The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-10-02
CAPTURE OF SCAR
BROUGH.
Another Victory for CroweII

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A few weeks ago it was discov-
cred that Jas. A. Scarborough was q
deiaulter in the post Office and ex-
press office at Jewell City, Kansas,
to the amount of nearly $4,000.
When the theft had fully come to
light the discovery was also made
that the thief had ned the country.
Major John M. Crowell, whose
particular forte seems to be to catch
rogues, undertook the capture of
Scarborough, and how he succeeded
we will let the Denver (Col.) Dem
ocrat tell:
Major John NJ. Crowell, special
agent OF the Post Office Department
and United States detective, arrived
in the city last evening, having in
charge one Jas. A. Scarborough,
post master and express agent of
Jewell, Kansas, who Is charged
with embezzling large sums of
money from the general fund of the
post Office, and large sums belong
ing to the express company. Scar
brouSh was candidate for the of
flee of Secretary of State in Kansas
at the last election in that State, aud
spent the large sums OF money he
embeZzled from the two Offices
mentioned, in the endeavor to Sc
cure q nomination. Having failed
to do so, and having no immediate
prospects of being able to replace
the money he had stolen, he hed
the country, leaving his family
without q dollar to buy the neces.
sites of life. His crime was not
discovered until some two or three
days after his departure, but as
it became known, Major John W.
CrowelI, the shrewdest detective In
the State of Kansas, was detailed 10
, hunt him up. The Major tracked
, his man to Wallace, Kansas, a
I which place he was informed that {
{ man, answering to the description
: he gave, had baen there, and had
B, gone out on the plains with . part
n buffalo hunting. Major CroweIl
: was not at all inclined to believe
s the story, aud his opinion in regarC
: to the matter was most fully sus
tanned by the report OF an old buf
falo hunter, right from the buEalC
herding grounds, who stated Their
was no man answering to the de
2 scription OF Scarborough on thu
u plains. The Major at once becam
10 convinced that the fugitive had Ia
# ken to the line of the railroad, ant
e he thereupon boarded . freigh
=. train, and went to Kit Carson
b which place he most completed
- searched, but could find no trace Q
ir Scarborough. Here his wonderfu
" detective ability was brought int
" play, and after some hours reason
Is Ing, he concluded Scarborough mus
" have come ia the direction of thi
ut city. On arriving here, he immC
Of diately made himfelf known to
ut j. Cook, the Superintendent of Oh
al Rocky Mountain Detective Asse
ly citation, who most generously tend
he cred his valuable aid, and they 4
d gether laid bare the trail of the Fl
rs gitive. They learned that Sea-
Id brough had arrived here on Ia
er Thursday evening, and had left Il
re following morning for the southeF
d. part of the Territory. Major Crt
be well left Denver last Monda
II morning and went to Pueblo
es where he struck the trail of the en-
ng bezzler, and followed him to
be small place called Greenhorn, sitI
. ated between Pueblo and D,
'e- NOrie, where he arrested hin
g.: Scarborough had just completed q
ch rangements with q Mexican trad
AL TO go on to New Mexico, and Wi
IS so completely disguised as to be q
We most beyond Identification.
We Crowell placed his hand upon b
y shoulder and exclaimed, al wa
Dir you, JIM" he said, neryousl
ey "Whv, you needn't have come AT
ng me, John; ! was coming back
OF When" quietly asked Cr0Well
Scarborough, having recovered b