The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-04-29
BRILLIANT DETECTIVE EXPLOIT.
Six Thousand Dollars Worth of jew
CRY Buried but Resurrected---De-
frauder Arrested.


Six Thousand Dollars Worth of jew
CRY Buried but Resnrrected---De-l
frauder Arrested.
From the Lawrence Kansas) Journal, April L.
No little excitement was created in this
city and the county south of us yester-
day and Sunday by the arrest of man
named Eloi Bader, alias Amiable, upon
the charge of an attempt to defraud
parties in New York We have heard
several stories told, and the facts, as
near as we can arrive at them, are
about as follows:
Some time in November last, Jewel
er, named H. G. Quarter, of Sharon,
Mercer county, Pa, wrote to Mr. Geo.
Hoffman, who was at that time engaged
at the carpenters business here, and
with wohm he was acquainted, telling
him that he had concluded to remove
to Lawrence and establish himself
here, and asking If he would take care
of box of goods if he would ship
them to Hoffman's care. Hoffman had
been acquainted with Quarter for
number of years, and knew that he had
been extensively engaged in this bust
ness at Youngstown, Ohio, and agreed
to keep the box until Q's arrival.
| Hoffman moved to farm some seven
miles south of this city, and the Odd of
December, Quarter wrote to him: g L
have shipped to your care box con
tanning tools, materials and srlndries.
I marked the value of the box at S145,
to save express, but it is really worth
more.
George Hoffman took the box to his
farm, and supposing that it contained
tools, left it in the woodshed several
days, and it was thrown about the
house as the cfances happened to find
it for, as he informs us, he had no
idea of the value of it. On the fifth of
February Quarter wrote that he had
bought out store in Sharon, Pa, and
could not then leave. In short time
young man came along, who said his
name was Amiable, and, being part
ner of Quarter, wished to get posses
sion OF the box Hoffman declined to
give it up unless he had authority from
the shipper. Amiable wrote to Quar-
tier, and often complained that he could
get ne answer to his letters. The sequel
will show that detectives were watching
his correspondence. 1t appears from
what we learn that QUARTER and Bader,
alias Amiable, had purchased goods on
credit, and deliberately set to work to-
defra1d their creditors by shipping the
goods by express to Lawrence, and con
tlnue the business out here, and, by
some legerdemain, cheat their creditors
out OF the price of their stock in trade.
| Subsequent developments proved that
the box marked "Value S145, contain
ed over Sc, 900 worth of jewelry. A few
days since, as Geo. Hoffman states,
| Amiable went to his house, and, while
he (Hofman) was away, buried the box
near the barn. Amiable then came
back to the city and put up at his hotels
During February and March Amiable
has been floating around through this
part OF the country, sometimes in Law
renee, sometimes IN Kansas City, ST.
Joseph and other places. Officers here
had been notified and were on the alert,
but could learn nothing definite. Last
Saturday, however, Mr. J. Bouton
Crosby, of the firm of Mower & Crosby,
Broadway, New York, arrived here.
He came commissioned to ferret out
the property, as well as the guilty
party. He had in his p session a
photograph of Amiable, and going to
Lannon's had copies taken, and started
seven detectives out-some to Topeka
I'D some to Eudora In the mean
time Amiable had left town, slyly.
Securing the services of Sheriff Walker,
Marshal Carnes, A. J. Reid and O. CT.
Richards. of Endora, Mr.. Crosby
started with this party on the war-path.
Three double teams were procured,
and at nine o'clock Saturday night,
armed and equipped, the posse lett
this city. They had almost given up
the job as a bad one, when, ere the
moon departed, a new light was dis
covered. They heard that Amiable
was at Mr.. George II. Hotfman's, seven
miles south of Lawrence Going to
Hoffman's house, sheriff Walker knock
ed at the door, and upon Hoffman
making his appearance, made known
his business. Hoffman said Amiable
was not there, and after hearing some
very positive and earnest demands from
the sheriff, the place where the box was
buried was revealed, and Mrs Hoffman
stated that Amiable had been there,
but had gone to Virgil Hoffman's, some
four miles southeast of George Hof
mans. The box was dug up and Sc
cured Taking George Hoffman as
guide, the detectives then started for
the house of the other Hoffman, first
satisfying themselves that Amiable was
not at Georges. Upon reaching the
other house, "guards were posted"
and the party proceeded to business.
- They soon found out that they had
cornered their man. He had gone to
bed in a room where the children slept.
A frail partition divided this from the
bedroom of Mr.. Virgil Hoffman and his
wife. When the sheriff knocked at the
door, Mr.. Hoffman came down, and
Amlable, hearing the demand for him,
jumped through the thin partition,
landed in the bed of Mr.. and Mrs. H,
and pulled the bed clothes over him.
This did not save him, for Sheriff
Walker soon pulled h1m out, sans GU
tottes, and landed him in the middle of
the floor. He was made to accompany
the party into the city. and after recov-
ering all the property, the detective
permitted him to leave for other parts.
We learn that each of the detectives
received the handsome reward of 500
for their services. Mr.. Crosby has
shown himself good at working up
case, and he says that in all his expe-
rience of twelve years he never had
more effective assistants than he did on
this occasion.
Paris Fare.
A private letter from one of the two