The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-11-10
TRACKED BY A PICTURE.
The Olew That Led to q BIG Grim
.inars Arrest.
Hdw Louiayille Detective Aided English
~ omcers In Catching = Bank Robbsr
He Jumped His hall In Amer
~iCa for Larger Game Abroad.


The release recently of Mcdonnell
and Hill. who were the accomp]ices of
9 the famous SBidweu in .robbing the
Banksof England of one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, has local in
terest, says the Louisville Courier
Journal. Mcdonnell was once in this
city, and he will never cease regretting
that visit, for it was by his trip to
Louisville that he and his partners in
that one hundred and fifty thousand
dollar transaction were traced and ar
rested:e
One day in the spring Of 1871, 'Yan-
kee" Blieh, then chief of detectives,
was notified that bank in this city
had been robbed of one thousand dol
= lars by raised check. Capt.
Bligh went to work on the
sase himself: He first went to the
banks and asked to see the check. One
glance at the slip of paper and he was
immensely interested in the case. II
was beautiful piece of work from the
detectives point of view, one that
showed the difference betv cen the true
= criminal artist and the clumsy novice
Capt Bligh secured an accurate de.
scription Of the man who had taken the
check to the bank. He was soon look.
ing for a Gall, elegant gentleman with
an easternsaccent and the manner of a
man of thesworld. The man whom he
wanted could speak French, Spanish
and Italian, was an accomplished mu.
Stefan. was devoted to the arts, found
great enjoyment in the dead languages
and. aboveall and beyond everything,
was of an intensely benevolent turn OF
mind. Detective Bligh hunted high
and low for his accomplished stranger,
and finally caught him. His culture
found him out. The man said he was
Mr.. Mcdonnell, of New York city. he
was living in small room near the
heart Of the city. He protested in
words OF three syllables against the
detectives blunt accusation, but was
marched off to Jail. nevertheless. &c
said it was all cruel mistake, bu,
Capt Bligh soon had as good case as
he wanted against the Suspect"
Hardly had the doors of the jail
closed behind Mcdonnell than he sent
out for lawyers. He engaged the late
-. Martin Blur and w. L. jackson, Jr.
He told them he had plenty of money
in New York city. Telegraphic com
munications with that city showed that
This was true. His friends sent word
to spare no expense in getting Nc.
Donnell out The case came up in court
in few days, and the cultured
stranger, whose injured air seemed
born of innocence, was held over for
the rather low bond of one thousand
dollars. ,; The money was furnished
right away and the court issued an
order to release the man..
Yankee" Bligh saw through the
scheme with the quickness of a fash.
Mcdonnell was going to jump his bail.
Liberty for $1,000 was as cheap as dirt.
The detective had already shrewdly
gathered an idea that Mcdonnell was q
great criminal, who was wanted" in
many places He felt pretty certain
that the check raiser's presence was de.
sired in Cincinnati. He asked Melon.
nell to remain oyer until the next
evening at eight O'clock, so that Detec.
Awe Larry Hazen, of Cincinnati, could
seome down and have look at him.
y This he of the culture, many languages,
and proneness .tg~-raise checks agreed
to do. He said he wanted to dispel all
suspicion, tsrfbes.<very charge against
his honesty. While he was waiting fol
the arrival of the Cincinnati detective
Capt. Bligh took his photograph. Nc.
Donnell thought this was carrying the
vigilance 81 the law to excess, hut still
ais objection did not go beyond that
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