New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-05
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
REDn LEAKY CAPTURED.

"RED" LEAKY CAPTURED.
.prrsrrr ny ROBERT piSKERroN IN BhookIfN
YESTERDAY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES u., rU "n TIE
ACUv,E1Ts FOR Ills CONNECTION VII" 'N
NORTHAMPTON BANK ROBBERY
Til. buyplar and thief John Leary, alias !" ked
Sea,v who made his escape III 1870 rom Luoiow
N'S The Northampton National Bank robbery.
was arrested III Brooklyn early yesterday morning;
P,pkcrtOns Detective Agency has been enlu1oyo oa
in search for him but no cew 81 any taIe "1S
has been in Europe R sS6St A. time flnt aao
ton sss,eq from man named Edeson that Leay
would come to Brooklyn to visit his WIFE VINO iives
Trookiyn city line. Having ascertained that Leary
yonld visit his wife Thursday evening ny clIsine
TO Fort Hamilton in sleigh anI on his
return. To this end they stationed themselves az
Fourth-ave ana Twenty fourth-st, BROOKLYN. ana
Wared Tor their watch n the cold by seeing sleigh
approach from the west One OF the Two men ~
Leary and Deteotve pnne9 put the bore
Although Leary was armed and 10 well known as
one of the most desperate CRIMINALS. ne surrendereu
al once when he learned who his captor was.
The officers then took their prisoner 10 the heau-
quarters of the Police Department IN the new Mu-
,cpa Building and ne was ta6en ce ih orce After
being locked up III the First Precinet o'sn nten
morning Leay wns taken i the eeiT %"cs captans
10 see the prisoner Leary sad that Acting CaptaIn
one of the weknOwn COdstream Guards or Lon
dom In speaking of his escape from Ludlow street
Jail. Leary said man might as well De IoGheo up
afterward taken before Police Justice Maisn anG
formally transferred to the charge OF Pinkeftohs
Massachusetts for him, dated 1877. Leary was
then taken in a coach through the CITY 70 Hileni
where the train on the New-York and New-Haven
Ha,road for Northampton was taken The prisoner
was not handcutfed Detective LOohey WehV WIN
the party as far as Willlamsbridge. A..
"Redn Leary is believed to have been one or the
men who were engaged in the robbery OF the North
ampton National Bank, at Northampton Mass.
of the most daring ana successful oI9 W
record. 1t occurred in the night OF January -,
1876 ard nearly ~, 100000 III money ana oOnds
was secured None of this has been recovered. Inc
Ieyed to have been associated. were Thomas Dun
ian. William Scott, Shapg" Draper, James Burns
and Robert Howard. Howard is dead; Dunlap and
at Northampton; Draper is in Jail there.
having been caught in BROOKLYN, awaiting tlial;
Tnle d BmTns Is crime EeaTy nS was arrested
in this city in 1879 ON civil suit TO recover the
known to have, although no evidence OF us parel
patton IN the crime could be obtained. me CUES
ton of his transfer upon requlslon 70 M hTsj
chusetts for burglary in which he had not shared
wa, argued by bis counsel before Judge Barrett.
While awaiting the decision Leary and his TRENDS
arranged for his escape if the went against him.
The house adjoining Ludlow Street Jail, and sepa-
rated from Leary's cell only by brick wall, was
hired. By accurate measuremept the place 70 maze
removed tie opening being cleverly concealed by
leary on the inside. When the decision was rem
aered by Judge Barrett allowing the transfer OF the
prisoner upon the requlsition; Leary renamed no
longer in confinement, and the keeper aWoke one
morning to find his valuable prisoner missing
ruar The appelatiOn of Red" is due to the color of
his hair and beard. His sight has recently failed so
much that he is nearly bind. At one time he kept
a 6otei ar Fort Hamilton and afterward lived III a
cottage 1t. where his wife lives now IL was 70
this hotel that Mosher and Douglass went alter Tue
abduction OF Charlie Ross.
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A LEGAL FLAW.
James Harry & Co., of Kingston, Canada, about
1.-TWO years ago began to import alcohol rom TUG
United States to the Dominion, leaving 1T IN DoDd
at Kingston. While 1t IN bond, 1t appears from
the Investigations OF the Treasury Agents. the agents
lac They then exported it back to this country by
way of Ogdensburg. having the mixture entered as
yarnsh The alcohol sun 9s9s 9 nne 0n'eT aypG
this difficulty they then increased the quantity or
shellac to two and two and half pounds TO Tue
bounds OF sheilac to make good varnIsh, and the
process of mixture not having been completed, the
purchasers of the new product were enabled TO ex-
tract the sheac from the contents OF one OF the
barrels without affecting the alcohol ana by ada n
it to another barrel you'd have barrel oi s0Ou
The price OF genuine vaInlsh IN tnls Guy ranges
from So to SO so gallon but Harry q Co. furnished
tLeir "alcohol shellac," under which name 1t was
exported. at from 81 20 to 81 40 gallon. LUIS
differentiation the rectihers OF alcohol ana manu-
tactuIers or valnlsn were ulapie ~ colnPoVo WIZ.
and many complaints arose. Special treasury agent
Adams began AN investigation and found that large
Uuantitles of the mixture had been sent to this
country; and within the past two days several
seizures have been made i'll Boston. Phladephia,
Bpghamon and this city. BY the undervation the al
legged varnish has paid duty of 90 cents gallon
and 20 cents ad vaorem when IT should nave palu
an additional duty OF cents gallon. Inc receivers
assert that they do not fear prosecution that they
fonnd iaw in the law and simply took advantage
vi Il.
LIVING IN A HOLE IN THE GROUND.
Honore Conrad Baumann, man hfty-nine years
old who has been leading the life of hermit ana
tramp for some years about Furdham, was found
Thursday nearly frozen and quite destitute III a
wfetcnea hut about quarter of mile
south of the railway track he Is nov