Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-11

the influence of liquor entered the central station, and approaching Detectives O Don neil and Almcndinccr said:
 "l can tell you whCTc you can put your hands on Sccly, the New York hank rob bcr.
 As hand bill offering s5. 600 reward for the man had bcen posted conspicuous ly In the station for two weeks, the detect ives believed their brother slcuths wCro playing n practical joke on them.
 You'd better sober up" said Don nell to the mysterious young man.
 T mean what say, he rcpliod "Sce- ly Is up on La Sallc avenue. l know him. I've seen him within a week %
 What is your namcs asked O' DonuCll.
 Never mind my name Just come with me it you want to get the man %
 By this time n dozen detectives had gath cred around, offering suggestions and ad- vice. but all secretly believed the young man was suffering from mild form of dclirium trCIncns,
 I'll go with you, young man, said O'DOnncll and fl you fool me I'll lock you up.
 rhcrc k no fooling in this. he replied
 Placed Under Arrest.
 Securing n copy of the circular describ- ing Sccly, the two detectives followed the man with the tip" tO Mrs. Clayton $ boarding house. i96 La Sallc avenue, On reaching the scCond floor the man point ed to n hack room and said. He is in thcrC '
 The detectives knocked, and n hoarSe Come n"' was the response. One glance convinced O'DOnncll that it was Sccly or his double. So without any preliminary talk the officer said, Mir. Scely, you arc wanted at police headquarters,
 II am not Mir. Sccly, was the answer but have no objection to going to DO lice headquarters You have made q miS- take :"
 The man was plainly very nervous My name, said hc lis Frank C Dale lam a stranger in Chicago
 Meanwhile the man who had given the officers the information that led to the ar rest had disappCarrd and did not give his nang and sn far the officers have not learned his identity
 The prisoner refused tO say anything on the way tO the station Detective O'Donnrn took out the photograph and description in the street car and made n mental comparison They compared cx- actly except for an attempt nt disguise which the prisoner had made.
 The prisoner was ushCrcd into Licutcn- ant Haas room at the station. and there he was searched and questioned He was uTtSScu ln CnCip new Sult or clothes, with sack coat and a long ovcrcoat. Ho had n SIO0 bill and several cards on which was printed the name of Frank C. Dale.
 TaIIics With the Description.
 In his pocket was n sleeping car conduct or's check for a Pullman berth marked U. c" to w. H., dated Nov. l7. The car was the Donegal and the conductors name Milan. It was interpreted to mean from Jersey City to either Washington or Wheeling IL was an upper berth and had cost g.
 Thcrc was letter from Dakota addreSS- ed to Frank C. Dale, " which referred to some rcal estate transfers. This was all the police said they could find on him
 The prisoner says he is II years old, and he looks 1t. He Is about feet 9, light hair, which had been cut short and combcd forward on the forehead He Is thin {; weighs about l35 pounds; has high cheek bones and a marked peculiarity about the eyes. The left eye turns outward There Is also n slight malformation of the right car. both pcculiaritics of Sccly. His mus tache had been trimmed and dyed black.
 The photograph of Sccly in the hands of the police Is a profile view, and when the prisoner was posed in profile the lines wcrc identical except that the dropping mus tache had been trimmed and tho pompa- dour hair cut and CombCd forward. He was not as sleek as the photograph