Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-12
SANUE. (. SHELBY,
Defaulting Boo ? eeper of the Na-
 tional Shoe ats Leather Bank,
CAPTURED IN CHICAGO
Gave His Identity to a Sup posed Friend-ConfeSsed
 After Being Locked Up.

CHICAGO, Dee. 11.-samuel c. seeley, wanted in New York for forgery an the larceny of ;254 coo, while en assistan bookkeepsr in tue National Shoe and Leather ba nk of that city, is uu der arrest in Chicago. He is passing under the as- sumed name ct Frank J. Dale and den ies that he is the man wanted, but his appear ance colncid des so minutely with the de- scripiion oi seeley iha. tn ere is no doubt of hi 8 identity and in addition 10 this he carries pagers which prove him to be the mau almost beyond doubt. He is man of n or 45 years old, 5 feet inches high, weighs l3o pounds, has prominent cheek bones, lair com plexion, light hair and m ustache, his left eye turn ns cut, his eyes are blue an his ears are exactly as de- scribed in the bulletin sent out offering a S5JC0 reward for the ar rest of the New York einbtzzler.
 Seeley has changed his appearance soma. what by cutting and dyeing bis mustache and by cutting his hair shcrt, but it has been of no avail and makes little ference in his look4. He has even filled his hair with cosmetics to make 1t smooth. He is non communicative and will have nothing to say. On his person, when arrested, was found receipt paid for sleeping car fare on the Pullman sleeping car "Done- gal' on November 19, the day Seeley dis appeared from New York.
 inc ticket reads ''J. c. to W. and is supposed to be Jersey City to Washington. He also had in bis possession over sl0O in money and package of newly printed cards bearing simply the name Frank J. Dale. He also had in his pockets letter from Dakota about some real estate and letter from New York about the mortgage on his home there, the letter being ad- dressed to him under his assumed name of Dale.
 Seeley was taken from fashionable boarding house at 496 Lasalle avenue, where he had been boarding for the past two weeks. He has been living quietly, going out very little, and apparently had no business to attend to.
 SHELBY GAVE HIMSELF AWAY.
 Seeley was given away to the police by a man who gives his name as H. D. McFar- iand, and who displays 'special police' star. He says that Seeley had told him who he was. He met the much wanted man on Dearborn street by chance eight or ten days ago. At first Seeley told him he was c. G. Evans, but on the second day he said his name was Frank J. Dale, and that he lived at Mrs. Clayton's boarding house, No. 496 Lasalle avenue. That was the name he went by at Mrs. Clayton s house. Mcfarland and Seeley met al the Lincoln hotel and saloon on north Clark street, near Seeley's placs of residence, and went to the races at Roby together. In that way they became confidential, and over the wine Seeley told the story of his identity and criminal doings in New York. The third day of their acquaintance, said Me- Farland, Seeley wrote his name on sheet of paper and asked McFarland: 'Have you ever heard of Samuel c. Seeley?'
 "I had no suspicion then who he was,' continued Mcfarland, "but as soon as he asked me that l knew he was wanted by the police. He told me that he was the man that the Shoe and Leather bank was after, and talked to me feelingly of his wife and baby ir Brooklyn. He said that the stealings at the bank ran along for nine years, and that all he got out of 1t was Sl0 .000. Baker got the rest of 1t, and 1 know he must have made dupe of Sseley from the way the fellow talked. He said Baker would come into the bank for money regularly and he would always let him have 1t. He had some money while he was with me, and knew all about horses. got money from him to play the races, and we had good time together. l want square deal in this matter and don't want to get any roast in the papers because l gave the snap away. know that he did not care for women while was with him. He told me that he had planted the S10, 900 with his lawyer in New York and could get his hands on 1t whenever he wanted it."
 CONFESSED HIS IDENTITY.
 After sharp inqustion lasting from 10:30 10 Il o'clock this morning Samuel c. Seeley, who was arrested last night, broke down and confessed to the police that he was the defaulling bookkeeper who robbed the National Shoe and Leather bank of New York of 1854 GOO. All this morning the man had persistently denied that he was Seeley, though the detectives who arrested him last night were confident from the first that he was the defaulter. Seeley did not sleep much last night. He refused to talk 10 reporters this morning as persistently AS he did last night, but to lu- spector Shea he reiterated his assertion that he was not the man. At 10 O 'cock he ate hearty breakfast inside the inspec- tors office. There he was seen by several , reporters, but did not open his mouth even to acknowledge that he had heard their queries. It was not until he was put in the "sweat box' that he finally broke down and con fessed.
 Mcfarland who betrayed Seeley to the po- lice, says he first saw Seeley on Dearborn street about November 24 and knew him as soon as he laid his eyes on him. After that he never allowed him out of his sight for fear he would lose the reward. Sometimes he slept at his boarding house and some- times he took him to bed with him at the Lansing hotel, often so drunk that he did not know what he was doing. He never saw him gamble in any way except on, races. He was an old hand at that and was familiar with the form of all horses. He did not think he lost more than S75 altogether while he was with him. He always seemed to have enough money and spent it freely.
 HIS NAME NOT M FARMLAND.
 Tue man who gave the information which led to the arrest of Seeley, and who gave his name as Mcfarland, afterwards ad- mitted that that was not his right name. The police here believe he is one ot Super intendent Byrnes' men.
 AMUCH NEEDED RAIN.
 Reports coming in from Greene, Sumter, Pickens, Tuskaloosa, Walker and other counties show heavy and general rain fall throughout the state, breaking the