New-York tribune., 1885-01-04
TO CANADA FOR A GOOD TIME
A MESSENGER RUNS AWAY WITH 81, $685.

TELLING ANOTHER BOY THAT HE FOUND THE
MoYEY-ARREsTED IN SYRACUSE.
John II. Davis g. Co., bankers and brokers Of
No. IL Wail-st,, sent call to the Independent
District Telegraph Company about 10 a. m. on
Friday. 1t was answered by William II. Devin,
messenger No. 81. He was given number Of
Coupons valued at $1,305 and sent to the Mer-
chants Exchange National Bank to exchange
them for money. When hour had passed
and he did not return, Davis & Co. sent to the
bank, but no trace could be found of Deylin About
o'clock they informed General Manager James
Wolf, of the messenger company. who, after
searching IN vain for the boy until O'clock, III
trusted the matter to Pinkerton's Detective
Agency. Detectives at once started out and sue
cecded III getting upon Devlin's track Upon leav-
ing the bank he met James Wilson, another mes
senger-boy, III Nassau ST., TO whom he showed the
money, which he said he had fodnd. and suggested
trip to Canada TO see te ice palace. They proceeded
to n clothing store in Baxter-st., where their uni
forms were dotted and they put on plain clothing.
They visited several other stores and bought new
shoes aud hats, after which they went to the West
Shore ticket office at Forty-second-st and Sixth
aye and purchased two tickets for Buffalo, saying
that they intended to take the 9 p. NJ. train.
To kill time while waiting for the tram they went
10 theatre, when Devlln confessed tc
4 Co. When Wilson heard this he %.,ss, said
and left Dcylin, taking with him 1906, which the
l,6er had given him. Dcvlin went on his Journey
alone. and Plukertons agency tclegraphed de-
serption of him TO the police authorities along the
line Of the West Shore Railroad. Yesterday teic
gram sent from the Chief Of Police of Syra-
cmsc TO the agency. saying that he had surrounded
officers who had arrested the hoy, and had found
upon him 81 ,050. A detective was sent to SYRIA
cuse and will bring the boy back TO TINS
city tomorrow.
shorty after the receipt of the dispatch from
Syracuse Wilson was found in this city by ono OF
Pinkerton'H men, and tho S260 was found upon
him. He was allowed 10 go home.
Each of the boys Is about sixteen years old. Dev-
In is said to he the OF respectable parents, who
manager OF the messenger company SAID thal ne
did not intend TO prosecute him. lie has been In
the employ of the company for long time, mo
detectives think that Wilson Is guilt lcss OF any
wrong He IL the only support OF widowed
mother Davis 81 Co. said that Devlin ought 70 DO
prosecuted by the company as an example TO other
boys, bat have not determined what action they
will take They say that it - customary Tor the
banks 10 cash coupons with checks. but that they
FdS for tine Ft i% tnt av 5he @eI
In eXhange for coupons.
WHAT DEvLIN SAID IL SYRACUSE.
fnY TELEGRAPH the rRisusE
SYRACUSE. JAN Blast night Robert A. Pnker-
ton telegraphed Chief of Police Wright TO arrest
William II. Dcvlin. of whom he gave an accurate
description. Captain Quigley took squad OF men
TO tho West Shore station TO meet 'ho -'tV q. ID.
train. lie went into the smoking-car aud talked
with Young man answering the description given
BY the dispatch. The youpg man said that his
nnmo was Mccoy, and that he had lived In
Oil City. Penn. and was going to Buffalo. Captain
Quigly searched him and found 81 900 in bills on
him. The young man explained that he bad made
the money in the oil regions. He was arrested az
terward Fifty dollars more were found on him and
he made a full confession. He said that the other
messenger. Wilson. proposed that they should run
away TO Canada with the money that he
had got for his firm, as he had stolen $500
once and S7S again and didn't, get
caught DeylIn accrDtod the proposition aud went
10 the Murray Hill Bank aud got the ,Sl 900 bill
changed aud gave Wilson two 800 bills. Ihen
they went to- IIsrngan and Ilarts New Park
Theatre. After the matinee was over Wilson tft
Ucylin promising 10 meet him IN that neighbor-
hood fie didn't do 81 aud Deyin left the city
alone lie said that he intended to go TO Quebec
and thence TO New-Oreans.
The money was sent tonight by express to DAVIS
& TO-