The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-23

street station. A square below the car
halted, and minute later the burly form
OF large man dropped into the seat beside
Mcdonnell. He was Detective Bhgh.
II am going to take You back, " said Bligh.
but, my dear sir" somewhat warmly
/ replied Mcdonnell, you impose on good
nature am free man until my case is
/ called
Come along" was Capt. Bligh's answer.
as he pulled the car bell and helped the man
| of. He took Mcdonnell by dark streets
| back to the station, where he remained I'M
I'll Hazen arrived. The Cincinnati man did
not recognize the check raiser as any one
! that he wanted, so Capt Bligh had to ct
/ the man 60, though he did it very Re-
Iuotaneiy. mcdonnell left the city and, of
! course, never returned.
Capt. Blgh was very anxious to- keep
/ trace OF Mcdonnell. He soon found way.
| The check raiser had left his trunk behind
The detective knew it would be sent for,
! and resolved to keep a close eye on 1t. True
enough, in week or two an order came
that the trunk be shipped by the Adams .aex-
press TO New York city. Mr.. Bligh sent the
number Of the package and description Of
the trunk to the Pinkertons in New York
city. Find who receives this trunk and
where it goes,n he ordered. The Pinkertons
spotted" the trunk, aud found it was taken
by man who did not answer McDonnells
description from the office Of the express
company to a steamer bound for England
Capt bligh was notified of these facts.
Then he knew that Mcdonnell was in
England.
He had a number OF McDonnell's photo
graphs made, and sent them to England.
One he directed to Scotland Yard.
As Capt. Bligh afterwRrd stated, no felt
by intuition that Mcdonnell was an extra
ordinary criminal, and it was from this
INgFFN hot ~ A..
None of the English detectives even sent a
thank you" for the photographs and the
warning.
About two years afterward the whole
world was startled by the announcement
that the Bank OF England had been robbed
OF al immense sum of money. Who were
the guilty men? Hundreds of detectives
were put to work on the case. For a time
no progress was made. One day Scot
land Yard detective happened to
recall the photograph which some
'backwoods sleuthhound," as he put
1t, had sent to the Office. The picture had
been carelessly thrown aside, after prob
ably being the butt of some heavy English
joke. By rare good luck the photograph
was found. 1t was taken by the detective,
who thought, however, that he would not
be paid for his pains, to the cashier who
had paid out the money on the forged
checks.
That is the man." exclaimed the Bank
OF England official when he saw the photo
graph. Then the world was flooded with
these photographs. Mcdonnell and his
partners" were captured. Mcdonnell was
caught through the photograph and Capt
Bligh's accurate description Of his person
and his habits and the check raiser's arre5t
led to that of his pals" Singularly enough,
they were caught In different parts of the
world, having separated as soon as the
crime was committed.
The Bank Of England. when it learned of
Capt. Bllgh's part in the case, sent him a
Check-not one Of McDonnell's-fo $50
aud letter Of thanks. the detective priced
this letter very highly, and his family still
have IL in their possession. Capt. Bligh re-
garded Mcdonnell as the "smoothest,"
shrewdest criminal he ever came 10 contact
with. And Yankee" met good many in
his lifetime.