The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-04-04
a FkKIR CAUGHT.
He Ro5s Trusting Friend of $500
and Then Makes Himself
Scarce.
But Falls Into the Hands of the Po'
lice in Chicago, Where He
To be Brought to LesvenwoFth on a
Representatives. Sensa-
tional Notes.

/ On the 18th of March Dominick Bielinskl,
| q Russian-Polander, an honest, hard-work-
ING fragaI and industrious mechanic, en-
Moved at the furniture mandatory OF Alb
a-,,athy Bros. corner OF Second and Seneca
s,reets. was robbed of S52j in cash by a per
adious friend, who had been an old time
companion, they having been comrades to-
getber in the last Hungarian war. The afore-
said perfidious friend, Louis Molodecki, came
here a short time before the robbery occur
red, and the two old friends had quite a time
together. Molodecki had farm in Nemeha
county, or at least he said he had, which he
wanted Rielinski to,buy, and accordingly BIZ
elinski, accompanied by Molodecki, went 10
Mr.. Chris. Meyer. who had the money In
keeping for him, and drew it out Without
for "A moment suspecting
THE HONESTY OF HIS FORMER COMRADE,
BeIIinski put the money into an inside coat
rocket and afterwards, having occasion 10
change his clothes, hung the coat, win the
money in it, upon the wall. Moiodecki saw
4 this, and his soul ycarned for the precious
treasure. His cupidity at last became 700
strong for his honesty, and when MS lrleno
WAS gone he entered the room, abstracfed the
money from the garment, and gathering TO-
gether his traps he fed like thlei IN the
night, and became a fugitive from justice.
the robbery was at once reported to police
b.adouarters, and measures quickly taken
for the ,.,,,,,rS,,
Postal cards, letters and kilograms were
semi 10 Ali parts of the country, and parucu,
| IarIy the surrounding towns, giving iuii
| description of the rascal, stating MS ciIihe
and Offering 500 reward ior a MS siI ipch.:
I IL. -. N
| i'm hight quite heavy set, rouna race siAts
or sixty five years OF age, qulch anu aSIiNe
! in his movements, iull, heaNy pesI1' MAJ,
and beard quite white and cut snort, Will
| NOT a bad vet not singularly prepossessihS
countenance. He wore wheh ne was iass
seen in Leavenworth nesh coioIed sun oi
| clothes, and generally carried WIN MN
Polish newspaper, published in Chicago.
HIS cAPTURE.
| Jataon night before last a dispatch was re-
| caiyed from ii. Z. Hickey, Chlei oi the ponce
force at Chicago, stating that Molodeckl had
been caught in that city, ana ASKING n VITA
| sbonId bt. done wit h HIM. Chief OF Ponce
Moonlight Immediately answered, 10 noi9
| him there until requisition could De served
| co. ,riaI The requisition was
| issued Yesterday, and will be sent on AT once.
| 1t was suspected all the time that Moloueckl
mai steertd for Chicago and his arrest i'll
| that city was no surprise. The clrcunstah-
ces of the case and the righteousness Oh the
| crime will entltle him to mule mercy anu ne
need not feel disappointed If not much Is
shown him. The matter VIII DE pusheu 10
the fullest extent of the law, ana Moiodechl
made TO suffer the extreme penalty OF the
law.
| In the police court yesterday morning, John
Flanagan, who, some two or three DAYS ago
was sent out upon the rock pile for Sixty uas ;
on the charge of vagrancy, was bound over
| in the sum OF 1850, 10 appear before the DIS,
/ trict Court for stealinga watch and Two solu
chains, in default of which he was sent 10
/ the county Jail. The manner In whlch tne
guilt of the theft was fastened upon flanagan
| was somew hat peculiar, and had IL not Deeh
| for stray word the thief may never nave
| been known. Flanagan and companion
| were arrested for vasrancy, together with an
| other man named Allen, who mao paWhed
! a valuable gold watch given MN by lana
Knew the watch must have been stolen, as
! the price for which IL was pawned was not
| oue-SlXth Its value. lie wrote
To THE CHIEF OF POLICE
at St Joseph describing the property, asking
| if any one in that city, or at Elwood, across
| the river, had been robbed of such AN article
The men had stated that they Were iroil FL
| wood, and the police Thought the ROBBERY
| had been committed either In Inst pace OF
| in St Joseph. The authorities up there, how
| ever, wrote back that so far as they could
| find out no one had lost such a Walch, ana
the prospect was getting thin for indlng the
| owner, when the young girl from ST. Joe VINO
| came 50 near being made victim OF
THE wILEs OF wICKEDNEss.
| IN the METROPOLIS, came 10 the surface, and
| in conversation with her the police learned
| that "A lady at Elwood, named Mrs. Margaret
| Ia Docknorn, had been robbed OF "A watch
| and two gold chains some time ago. Word
| was Immediately sent to the lady, who came
| down here, identified her property ana
| swOre out "A warrant a .ainst Flanagan, charg-
! ing him with grand larceny. Flanagan :
mother was here and swore in court that the
watch was the property of his sister, her
daughter. The watch and the two .ol,
| CHAINS are worth about $50.