The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-11
SEELYE IS UNDER ARREST.
THE THIEVING BANK EMPLoYE
 WAs CAPTURED IN CHICAGO.

When n Policeman Accosted Him He Turned Deathly Pale and Came very Nearly Falling to the Floor-He Had Bcen Living QuIetiy-A Man Who Had Been With Him for Week Informed the Po'ice in Order t, Get the Reward ohere"'
 Chicago, Dec. 10.-At Il o'clock to- night the police arrested man an- swering the description of Bookkeeper Samuel c. Seelye, who embellzed SS54,- 900 from the Shoe and Leather bank of New York. The police are confident that they have the right man.
 seelye is passing under the name of Frank J. Dale and denies that he Is the man wanted, but his appearance coincides so minutely with the descrip- ton of seelye that there Is no doubt of his identity. He also carries papers which prove him to be the man almost beyond doubt. He has changed his ap- pearance somewhat by cutting and dyeing his moustache, cutting his hair short and filling it with cosmetics. He is non-committal. On his person was found receipt paid for sleeping car fare on Pullman car on November Is (he day Seelye disappeared from New York.) He also had a package of newly printed cards bearing the name Of Frank J. Dale, and letter from New York about the mortgage on his home addressed to him under the name of Dale.
 seelye was taken from a fashionable boarding house at No. 496 La SaAe avenue, where he had been two weeks. He had been living in quiet, going out little. He was considered to be gen. tlenlan of wealth. The arrest came out in g. peculiar way. About 10 o'clock tonight a small man partly under the influence of liquor entered the police station and said: /
 "I want a man to arrest Seelye of New York. I've been with him week and now want to give him up."
 The sergeant told him he would send officers with him. if he was sure he had the right man. The man said:
 "It's him, all right. But if you ar rest the fellow I want to get the $5,OOO reward"
 He was assured that the reward would be all right. He then told the sergeant that he would find his man at 4s6 La Sale avenue, stopping there as Frank Dale. ss. 4s sssss
 oficers o'Donnell and Allmendinger were sent to the house and went to seelye's room. O'Donnell said:
 Hello, Sam; don't you know me?"
 Seelye turned deathly pale and stag gered. If Allmendingsr had not caught him he would have fallen.
 O'Donnel said.- Well seelye, we've got you now. So you had better come along" '..
 seelye replied: "What do you mean? Where shall I come?"
 The officer responded: "It's no use playing the innocent. The bank wants you to go back to New York"
 Seelye said he did not know what he was wanted for, but he supposed he would have to go.
 At the station he was questioned closely but insisted that his name was Dale, but refused to say anything about his business or his travels. He was locked up for the night and the New York officials were advised of his ar rest The man who revealed Seelye's whereabouts gave his name as H. H. Mcfarland and displayed a star on which was special police" It is sus- pected that he is detective from New York city.
 Mcfarland said he had met Seelye by accident and they went to the races at Roby together. In that way they be- came confidential and over the wine Seelye told the story of his, identity and criminal doings in New York. See lye told Mcfarland he had left $1O,0O0 with lawyer in New York and could get his hands on it whenever he wanted it. Seelye claimed that this was all he got of the money stolen from the bank. Baker got the rest.
 WANTS CUBA FREED.