, 1873-06-09

Ono OF tho Most Extensive Byatutna OF
nAntl-n obt,inE Evcr Known tzrat1csa
Up by I'inl1crsosh'a Dutcctircs--<,np-
t1Ir1 or tho prtnCipnlNt

nAnil-n obbing Evcr TknoyvE tzrotten
Up by pirilkcrt0n,a Wrtccti rcs-.Unr.
tire or tho Trfncipnis'
From tho Philadelphia Telegraph, vtsns2.
Ono Of tho most extensive syutcmn Of mali
robbing aud forging tint has oyor boon prac-
las boou onrriod with tho gronteHt succesA ,as
at length boon broison up by tho dotcotiyes OF
pinkerton'a Agency, nnl through tho porsoyoS~
anoe Of tho Philadelphia Superintendent, Don1a-
robborioa for n long tins ,anazod the Poatnl
Department, md 10 ingonionsly wero thoy exo~
outad, wl,ilo for o long llmo tho ,ohoyhliera
dlnduBtrio wllo woro concerned In thom throw
tho detectives on .ot o II, scoms, and ~ y by
principal agonuieD Of tho loadtng oxproas COM
yauios In tic country It wa8 aoon discovered
that thoso mail-ropbcra worked mainly rPon ono
road, tho Lako 8horo & 1lichigan,--a1ld prlncl-
pally between Toledo and buffalo. Drnfta woro
msBod from tho bags. and within twonsy-four
hours aftor thoy woro filched from tho postal
cars t,oy would be presented to oxproea Offices,
mud, 1ndor fotgnod lntorson,cnts, which wero
by hs ns s tue
would elapBo boforo any informationof tho fraud
would como to light. Whom Dotectiyo Franklin
heard OF tho affalr, many months ago, ho 6ot
to work that quiet but oil'cont maohinory Of
tho capture Of tho crimiul expor!e, md full de-
tails of tho ingenious and profitable Bchemc thoy
h'9 g. ssse sse R5asfE Tsy 1872 draft va, drawn
North Amorloa, New York. Tho draft was for
s1,50o. was written at In Crosse, Wis, aud was
by Gov. Washburn indoraed..ovor to W. L. Rich-
ardson, Of Boston. Thto draft wan prosecuted to
af HaSs AS gaPseIs m ss eSmRso m S S o X s oeS 3 j
tho indorncment upon Tho bnol boiug !" pny
to Sanford d Co., Of order. Pr: VIM. i.
nichertlson.' Then, bopoath,, "ray to Il.
F. Dudley ar or order, ha,,+ signed .,In,d Sanford
''R. L. Dudley" 4. L. Dudloy. tho man who
thus presented himsolf to obtain tho 81, 500 on
tho draft, was young EngllBhman, Intelligent,
and au fat, apparently, III al mattors relating
eS oces IL Ind beon G fbnrs o. o
and lind frienda to idontify him aa tho II. l.. Dud
10y named anl after this fornality, the cash was
pad him, and no loft nosor to bo seen In Pitts
burg again. The draft wae thon indorHod by
Nov York Bauk for collection, but, in fow days,
tho unpleasant information wna received
TINT tho cash had boon paid on tho
authority Of forged intloraomon,a Inquiry
Waa made IN Plttsbarg for Dudley, and
handsome woman tlere, mud that llo lad in
bis short business caroer mado many frlends;
but Dudley opuld not ho found. J. 8. Elwell,
Bpcoial ugont of tho Post-Ofice Department,
took tie inattor in hand, and sconrod tho coun-
twas loaruod that tho draft hal boon aont
through and extracted from the mails. as Gov.
Washburn sent tho ottor from La Crosse on tho
27th Of hiay'to2 Dr.. Richardson, who Of oourso
[slnilar operations wore performed by Dud~
10y ut Newark, N, j., under tho nano Of II. D.
Randall at Albany, under tho namo Of e. II.
Rugby; OF buffalo, under tho na,uo Of @. II.
=. Gone; and ct Troy, N. X, under tho na1no Of
N: ". Gray.-the last operation boing conduct
cd as fo}lows:]
On tho 4th Of February lo presented two
drafts at tho office Of tho American Express
Company In Troy-ono for a15,917.l1, and tho
1nonts to mako them payable to N. W. Gray.
hr. Gray, having presented tho draft, WAS in
formed Tint the money would bo paid upon tho
day following, and at tho appointed hour ho aI,-
poured. The an1ount VAS 30 largo tint the Now
York offlce had te1egraphcd to tho Troy Office
not to pay it over unloss they wore sure that
they wore handling It over to tho right man.
Gras way not to bo caught mapping. He know
what questions would bo asked. mud what idonti-
Acation would bo regarded 10 sufficient Ho
eyos Of nh insurance agont-a prominent
one. too; one well known, and wlloBo
word would not be quoationcd-1lo small gamo
did Gray have whom tho stakes wero 917,o00t
out lfo policy FOR 100000, mentioning that ho
would pay tho first inetalmont as aoon as he ro-
coiyod remittance on draft from the express
Company'B office. Thon ho remarked that he
around to yonch for him. In crdor that he might
get the cash? "To be suro, replied the agont.
the premium rendering him purblind. They
wont to the office: Thoro were tho $4,000, in
snail bills, melting carpot.bag ful and tih,
willingly vouohod, and tho money wau handed
10y, alias Randall, alias Rugby, aliaa Cone alias