Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-11
TENNESSEE'S TREASURER.
FURTHER DNTAILS OF THE DE
FAULTER'S CAPTURE.

Fifty Thousand for His Release - At
tempt to Bribe His Last Captor-Caught
In the Sage Brush-His Nephew Over
the Border with the Swag-The Culprit
ON His Way Home in Charge of Two
United States Marshals.
NASHVILLE, Jan. .10.-Detectives Portar
and Field left last night for Texas with
requisition and all the necessary papers
to secure Col. Polk.
A box has come to light. left by Treas
urer Polk before he decamped with the
former Treasurer, DIR. VIM. Morrow.
which box and contents he had instructed
his attorney, Jno. W. Childress, of this
city, to take charge of. The box contains
various papers, mostly receipts, drafts
and due bills from different
persons for amounts varying from So to
S2S,O0O, and aggregating about Sl25. 900.
They date back as far as the spring Of
1879. Among them are due bills Of Chas.
\. Gibbs, the former Secretary of
State, for $1,000, about the same amount
in the name of Rufus X. Polk, and
smaller amounts from various members
of the last Legislature were also found.
There are sight drafts on Thomas O'COn-
nor for about $4,000. also one for 81. 200.
drawn by member of the last Legisla-
ture on OConnor. There are vouchers
showing that Polk invested over SOS 600
in the lumber enterprise of ID. b. Cooper a
Co.; also receipt of ID. B. Cooper for 81. 600
borrowed money. Other papers i'm the
box give evidence that Polk invested S93.-
600 in silver mine in Mexico and Sc. 600
in the Nashville Gate Company. There
is one receipt for $4,000 paid TO Thos.
O'C0nnor for stock in the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Company, notes
of VIM. Morrow, the former State Treas
urer, respectively for $500 and $500. anh
Morrow's checks for 500 and $50 to-
gether with numerous other small
amounts against various persons. These
papers were left in the ATTORNEYS hands
by Polk for collection.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 10.-A special
from San Antonio to the Pic0ytne saws.
Treasurer Polk, when captured, was ac-
compamed by detective named Came
ron, whom he had brihed TO pilot him out
of the country. They left the train the
night before last at Webb station. and
Cameron walked twenty miles to procure
horses, Polk being out in the brush
When captured by the officer polk's hands
and clothing were filled with pricklv near
thorns, which he had got from wandering.
in the thicket. Cameron was also arrested
and held by Officer Sheely, and after his
an COZ ~ PIO0SoOcui UeilliiS tHe OHcer that he
had made good thing out of the bust
ness and could put him in the way TO
realize few thousand, Sheely denounced
him for his insulting proposition, and he
will use these unsolicited confessions
against Cameron"
GALVESTON, Jan. 10. A sneciaI
dispatch from Laredo says; UTreas-
urer Polk, after his arrest bv De-
tectiye Price, was liberated for something
over 500, 900 and took the train for this place
getting off at Webb station, thirty miles
from that place, United States Marshal
Sheely, learning this, started in pursuit
on Aorseback. On arriving at Webb's he
arrested the detective sent with Polk.
After considerable trouble he found Polk
secreted seven miles from Webb's. Polk
was at tirst disposed to fight. Afterwards
Se offered Marshal Sheely $4,000 to release
him. Polk was taken to this city, where
he will be held until the necessary papers
arrive. He has very little money with
him. 1t is reported that his nephew and
servant crossed into Mexico with a Ia,4e
amount Of money. Polk appears mueh
distressed at his arrest.''
A later special says: ''Polk left for
Austin to-day in charge of two United
States MarShalSo