Connecticut western news., 1894-12-13
SHELLY CAPTURED.
SHOE AND LEATHER BANK EMBEz-
 ZlER CAUGHT IN CHICAGO.
The Prisoner Declares He Is Not the Rum away Bookkeeper. but That He Is F. c. Daie-Poiicc Given the Tip by a Stranger. Tallies With the Description.

away Bookkeeper, but That He Is r. c.
 DaIe-Poiicc Given the Tip by a Stranger.
 Tallies With the Description.
 CHICAGO. Dec 1l.-Central Station De tectives O'Donnell and Almendinger have arrested here Samuel c. Seely, who is wanted in New York for the embezzle- ment of s354, 900 from the National Shoe and Leather bank, in which institution he was a bookkecpcr The prisoner stout ly asserted that his namc was Frank C. Dale and that he had bon In Chicago two weeks. Further than that Lieutenant Haas and Sergcants Williams and McGaf- frey who questioned him closely for ap hour, could get nothing from him.
 Between 10 and II o'clock last night a mysterious young man considerably under the influence of liquor entered the central station, and approaching Detectives O Don nell and AlmendinPer said:
 ''I can tell you where you can put your hands on Seely, the New York bank rob ber"
 As a hand bill offering s5, 900 reward for the man had been posted conspicuous ly In the station for two weeks the dctect- ives believed their brother slouths wore playing practical joke on them.
 You'd better sober up, " said O'Don- nell to the mysterious young man.
 'I mean what l say, he replied. See ly is up on Ia Sale avenue. know him. I've seen him within week"
 What Is your namor' asked O'Donnell. "Neyer mind my namo. Just come with me If you want to got the man" By this tim,si dozen detectives had gath cred around, offering suggestions and ad- vice, but all secretly believed tho young flor iner frnr, ,Nf | delirium tremens
 "I'n go with you, young man, said o'Donnell, 'and If you fool me I'll lock you up.
 There Is no fooling In this, !" he replied Placed Under Arrest Securing copy of the circular describ- | ing Secly, the two detectives followed the man with the tip" to Mrs. Clayton s boarding house, 496 Ia Salle avenue. On reaching the second floor the man point ed to hack room and said, He Is in | there"
 The detectives knocked, and a hoarse "Come in" was the response. One glance convinced o'Donncll that 1t was Secly or his double. So without any preliminary | talk the officer said, Mir. Scely, you arc wanted at police headquarters.
 ''I l am not Mir. Seely,n Vas the answer, "but l have no objection to going to pc lice headquarters You have made mis- take"
 Tho man was plainly very nervous "My name" said he, lis Frank c. Dale am a stranger in Chicago" | Meanwhile the man who had given the officers the information that led to the ar rest had disappeared and did not give his name, and so far the officers have not learned his identity.
 Tho prisoner refused to say anything on the way to the station. Detective | 0'Donnell took out the photograph and description in the street car and made a mental comparison. They compared ex- actly except for an attempt at disguise which the prisoner had made.
 The prisoner was ushered into Lieuten. ant Haas room at the station, and therc he was searched and questioned. He wns dressed in cheap new suit of clothes, with a sack coat and a long overooat. Hs had sl00 hill and several cards on which was printed the namo of Frank O. Dale.