New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-02
GENTLEMAN RUE" MINOR CAPT URED.
WANTED FOR BANK ROBBERY IN GEOEGIA-A
CLERGYMAN AS A DETECTIVE.

CLERGYMAN cot ON a train which left Augusta
Georgia on March 20, and rode to n station twenty
miles distant. Two men occupied the seat Just III
front of him in whose conversation he became
much interested Finally he was convinced that
the men were criminals They spoke OF the spot
where the swag" was planted" The reverend
gentleman conferred with the conductor of the
tram and ut the nearest station two cOnstables EN-
tered the car and arrested the two men. lhey wore
taken back on a return train to Augusta where the
minister TOLD of his suspicious. lie then learned
that the Commercial Bank OF Augusta had been
robbed of $2.7O0 by three men VINO had escaped
The money was stolen while the third had held the
bookkeeper of the bank in conversation. Alter the
robbery the disappearance OF three strangers VINO
had been staying at one OF the principal hotelS IN
Augusta was noticed. The prisoners were ldentl-
fed as being two of the strangers From the clcws
dropped in their talk on the railroad tram the
money was all recovered except $50 The prisoners
were tried convicted and sentenced to the Georgia
pentcntIary for seven years and description OF
them was sent to Inspector ByTneS, IN TINS city
who was asked To look out for the third man.
The Inspector recognized in the description OF the
two robbers two noted bank sneaks, " Johnnie
Price and Billy Coleman. Coleman was recently
released from Auburn Prison. for n bank robbery
committed live years ago. From the description
of the third robber furnished by Chief of Police
Christian of AngSta the Inspector SUSPECTED
Mury and AlcClOskoy espicd " Rute walking
down Fifth-aye.. near Iolty-lifth-St. They took
charge OF him and directed his footsteps to Police
Headquarters. where he has remained since. Steps
were taken to inform the Southern authorities and
Yesterday Captain ". H. Route, OF Atlanta, arrived
ut Police Headquarters with eXtradltlon papers
for Rife" He expects to visit Albany to-day, and
tomorrow to start South with his prisoner
Inspector Byrnes describes g ute 3s being q
perfect gentleman in every sense of the word.
His picture is prominent among bank sneakS. lie
is about forty-Lvc years old, slightly bald and his
mouth is hidden under big mustachc. His man
ners are singularly engaging. Among his select
associates are Johnnie" Jourdan. Little Horace,
Big" Price. " Molly" Matches Chilly" Burke
and other noted bank robbers. In 1879 he figured
in the robbery of So 900 from the First National
Bank of Detroit He LAID i'll Jail i'll Baltimore for
six months to answer the accusation of stealing on
September % 1882, so, 900 from the Bank OF Bal
timore aud escaped through Il tcchncality. Tho
robbery of the biiddletown Savings Bank in 1881
of $4,000 was LAID at his door, as also was the
theft of S71 900 of railroad bonds from safe
deposit company in Philadelphia in 1882. lie
assisted Jim Burns to rob the Brooklyn Post
Office in iss2 RUFF" escaped through n weak
ness in the evidence against him. while Burns made
his escape from Raymond Street Jail and is now in
FIN