The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-18
TRACED M MEANS OF 4 PICTURE
How rorcer Mcdonnell Left - Clue In
America that Led TO HIS Arrest.

From the Courier journal.
| The release yesterday OF Mcdonnell and
| Hill, who were the accomplices OF tho famous
Bidwell in robbins tho Bank OF England OF
$l5O.0OO. has n local interest. Mcdonnell was
| once in this city, and he will never cease re-
GREETING that visit. for it was by his trip to
Louisville that no and his partners in that
| $4,000 transaction were traced and arrested.
Ono day in tho spring Of 1871. Yankee
| BliEh. then Chief Of Detectives. was notified
| that a bank in this city had been robbed OF
81, 900 by a raised check. Capt. Blirh went to
work on the case himself. He first went to the
bank and asked to see tho check. Que glance
Mt tho slip Of paper and he was immensely
| Interested in the case. 1t was q beautiful
piece OF work from tho detectives point OF
! view, one that showed the difference between
the true criminal artist and the clumsy novice.
Capt. Bligh secured an accurate description
of the man who had taken the check to the
bank. He was soon looking for a tall.
elegant gentleman. with an Eastern &c.
world. The man whom he wanted could
sneak French. Spanish. and Italian. was
an ACCOMPLISHED musician. was devoted 70 me
guages. and above all and beyond everything
Tas Of an i intsnsSly r 9sne Sfsh It'll tirn Io St fn mih nis
Him.. HEis snItars Puma %i%. eas: y I1e % H
lie was living in a small room near the heart
Of the city. He protested in words of three
ss ion a ! hss W Sgsi Matched Ihs de of to iail newer aSsHss.
He said it was all a cruel mistake; but Capt;
Bllgh soon had as Go,:od a case as ho wanted
asraly had thS doors IS, Of the II iai &c closed be
5 5s ss 3 :r. He He i toid f shsm he 1,'h had Hh Plenty II; Il
money in New York city. TeleGraphic com
was true. His friends sent Word to spare no
expense in getting Mcdonnell out. The case
came up in court in a few days. and the ,cul-
tured stranger. whose injured air seemed born
bond Of $1,000, The money was furnished
right away and the Court issued an order to
., n{Sankes" Bligh e sew . o through the SCI e wn
SSls cheap ca 'a as dirt. The detectlve. had already
shrewdly sathsrel al ides that NetoHRsll
ssssk Esises;: pTesssSs va desired IN Sinsins
a aati the b next ss1se svsninS at 3 o'cI Is;ia SO thst
Detective Larry ,Hazen OF Cincinnati could
S TSTs hs so oI The e enitur hay many a l ,SHs ct l and
said he Wanted to to- dIsp:i' iii saspieioa;,t e face
G Jet afie' CAPT. BIich TOOK his photosraph..
slsiISnee Of the iM'iH law to ' Excess Waf but sa stiil BIS s obe
jeSMiiG po did 10, L &c beyond d, that calm al FL h ud a Hirst
street station. which was whore the. Wayfarers'
tive. Just before 8 O'Clock, the next evening
T %aGs's IL, I iasseaa 81 1 tie , cisc'p mari
the next day. Capt. Blish tried, in every Way
he could to get the r. rFi;one r to stayg oyer yer unit!
Of tho Court, said his client had already been
too obliginc: and insisted on the prisoners
and ! M: Blur Stu and MeDonne iFV walked out Of
shS station nni hpu M:Dd They had stG mot gone sss Z half
with the exclamation.
"Iforeot something"
You had better not go back there" said the
E{ saa . ! %sss ! hs|''s siTl. NJ Who cI Sfou .a'sf me my
to tie %. ff %i H., is;s ak sSSs q saf IT. h 1s% WI. S'va ~
HAND , ns ts sS!s w 'tsn. 4foSiil s S SiiI w III s sYs cg%:
forget her klndn.ss. ! do love little children.
Msbonneli's style Of Generosity. 'ua''0A u
Market aHS sTT %sire Msa ~ lheFo 0S Mr. E Bij nsH1 lsit ans his
client. who boarded a ear for the Fourteenth
a and = s mina!e iat sana Ire b beiGy t {nG fa al nf inrso
n r. dropped into t 3; scat beside Mcdonald.
n, hsp NJ by 1o,n dear SIR SIR, so; somewhat b warmly re-
= e ieg a " n WA" was Cap ta Bii = fsI answer, as
h. pulled the car he'll and helped the man of.
s%tst aSGs M MGefs be- r ny aars sft nntii f nsks to t m,
rived. The Cincinnati mar did not recognize
TIE check k,, raiser IS any one that he wanted.
he did il. very reluctantly McDonncIi isft tie
city. and, OF course. never returned.
cheek raiser had lott MS trunk behind. tic
detective knew 1t would DO sent for. and
resolved TO Keen n close pya an n Trina
enough. in 2 week or two an order came
that Hrass ,n 70 t Eew Y ns tsn s;y Ny BY t kfIa Adams ans, N n.
tthsa trunk to tic 'PSfitSt a%i in New %sse Yonrp eit =.
sd Ssn" he S" ord fes5.ef III! Ie' Pi sIunt asa s pnsfs !!
tine tnsn t, w6a ai Hp not t1 "nsxs s9S Mo i WAS taken asaI BY a
a steamer bound for England. Capt. BiiGh
Vas notified q these iacts. Then he knew
"l Ho, had a nu NIB = q aAMSic cboonnelrs photo.
EsadRih rsc made e. and snoti ssntt 9sI to England. One
As Capt BligII ,atterward stated. he iclt by
Intuition that McDonnell was nn extraordinary
criminal. and it was from this feeling that he
Detectives sven sent a thank YOU" Tor the
photographs and the warming;
vas Startled By Tie ennouncsme %"0! that sV the
bank OF England had been robbed Of an i'm
m msnS h fHm H, % OF aete whS were Wst the 6 guilty y
M %ade. on One 'a's e das a. iS sco 9 lama Y Yarra d0s astsst Tss
some "6sSkwoodS sis%Sthho%%pi.' 4 he pui,
been carelossly, thrown aside, after probably
being tho butt Of some heavy English Joke.
by rare good luck the photograph was found
i was taken by the detective. who thought.
pains. to the cashier who had paid out the
money on TIE forged, checks.
That Is the man." exclaimed the Bank Of
England official when, he saw the photograph.
Then the world was Hooded with these photo
captured, MeD9nnnsil was caught through The
scrlption. OF his person and his habits. and the
check %raiser's arrest led to that OF his pals"
iersnt parts Of the world; having separated as
The Bank Of England. when i, learned Of
Capt; Bligh,s Part in the case, sent him u cheek
Of thanks The dstectiye priced this letter
their Possession. Capt BliGh, regarded Me-
NAL lie aver came in Contact with. And
" Yankee" met u good many in his lifetime. .,