Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-09-19
Rc NORTON. aaB
The Swindler who ''B cat" the Louisville
Banks Arrested and Gagged nj
Last.
A FiYe-Thousand Dollar Reward Earned
Excitement at the Jail.

LoUIsvILLF, September IS.--There
1 has been no subject talked of 50 much
! for months as the swindling of the
| Farmers and Drovers' and German saw
I ings banks, by man named Merton,
I few days since. The police and detect
4 i've forces seemed greatly interested. A
reward OF five thousand dollars was
offered for the capture Of the man who
was so bold and desperate as TO attempt
to defraud institutions which are noted
for the sagacity and shrewdness Of their
4 employees. The detectives, however,
were determined TO find their man, and
/ were confident from the manner in
which he was surrounded that 1t would
| be impossible for him to escape.
Yankee" Bligh, the celebrated detect
I i've, set about to work np the case, and
I the capture of Norton Is in q great
| measure due to his vigilance and fore
sight. Norton's appearsneeis anything
! but that of thief. His language Is
/ correct and bears the evidence OF
scholar J. NJ. Haymaker, a gentle
man who resides at Marysville, Indi-
ana, and is marshal of that village, hav-
| ing read accounts in the daily papers of
/ the swindle, ana also descriptions Of the
criminal, and believing him TO be in
/ the vicinity of that village, determined
| TO hunt him down. He, in company
/ with his brother, while securing in the
suburbs of Marysvilie, met a man who
answered the description of Nor
ton. Giving him the command to
halt, he stopped and said: "What
do you mean, gentlemen" Not
being confident that he was the
man they were looking for, yet fearing
that he might be, they stopped him, and
on searching, found in his possession
four thousand five hundred dollars. On
making this discovery, they deter
mined to arrest him, and notified him
of the fact. He seemed much agitated,
but submitted with as much good grace
as possible for man in similar oircum-
stances. He was brought to Mr.. Hay
makers store and guarded all night,
when he was placed on the six O'Clock
train this morning and brought TO this
city. He had no sooner arrived here
than the report spread like wild-fire.
'fThey have caught himpi hCaught
who?' ''Why, the fellow that beat the
banks" At nine o'clock the crowd
around the jail and city hall was inn
see the man who had been the sub
ject of every ones conversation for
| the last few days. After
rigid examination by the bank officials,
detectives, and other parties interested,
and his Identification being placed be-
yond all doubt, be was removed to jail,
| but before being placed in cell it was
| deemed expedient TO have photograph
of Norton taken. He was consequently
escorted to Fay's gallery by Officers Gill
christ, ATtle and Neeley. On arriving
at the gallery he took his seat, and as is
very unusual with men having their
picture taken to be placed in the rogues'
gallery, remaining perfectly cool and
calm, and bearing the glances of the
crowd who had collected in the room
with the most perfect composure. He
was unable to give bail, and was sent to
jail.
ANOTHER REPORT.
LOUISVILLE, September 18.-Norton,
the forger, was arrested last night at
Marysville, Indiana, town on the
Ohio and Mississippi railroad, twenty
five miles from here, by a party of six
citizens. Forty-five hundred dollars were
found on his person, the amount obtained
at the Western German Savings bank.
He was very reticeDt and would tell
nothing of the sixty-five hundred dollars
obtained at the Farmers and Drovers'
bank, which it is now thought was sgiven
to a confederate prisoner. He was
brought here this morning and was re-
cognized by the officers Of the swindled
banks as the forger. He will be brought
before the city court on Thursday next.
He is completely tagged out with walk
ing, and will not be interviewed Ru-
mors are in circulation that Norton
went through third bank, but which
cannot be learned as nothing is divulged
by the officers.