National Republican., 1883-10-31
DETECTIVES AND noBBEnrEs.

"Ltttle Horace" Has an Interview witt,
Gov. Wclis-Tom Donohuo on the
AuRustoin Robbery-Lotter from, nIajor
Richards.
Horace Hogan alias little Horace" whose
name will be recognized as having been fire.
quently used during the developments arising
out of the investigations by the citizons
committee, arrived in Washington on Mon
day night in charge Of two deputy marshals,
having been pardoned by Gov Pattison, of
Pennsylvania, in which state ho was serving
n three years sentence in the eastern peni-
tentiary.
Yesterday morning Horace visited the Met
ropolitan bank and somo other scenes of his
former exploits in this city, and was closcted
for several hours with Gov Wells, the special
counsel in the cases against the ex-deteotives,
and Mr.. John w. Thompson, the chairman OF
the citizens committee. Ho was afterward
taken to the Jail.
1t will be remembered that Horace was
charged with being one of tho party who
robbed the disbursing officer of the govern
ment printing office, and it is believed that
the government is endeavorng to elicit all
tho facts connected with that robbery.
The details of this robbery are familiar, as
we'll as the excitement it created at the time
Mr.. Larcombe, the disbursing clerk, had
been watched by tho thieves for some time
and finally his safe was robbed in broad day
light of large number Of envelopes contain.
ing tho money for the employees, the whole
amount being about $4,000. The detectives
endeavored to secure the thieves and
obtained indictments against Little Horace
- Minor, frankie Buck and George Cor
son; but although they profcssed to make
diligent search only one man-Corson--was
secured. He was brought on here, but by
some means or other was allowed to go al
large and was never tried.
The same party, or some of them, are said
| to have committed the robbery of the Ma.
tional Metropolitan bank, from which $25,.
600 were stolen
1t is supposed that Little Horace, who Is
alleged to have been q participant in both
these robberies, has made detailed state.
ment in regard to them.
"That account you published of the Augen-
stein robbery was all right as far as it went
but it was altogether too mild" said Tom
Donohuo, one of the government witnesses
in the detective trials, to REPUBLICAN
stuff never left the city.
turned it up to Miller, and
the $500 was distributed by Miller himself
in the house of ono of the thieves in this
city"
In connection with this matter the follow
ing letter has been received from Maj
| Richards:
To The Editor
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 30-Lest silence on my
| part may be construed as an admission that the
statements published In your issue of this morn
ing as coming from Mrs. Augenstein so far as II
| relates to me- is true now say that 1t is abso'
| lutely and unquaiHedly false that either Mr.. or
| Mrs Augenstein, or any one for them, at any time
| or place, ever put into my hands or caused
my cor Control e' the sum nm Of Of $500 or 'HEy any
other sum, to be held by me to be paid to any
person or persons as reward for the recovery OF
| property stolen from them or for any other pur.
| pose whatever. l never spoke with Mrs. Augen.
| stein in my life until this morning, and when |
called at their store this morning Mrs. A. did not
know me, although have passed their place OF
| business nearly every business day from one to
| three times for the past ton or more years,
and usually speak to Mr.. Augenstein. However,
Mr.. Augenstein had the manliness to say to his
wife in my presence that was not the man to
whom the money was paid, Mrs. Augenstein, has
been imposed upon by some one. She said this
morning that was much stouter In 1875 than 1
| am now, whereas weigh from fifteen TO twenty
pounds more now than then. But enough on that
point.
to- day learned for the first time that any re-
ward whatever was paid for the recovery of the
Augenstein property; and am glad through to-
days Investigations to be able to say that at the
proper time Will be able TO show to whom the
reward was paid, and who 1t was that Mrs Augen-
| stein supposes was myself A. G. RICHARDS.