strolled in after their victim,
and had been engaged in an inquiry
concerning the price of steerage pas
sage The moment the burglar entered
the private Office. the Sheriff rose, and
upon his giving the signal, the detec.
tives secured the burglar after some
struggling The handouts were at once
put Oh him, and the Sheriff left with
his prisoner for Grafton, Vermont, on
the afternoon train
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max in editorial heads when it prints
column of Republicanism under the
following caption Is the constitution