, 1877-02-19

THREAD they aoon became convinced that they
were alter The right men, and notttfcn the Of
tItcrs Of tho Northampton Institution to that cf-
feet. The Broadway lawyers btill had many
meetings with the suspected parties, and rinkcs-
ton wa requested to take no artive stcps for a
time. The thieves, however, wanted too high a
price. anil negotiations were dropped
The bunting up Of evidence was begun nfresh,
and asN'nt ten days ago Il was eupposctf enough
!,a<l been gathered tn warrant tu men's arrest.
preliminary proceedings were begun quietly.
a. &c !e,st ttes notori. el,aractsrs were known
hoss' the other two being "Jttn " Dunlap, tho
pFe.nmntire leader ut tic gang. and "T}ob i"
Scott, t alias "f!attlIng Bob The two last left
!y teteiys sity r d 3rnVn V 1 1atng rt pr
restet' at Philadelphia in the forenoon with a
new kit OF burglars tools In their possession, 80
shat apparently fresh robhery has been fr1s-
iIa Iney. ,kG Connora in thts city await
These tllrec-Connors, Dunlap, and Scott
are well known md morc than suspected Of be.
inR concerned In about half dozen other large
First National bank IT E1mira, where tlcy cilert
c.] an entrance into tile Raic.vault hv cutting
through tho aoor abIve the bauklng.roon,. Ths
he9r hs t1s W.; vI "rc'l - hai fer meetings. cic;
they hid their tools under tho noor. carefully
otrasion about t5t,oN were secured. One man,
..lnno " Berry, @ W. '; s sonsleed for T. an, Is row
ter from him vas fo,ind on Connors' pcr.Dt,.
Another vas that Of the First National Bank Of
Quinsy, ILL.,: where they rot away with about
x4ooo0, $4,000 OF It being in currency.
FoT his connection with This Scott served
short term tn the Joliet {lil.) Pcnisentiary. Tho
Falls City Bank, ot Louisville, KY, also suffered
irom their skl!l 70 the extent Of eome f:aN,Up.
4 rcward OF 81, ,UU was offered for their apprc-
hcnsion, hut the crime could never be traced
aS;es1ttatey ,;s to them rhe gang !. also Identified
Pittaton, r., wfllcl. lost in November, ISIS,
some t.W.000, onc.thIrd Of which was snbso-
quenf1y returned through the broadway lawycrs
previously referred to,
Connors t has been living in grand sty1e IN this
fashion when arrested: lie has been known for
maur years as gambler, ht9h.toned thief and
go-betwcen for other th1cvas and peoplo who
afe ready TO compound crime when they be-
lteve II their advantage to do 70. His specially
~ the 1ank.hnrglarr line IL said TO be that al
liMtnsry Inquiries.
DUNLAP, originally halls from St. Louis. Tie
came to Chcago about ycar before the great
fire, where 10 foil in with "Jtni i" Berry, who
taught him the business. lie there also made
tic acquaintance of Scott, anil, after The Quincy
robbers. finding the atmosphere too hot, tlley
eatne East together.
Pinkcrtotl says he has evidence which, abc-
yona doubt" Will convtct all three mcn. He
adtn!ttcd that no money had been found IN
either ot them, and In aAswcr tn the question
Wiletnef hc expected TO recover auy, he smiling
" remarked that he thought Ec would Con-
tors' arrest xas made With the nssi.tanrc n
Detectives Field aud OfCouuor, OF tho Dlstrfct
Attorneys Office, to whirl, pinkcrton appealed
for aid.
When arrested yesterday, Scott ,r!u.ea to ar
knowledgc his identity, saying that that was TO
be part OF Ills defense,