, 1877-01-19
" ROLAND"
Capture Of the Notorious Cham.
bersburg Bank Robber.
surpriscl Mt His Home on tho West
Side, H. Quietly surrcnders.
He Will Be Sent Back 10 Pom.
sylvan!a.

lonts G. Clercmont, a1tas Holland, who was
written up to 20 great mn extent IN the earlier
portion Of last December, and who figured
prominently In tito lion. i. 2. Dcr!ekson,.
Interesting story ot s visit to l'hilatlr1pl!o and
ChanbcEsl,ufg, upon behalf of young tnnn
who had been led astrny from the paths Of virtue,
was captured ycsscriay By Detective Steele.
In company With Dctcctiyo AEacauey, stcclo
spent many cold, weary day md nicbt
In piping of tho residence III Mrs, Rupcr ih,s
@ own md AtlncY D. Wfcks' motl.cr-ln-lawl Va.
;ss, west Harrison street, n'nl e wa. not Until
tint ..'etcrnal vigilance Is tho price nf jibcrty.n
IN, tl,e afternoon supt. Hickey learned from
sfncs lint Ecrcnlnnt was At anfnr, mid tlIthef
Detective stcr1o WIS as oseu dispatched. acs,tn-
street Station and by ucWty-sult. .Toc Dixon.
steele entered, ansl. upon stating tllnt ho
wished to search tic honsc. WAS confronted by
Mrs. Kruger, hrsm'n-sttrk IN hand. Thu .ltnifr
o'l'cers, and A1ra. Eslccr NILS determined that
hcr house should not he s.arrhetl without war.
rent, atnl denied the nfllecr'e right to 70 IN
sas,ss. s ,r,! lug n went all tge ,anc, however; aud
him with clear, untnci,ing eye, Ills hand
raised tn i1ss breast, rs II to tirnw weapon frum
h't tuner coat-Wleket. 1}cstde lliUl stoMl llts
lo'd woman that >e sho ts.. ' ccrc"ot st'ae d.
nlan'1ct1 to know what was wanted, atut
npon 70 steelc's modest reply, .'Yn,, air."
u an .me fgnon anu s.,.S,ns nsST,ersa "l1ercs y.a.
vas drawn from hts Inner cunt -l,orket, another
from ltp.pockct, anil n terrific weapon IN the
shape Of a. largo clnsp-kntfe. Tic olleera
Welltscl their way. t,ack to the stutton, aml
arcspDnsc to telegram, ut oncc sent on to
Cha'nbershnrE, In.
Durlug tic evening TRIBUNE reporter hull a
tcfc,n.tctn With the crackslnan in an antc-room
rIl1ttx ..to 6n
there m t,1eal bank -plMndcrcr, no IL greatly
mfstakrN. ClercMont, WIN is only nlnut Gye
fcst SIX Or tcren fnrhcs IN height mil
sl!1nly built, entered tho room with a measure!
TREAD that would 'lclsotc great t1clibcra.io:, nsl
tlr1llt1css VI character IN na', Ut moro imposing
stature. a. fno llnrl.l tuuntenn1lrr, touched uit
WITH black wary fnIr, n t'Mrk-brown in,tstachc
q ~ i'e nc, ma lnSlrlant growth md yell s,.E1 Mt
pablo 0i tl,s Hnst running movements. Il st'ut-
icas embroidered shrtfrous. !aiuty.ttc.i crnyat,
large l1anss, an.l exceedingly small feet. cnnl-
on viii, diamonds oi The purcst raY liz con- M
yersc1 freely about his capture, mid his esrape
from the Pennsylvania rcnltcntlary, but wouli
sHy ss n,ntaing ,g tnnt has not ulFcaly been publish
liz WAS VERY nEr,cENr
about every matter, until lie lhi first Thought
whether or not 1t lntl been published, AMI w1G!l
llls tne!nory tailcd him hc tll.l nut Hesitate to
p,.rn!,so of saving m Oliver for him ilsollan,i),
ile tti!l Ind tho knllcst feelings towards h!nl.
~ only two particulars. lid l'c contradict thu
this connc4tiun liz blamed Mr.. .. fur
being 80 rash us to E!yo awny faets tint
resulted in Ills oMn discontinue. .For ~
M awkward position by stating that he saw mo
upon the train, for TINT ono fart moro than any
other tnatlc ron,c folks believe that llchat sons
tinE It. t" 20 4" t NTH ny escape But enn assure
"Thcn Il Is true that Mr.. Dcrsckson saw you,
as ho states, upon Ito tratn," put In thu In
Ie,, that's So; but If pcrIek.on Ind
e: ysn '1% hn -; "ssfa spea "'sH aaSs
DO not wish to say anyth!ng In contradiction to
Mr. Dcrekson, but that story Of his about mo
E'sen! nm too Aout,rnhc man fur ttat.s
"llow about That Hickey 10 per cent stofyr'
qucTietl so'no ono In the room:
18Th THAT" sail le, W anothcr error, and !
Lucy, ntver toll f''n any such Thing, for never
Ind HIN very kind mud consiacrnte
uhsn SoT ho IT, III tea yos Mr.
too 1nlutsttisc, antl ! rathcr shut down upon
lIitn. Perhaps IN my eyasivp answers lid say
something which Mr.. Der!ckson construed aa T.,
aHaihst Superintendent 1iirkcy's character. II
80,
IT Il ALI. A M1srAKn."
Tho reporter then touk lcaye Of tho dlstftr
EuiHhca criminal, With promises from him thai
he woull think up several matters which ha
thought he could EiYe nway to tho press with
out t"mpromstn. either himself or any othvl
person.
'rNu readers of THE TRIBUNE Wilt recollrct
alr. perickHon's story ahuut tho two u,rll, Rol.
land and johnson, WIN, upon the Nth Of March,,
18TH made hoIsi attempt upon thu Chambers.
bur. Valley ilank, ut tho timo containing hc-
which was taken. Tho two tncti were captured,
trlcl, and convicted, ROLAND, whose rcal ua1,,o
was Louis G, Clcrcrno.t, cscNpfnE from the talI
pending discussion for new trlnf, and ,1Ullr
sol,, who VIA. s.rcally Alney Hatcs Wlcks, Cere
1nant'a brotiler-in-law, beiug sent up for thirs
teen ycars, which he Ii now serving out