The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-12-10
A CINCLARATI DETECTIVE AS A
A. P4WNBROKER.
HOWJO cAREYPLA YED THE LON.
M BARDINE,
AND TOOR IN p4pFy op rrr,pvpe

a. BARDINE,
AND TooK IN A PARTY OF THIEVES
DetectiyeJo. Carey of this city, has re-
Gently finished up a task for the people
ofHarrison and Coshocton counties that
hasNoccupied much of his personal at.
tention for months past. These coun-
ties have been infested by a gang of
robbers, that have been as much, ofa
terror TO the people as was the Reno gang
tothe honestp people 5fSeymour, Indiana,
and vicinity, some YsarS since. They
have long been known to honest folks
as beinS dishonest and dangerous, but
until lately they have escaped serious
trouble because of the fear they inspired.
People did not care to 'eonie out Boldly
anu start the hue md ofy atahlstIthein.
for fear oftheir Vengeance iNiJiVi ]
Early in July last the authorities of
Uhrichsyille, headed by the Mayor, f, A.
Parrish, determined 10 make an effort TO
break the gang up; toemploy a man, ex-
perienced in such affairs, TO 90 to work
at them, choosing his own, ,eOuBe.fgGh
selected Carey. and ON the Sd of July last
he wentupthere with the understanding
ehat the secret of his mission was to be
Kept by the few men whO.employed him.
re went there as Mr.J. Carson Of Chi
P9go, or some other city in the West, a
stranger with an eye to business. tt.,...
!. lie soon secured tile confidence Of a
man man named ,Beltz, who was acquainted
Rith all the bad characters Dthat partO
the country. Through Beltz he gave Out
70 tlfe gang that he was on the "ctoss"
himselfand ready TO take a hand in any
thing. desperate or easy, that pf6mis6d
plunder, only he didn't Want to 90 10 the
front in any undertakings. He could bet
ter aid them in receiving the pluhder.-
He could hoodwnk the authorities sufi-
GENTLY OprocpTe pawnbroker'sl license,
he thought. BY degrees Careg rot to
know the members ofthe guc. ieir as
socates, habits haunts, DO llttleby
little he picked up points Oi,impurtanOe.
He was not taken. fully into their conf
dence, but as the weeks and months
passed he was able to pick up much nee
essary information. On the 30th OfJuly
ne 9Pt9iined the iQllQwing under the seal
OF the Mayor; .. .....,,......
UHRcnsgHLE, o., July 30, 1874.
ITO Belt2 q Carson: a, la .. la
"ThisiB toaertily chat the above firm
have complied with the oraiuamcd in re-
lation topawnbrokers, that yhoy hayeob-
tained license for the came ior tho term
ofone year from lhis date, they guaran-
teeing to comply with the law made and
provided in such lase ... ...r,.
u, a., PARRISH,
Mayer Ol Uhrichsyille.
Received Of j. Carson $3.50 for above.
Il, A. PARRISH" =,
Thus the officer, full-Aedged pawnS
broker, was enabled to hoist the three
golden balls at his Office, opposite the
United States Hotel, and take In tho sto-
len goods that might turn lp from Uh-
richsyille, the adjoining villages of Dem
nison, and Edgefeld; and the country
round about,
We haven't the time nor the space to
follow Carey through all his adventures
with the gang. They did not suspect
him of any conspiracy against them, and
'yetthey were slow in taking him ihto
their confidence. What he was after par
ticularly was to get them TO pawn With
him some PARTICLES that could bepositively
inentified as having been taken by'them
in some of their numerous rObberies-
They had robbed Alexander's drug store,
Fosters shoe store Adams hardware
store, clothing store, and other places
in Uhrichsyille; also various places in
the country, in Harrison, Coshocton and
Tuscarawas counties. One ID. p. Smith
was the leader of the gang, and there
were associated with him George Black
burn, George Van Horn, VIM. Lowell,
John Hitchcock and others. I'm March
last the gang had assaulted and robbed
and old man and his wife named Long,
who lived near Cadiz. The old man,
John Long, Is eighty years ofage. They
beat him oyer the head and shot his wife
in the head, and left them both for dead.
They both recovered however. Among
the articles stolen was a gold watch This
watch Smith pawned with Carey Smith
frequently mentioned the exploits ofihis
party to Carey, but never located the
scene of any particular outrag0.o Carey
gOtn clue to theownership of this watch,
however, and hadit identified by Long.
GBy hanging on persistently in the
pawnbrokng line Carey managed to pick
up many other points ofyalue concerning
roberies that had taken place in the last
two years. Loyells I lace was the head
quarters oftheparty,A He and Blackburn
are brothers-in-law. His place is nedr
Co9lport; BACK Of the Pittsburgh, CinC4h-
matt &iSt, Louis X ilway, in the midst Of
the hills, ApOther place ofresort of the
party, and Of hiding their booty, was a
cave that Smith had fixed up with secret
doors. 1t was back Of UhriChsyille some
miles, near a coal shaft at McKinley's
Hill.
At last things had progressed so far
that the Observation-Disclosures wasthink
ing Speedily putting the irons on the
whole party,ii1. ''..9'. ..,2 gHdo
Fosters shoe'store had been robbed a
second time ard Carey was soon to re-
eeivethat stuff; and there was in con
temptation a job to waylay and rob Mr..
| Wesley Andrews. II was known that
! Andrews, who is man of some means.
always had money and valuable gold
watch about him. H. D. ~
This had to be postponed however on
account Of ap injury to Smith, who feH in
q coal pit, where he occasionally worked,
The goods that Wereto have been pawned,
those that were taken from the shoe store
did not come to hand, and something Sc
rious had happened
Mr.. Carey, the detective, alias Carson.
the pa8nbroker, had been "given awayd
| by a Business man of Uhrichsville. This
man had, some time before, received
stolen goods from these men, and it was
his disposition to keep on the right side
of them. Happening TO learn the truth
about Carey, he dropped them a hint
Carey learned of this early last week
kand decided1that it was thine TO striked
on what evidence he had-enough to
convict. They could not very easily GET
away, and WERE therefore, all taken In,
! TO JallhUha -na a..- ilulr 1.t
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