The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-13
BOND ROBBERY.
Good work IN wall Strcct-Attcnpt-
ed sale OF stolen Bonds, ana Arrest
of the Parties Concerned.

1t was not inOpportunely that the New
York He'uH yesterday drew attention to
certain G. X, Watson, whose real name is
Cassidy, and expressed the hope that this
notorious criminal would soon be placed
beyond the possibility of preying on society.
The probabilities are large that this consum-
nation is about to be reached. The ways
of the thief are devious and tortuous, and
he is not unlikely to get into labyrinth
from which, unlike DTdalus, he cannot cX-
tricate himself by making wings and flying
The effects of the acts of Van Eetcn, who
recently poisoned himself in jill, where he
was being held previous to being taken to
California, are now beginning to fall upon
his cOnfederatcs, or those who were in any
way connected with him in crime. On
Monday afternoon, about two o'clock, De-
tectives Sampson and Farley arrested three
persons for either having in their posses
sion or having negotiated the sale OF stolen
bonds. These bonds were twenty-five
bonds of the Bank of Harlem, and the
manner in which they came into the pos.
session of the officers has a strange tinge
of romance about it, and shows how sin.
gularly perilous is the position of the man
who holds property not his own, especially
when that property is paper duly signed
This
IMPORTANT ARREST.
was brought about through the instrument
atty of Capt. J. w. Lees, of the detective
force of San Francisco, who was in New
York for the purpose of taking Van Etten
to San Francisco to answer for forged in
dorsemcnts to $4,000 United States
bond. In order now not to anticipate tn,
order of events we must 60 a little back
Toward the eud of June last Mr.. o. a
Burton Of Burlington, VT, was robbed o
a 81 coo bond of the city of Fond du Lac
Mich. twenty-five shares of Harlem bank
stock, ten shares of Northern Transports
ton line stock, value 81 900 one bond Of
$500 of the Cumberland coal and iron com
pany, Pennsylvania one 800 share o
the consolidated Gregory mining company
| Colorado Territory, signed III. s. LOOMS
| president four overcoats, one umbrella,
set of cameo sleeve buttons, with the mon
ogram 80. VI. b. About the same tim
Judge BARRIERS house at st. Adams, VT
was robbed Of 81 900 worth of silverware
Judge Reeds house at Montpelier, VT wa
also robbed of 81 900 worth of siverware
A gentleman by the name Of Soulc, Twin
at Fairfax, Vermont, was also robbed o
| $4,000 of coupon bonds, the precise cha
racter of which the He,uM representatv
was unable to ascertain from the detectiv
officers All these robberies took place i
the latter part OF June, within a short spac
OF time, and within limits which Shove,
that they must have been an organize
series. The twenty-five bonds of the Ban
of Harlem, for the possession and attempt
ed sale of which the three men were Al
rested on the street, form part of the frs
of these robberies
1t would appear that Mr.. o. A. Burton
TIE VICTIM or THIS ROBBERY.
was followed from the bank of st. Alban!
Vt. The box in which he carried his 81
curities was a very heavy one, and ne
wishing to carry it up stairs he lett il i
his library. In the morning he found thi
that the box had been broken open and til
contents distracted.
About a week ago Captain j. W. Lee
Of the San Francisco detective force.
workingup Van Etens case traced 81 OC
bond from Van Etten to parties here
New York. This bond he claimed and r.
covered. Knowing that it could not Ina,
rightly have belonged TO Van Etten, an
thinking that possibly ii might be forge,
he went to the parties who had collectc
interest upon it, and finally got to the banl
ing house occupying No. 10 New stree
At first the Captain could get little info
nation; but, disclosing his business,
was informed that the bond in questio
was IN the vaults of the bank 1t did n
take him long TO undeceive the cashier al
principals of the bank that the aforesa
bond was not there, as he produced it.. |
then found that there were similar bon
in the banking house belonging to the san
gentleman, Mr. o. A. Burton This &c
teman was summoned by telegraph to Ne
York, and here learned tor the first tin
that the bond of which he had lost sig
was not at his bankers. The manner
, which the same gentleman recovered i
r twenty-five shares Of Harlem stock is qui
, interesting,