, 1880-10-22
Government Officials Capture
O Supposed Criminal and
Secrate Him,
Refusing Either to State His Name Or
The Crime for Which He Is
Wanted.
They Also Capture with Him sntcl,el
Supposed to Contain $3.50, 900 In
bonds.
Equal Mystery and seorotivouess Preserved
BY tho Officials at Washington.

w lug ullolal8 at " maBhlnEt0n,
fcstcrtfay forenoon 1lctcctEvo Hail, Of tho
Secret Service. who has bcen IN t1nty III this city
for sonlo months, with Dctoctlyo simmons, of
tho city detective force, marched mytterlt,lsy
into tho difirc Of Marshnt tftttfrup. In tho Gov.
crn,ncnt Building, hNv!ng In company with
shen tall, ilne.looktnr, mtlItary.nppcnrsng
man, anuuf 10 ycuts ut ugc. Hull cnrricd n
Ruo'l.stzel sniche!. which hu seemed to bp cspe-
claly MI xtolls at",,tt. md which the Enntc1nHn
whnin TIC ufflccrs wrrg accompanying nlso had
flls eyes fastened upon. As n general thing.
when M nrrcst Inns t'ecn made, anll tho prisoner
brought befure tho Mnrshnl, It Is mt very tOtR
hcfnro ho IS taken Into thu presence nf
Commissioner IIoyne for tho purpose Of c3nmt.
nhtlon. With this mysterious prisoner. how.
ever, TINT was mt tho caso. lio was takoi tntn
tho private roon, nljotntns tho Mnrshals oI!lcu,
Rha rci7nfffcd thGtr for sescrat hDttrs. 1T tho
expiration Of that tmo he wns. It Ii hclieve1.
taken from tho building, and Disappeared out nj
sight,
Detectivo Simmons went to his home, and
pncratfvo Hall stick fast to his nnu, a,d hns
HIN en1rlcwhero In snfokeoplng.
FNDM All. THAT CAN IE LEAnsEn
concerning tho prIeonur It appears TINT tho
churgo ngnlnat him is very scrious one, at.'I
thAt no Is man whDtn tho officers Of the
Secret Service flayo been shadnwfnT for snmc
''ays. certainly since he left Now York. It EH
u1ltacrstotn! that tho sntchol which tho officer
WIS guarding 30 Jcalously contained
Dt,Ens TO TIE vALun Or $b0,0D,
which arc believed either to hnvo bcon Bto!cn
from Tho Government, ar to 10 ca.,ftorfe!ts
Last night tho officers bavlng tho prisoner in
charKo wero making n closo investigation Of
these bonds for tho purposo Of nscertatntng
whether they tailed with tho description tcle-
Hrnpi,c.l to thon from Washington. It nppeura
thut Detective Hail received a diapntch nnrIy
yesterday morning to go down to Vnlparu!sufor
tho rur1'oao Of meeting tho .nnn whom be was
after. who Wis coming in on the
wcat-boun1 trniu. 1fH t0pk Simmons VIM
him, and tho two won't down Into Indiana,
cAught sight ct their nun OH tho train. kept
cn.npuny With him to Chicago. mud arrested him
aa so0n Ms to had gotten out Upon tho street.
and took him. Ms stated abovc, tn tho Marshars
utIlco.
n1B nAGaA0E
was also grabbed end searched, resulting In the
discovery Of tho tRrge amount of bonds metz
toned Nhoyo and OF q considerable atm Of cns!.
An effort was tnndo at tho Marsilal's Office to
find cut something concerning tho nun, but that
Uttcer wns naturally extremely non cnnltnIttnl
on tho subject All that ho would say
was TINT tho natno Of tho n1nn could
mt 10 glvcu until careful investigation
had hccn malo, Ind tito cn*o thornughty siftctl.
Inquiries mAdo of tho persons who had ha6n In.
strumcntni in tho arrest wpro equally fruftIoes.
Ono Of them tried to convey tho impression tllat
tho caee was trivia! ono, but other otrcuns-
atanccs clearly lead tn tho conclusion that this is
rot TO- md TINT thu capture IL regarded by the
Sccrnt Service o1icors as ono of considerable In
portance.
Tho officials at tho head OF tho Police Ddpart-
snent know llttlo more about tho caso than the
outside World They tlavo almpiy goncrai idea
that It is MI Important ono. 1t il not likely TINT
tlle bonds were stolen from the Gbyornmont, but
that they nro tho
rKOcEEns or DuRnLAHIEs,
and tho man u,ay Do oflo OF a gang who buy
such bonds at md 10 cents on tho dollar, forge
transfers, Mut th6u uBo tho bonds Ms coiWtoral,
Of sell them to crooked brokers. II ts not Inn
possible TINT this may hi.ye something to do
with tho alleged cnsa recently brought out in
Now Fork k,-tte case of broker arrested on a
charge VI dealing heavlly in stolen bonds.
No credit 10 nttaphed to tho etate-
mcnt rundo at tho Marshals Office
TINT tho namc Is withhold In order that possiblg
injusttco may not be dono. 1t ia kept back until
ortiors are received from the Treasury Depart
tlent, which Is working tho caac,-kept back
probably until all tho parties wanted nru ar-
rested.
pnonAnLT STOLEN.
8psetat htpatch to Ihs Chicago Ts1buns.
HASaiHuIuH, ~. Jss UcEs Al+-1ldpAIcnEA re-
cclyod nero this oyenlnR from Ch1caRo stattnx
TINT tho Secret Service officers had arrested In
Chipago man described as IN diattngu8hed-
looking Individual" Further thnn that moth
ing "as known. Tho aotfvtty nmouR
Seerot Service officials 10 Washington, and
their mysterious movements far into the
might, Indicated n cnpture at .so,ne Importance
or supposed Importance. Tho faot that carriages
wore rapt,ify drtvon about tho CITY, and that cx-
ports ct tho Lonn Division wcro hastily sum-
lnonctl To tho Trcas'lsy Department tato In tho
eventnS, Indicated that the Hecrot 8crvico cap-
turo was supposed to hnyo some relation to
bonds C,pltcr tciagruu1s 3nonnwtIle ncre pass-
Ing between tho Secret Sdrvoe mon at Chicago
and their Chtot horc. What thUse ctphDr tele-
grains contained cannot ho stnted. for tho Secret
HoErice officials. safely guarded In tho Treasury
building behind wcll.hrnod etllcers, woso mostly
inaccessible. Such % oreapproaohed, however,
were Ei'ent. 'H
Asthe b0al clorks Wero ut work ,howevcr4untIl
long past midnight, a1ld cxpeotcl to be until
morning, tho presumption was TINT they were
comparing tho numbers Of atoton OoyornmGnt
honais, sevonl1 lIats OF which are kept at tbs
Trcllsury. Tho distinguished strungor In Chi.
ouS, who WAS Bhntlowcl from Now York has a
large quHntlty Of honttd Ia his osspsstUn which
nru supposed to hnvo boon stolen, but which
snay hMve been countortpited. It IL supposed
that thia report will sh1w that tho houda nra
gcnuItio, and that thoy have boca atolon.
A STABHlNG CASE,