New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-15
A FLUTTERING IN CRIMINAL CIRCLES

SCARED Observation-Disclosures FALSE HOPES.
The developments following sundry recent
arrests forgors stoenbond operators countercters
and other criminals, have produced much alarm among
the accompices yet marrested. The detectives have
been exceedingly busy for several weeks erreting out
the ramihca tons Of crime The number Of confessions
by arrested felons and the giving away" OF confed-
crates by those who while still at large, find it to their
interest obtain favor with the officers, is beyond all
precedent Some Col Whitloy's most important re-
cent instance the capture Of gang Of 10
at one time-are stated to have been accomplished
chiefly through Information given anOted and wealthy
eXcOnvict wEO TO make clearer held Tor MS own Dod
and skillful operations INDUCES himself occasionally
m the luxury doing state the service OF delivering
up Justice whole shoals Of tho smaller ify De,
tecfives Elder and McDougal have Jointly rendered
signal service OF late in apprehendng dangerous Grim
nals; and ii detract from the merit of their
ia rogue to catch rogues." Meantime, welknOwn
bank President Of Wa,st has as detective ,r not
only caught his man, Mter d long schItsnI
but has extracted from him an re mne a IeG
know" has been relentessy insisted upon IN
numerous recent and one result has been great
scampering OF conscious and welknown criminals from
the vicinity Wallst, and from localities further up
town one may inquire at the places Of business OF va
ous dealers in stolen bonds, whose names eau be FUR
nished by weinformed detectives and he Will hnd that
they are generally on little yisI5 TO the cohtry OF
WILL however, be given only to one recognized AS
The secret of all this futtering traced back to
the adoption of the NO compromise rule an applica-
ton OF which made In the Van Eeten case When
undertake the capture Van Eeen al the instance Of
Wells, Fargo & Co., that firm was required TO agree
beforehand not TO make any compromise. Wells, Fargo
a. CO. were ready enough conform 70 the rule, but
such has not usually been the case.
The most pitiabe spectacle OF all is that OF Chadwick
the dufer and dupe. He will be called into Court to-
dy and stated viii receive the full penalty of the
law-l5 years state Prison and 5000 fine. He pre-
that appeals for mitigation OF his sentence
IL is understood unless he should set up the plea OF
want average Gued to the last by the assr
ances of some OF those whom ms confession would In
cpate he continues, the detectives express It, very
amey and evidently cngS 10 the hopeless expectation
that something will occur TO save him from serving
his term. His family consisting OF "A wife ana nine
children are "a state Of extreme destitutOn ana nave
charge OF by relatives As was stated yeSer
d,v by person who has the best to be informed
upo subject ami who is not among his prosecutors
an could. II he would, turn up whole herd OF crini-
nails about Wast but he is weak as to be Influenced
bv false pride and sckles at pointing out his accom-
piccs hc playing the moral dodge, and has kept de-
hiding his relatives much that he seems
almost Ia have deluded himself into be-
leyiug that the unfortunate affair or
the $4,000 bond his only mis-step Sometimes he
even attempts deny that too. lie has been led 10 De-
eye the absurd promises Of certain persons that they
will never abandon him. and he quite sentmentally de-
ermines he will never beray them 1t is wonder
how me can blind not to perceive that what they
most desire that he shall be safely locked up at sing
sing where his babbing could never harm them. lie
seems TO think that their influence VIII enable hlm 10 get
a speedy pardon OF that they will help him to escape
somehow. Absurd! They have nearly got MN Where
they want him.