Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-08-09


Detective Sargent came IN with Mr.. Elliot.
and the latter stated - he court that he an.
peaIed for NJ. Oitmais, who was at tire door.
and they desired 10 waive an examination
and asked that bail De fixed.
Judge smell sad tu8t on saturday ne had
diIerieu that il BAH be offered in this case he
,lhe clerk should act on the hypothesis that
ban was dNed AZ Sl0000O.
Judge Fisher said thai tniS wa case OF
some magi itude, aud from what they can
learn TINS party. OJtInan, was the inst "a tor
oi TIE Oiisnse. lie proposed 10 Hailerk g.
axe The money OF hts hands AM dispose or
IL. He thought that bail should bS iNesi II al
east twice the amount stolen, AID that IN
taking tan satisfactory proof should be pro
HaCeu 'h2t the parts are worth the amount
Mr.. Elliott sait net this vas "a case OF
grand larceny and they bad OEy 20 ask Lhai
the bail he HNei. Hs won "A. hoy.e yer. a. 4
he ocur., IN hNing Tire amount, - nN with
-etcrence 10 the offence charged.
Judge Fisher saii that tire ccSe bal Just
Deen DEVELOPED. and at thlS time they sOuII
2Dt say whether p'Jman WI be indicted
andcI special statute, a an accessory be-
tore tie fact, receiving stolen goods. OF tor
grand larceny.
The court said that the circumstances Of
ibiS case were Such - al he could not reduce
The Dall. and knowing that 4 they considered
The BAN excessive TNireSS can jy 'l9G uL., ugl
Judge 81 the supreme Court, he would let
The bail remain At %iGO.0 90
The court further directed tnat % guard
against any teChuic9liiies oitman o.
brought INTO count, which was done, and tine
decision was announced 20 hIm.
Detectives Miller and Sargent then left the
ooU!I rooui witt the prisoner.
A.TERytEw WITH MS WIFE.
After ire examination mad been waived AT
The Police Court Messrs. Sargent and Miller
accom- panied Gilman 10 Police Headquar-
tcrs, whore ne was permitted an interview
WIZ his vile i'm Major Richards private Of
nee pa eNiouS 10 his going over 10 Jail. This
interview lasted for some time, during
which Mrs. Ottman was much affected.
Me>Srs. X. L. MerricK and Il. X. Elliott
lwho has this morning been retained "a his
counsell propose 10 apply i'm the upper court
at once for reduction of his bonds. which
they say i excessive and equi vstlent to a
permanent commitment. At one O'Clock
MessrS. Sargent ami Miller entered the pri-
waite Office of Major Richards and informed
Ottrnan that the interview must cease for
The present, as IL was their duty 10 remand
him 10 jail. Mr.. OtiInan was very much
affected AT the parting and in "A few minutes
the three were seated i'm hack and driven
of. Quite crowd had gathered at Police
Headquarters, among il number OF Treas
ury clerks. Brown and Halleck Will proba-
bly, have hearing TO morrow.
oTTMAS's DEPOSITS IN WASHINGTON.
IL was also ascertained to- day that Ottman
deposited with Riggs * Co., as follows: July
18th, check of Commercial National Bank of
Saratoga on the First National Bank Of New
York for - 600; July 2Sth, check OF William
Byrce x Co. TO the order of j. G.. Wallet on
Phoenix National Bank Of New York for
$3.50, chtck on Mechanics National Bank
of Worcester, $3.50 and that these sums had
been checked out July 2Sth.
oTTMAN's BAIL.
Mr.. Merrick expects this afternoon 10 make
motion before Judge Wylie for a writ OF
habe9s corpus, with a view TO having the
bail of Ottman fixed at some more reason
able amount than that fixed in the Police
Court, and IT Is stated that If a reduction is
made, there viii be no difficulty in finding
friends 10 go on his bonds.
Halleck, in his confession, reIterates that
he took the money at the instigation OF OFT
man.
HALLECK AND WIFE.
Mr.. Halleck was brought to police head
quarters this morning, and furnished with
quarters in the treasurer's room, AMI soon
afterwards his wife came in, and has been
with him ali day.
The detectives are in possession Of infor-
nation where other portions of the money
has been deposited, and think they will get
the most OF II.
The Robbery from the secret Service
Standpoint.
The detective corps OF the Treasury, evil
IDENTIFY feeling somewhat chagrined at the
success of the Washington detectives, fur
nish an account of their operations, in which
they say: 1.-The accounts thus far published
of the arrest of the three men who are sup
posed 10 have been concerned in the robbery
of the United States Treasury of So 900 have
both indirectly and openly cast reflections
upon the secret service division of the gov
eminent, and given all the credit OF the dis
coyery OF the alleged criminals to the city
detective force. While the latter have, in
truth, made the arrests, and are entitled Tn
commentator therefor, the secret service
operatives should rot be entirely ignores.
since they have had full knowledge of every
thing that has transpired since the package
was missed, and RETAINED from making ar
rests only because they wese unwilling To
gamble" that is, take the men TO whom
circumstances pointed as the culprits into
custody and run the risk of breaking" one
OF them down. The quoted terms means in
plain English telling what one knows"
The Treasury account then goes on TO say
that all of the parties arrested have been un-
der their surveillance for some time past. in
proof OF which daily reports from persons
''shadowing' Halleck, Gilman and Brown
are given. 1t also intlmates that the arrest
by the local detectives was premature.
reporter Of THE STAR vino converseI
with Chief WaShburn to-day, represents
him as saying that he has no feeling what
ever against Superintendent Richards or
his detectives, but that IL the latter had
walled awhile his corps would have arrested
the very same parties.
CHIEF wASHBCRN,
of the Treasury secret service, called on
Major Richards to learn the particulars
about the arrests, and stated that upon
hearing OF them he had telegraphed 10 his
men in New York TO proceed to search the
house OF Halleck's mother, Ia Brooklyn.
Major Richards replied that inasmuoh as
he had not been called into the case by the
Treasury department, he thought his Office
should be left 10 finish up the job, having
progressed thus far successfully.
HEAVY LAW SUIT. Mr.. q. w, Koiner,
OF Fishersville, has just entered suit in the
L. ;. Court Of jackson, Miss, in behalf OF
himself and sixteen other heirs of the late
Joseph III. johnson, TO recover property
which is estimated at nearly 81 06OOO1
Many years before the war George W. and