The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-08
THE BROOKLYN BANK RoBHrR.
swallowed ana Captured by Two
shFewd detectives.
lKnoSylle crennA chronIeIel

lhnoNNllle (lennl Chronicle,
In our issue OF March 10Th we pub.
llshed q dispatch frum Now York 10
the effect That b. r. Rogers, receiving
teller OF the Fulton Bank, BROOKLYN,
bad abscOnded with funds BELONGING
10 the bank, amounting TO SOS 900. On
the ID Of March, Rogers had addressed
letter 10 Mr.. T.. Dean Dow, a well
known and highly respected gentle
man OF this city, who IL engaged In
the real estate business, making In.
quiries concerning two farms located
near Concord, In this county, signing
himself Nj, j. A, Rogers, with the re-
quest that Mr.. Dow would make per.
sonal inspection OF the farms aud 70.
port TO him under the above address,
postoilice box 81, Brooklin, New York.
The inspection of the property was
made by Mr. Dow, aud full particulars
furnished
The next communication received
by Mr.. Dow In reply to particulars,
was dated at Harrisburg, Pa, March
18th, stating that he would be In
Knoxville In the course Of two or
three weeks, to look at the property
mentioned, and that II II suited him
he would purchase II. In same letter
he stated that he had sent by Adams
Express, charges paid, n package Of
valuable papers, with the request
that the package should not be open
ed, but placed in an iron safe or bank
vault to be kept perfectly secure. The
package came to hand In due time,
and was placed, by Mr.. Dow, In the
vault Of one of our banks AS requested,
waiting the call of NJ. j. A. Rogers.
On Monday last, the 9th of March,
a gentleman from Brooklyn, New
York, who proved TO be ID. A. Corwin,
an old an experienced detective, called
at Mr.. BOWS office, making inquiry II
any person from Brooklyn had APP.
piled to him by letter or otherwise to
purchase property in this section. He
was informed that n Mr.. M. j. A.
Rogers had written on the subject, and
had been answered, and that II second
letter had been received stating the
time when he would be in Knoxville,
Mr.. Dow also informed him of the
mysterious package which had been
received 10y express, from Harrisburg,
AT this juucture Mr.. Corwin made
known his mission, stating that he
was after b. p. Rogers, the defaulting
cashier Of the Brooklyn bank. After
consultation, a conhdante was made Of
Mr.. George w. Ross, and IL was agreed
that the package in question should be
examined. 1t was examined, and
proved to be 5000, in S. and $40 bills,
just as they had been put up in the
bank.
On Friday, March "a, it was reported
to Mr.. Dow by tho owner Of the farm
at Concord that Rogers had boon there
looking at his farm. Mr.. Corwln was
at once informed of that tact. Think
ing that Rogers would soon make his !
appearance here the detective remain
ed in Knoxville, but telegraphed for
his partner in New York, Mr.. Falk,
who arrived here last Friday morning,
aud both OF them left on tie noon |
train the same day for London, where
they heard of Rogers and learned that |
he had gone to Sweetwater. They |
procured conveyance and were soon |
on their way to the latter place where
they found the object Of their search |
snug'y ensconced at his lodging place !
in that wide-awake little town. They |
took charge of him and brought him |
back to Knoxville, arriving here on
the early morning train yesterday |
morning. Yesterday morning MIR.
Dow produced the package containing |
the $1,000, taking a receipt from d L.
Rogers for the same, witnessed by two |
Diet ectives. This is brief statement
of the facts, proving again the truth of
holy writ that " the way of the trans
or ossor is hard"
Rogers seemed greatly detected and
filled with sorrow. He wept like a |
child, and says it is the first act of the
kind he ever committed, and that it
has proved upon his mind until he
could neither eat nor sleep. The eh-
tire amount of stolen funds proved to
be about $4,000. OF this, the 70, 900
above mentioned was part, and he
had also sent packages to Social Circle,
Georgia, and to Charleston, South
Carolina. We understand he accounts
for all the money except $4,000, which
he claims to have lost while coming
from Harrisburg to the Relay House,
Indiana. He had contracted for
farm with Mr.. Fayette Lowe, near
Sweetwater. The deed had been pre-
pared, the titles all examined, and the
money was to have been paid yester-
day. Detectives Corwin and Falk
left on the o'clock train yesterday
evening, for Brooklin, in charge OF
the prisoner,