Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-06-12
CAPTURED AT LAST.
A Rochester Bank DefauIter Cap
tured at santa Cruz.

In 1883 George W. Deane, Cashier OF
the Bank of Savings Of Rochester, N.
Y, ran away with s60,000 Although
followed by detectives he was never ar
rested and finally was entirely lost sight
of.
Six weeks ago there arrived at an up
town hotel a we'll dressed and distin-
guished looking young woman, who.
upon alighting from the bus, walked
demurely into the office, registered the
name Of well known San Francisco
society belle, at at the same time stated
that she desired suite Of rooms, as she
expected her husbsnd ON the next train
from the metropolis.
Politely accedng to her request, the
Clerk designated her apartments to the
bell. boy, and lady, bag and baggage
were soon snugly ensconced in the best
apartments the house Afforded
Next night came the husband, hand
some man of 40 years, who registered
both himself and "wife, and was shown
the lady's apartments.
To enjoy life seemed the sole purpose
Of this evidently newly welded couple.
Daily rides about the beach and cliff, to
the Big Trees and Capitola seemed most
enjoyed by them. Plethoric in purse,
Colonel B., as he became known to ho-
tel people, was jovial, generous and evi.
IDENTIFY imbued with the Bohemian idea
of life, "'tis but to live"
About week after the arrival of the
couple came dapper little parsonage, a
typical dude, who, in lisping voice, re-
piled to the inquiry Of the clerk that he
was commercial traveller. representing
leading Kentucky whisky distillery,
and strong friendship sprang up be-
tween the dude salesman and Colonel
B.; always together, the two came to be
looked upon as boon companions, and
the night orgies of the pair we're hotel
talk.
Things continued smoothly on for
week, when, with an hours notice to
her liege lord after protracted and bit.
ter conference, Mrs. Colonel b. packed
up her trunks, went to San Francisco,
and, strange to say, was followed that
very afternoon by the salesman. Ingra.
tiating himself into her good will the
salesman, who was none other than
Fred Lascelles, the Pinkerton agent,
found where nearly S2S, 900 OF the
stolen bank funds were deposited in
San Francisco bank. Becoming pos.
sessed OF this amount aud quieting the
female accomplish of Colonel B.. who
was no other than Deane. by threats OF
arrest aud exposure, he compelled her to
return to this city.
That very night Deaue was confronted
with the facts Ia possession Of the astute
detective, aud as the Knowledge dawned
upon him that he was a prisoner he
tainted away. Hastily applying restor-
atives, the detective soon had his man
in shape to be removed, and persuading
disregard for the technicalities of ex-
tradition and requisition, upon the part
Of Deane, Lascelles and his prisoner qui-
city took the morning train for San
Francisco. en- route TO the scene OF the
fugitive's populations, Rochester. True
to promise given the woman by Las
celles. she was allowed to depart, AMI is
now an inmate of a bagnio in San Fran.
cisco. But for the fact Of the publica.
ton of the arrest Of Deane and the cir
cumstances attending his return to Ro.
chester, the qniet city by the sea and its
inhabitants would yet be in ignorance of
the identity of Colonel B.