, 1875-11-05
4 ROMANCE OF CRIME.
.,. Robbery OF the Winthrop
~ bunk, 11aino-
.uot;ations with the Robbers for the
noturn Of $4,000 Of
Securities.
-, Arc Finally Recovered After The
'D'' Payment Of s't0,0o0.


. ,,c r. ,b1cty Of the Winthrop TANK and
sasu s,,,,n to ubtain claw to tl,e buraiars who
o.a"ad os,- thu lnt,. the public oteitemont IN ro-
~" IN the matter l,as very naturally snbstdod,
s'". .~a are ,naay WHO shook their head in
enn r. entertaining tho belief tllas tho stolen
fouDs .,,, you'd Dover DO recovered. 1t waA
p9"m .m,,n,ctod that in tlle NASHVILLE tho Truh-
iss'" s.t thn bspA veto hard At work IN the most
.s,st manner trying to forfes o'1t traces OF IL"
,srs md uLIiful EascAla' aid leaving NJ at1no
aI"T turned 10 rccoysr Tho slisHing property.
~. rohbery, Il will 10 rofslrmhoTet', took ptacn
! ~ -. a.,ly hour OF the morning OF July ~, and
=. i. .oi,t amount Of plumber VAS Homc s90,0oo'
'ps. ..so,,y IN Government bontas, railroad and
Fs.;.tn,, securities, and currency. Tho Savings
w. ,ns,siuet tho lions st,aro nj the loss. Tic
nD.,,an,, n. Hank suffering oniy slight loss OF
aus alo oM. .o.,. ~,n, =, ain nm
'.ora..d for the detection Of tho thieves and
~ ,.eoye,, Of tho stolen property. Tho sof-
w. # Maine detective were temporarily ao-
1a ~ but stop tho time expired that his lhoora
s.,1t CAMS, and II was found thak io was max
=. M hsAaway In getting Glow TO tlla 'Fhorc-
ssa,. nj the robbers. tho bank onictals turned
~, .,,cption elsewhere. Fortunately, about
~. u time s1r. johnson Tascart, wolf
sHo.o detective, OF 1'hiiadolphia, having an
''s.,jcuce Of nearly thlty years. aud Ut
w. h.,a OF tho Eenusylvania Detective
es,.,n uf tho Quaker City, camc to Winthrop.
=. h,onepcd 10 be i'll Boston Tn bualneps whoro
t.h.,rd Of the robbery, aud, having curiosity
80. hov tho Job wAs performed. thinking lo
~;aht foyu, al opinion az to whom tho c1acta-
Y.3 nt-1r roibt u"
~, when hp reached that yiitaGc. and made
ts!.f !avpl known to tho officers Of tho bauk. he
t1nd tbet the sAfo which this burglars had
sbr.,.d" aud rilloIl llatl been sent to boston
ID, tafore, aud that the fEoHaLt safn. n uNH
~. I'D ta.eu its tlace. Thu old aato, however.
..s iulg described 10 Taggart. and tho mahnar
y shrh Il lad boon operated uuon. Other
y s,. % in connection With tile rnbbafy were aIso
t.ri.hed bDm and. from Huch infot mAtion az
~ el.,n.s. he did not hesitate to e1p1e1a his
te;,,on ttIat tina robt,ery had been committed Gy
srs n tpo parsies, both OF whom ha knew pot
.sn,Iy lbe lob looked 10 much like tue work Of
;ssptoietstohal he had in ullnd, whose peculiar
t,nf,er.tt in snch operations ho WAS faniltAr
m that he felt quito sure that To could "ors
thA t,ss I'D TO s,lcco8sful issne.
Ths hank officials during thr riaie Of Taggart
'v},t 10, ii position to secure bia se, vcas OIL
,ssonpt Of tho ttuc OF tho Name detective thoy
ID tnrloyed not having expired. They weEeno
.nnetrance. as wol1 Ra his BtftaMents, tint they
~, him 10 understand TINT When the onEage~
mat Of thn Maine detective had expired, hO
n'tn. hssr from thom. Taggart then returned
u Fbiladephia. ...-...
,sei,ed 1 a.etter from Taggart asking for full
s,erptIou Of thu s,,pposea robbers. This infpt-
nujou was promptly sent. At o still later day
tnotbs, letter was received from Taggart, to tue
taec. thss it Was his opinion that tho robbers OF
prrery might be reached, but 1t, few days
rots he Was In hopes to fully Rat1sfy himself
Nh.n thus time had expired, another lettcr was
reeived by the bank officers from Taggars,
d.tcins them to eena cue of tleir number to
Phlidelph!t without delay, With authority to net
isr tEem When this last letter was received
10 bsnk trustees hold lueoting immediately,
md decided 10 comply with TagEa1t's request.
H. result was, Col. Charles 4. Wing waH
rn,nln,oatlv selected to proceed to philadol-
rhia md see TagY4rt. 1t may bo wcli enough
ht1% 10 sssso that bsfuro Col. Wing left OF Ass
ra4,on tho Court, into whose laudB tho affairs
q shs savil,Ks bank had boon placed tor the
Reetirer, was cunaulted In the matter aud aE,-
proved Of the courBs that the Trustees we're
hling
On the 9Th Of September Col. Wing started
is Ph,lsdelph,a, reaching that city At noun tho
DeIsday. lie found TaEgart, who informed him
tha interest OF tho robbetB, Hh0 offered 10 make
ttsssltat!on Of the property on certain condI-
tcpA As tue result Of Col. Wings interview
nib 1&ggast, A1 Arrangement WRs mauo for O
uetting With this mddIemau two days ater. or
% tho 9th. At about noon OF that date this
melting occurred III q secluded place III the city.
nd tot In desirable locality. II wAs lald III a
rom oYer bar room frequentod undoubtedly,
Eshs lover and perhaps moro dangerous class
Of tocietf. Col. Wing wAs not armed-in fact,
curing tlo performance Of hlB responsible and
% bams respects dangerous tnlsB!uu, ho Ind no
seapon Hlth him to defend himsolf In caso ho
I'D been 30 required.
1as m1dlomau who put In bin appearance
~ fhirp. or-hand fellow, who evidently
ttss hta business. The first question that Col.
Wig put 10 him waH. II ho was authorized I'd
aafeT tho parties holding tho stolon property 7
Ms reply was,"1 have boon requested 10, and
ssrs consented TO-"
DO you know" continued Col. Wing, "oi
as .hereaboats ot tie parties ~
Should ant artangeueuts be made at This
natns. how long tins do you ueod to carry il
aat On your parti"
Probably Ten dsys-a weok at least
"eaould any arrangements be made to.dav,
IN TO understand" remarked Col. Wing, "tL.i
saea arrangement embraces tho Government
h1ocs which were stoleu7"
"Hesnuot embtace Government bpuds mol
tn"
Col Wing eyed tho man for = momon ant
Ueo remarked. IAN to regard your AuBwe1
teoda3" ~
"Yes," replied tho man firmly; "tho Govern.
1,9s ponds canhot to restored"
.Ig Ilp,osng to Mr. Taggats. Col. Wing then said
~ tale b The fact, don't know ~ 4aYe an,
'utasf oasluesa with this nlAu."
al tulH point In tho finn fhara Al
s.ls IL moments Of hiience, during which tl
n'eosts agsas maintained au mir Of Absolut
s@asfelce " he smoked hia cigar and twirlet
Aaae that ho carried.
,r Luz alstca wah broken by Tagghrt, who ro
nated ,s.ss1 Cant some portion Of The bouds b
tsensd in sone waya"
ri 81 Msy esunot," rap,isd tho man.
~ ~. naaB thea observed, " luasmuch ~ an
rss.s.n ~ may ~ we'll See upon what tarsua III
FyMutea sM aecuftics can be returned"
n., oafscaona a1o for 20 per cent" ssId III
~ % %c wing then raised tho question whetle
tosds M pat GEM haa teferonoe to the face Of Il.
s,s,tan Ma q sheir market yalue At the same tim
~s.t1ss @us tast portion OF the bot,ds had becom
s1s.y aay taepfceatad in value ainco thoir purohaa
~ ~ ~ tue man replied coolly, "As = busires
T. s ~, Nlould sAv the 70 par cant should spul
Is market value OF the bonds."
Cl T;aa Tsma proposition your ultimstum 7" Aske