, 1877-10-18
CRIMINAL NEWS.
Arrest Of George H, Price, the Heroic
Fort Wayne Expresa-Messen-
ger, for Theft.
lie Is Alleged to jlnro Ahstractcd About
$4,000 from Money In
Transit,
The Common Strataqern OF q
Decoy Package Lures Him
to His Ruin.
Recital Of the va1orous Deed which
Once Made Him Famous.


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r,rrsn,,na. IN. t,.t, r7.Etntct1t1c,,"s ,xa. RI.
coi,oa ,,osa .,sT,,e ~ -. a.sa.. =. r "as W =,
man l1anted HcoFce II. Prcc, all express~
messenger On tho lIttshurg, Fort Waync &
Chicago hallway. rfo Is charged with pnrloln-
ing money from package. intru.tcd to hts care
between th's aiy anu Chicago INC previous
gond character OF Price, toGethcr with his
heroic conduct about three years ago in shoot
ing man ua,ncd huxley. In attetnnt,nr h, rof,
a. ~ 1,n,.,'eea En-. ,van ~ n" " n1 su'
"ea' y" ,'s.eo"nk' ,,i' roft wayne lineage lsa'4-
way madeit difficult for tho officers Of the Com-
pany to believe MIN other than strictly honest
man, until tho most lnaubitabls evidence
~. -. ,. k'ns ""a oeeh 'ea oc,o'o
tneu'' IL seems that, Tor more than
year, parties IN Chicago snd parties west Of
thet city hare oecn complaining to the officers
,nonnv roccivr,, ,,s .nn,,, ,xa.n .,'a.. ~ AZ.
."eA.a .sss'eo .uen, WITTY 1aos' u Luz
amounts placed therein BY tho sender.
The sums missing were generally small
rhie was the,,gt that ~. naI, i",o. .oL
inp lin mtnry wcrr ,nistaTSn m tathe nr,n"nts
.TRe complaii,ts at ienrIi, bcra,ne -, frcn,,ont
that lbs arr,,ts nj csar,, md a. ~ thta9 ,i,s
chprgo OF ru, Gctwcen I'm In,
tmn r,t,cs W,,v nnn,,,,a ati.,ne ismee" 1"s
great dsni of corresm,,'sicarn IN "o ,sa
Subject haye taken nisrs tit,rnr ihc natt ,hr"s s
senrcr re,thinv IN ,h1sritv ryh,ic noent sn;ueis
fnsistrd fi'at III. p,is sSra man mss srnns..';
il WA finally nTrcci IL trv 10 sctrct ti,n tGfnf
hv means of dccoy packages, ts,e same to AiI hs
fhn Iccnys @ ~" r.t ~ t,ei 9n'e0 %, nesG;
tns r,tls III that Of Price. 40 coutldcut wcre m
thr age,s Of lis honesty. MD. IA ,l,cy ali went
through safely, Il was determined 10 but M tae
as ad ecu anpc n tbs " H. MI 1ess
noskago was prc,,arr n. an.'r ~" H.
were two marked lid nntes. jtt,,r ,ni,cl, rnnov
s1t lie n,arKGS tnancy @ Urn was nIoud on t
I'm nf thn niic snr m n"e o,pia,,a ~ p'a'. .n'
Whrn pricu rGnsl,cI Ch1nc,,, win lila r,,n
on MONDAY morning tic tlccoy ,,arka9o VIVA
u % the oncy nov hI nd esu aI,traete i'' IN pof1,o o.er
wns m hni a,i f,c NJ ',ts,, mi. irtce .n ,ta,
custody. ssar t'f tho mri4au"r rs.m II ~ niu ~
tic iina,nr OF tbo narKn1 ,noney ' IN IT.
Il If, pq;:ss:!o,,, s1 ,s s,,; xas isass i
Esooo Jail. iIs pesuat!onn. L i. bs,"ye r1 III III
a;nonnt nj ,rast In sji,W e 'J4'ss, !. a, "aI Il.
years Of avc, Is nurrIcli, ind hs win md their
three Children reside IN Chlcago. liz iias been
two wears, and has ulways lnrne ,,,tai rhs Taa'
tsr. iii ren,arkaHiv Io,of. crn1,,j, en y.
pItfsh,,rr F,.rt Wavpn e. c,f."~n y",tsma s,.s
nesr linn. q n I'm "i1o snri14Ir - t"'1Mn 1".n
rnincd fr lin ot' rnrtabts tamr n,,p ~ ~. .oas ~
st1atrs an mado hsu n1sit" s";h; ~ tS ti, u.s..
Cnmna.,r Ac"mnts ri thas r f. ,sar,s ",s siIc
frco was ii Mt,nfSe,, whe,rgcr M hc wsu9 IT, IT,
sforv /. hrnf rsrtT 1,n,f rh,rr~ ~ 49,
rrt,rr.a ,nr nm m .as,crn.n.una ~ .,,4's ~
m,fwccn f,hiraon nrI thf. a;sy ~ ~ Stt.,.
near lima. r. H. t;Iscv"re1 i ~ p't. IT,
ons end ~ III rnr Ife m aucc ''ivtn'r, t IN ~
tnn,inn t,fth;s y,sitnr au r"u,s II. saa. aun ~"
orisrcd ;ho man 10 snrrcn,,ers n 'rh,s lar'ar
was quickly followed by xh"f frnn,
sna HHI.f,a:Jt, ~ ourt io'H