The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-07-23
! Rurnaar.s story Ono OF as,c Mcrfdes,
Hank vobbcss.--' rhirty-swof Years Ois'
nnt, Fourtecn Wears fn Prison.
The indianapolis Journal OF the lNh

a,,a rour.ecn Wears. fn Prison.
The indianapolis Journal OF the lzsh
instant says: 80
Yesterday party suspected Of being con-
cerned In the robbery of the Mertdaf Na-
tional Bank on the 9TH OF May last. oS "n'cn
the hank lost S2j 900, was arrested. He gave
h;s name ~ Charles D. Yorhis, but he has so
many 0fiases It is impossible to tell what il
HE ripht name. Some days ago Forhis was
IN M;rhipnn. and. under the hope of reward,
edn,;tfed TO the civil authorities OF centre
,,;iic that he knew where was concealed a iot
of valuable books md papers which t'ad peeh
stolen from the clerks Office in that to"I'.
The deputy sheriff of that county was M
duced to accompany the rascal to Mlch,S'l
C,ty. and afterward to indianapolis, where
they arrived on Wednesday, one week ago
After coming here the officer was soon sat,s,
fed that vorhis was leading him OH coia
trail, and he so telcgraphed hsck 70 :h'en.-
gan. Then orders came 10 secure nun v!
arrest, but Vorhis gave his ofhciai a51ehoaht
tho slip.
the officers of the Meridian National Bank and
endeayor 10 make some arrangements for the
return of the stolen money, alleging he knew
where it was. He left here without coming
10 any conclusion, and next turned up III Pa
ris. III. lie went to Mr. William ). VHare,
sheriff Of the county, and VI. j. j. Logan,
private detective, botn Of whom had been
looking for the hank-robber, and told them
ne was connected with the robbery, ana
wanted to have his accomplices arrested, as
they had played him false. lie said he
"spotted' the job-that is, arranged lf-ano
two others carried it out. They were each 10
have one-third of the money; but the TWO
had kept it NIL and invested it in real estate
near Liberty, Iowa, where they could be
found. yorhis proposed to "show up
these men and the money to O'Hare
and Logan, provided tho reward was
divided with him. After O'Hare had
an interview with the bank officers here
the proposition was agreed to, and the trio
started for Liberty on Monday evening.
Tuesday morning they left st. Louis by boat,
but before reaching Alton the officer came to
the conclusion Vorhis was endeavoring to
play them false, so they arrested him on tho
boat. On "Wednesday they started tor tins
city, and arrived late in the evening. This
fact was not known until yesterday morning,
when VOrhis was taken before the Mayor,
and proper warrant issued for his arrest on
the change of robbery. Not being ready for
trial, he was remandcd to Jail III default Oh
bail in the sum of $4,000. Major Hit, the
assistant cashier of the bank, who was the
only person in the bank when the robbery Is
supposed to have occurred, says the man
who talked to him at the counter and Forhls
have exactly the same kind OF eyes, and he
las never seen such eyes in any one escs
bead.
Messrs. O'Hare and Logan say they never
met with quite so sharp one US Foihls.
While he was with them, he told them he
was educated to be a burglar, and ut the
early age Of eight years began to serve out
bis first sentence i'm prison. He is now thlr-
ty-two years Of age, fourteen of which have
been spent in prison. Three times he has
escaped from pententiarie., and claims to be
able to ago through" any safe in the coun-
try in q few hours. lie also claimed to have
been connected with tho Reno gang, and said
he showed the Reno boys the first burglar
tools they ever saw. He claimed to the Off
GERS to be the oldest burglar and pickpockct
in the country, and they are not disposed
to deny his proficiency. Willie hand
euf1ed by Mr.. Logan he succeeded in
relieving that gentleman Of sundry valua-
bles, and managed while talking to Sheriff
O'Hare to extract bank check from the lat
ter's hat without his knowledge. During
the time that has elapsed since the robbery
Sorhls has been in this city more than once,
for on the 2Gth of May he pawncd watch
at Solomon's under the namc Of Charles
Montrose. After he found the officers were
in earnest about his arrest he insisted that it
was only guy of his for the purpose Of get
ting free transportation to the northern part
of Iowa, and he fatty denied any knowledge
of or participation in the robbery. Mcssrs.
O'Hare and Logan are pretty positive, how
olo ,;, bn;n tho :rbt
A reporter visited Forhis in Jail Yesterday
afternoon, to whom he repeated the state
ment that his object was to get free transpor-
tation to the north part of Iowa. He claimed
to be nephew of sam lIilderlrand, the ia
nous Missouri outlaw and bushwhacker, and
said that on the 4th of May he was in the
Hamilton, Ohio, Jail. During the day he sent
to the Chief of Police at Cincinnati for afflda-
Wits to the effect that he was in jail there on
the 4th Of May, and Is quite confident they
will be forthcoming.