The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-24
COLEMAN CAUGHT.
Aoe bank swindier WIN shortly he IN
Durance Vile


Inc readers of the HERALD will remem,
Der that ON December 10th the City National
bank OF this city, was victimized to the ex,
tent OF 50, LOBBY scoundrel representing
himself as George Coleman, Of Norfolk
virginia. The articles used TO extract
That large sum of money were considered
extremely clever by the entire banking
fraternity OF the country. Subsequent de.
velopments showed that the signature IL
the Norfolk draft was genuine and the
amount had been ''N
sKILFULLy RAISED
from sly TO $1,000 Upon ascertajning their
loss the officers of the bank set about hunt.
ing the rascal, but the latter had the adj.
vantage oil good start, which was in a
great measure iurthered by the delay ex.
peraehceu III using the wires, the forgery
afternoon and the memorable rules Of lie
Western Union forbidding the sending or
receiving OF dispa' ches on the Sunday fol.
lowing. The search begun on Saturday
was prosecuted vigorously, and q large re.
ward was added as a subsequent incentive
10 the detective talent abroad to help the
directory OF the bank in their efforts Ia
reach the fugitive. OF course, Coleman
was seen and heard of everywhere. and
every country lad coming into town wa,
suddenly transformed into well.filled re.
Posltory OF information with regard To
georges whereabouts. Correspondence
brough. "' ''"A''
INNUMERABLE PHOTOGRAPHS,
ann the fihKertons were not without their
thnnriau
ever, Tor Inspector Byrne, OF the New York
ro"ca, force to furnish the G ne, which led 10
.5oleman's arrest yesterday morning, On
thursday morning last the officers of the
Dank received confidential message from
mat well known functionary, expressing
ms CONVICTION, that he knew where to find
the iugltlve. An answer was immediately
sent asking him TO watch the susprct, 4
party and Mr.. 0'Conner. the president o
The city National Bank, followed the tele
gram by the next train, armed with the
necessary warrant. Great discretion and
caution had to be used, as the suspecte,
party was simply watched; but the plar
adopted to secure the bird, seems 10 have
Deen well managed. Mr. 0'Uonncr had
oareiy reached New York, when he tele.
raphed the TACT that inspector Byrue was
RIGHT IN MS ASSUMPTION,
SN'@fNNNNh party WAS nU
other than George Coleman Of
Texas fame. Such resIl,
has been anticipated, and the governor OF
iexas mad, meanwhile. been asked To issue
the necessary papers. These reouisitiou
papers, issued to Private Detective Spencer
ieit Austin Saturday last aud will reach
New, York to-day. when they can be for.
warced to Governor Clevelandfo for the neces.
sary endorsement, Detective Spencer lell
last evening for New York and, barring
whatever legal technicalities which NAV
arise, he will return inside of ten DAYS.
bringing back with him the consummate
hank swindler to face his aggrieved accusers.
There seems to be no doubt of the
IDENTITY OF THE PARTY
arrested in New York. Inspector Byrne
has well-earned reputation as a shrewd
detective, who has done remarkably fine
work for several large corporations on the
eastern coast. Besides this, the recoeni.
ton OF the thief by the bank president
seems to have been immediate, In spite of
the complete disguise the former may be
reasonably supposed to have assumed after
leaving the scene of his Dallas exploits.