The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-06-05
, BoLD SERIES OF F0RGERIES.
TIL ARREST OF Il. l.. DUDLEY, THE
-ROBBER AND FoRGER, AND
rl> ACCOMrLICE--THElR HEAVY
raBBrRlES. AND THE REMARKA-
RE story OF THEIR PURSUIT
AND ARREST.

.t.,.. ,lVNia correspondence New York Times. !!
,..f7r, VI mail rohberieS have been com.
,,.,,,r.! ihe past two yraiS on the line of the
a, ~aare and Michigan Southern railroad
l..lnrsa Toledo and Buffalo. The matter
60, rlsrri III the hands of the pinkcr,on
n..a',1,, Agency, OF this city, and il was
..,.4i,rH That a man named Il. l.. Dudley,
-..,,,.i, nl Pittsburgh. was the robber.
n.,n. tor large, and small amounts have been
..,.,,,,d from the mails ut different times,
- t}nn,t Invariably within torty-eiyht
,....r. after such robbery the stolen draft has
...n ,,rr.cn,cll III some express office tor col
,,on, ana the money has been obtained on
rr,. rrr,on whc would present these
a.r.> would leave th| place immediately.
.,3 ,'rfliu@ detection, would escape ior
...,y n,d> of operation.
-ug rt..S PURSUED BY pulley
.,.. ~ establish himself in city or town
.E -; himself ~ rs rcal-eSlate broker or
....nrr AGENT. In this way he would
$500. ,rr,iliutpu,,,s. and he would receive
..>rrr>S rackagr> which bore every APP
...-,,,r, ut confirming money. He had 10
-H a. the express office to get these pack
.... gr,! then he would leave his card. His
,..- a. The express rtficc made HIM az
.....frd Nith The ,sl>ou> employed therein.
..aa unrn he presented draft it was en-
.,5 l., the express company, and the mo-
49,, ..Er.i,d aud handed over TO Dudley.
!. ms manner he would ply his opera
,.,>,n In" various cities Philadelphia did
..., ,~c.4i,,.. and hi, expert forger paid her
,..Fr IN fht early rlr, OF this year and COM
..ur,U work immediately, with the follow
,,. ,g..,>,. under the name OF Cone: On
.... ,,4 ul January last two drafts were pre-
.,.,L 1t Adams Express Company 5 office,
a., h,.,inut street one for 1927. So and an
..a.~ for 500 -. both being drawn by the
49,, National Bank. of Toledo. Ohio. on
t.uf,1ry q. Ia The order Of Teuncy, Aldrich
no.. on n" Fourth National Bank, New
N..N. l,uu the backs of each was forged
20 endorsement ~ Tcnucy. Aldrich & Co.,
,.IN'n. lAr driit> laynbc to L. II. Cone, OF
~. G13 Chestnut street.
,,ur also presented another draft by the
Merchants National Bank. of Toledo, to the
,-,I,.r ni Fuller. Child> X Fuller, for 1929 So.
.at The Metropolitan Bank, OF New York, the
init him numbered 3G,oS9. and the Gu
,ior,.w,ur, making 1t payah'" to the order
~. ( Nud-, 4 Co.. WIS signed by Fuller,
,la!,N 90. and WAS genuine; tut the Sc
..aI endorsement. making il payable to L.
n tone. WAS forged. These drafts were all
,-.,Hrd in Cone. who soon left the city. MIR.
/. coleman. superintendent OF the Adams
i\rrr>~ Company IN Philadelphia placed
-. matter IN the hands Of the Pinkcrlon
Acne, III his city. sud 3. +. Franklin was
,,'ulrd 10 work ii III.
III, detective, uron Il careful inNcstlSa-
,..u i,crllaiurd that :" Cone" had rented an
t.... n IN" building occupied by Mr.. +. NJ.
.s.Dp 4 H., -. ,1,,,, L.,
....4 hi~ Lii>iu"Ss cards Is a " real-cState
."r." HralWay> appeared to be busy. and
.. ..r, occasion. ~ le intended to leave the
..,g. n, directed one of Mr.. Gratan'S clerks
'oa;,n : lrirhage which he expected to re-
..,,. Thr parcel came. but. when opened.
..n'lur,i. instead oi checks, As WAS en-
!..''d.
, E"I. "F RAILROAD TIMETABLES.
I,> jn"krd suspicious. but the willy forger
t.Ird in smoothing the matter over.
I.s,,},.r, becoming limid, lest he should be
,...us,lcd. he silently left one day, and no.
.... ,new whittier he had gone. He left
n..l.uL behind except a few pens, so1Ie lax,
sNt r.r." II blottinG-parcr i'll an old desk.
il.> pl,.r "a, paper gave the all-important
,.1" ~ In" whole procedure. On 1t the
~ IAN had pressed his letters, and among
.'N III! ~ az i'lltl' ltiab VI ~ -
X .-. Whitrh"u-c. ohio" The aforesaid
liz. immediately started Ior Whtehouse,
ntth ia small town seventeen miles from
lo'tg, rn arriving al that place he was
ui.iIu,H ;ba! the Young lu,u Wales had
Es1nEK FAST" rRocLlvIrIEs.
and W., addicted TO gambling that he had
recently purchased Il stone quarry, and was
-,llu- hrGr quantities of the article to
la.t NNm" Wales WAS absent ut this time.
Iraotur three weeks after the officers AZ
",I Wlh, returned home. and he was
,n,',y watched hy the lynX-eyed protector
rj 'i3" Nw. The detective found out that
Nl,'. contemplated 4 trip TO Troy, y. Y.
rlt tor This place the latter started few
div. ei.,rwurd. followed by Pinkerton's
ant. tic went first to Albany. then to
North AIlus, Mass. at which place he WIS
r'i h. il woman, then 10 Boston, and
Eu.' 4 the latter place 1t WIS determined
IS Inc officers (auOther detective had
ia'a! III" tir.t III the search at Albany
',' tb"v We're on the light track. They
H0HI-'d to secure the room next 70
i .@r- in The Revere House, where he had
s'-a-'.Ird a. Harry Norman and wife,
i.-iu. aud one night they heard him re-
..'' IN. woman the manner in which he
h.G AIKEN the letters from The mails, and
'!lau. other circumstances connected with
~ ,Ylunal transactions. In few days
Nla, .,artrd TO return 10 Albany, and while
80 th' train one night, the detectives III
T.arl him that his presence was required
i" h1.nd",pEja. Al first the prisoner nfinl-
''.,rd much Indignation. bat his courageous
mint soon calm"d, and he began to make
a.aNu
SOME or Ills OPERATIONS.
H. w,> formerly postal clerk on the Lake
ruf- and Michigan Central railroad, and rs
a' "a~ acquainted with the route agents he
aahala had access IL the postal cars, and fire.
r.rln'y assisted in ;. making up" the mails.
Whit" IN III. business. Dudley made such
"' r'ur'., 10 Wales that the latter was in-
'a''nI I" accept the tempting offer. They
III h",7t'ne acquainted in st. Louis, and.
o""rGjng to Dudlcy'$ proposal, Wales was
- stead dra,t> for him, and he Dudley was
'' a. IA, ring.
y @"'H' description was obtained Of Dud
'''. HNH IL" >Garch for him immediately be-
-h'. ~" two FARMERS in crime bad stolen
,.'ii r>i money in Troy, and on the 18th Of
t'&Iu} they separated at the metropolitan
'!"''. m New York. After Il long hunt, III
".I" they went to Michigan and Canada,
''' d't',!i>c> obtained their first clue t" the
"arrthpnts of the desired party by hndinS
Oh" That he WA, keeping house in Boston.
'S'r borg and dIgent search the accoinp-
nd ihtci wa. caught in Boston on Salur-
"> lat. Tia necessary processes were Is
,'''' IL The tnitcl States commissioner ut
',l>.Wrgh. a. II is
UNITED STATES CAsE,
! j, not known where il will be tried, and