The New York herald., 1878-12-14
CAPTURED CRACKSMEN.
.Red'' Leary and John Mccarthy in the
Keeping Of Captain Byrnes.
THEIR ACTIVE CAREERS.
Wanted for the Northampton Bank Burglary
and Possibly the Manhattan.

The slunhering and half forgotten sensation OF the
Manhattan Bank burglary bids fair to be again revived
when the story OF the important Of noto-
rious cracksmen has been made public. Captain
Byrnes III whose precinct the ill-fated savings in
stituton Is located has been indefatigable
in his endeavors to apprehend the crimi-
nals His ardor in this direction led him
astray In the Of two other gentlemen of the
fraternity" whom he succeeded in capturing. but
who led him lively dance through the slums OF
Jersey with the desecrated remains of the late A. r.
Stewart, like phantom will O. the wisp, Turing him
through the dangerous of that unproductive
region. whalen and Burke collapsed and passed
from public view. and since that singular fiasco
Captain Byrnes has been straining every nerve TO
make up for lost opportunities whether he has
succeeded or not in the present remains to be
demonstrated M@
TAKEN IN HARLEM.
His constant investigation of the bank burglary
placed in his possession certain valuable data which
gave him an important cew regarding the identity.
if not the whereabouts, Of the robbers. From the
partial description given Of the crscksmen his
sUspicons were aroused that certain well known
criminals. whose anteccdents are matter of
public record. We're the principals in the job.
He had in his mind two in particular.
the missing link in the chain of evidence and lead to
the apprehension of the whole gang OF robbers.
Firmly impressed with this belief he put his men to
work and carefully secured the haunts where such
characters most do eongregate. From information
gradually gathered he became impressed that he
On the track OF the culprits. The circle be-
came more compressed every day until finally
the fugitives 40 long sought after. found to
panied by Detectives Sevin, Dolan and Graham. in
civilians dress laid in wait last evening about six
Of Second avenue and Ninety street Finding
themselves surrounded by superior numbers they
secured with handouts they were conducted to tho
Fifteenth precinct station house and consigned to
cell.
WHO THEY ARE.
The prisoners names are John Leary, alias 'sRed"
Leary, and John Mccarthy. alias Butch both first
class cracksmen. Ieary was concerned in the
Northampton Bank burglary and a requsition for
his arrest has been in the hands Of Pnkerton since
as daring robbery sso S He ss af
this city for the Northampton burglary,
aud who subsequently made good his escape from
of Scott and Dunlap. who were arrested and sen
fenced to twenty years penal scrvtude for ring the
27th January. 1876. of s72o,ooo. The first
swn during 1bs pars rp5sifion p5fmneps IT
lett their country for their corntrys good aud un.
dertook to play some sharp Yankee tricks upon the
Parisans. They. however found that skilled talent
was opposed to their machinaticns in the detective
force OF that metropolis, and Messrs. Leary
fulness impaired for the period Of five
years in prison. Upon being released they
their arrival made their presence felt in criminal
and police circles Leary was arrested by Captain
, byrnss wnen % .nas - oIo,a T,a narney Aarons
about four years ago. Since that time he has made
himself conspicuous in sundry ways. but so far as
known has never been held amenable for any of his
numerous depredntioDs.
BnooKIYs DETECTIVES ourwIrTEp.
He had a narrow escape about year ago In Brook.
yn but his courage and address secured him relense
from the hands of his cdptors Detective Folk and
hiding place in the city OF Churches At the moment
he was surprised by the officers Of the law he
partially undressed with HIS brawny form stretched
upon alounge Finding that there was no help for
it but to submit. he good naturedly informed his
captors that lit was all right. and prepared to
company them to the station house. He called to his
faithful consort who il known by the soubriquet Of
"Rsd Kate, to fetch him his hat and oyercoat from
up stairs When he had received and donncd these
garments he dexterously pulled from tho side pockets
Of the coat just handed him by his wife
brace of trecherous looking pistols. and before the
detectives had time to move draw . weapon in
their own defence he had them covered. This unex-
pected action dcmoralzed the officials for the time
Of mind Red Leary had disappeared by back door,
scaled an adjoining fence aud disappeared in the out
ward darkness. The bafied detectives followed in
hot pursuit but succeeded in catching up with
the wary and agile fugitive. He was wanted on that
memorable occasion for the long pending charge Of
Hence, If Leary cannot be legally held for the rob-
berry OF the Manhattan Bank he be set to North
ampton and there receive his deserts for his alleged
exploits in that region.
WAS HE MANHATTAN BANK RoBRrR?
1t is however, officially stated that evidence will be
forthcoming TO connect him with the band Of burg
lars who robbed the Manhattan Savings Institution.
1t is supposed that he was one Of the two
who were placed on guard upstairs over the
janitor and his wife after the key OF the
safe and the combination had been wrung
at the muzze of revolver from the terrified janitor.
Mccarthy, although not so notorious character
his companion Is still bold and skilful cracksmau.
circumstsntial evidence TO warrant the assumption
thAt he was member Of the gang OF burglars who
cracked the safe OF the Manhattan Bank and red its
contents.
Captain Byrncs said last night that while he was in
possession OF important Information which would
20 to crnitnate the prisoners ho did not think il
proper to make II known until such time they
were arrsgncd in court Hc would not say
directly that they held for being concerned In
the robbery Of the Manhattan Bank. That, hc said.
men. but he would not ny the prisoners these,
who, without doubt. assisted in that burglarya but
beyond that al was guess work He, however,
felt satisfied that he had performed an i'm
Mccarthy, for whom the clevercst detectives in the
country have been vainly sceking for the past
two year5 He satisfied that he had the right men
this tue but IL might be difncut matter legally
establish their guilt the particular charge
tor which he has arrested them. Leary, he
burglar in tho country He was desperate
and powerful and boss among the members OF
his fraternity. He was man whose coarse appear
ance would inspire even q brave man with terror,
but was genial and intelligent with all. Mccarthy
Captain Byrnes compared to "chain lightning" he
was so quick and incsive in his movements.
The prisoners will be srrHigncd ut Jefferson Market
Court to-day. 4setfl s4,s4rN