Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-11
RUNNING DOWN THIEVES.
Successful Chase of the MinneapOl
Bank Robbers.


Louis Floyd, twenty-five years old of Min
neapolis. Mimi, was arrested in New York
city yesterday on the charge of being
concerned in the robbery of $4,000 in cash
from the Bank of Minneapolis on Septem-
Der last. Philip NJ. Scheig. the paying tel
Ter Gf the bank, who is supposed to have
stolen the money from the banks safe, to-
gether with Frank Floyd, the youngest
brother of the prisoner. are at present pas
sengers on the German steamship Spree.
which sailed from New York for Southamp-
ton and Bremen on Sunday.
The prisoner Louis Floyd, was captured
on the steamer Wordsworth. which was
about to start for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The story of the robbery of the bank
vaults by Scheig, the paying teller, who had
been employed by the institution since boy
hood, together with the travels of The fugi-
tives until the time of the capture of one of
them. is full of interest and romance
The Floyd boys were we'll known men,
about-town in Minneapolis, and Scheig the
bank officer, was their most intimate asso-
ciate.
In the course of a couple of years they
squandered in the neighborhood of $70OOO
which had been left them by their father,
who was a wealthy photographer. This
autumn they ran out of funds and the rob-
berry of the bank is supposed to have been
suggested by them to Scheig, who had ac-
cess to the vaults. On Tuesday, September
4, the day following Labor Day, Minneapo-
lis was startled by the knowledge that the
bank had been robbed of a large sum of
money, and that the paying teller had fled.
1t was subsequently learned that he had
gone to st. Louis, where the two Floyds
had been waiting for him.
About week afterward Inspector Nc
Laughlin of New York received word from
Vernon NJ. Smith, chief of police of Mime
apolis. that the money had been stolen and
. that Mrs. Floyd, mother of the Floyd boys,
was en- route to New York city. On her ar
rival there she was followed. She went to a
hotel and remained there for several days.
Then she returned to Minneapolis and was
arrested
In the meantime Scheig and his two &C.
complces, who were in st. Louis, had be-
gun to spend their money freely. They
bought horses, wagons, dogs, guns, &c, and
started on the overland journey to the
south, where they proposed to camp out
during the winter, and hunt and fish. They
had negro with them as their servant.
They drove through Kentucky to Oakdale
Tenn, and then to Chattanooga, in the
same state. Then they went to Atlanta,
Ga, aad then to Charleston, S. C.
While in Charleston they camped in the
woods outside the city. All were excellent
marksmen, and astonished the natives by
shooting apples off each others heads. and
performing other marvellous feats with rifle
and revolver. Leaving some of their effects
behind them in Charleston, they finally con-
cluded to leave the country and go to Bra
zil They started for New York city arriy-
ing in Jersey City on October 81 last and at
once booked for Rio de Janero by steamer
Wordsworth. The vessel sailed on Novem-
Der l, and among her passengers were the
three fugitives, with horse, wagon and all
their traps.
But bad luck befell them, for the ship had
scarcely passed out of the lower bay when
she broke her screw and was forced to re-
turn to port for repairs. The three adven-
turers still remained on board the vessel
which expected to leave for South America
today. On Monday, however, Scheig saw a
paragraph in a newspaper to the effect that
the police were on the track of the robbers
He became alarmed at once. In company
with Frank Floyd, he left the Wordsworth
and boarded the Spree at Hoboken on Mon
day night.
Louis Floyd remained behind to proceed
to Rio de Janeiro. The others promised to
meet him there by steamers from England
Richard T. Risley, the president of the
Bank of Minneapolis, and detectives from
that city were close on the heels of the
fugitives. and arrived in New York yester-
day morning.
They repaired at once to police head
Detectives were detailed on the case. 1t
did not take long for the officers to locate
Louis Floyd on the Wordsworth, and he
was arrested. Floyd will be sent back to
Minneapolis as soon as requisition papers
can be made out, and the fugitives on the
ocean will be arrested on reaching South
ampton, England