The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-02-01

hoose Of Ufssel, Morgan n r0ain rlilla' /
delphla, soyofnl bonds wllth had boon
stolen from the Manhattan hank Wheh ilg .
vaults wcfe plundefed ny the Hoppe and /
their uOntdCfhios, october ~ lWS. Dorsey |
vent with Inspector liyrnes ~ Philadel. /
phIa M prosecute Cannon, ana as a result
Cannon was sentenced 10 fifteen years I'M |
prsoumont. While CannOn's trial was In |
pr0press Detective Dorsey visited Cherry |
nm prison, pnd while there talking WITH |
Superintendent Jones learned that thore
was o mysterious prisoner, found guilty. OF
burglar, In one Of the cellg. Dorsey was
shown the convict, but could not identity
him. That prisoner was, Stewart, allas
Coleman, the "layor.down."
When informed that he had been recog-
ni2ed. Stewart admitted that he had done
tbatn in Cherry Hill and that he had been
only out of prison seven months. lie SAID
that the burrows in his fingers had been
made by the hard work he had done While
in jail. ...
The New York Sun of the same date has
| the following account of the arrest:
| A postal card from the president OF the
| civ National bank of Dallas, Texas, came
| To Inspector Byrnes, on December 18Th;
| II rpcited that the bank had been defraudnd
of Sc 500 by a cleverly forged draft, and that
the man who had committed the fraud
called himself George Coleman. An I'M
usually accurate description OF Coleman
was also on the postal card. 1t specified,
among other things, that he had blue marks
on the back of his right hand.
| The description was given to DetecuVe
Sargeauts Bradford and Dusenbury, and
in few days they reported that man gen
erally answering the description was in the
CITY. lie was in the habit OF VISITING me
Iinnor saloon at Dey and Greenwich
streets with notorious thief and iorger.
Then he disappeared, but early in Janu-
arv reappeared. and associated with George
, Wilkes one of the members of Pete Burn 5
: lannon's gang of forgers, who were arrested
in Florence, Italy, and most of whom died
in Italian prisons,
, nIaced Detectives Radford and Dusenbury
/ with Detective Sergeants Williamson and
, Cnsaroye, as being less likely to be known
10 the men who were being watched. The
two now men followed the suspected forger
! and learned that his haunts were the Deg
| street saloon, Red Leary saloon IN twenty
: third street, Eddy Mathewss saloon II
!; Second avenue, Tom Draper s ~ oiAG Law ave
f nuc, and some reputed gambling mouse!
= and similar resorts. The detectives coulc
not ret a look at his hands. Last Thurs
day night they shadowed thei
man and Eddy. Mathews from
g the latter's saloon OF Seconc
avenue and Twenty-seYenth street, 10 mar
2 rigan & Harris theatre, and succeeded II
eating seats lust behind them. Matthews
Companion sat at first with his oovercost
5 and gloves on, but soon the warmth OF tn
theatre led him to remove the coat. A
last he took off his gloves. The detective:
leaned over and saw the blue marks on thu
. back of bis right hand. The marks ;, arc
marks of India ink, forming no particular
5 design. but sufficiently distinct to have
t caught the eye of the Texas cashier as the
: hand grasped the banks money,
| The detectives reported, Inspector Byrne'
= teiegraphed to President Conner of the Dial
: la. bank, and President Conner arrived II
this city on Monday evening, about aoD an5
Von Gerichten arrested the supposed Cole
) man in Mathews ber-room. Mr. Common
unhesitatingly identified him as the mar mar
, ~eant Dorcey recognized him as an ex-con
, ySict. The prisoner described himself as
John Stuart, so years old, but refused tc
give his residence.