Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-11-14
"COLLARED."
Three Thieves Arrested,

Haw They Trird TO Heat n Ci,Izcu-Hoy,
Iic wouldn't be Bsnt-A NIrc It'd.
dame spoiled.
On Tuesday afternoon a ll.dresSed, InteIlI.
geut.looklnE man entered the office Of Mr.. Jno.
T, Given, wood and coal merchant, and asked
the proprietor, who was quietly seated At his
desk, to change him = tIo bill. The request was
complied with, and the stranger, after thanking
him retired. About ten minutes later smother
woll.dressed gentleman entered the same ONCE,
stated that he wished TO puschaso quantity OF
coal, and asked to look at some Of ferent uualIIes
Mr.. GlVeh took him to the sample box, showed
hiul Tue several grades, named the prices and
explained their peculaTltes; but, strange To say,
none OF them suited He wanted different
Kind, and insisted that II must be In tho yard,
and that II must be shown him. Mr.. diven
didn't exactly like the looks Of the thing, but
thinking probably the customer was a little pc.
cullar concluded to crafty him and show him
thc rye. taking the precautlon at the same time
toCnll ln the colorod man TO watch the office.
The dealer and customer had hardly got Into
the yard before wel.dretsed gentleman No Z
entered and was much surprised at seeing the
that ho wanted to hire man to carry his trunk
to tho dep Vt, and would give him two dollars II
he would undertake the Job Immediately. This
tho cOlUred man refused TO do, and the gentle,
man LETT, as did tho coal customer a lew mo,
ments later, not having made purchase.
The colored man told Mr.. q. Of the visitor dur.
lux us huttuCut anu no AT once made up his
mind that the three men were 10 some way con.
nectci, and started his man to watch the last
ono This he did, and moment later the three
were seen standing together at the corner OI
Eleventh AMI streets, talking Whom this Te
port was made to MIR. Given he concluded that
something was wrong, and soon amer sought
out Chiei ClarvOe, Of tho detective corps, Ia
whom he gave history Of the three visitors and
good description Of them.
The chief quietly listened, pulled his red
Whlskers nodded his head, thanked his visitor
and IN half an hour the entire corps were about
town looking for three Of the most expert New
YORK thieves, who were none other than the
three Welldtessed gentlemen who had called OF
MIR. Given. Full descriptions OF them were also
sent to the officers on duty at the several rail
road stations with Instructions TO arrest and
| hold them II they showed up. Several tlmei
tho officers were on their track, but failed Il
come up with them, and wherever they heard
| ot their being they also hoard that they had
plenty Of money and wore spending II like
| princes.
Yesterday morning tho officers were agaIr
| out and AFTER them, but did not succeed in md
! lnE them until about o'clock, when the hand
| some trO,entered the Baltimore and Ohio depo
| and purchased tickets. But they didn't use
! them, for Just as they were leaving the oitlct
| Oiicer Ned McHenry stepped up, aud In a bland
manner invited them TO accom- pany him, Whlol
| they agreed to do, and visited police hsadquar
| tors where they arc held to await further deyel
! Opments. As yet no charge has been preferret
against them In this city, but their fun poke
! books render II highly probable that they art
"Wnnted' somewhere IN the vicinity,