St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-10
HOW SChEl5 WAS CAUGHT
TIE DEFsgLT..gG TELLER ARRIVED
IN ~ w Yc6X YESTERDAY,
I'm COMPANY WITH FLo9D.

The Story OF How He Was Ap-
pretended Told for the First
Tirne-.i Fatal Letter sent to
F1oYd's Cousin, Who WAS to
Be Chief Of the i1xchequer and
General Pooh Bah OF the Party.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Quarantine, Long Island, Yesterday. an
nounced the arrival from Liverpool of
the steamer New York. hoving on board
Philip Scheig. the defaulting teller of
the Bank of Minneapolis, and his side
partner, Frank Floyd. 1t is expected
thrt the gay Young men who cut SO wide
swath as high rollers on other peoples
money will be landed on their native
heath about next Wednesday, and it is
safe to say that their welcome home Will
be anything but cordial
In this connection bit of history not
heretofore made public, and whicn has
to do with the first clue to the appre-
hension of the fugitiyeS, is apropos.
When Phil -Scheig and his two COM
panionS, the Floyd boys, arrived at ST.
Louis, and when they were engaged ia
making preparations for their famous
Southern tour, it occurred to the trio
that they had whole lot of money. and
that there should be some one else pres
ent to help spend it. In short, they
were casting about for trusty man to
act as chancellor of the eXchequer, and
whose sole duty it would be to look
after the funds. Living up the country,
within hundred miles of Minneapolis.
was cousin of the Floyds, and he was
selected as the man to fill the bill, and
his duties to consist of being a general
POoh-Bah to the party. In accordance
with the plan letter was written to
the Minnesota cousin asking him to join
the party at St. Louis. In the mean
time the Bank of Minneapolis had
offered reward of $500 for information
leading to the arrest of Scheig, and
thinking he would turn an honest penny
the cousin of the Floyds came to Mime
apoliS armed with the letter from Floyd.
Upon arriving at the bank he
detained until detective was sent for.
The latter took him in hand and put
him through course of sprouts known
as the ''sweat box" and when he got
through he neither had the letter nor
the $500 reward. But the detective had
his pointer, and the rest of the story is
known
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-Detectiyes Hoy
and Lawrence, of Minneapolis, were
passengers aboard the steamer New
York, which arrived today from South
ampton. They have in charge as pris-
oners Philip Scheig, formerly paying
teller OF the Bank of Minneapolis. who
absconded with some $4,000 of the
banks funds and got away to Europe,
with his friend and accomplice, Frank
Floyd. They returned of their own
volition. Neither party cared to say
anything Oh arrival at Quarantine.
When they arrived here today they
were confronted by Inspector McLaugh-
lin and President Kirby, of the Bank of
Minneapolis, who was anxiousiy await
ing their arrival. The utmost reticence
was observed by the inspector and all
the attaches at the headquarters. What
TRANSFERRED at the interview, which was
held in the inspectors private room, was
not divulged, and all that was given
out was the mere fact that the prisoners
will be detained here until Monday
morning, when they will be taken back
to Minneapolis to stand their trial for
the robbery. Both men looked we'll and
appeared to be in good spirits. The
detectives would not permit them to
speak to reporters, although the pris-
onerS seemed anxious to do so. -