, 1875-08-08
Arrest Of 7 10 Of His Assistants in
Dispo.ing Of the Money.
s,n, ef Which Das Been disposed Of in
S.I,..esa Gambling.louses.
gow the District and Government De-
tectivss Eo:ked Up the Case.
The Fast -1:i1 Train.--Why the
kurtitcrIi lcoute Is Selected.


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'AH F' S1A1 o1oeo 1hEn'
s1eesAa Dssod1sh 70 1a| Chscooo tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. G.. Aug. Elmer WASH
hurn. Chief Of the Secret Service. has been fol-
,..,~, n ,ro monrns tha c1av uh,ch aoems m
..ra . IA :, rho disoov.rv of ,he neraon VIM on
aae !eo ~ MO W '"o Pc'"oA ~ W
June 4 III oroAo daynSht, so mSstefaoosly ROD
BID the Treasurer Of s47,50o. The story in
h1ef IN tbis i: BENJAMIN T. Haiiock a clerk in
- .,h-~oon, h.a fr,,,, ,,,a o,t.a+ haon a,s-
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feoe1 no "Ao ouo - ~00 eo4o9Ae s0' 0'oAbn
shose hands The packa1e must have passed be-
3ore being placed upon the elevator to be carried
n tho axnress- room. It WAS his duty to afix
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ae 90.
for him 10 nave hno"n 1ne nA1u1e VI tae pacA-
age and to haEe understood that it contained
ooty Nstiona! Dank notes, OF whose number
4..r. uas M recnr,1 in tba Department- From
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taSe u, 0'o 0'e'' nA0. .~1 ooA enA1e'o
n7 NE osc9es oefs'co 1ofee' a oa'is report was
made OF hiB Life. showing every place he vlalted,
every DRINK be took. every dollar be expended.
u~.s soon o,unr.aa tbst ba ha,,ao ,o fraoron+
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more taAo ueuu - .uo eaoou W ono ".!1an m, ~.
V1mau' ~ tenne au'a o. e1a4, neat 1"enin
ma oet consioetao.e oioues 1t sma'l ea!oa.
2he suspicious Q. Tue omcerS we're 1u1tae1
Aoosea '1otn Luz iac. I"a1 ot1Aao "as III soEte
faI connecteo "atn sae 'achson oe1acatlon III
tie treasury some years ago. hashbufn ln-
medaeely adoptea the theory that aaliec4 haa
atoieh the money! anu haa maze otmao con
3edefate TO aesist In disponlug os the large bills
Il IL ramofed that Otlnau has ut dideFent times
shoxn several otls ot = large oenoMlnauoo,
nd has SAID that he intended to sell bis
IN for x1o,ooo Ihlr theory adopted, both
these p1. t4es we're saAdowed, as ~.s subse-
quantity ~ old gambler Will wooden leg called
"Feg-leG III own" 1he latter seens to have
come !neo tue rartnernlnp very ea1ly, out a.
hacteo iess attef't!ou On account OF haVlng left
the city almost immediately after the robbery.
It Tas through Bto"n- however. that the arrests
were pfecltA!ated, 81 Viii De seen. BroWn WIS
ae'e "aen ;he robbery was committed. and atn-
meoatet} lett 1oI Bsii1more. While there he
medately =. n made Know n to The officers here oy
t1a baltimore detective brown then @ vent 70 70
t3,. Csnad1: where he disposed Of 5000 IN S5oo
nalls. Ae subseqne ntly vent TO satatogs. Here
the cupldlty of SIN gambling associate whom be
seeo to have naaof, bus contidant brought the de-
IVES Aho me oecfet service oincefs hao oeen
1ollowlng the sa1ne track len days ago Detect
iSe Miller, OF ts.e cty force, rece'Sed telegram
rom sara1o'<a iaformlng nm tnat bfo~h was
mere ena Aaa gooo deal 81 o. money: Mller an
neola1ely %eat thefe- Inc psoposltlon "as
.nen mace 70 nm TO :" snake, thieves Slang
3of ofFlu4ng 'he money aud letting the man go.
Mlle. "as GOO honest q man 70 s1eld TO snca
1empiauon. ana fe1asea the onef, nns ns some
!ese osAoooa b'oHn lalo coulhe 20 washington.
A4!o1 LAs 10 Au'AoF1t W Aite6k Dto"n III Ne#
1o,1" aA 0 9 Was on'y "aahineton local oincef,
hno nos ! oecIe. SerF!ce oeiectlVe. broWn came'
and It Is said dld not even know that Miller was
=, aeteotlve put thought hun pai Of his fnends.
1ney afnVed here soeether On Monday. h1ce
toen 1ro"n DIS oeen nhdaf forced Arrest To-
Gay ms attorness enaeaVoEed to secure his release
On haoeas corpus, but no Was 1emanded BY
toe tpu1i, *nlcn knoneh1 10 sucn case maa
eonio DC ne'a on 70 strong suspicious. Mean-
Th1e Aatieck. the Treasury clerk, left Tor New
1ork On Aonosy 10 take hls anpuA montha
ieaSe; One OF the Secret Service shadows fol-
loTed him. lie vas tracked TO Tdany's, to
oosuy loHefy apa saddlery establishments, but
Nas not detected IN passang any &5o0 bills. He
naae asfeemente to pu1cnase- he Was joined
~ a"taa Nc. ao'k oy 20 nnnoTn person, whess o.
,Mssh1nston- Ihls description was exact
Y that OF otman, the aaioon-keeper.
Detecsiva AcDeEsts had BY this
rme got On tl1o tfau OF Halleck IN ne" York
man ~ New fork- and arrived here with them
~ n-nens H. O'CLOCK McDeNtt "aa informed or
~ Me Ne" 1,r3 address Of Hallock through the
aeasnry at department. Inc trau which both tile
10<&es~oc1* *tco 1ofcs Aod Aae local detecnFes
aAse peen following for Two montha seems to
oave oeen the night one, but the arFeste were
PsecptaHd, aud prematureiy made owing to the
1sAtaea Of the gamhhng friends At Saratoga.
~, 1ue once:s ciaim 20 nave anoouoted proofs Of
NO guilt Of The pAties arrested.
lfo the A:soeiaxa fre*@t
~ "1ha3so1os 11a.3 y. C.'Aog*1-dalieeK me lreas
~ Ict1 Al1oosea uo-oss, WAS teeenuy pIomoteo
= assistant shipping Teller IN the cash room.
<as Is oas'8e o. Ne" York and has been en-
}Wyea ID LIE department about eight yea1s-
tesno,', o.u 80 1osu. go ~ =" Hseuos y.
Of Hns.tv dornn.1n-. ~ ~. ,h.r.nta- n..n.a
Ia proprietor nf n restaurant m penoavIvan1.
aEsuna elcre Brown had rooms. It Is expected
thn other Arrests will be inside shortly.
~. ueex ex.x tn7eeo to.nlEoe. 20 tho road 70
rnenors ra,-a m hoo, h,,. tIa oessars " soa~3 &.
ind. upop examu,a ,on. It vas found 10 contain
TIE figures s47, ,0S7. .65-lhe exact amount Of
aay @ooey contalued IN the sto'en package These