The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-01-22
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The following, from the Pittsburg
Sender, may be of interest to our readers
8ho have followed the history OF the do
Il rs and capture Of Wales and Dudley
n robbing the maiI-trains Of the Lake
&hore Road
Il A story j. now told in connection with
IN ferretlng ont OF Dudley that makes
0alte interesting reading, whether it's
r. or not This is what it Is in sub
4auce: The detectives had been for
months in search Of Dudley before they
Nere able even to get on definite trail.
81 had been half over the country, but
BE covered up his tracks so well by means
q his aliases, that he bafiied the detec-
Hves to keep track Of him. AT last,
howeyer, they ascertdined that he was
Somewhere about Boston, and two or
bree weeks were spent by the detectives
ID the eudeayor to find him, without et-
&c 1T being known that Mrs. Dudley
T. sisters living here, it was ut once
#niecJured that there was some cores
hpudence going on between them. The
Effective stationed at the Pittsburgh
4 ast-0Hice was instructed to keep watch,
y tbat, should any OF Mrs. DudIey's re
htions mail amy letters, the address upon
Dem could be seen, and in this manner
e alias OF Dudley could be discovered.
u lone or the family came TO the Post
p.tce, however, bus this only gave rise
ID the belief that the CORES pondence was
#rrigd On claudastinely. Then new
d an was hit upon. The services Of . te-
Il lie detective from Pinkerton's agency
u Chicago We're secured 10 endeavor to
iscover This corrc-po ndeuce. " nat oc
suued then is thus told: The female
#etectlye took rooms at the st. Clair
Hotel giving publicity to the statement
Pat she was waiting for her husband
ee1Ithy merchant rom the West-to
b. her, preparatory to q journey 10 the
Past. Knowing that Miss Alice Sherl-
pan Mrs Dudley's sister, was engaged
u a store on Market street, Mrs. Holton,
p the detective called herself, visited
Ehe establishment and sought out Miss
Sheridan who waited upon herat different
ames while she made extensive pur-
ehases. Mrs. Holton was free with her
money at the store, and ut the same time,
With all the adroitness OF her profession,
ngratiated herself into the favor of the
girl During the following two weeks
Mrs Holton and Miss Sheridan became
.uite Intimate attended church together
IA Sunday, and occasionally visited each
)ther for the night The detective be-
anne accustomed to Miss Sherldan's hab
Is; found what time she took to herself,
md what was devoted exclusively to the
tore, and watched constantly for letters
hat came To her or were written. One
lay she dropped into the store, just as
Miss Sheridan was going out. She Joined
he young lady, and the two walked
lown to Penn avenue, and up that thor
}aghtare to Ninth street, where Miss
Sheridan deposited three letters IN the
.1uer-b0x. As soon as possible after
fard, Mrs. Holton separated from het
and FASTENED to the Post
Office, satisfied in her mind that her work
vas accomplishment losing sight Of the
Tact that the Penn and Ninth streets box
must have been chosen as the depository
# the letters for some special reason,
others being so much more convenient.
At the Post-Ofiee, Col Stewart, then
Postmaster, was informed of the fact that
he letters had been dropped, and at
lnce sent a carrier 10 remove the contents
from the box. Twelve or fourteen let
tiers were brought into his private office,
but the detective, with almost intuitive
picked out three without an
hesitation One was addressed
70 Mr.. Purcell, Boston, Mass. Under
obtained from the Postmaster
General, this letter was opened and
found to be from Miss Sheridan to Mrs.
Dudley. Information was at once for
garded to Col. Eldrdge, who proceeded
70 Boston, and, with detective help from
hose who had been stationed here,
waited at the Post-Offiee for Mr.. Pu cell
to call for the letter, which had been
properly forwarded after being read. The
of the story was told at the
trial, how, when Mr.. Purcell came, he
denied his identity until confronted with
MIR. LOOMS, but until now the means Of
discovery have not been given publicity.