Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-02-06
STOLEN BONDS RETURNED
J0HN u. PAgTg RSON GETS BACH
ms SECURE TIES.
Ths SUM Of 500 im MIR. Patscr-
sOn's tanDds; ssut rRo Raaa 40 Fay
SS.J00 Gur si--asOgy the NegOtiR-
ttOns We're Effected.

| Ex.Dislrios attorney John o. Patterson
received last MINT week from the hands of
Philsdelphia detective, tho whole Of the
/ securities amounting to eli, 800 stolen
from him on December 7th, in tho Ma.
opal Bank Gf Delaware. THE property
was handed to Mr.. Patterson in his office.
Bat lie had to pay the Immense SUN of
S3,5N before the Hcourities wore re-
tuned.
The details of the discovery OF the
veuAhlas is one of those larfS histories,
n2d probably alwnys will remains so, be-
tween the detectiYs1 and their afents on
the one band 9nd the thieves and their
4 go'betwsens Cp the other hand. In this
\ case the vGIinus partieG intareqted in the
matter We're located in New York, Bo.ton
and Philadelphia. THE plGnder itselt
was hidden array IN an obscure Canadian
town to which place tho vaiuhElea had
| been hurried imtp ndiRtely it had got into
tho thleVes' hands. gle main correspond
enoe, for very large Share OF the work
o' reGeeming the securities wes accom-
plishc through the mail, was carried IN
hstgeen Canada and Philadelphia.
Everything vap left in the desectiyes'
hpnds aiihGaeh their Representative in
! Philadelphia lad nnnassarily frequent
interviews with Nr. Pnttsgsoa hero. The
lattse had tiyEt OF eli to rlace very large
guri of money IN Gaah ia Tho ,Isa5s Of tho
dotaotiycs Ter 1t WDs Eoon dl,loYersd that
the thieves Wesa 80 thoroughly protected
ard seorCied ii:at rot ercr could they be
mot BY second or third.h .hard representa-.
tvs but the syetem was so thorough thst
.he fourth removed frcm The ptncipaIs
had often 10 pe dealt with and in the
nlostFsuerded manner also.
Tho first setback that MIR. PatterSon's
representative experienced ia their nago.
tiatiora was when they sscer,pined that
the thieves we're not at Gil willing to
make o bargain. They wore quite iaaf-
fetant. It seemed more than once thet tho
negotiations wov ia be thrown mp. Upon
the lattor3 co1tpiriry toe thieves' tesms
being shown to Nr. Patterson it was
Thought Rdv;sabls 90 make another effort.
Ihis TINE :h1 bargaining was renewed
again .hrnuyh frequent advertising in
the New York pRpaTs. Tsese appeared,
for instance, N the pessGnaig OF the New
Yy"k 8orGld, in the following form:
\ Will RE READY For BUSINESS
u on Wednesday. Answer. sToDDARD,
rbs above Mas So Galual advertisement
!
Replies 10 such mgsgagas entailed
numerous personal interviews, Journeys
bgck Rni fGrth between tho citios men
toned. Some OF She meetings were held
in Few Yo;k. Others in Boston, but
always IN secluded, ont oi..he.way places
and il the most guarded and thoroughly
pre4rranged manner. Ar. Patterson is
in To3session of q great deal OF the
orig'nsl correspondence.
DON'T yop think, 5ir. Patterson" q
GAzETTE representative remarked, "thet
the sh.n you paid, SG,5H0, pretty heavy
tax for tho return OF your sacpEiticD !?
Does II rot look somsshing like black
mailing ?"
"Weil, on exact consideration OF the
whale matter do not think 10. In the
hest Elloo, ss the neggtiItions proceeded
l became assur0d that | Yves entirely at
the thie7es' nsrcy. Aud also they did
mot care TO treat with ne. Besides l am
only too R!ad Of being rid Of the incsssent
mental annoyance. And yon muBt re-
, member that the nature of some of tie
BsGuFitjRs was Buch that while tine paps1s
could be no use 90 them gople not matur-
i1g for 90 yeara, they GOULD entail entire
losa on me. Indeed / sm very much
gEEtitisd in getting the securities buck
and being at peace Of mind again.
81 do lot criticize the men l employed
Rs being oVer-sSactiEg in their charges.
The work accomplished by them l know
to have been incessant, very exarsing
and of extreme personal risk. All their
bills, expenSes, &C., were regularly sent
me. give the msn tkeg greatest credit
for their 6edulousness and Of course their
ultimate success, though at the large cost
to me. OF course in the sum of SS, 500
paid, the expenses and all bills incurred
10 included"
'D5n't you Think the reporter CON
tinued, "that the bank might have aided
you In your search Z"
"Yes, l emphaticHlly think 90. think
it was their duty, considering all ths cir
cumstanoeE of the robbery, to offer re-
werd icr ths apprehension Of the thieves.
"When offered the I'll 600 reward for
the recovery of my yaluaplos / suggested
to Mr.. Banning the pgopsiety Of his
doing something. The reply received
was that the directors could do nothing
as thay we're at the time going to large
expenditure In fixing up the bank prem
lees. The detectives told me also that
they were surprised at the action, or lack
OF action OF the bank officials.
They related also tine news which they
bad discovered Rs AZ undoubtad fpct that
the bunco men VINO had talked with Mr.
Banning on tao day OF the robbery, and
had tried tu Induce him to drive cut with
them to visit some property wsre an on
tiEeIy distinct SGT from the bank thieves.
The two gangs did not snow one another.
II was only an accident that they ehanceG
to DO operating the Same day."
OF oourse no description of the bsuk
thieves can be divulgsd by those who
carried on the negotiations. Any effort
to obtain information on that point out
side of wnat little was ssen in this city Is
practically useless.
The experiences of tine detectives has
proved that most wonderful system for
tho inmadiNte deportation Of "sWag" to
secure rarbor in Canada exists. Also
that the poiica aud law authorities OF
both she UniGed Ststes aud Canada arc
completely poweriess before them.
OF course from tho first MIR. Patterson
had to run risks additional to his first
loss. Ee had to place 80, 600 in the
hands Of Detectives whom he no moro
knew than the thievsH. Ee saya, however,
thRt ha ia thoroughly grateful that ha
trusted them. He subsequently, With
almost endless coExesuondence and
numerous Interviews had to satib-y him
self upon the integrity oi the New York
and Boston agents. Nothing practical
could be accomplished until the thieves
saw TIE "coior OF the money"
Ons Thursday Mr.. Patterson took his
bonds ov5r 10 tho Security Trust ana Safe
nsunsit gCmDaDy u,hapa tho valuahlaa