Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-18
The Web of Circumstanoes.

CUMBERLAND, Md, Oct IS.-No further doubt can possibly exist that one of the Aquia Creek train robbers has been caught in this city. A web of circum- stantial and convincing evidence has been woven about the prisoner, who gives the name of C. J Scarcey.
 A party of Pinkerton detectives arrived from Washington, including F. H. Hinde, who has just returned from the scene of the robbery. He was accompanied by Crutchfeld, the messenger in charge of the car at the timo of the holdup. In the prisoners possession was $l,05l.52 in cash, of which $SY7 was in greenbacks.
 When Mir IIindc saw tho roll of green backs, ho Eeid them up tO the light and examined tn I'll closely. finally declaring there was nn furthC- ,,ouht that the pris- oner was or" of ti;r rulbcrs He showed that every one of IEo notes had small per forations. In every paCkaSo = money shipped by tho Adams Express company the notes are stitched together, leaving, when separated. tiny holes which n person could not fail to discover upon eXamina- tion. Every note contained these holes in the places where they would be made by the person making up tho money package.
 Mir. Hildt. the Baltimore agent of the Adams Express company, also came here, and 1t was he and not NIT. Hinde who discovered the perforations in the money.
 Mir. Hildt also closely examined Q memorandum book which Scarcey had in his pocket. Even the cleyerest and most adroit thieves leave loopholes for detec- ton. In this book was row of figures in which g, 800 had been divided by two, besides a quantity of other valuable in- formation, which tho authorities refuse to give out.
 Robbers Hid Their Booty. The book contains a diagram which is supposed to show where tho greater part i of the money stolen last Friday was hid den whilo the robbers effected their es- cape, intending to como back at some flu. ture date when everything was believed to be safe and secure. and the greatest endeavor of the detectives will be to un- earth the hiding place of the treasure. The arrested man Is ono of the two l seen in Front Royal.
 valise containing rough clothing, muddy shoes and a soft slouch hat was found, together with flve revolvers of A 1 caliber.
 This evening tho express company will | be obliged to show the value of their case against Searcey, because he has engaged the services of a smart lawyer, and a writ of habeas corpus was secured, with the hearing fixed for today; but while Mir. Hildt tclegraphed for instructions to J. | c. A. Herring in Washington, he stated that he had 90 fear of the prisoner being | released.
 When tho correspondent got permission | to interview the bold thief he found
 Searccy pacing up and down very nerv- i ously and smoking necessarily. The prisoner proved to be tall and me dium in build with a thin face that was ] rather attractive and a small brown mus
 tache. He is really quite good looking | and would pass for n prosperous business ! man.
 When questioned, he began to tell sto
 ries of tho most con flicting and rambling
 nature. Tho correspondent finally bluntly said, Your pal was caught on n Chicago
 limited
 | At once he showed the most intense in
 terest and eagerly cried: "where was hs
 caught. Did he say anything?"
 Then, seeing that he had made a bad
 break. Searcey kept very quiet for awhits
 and only returned monosyllabio answer
 to questions, saying at different time:
 that he was n mechanic, 0 stock raiser anc | a carpenter.