The New York herald., 1873-12-25
THE GENET CHASE.

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A,.emb,v. Harry Genet was cr ntuuod Yesterday
~ sherir Brennan's officers nd the police detec.
,ives but without any fV tner result than that
vnlsn they had already attained. It is true
mat in addition to the rumors of Tuesday as to
the ex-senator's havir g gone to Pelham, thence
10 Greenport, 10 NewV Jrt and thence to Canada,
shere were other run yesterday quite as worthy
oScredence and eY lany as important in the eyes
Of the gullibie as any that have been circulated
since the escape took place. 1t cannot be denied,
Aowever tnat1 Sherif-s officers have succeeded
IN getting
ON THE FUGTIvE's TRACK;
stil is is quite one thing TO have obtained clew
as 70 what route he has taken and quite another
to have ascertained just where the terminus OF
shat route is. The deputies make no secret OF the
TACT now that the track Of the runaway hes in
Long Island, near the Sound; but beyond this they
are unwilling to give any information. 1t may be,
indeed, that they have carried out their plans SO
well that the trail they first struck is yet fresh;
but they have followed 1t to the end the result is
one OF those mysteries which, as Lord Dundreary
says, mo one can understand 1t is only reason
able to suppose that il Genet has already been
found at the further end OF the trail the news
would have been gladly announced ere
this by those who had hand In the
discovery. Speculation aside 1t Is generally con-
ceded now that Genet win not be recaptured; that
indeed although me deputies nave i99we9 .p nls
done SO only to find that where II ended another
route began so totally beyond their jurisdiction
that even the United States government will be
UNABLE TO REACH THE MISSING MAN
should the government bethnk itself OF its extra
that his>0ficers will be able to secure their man.
''You see," said he to HERALD reporter
yesterday 1T s not io be upUuer
Ior me-to tell the public all / know
about the search that is being made ior
Genet am in constant communication with the
eficers who are in pursuit OF him, and so far !
have not received word from them that gives me
cause to believe that he has eluded our grasp As
TO the rumors and stories that have been circu-
lated concerning the route taken by the officers
and all that, will say nothing. II the people be-
not again no harm is done. II even every particu-
Lar Of the chase was given IN the papers you know
it would not do for me either to deny or confirm
the account so long as denial or confirmation
might injure the main thing we all have IN view.
times to give the press any information IN
my power concerning any business OF this ofnce
IN what the public is interested but think that
cannot be considered arbitrary at present in re-
fuslng to say anything about The pursuit OF Genet
which might damage
Vhe public are anxious for his capture; so am ].
They want everything done that can be done to
6ecure that end so do i, and what is more, am
doing everything that can be done. When all hope
or success in the pursuit is dashed, tnen will
frankly confess that the game is all up; but will
say this much, by way OF information, that up 10
the present have every confidence that we viii
have our man in good time"
The Sheriff was questioned as TO the various
rumors aloat concerning the point de depart OF the
missing Legislator, but he politely refused to say
ything that could be taken denial or con-
Grmation OF any one OF them. "Wait little
while, said he. land when the capture is made
you lor yourself which OF tine stories is the
true one. And 1t would be Iunny il al of them
were false, wouldn't it,, he added, laughlngly To
the question wnetner he really meant that they
were all iase he replied :-"Oh have not SAID so.
wish to say nothing one way or the other about
them My officers VIII De able to show, nope,
very shortly, whether the pubic has been wen in
formed as TO their plans or the route OF their
chaser
Among the rumors anoat is one TO the eject that
Genet has succeeded in making his escape from
New York and is now on his way TO Rio Janeiro,
az passenger on three-masted schooner, in
company with particular friend. During the lat
ter part Of last week there was noticed unusual
William II. Keeny, Captain Beers, lying at the loot
Of Sussex street, Jersey City, which being pro-
visioned and reftted for q lengthy excursion,
she having been chartered for that purpose
rara, and "probably other ports.n ON
Saturday the schooner was hauled out and
taken TO the Central Railway pier IN Communipaw
cove, ready to SAIL Yesterday morning 1t was
dxed for sailing, which was TO be early Monday
morning, was from some unexplained cause
changed, so that the schooner did not take her de-
paFture until early on Tuesday morning. There is
ger; but 1t would not be surprising II such might
accidentally be the case, and also that the yacht
intended to Wish various ports including Rio
yaneiro while absent.