The San Francisco call., 1896-03-02

On Saturday dispatch was received
that they had arrested in st. Paul man
using the name of G. w. Woods, whose
right name was probably Frank l.. Seayer,
and had directed the arrest Of man In
Minneapolis using the name of ]. M. Shaw,
who proved to be Joe McCluskey, alias
Little Joe,' notorious bank sneak thle1.
ana they were satisfied that both were con-
nected with scheme to defraud the banks
tnere by forgeries similar to the one In
tnls City. The dispatch also stated tnaI
from the description OF Dean and sample
OF MS handwriting forwarded by captain
Lees they were satisfied that Seaver was
Dean, and the captain was asked to seno
an official description to Chief OF Police
Clark of st. Paul, so as to hold Dean pend
ing the arrival OF the extradltion papers.
which was done. A dispatch was also re-
celved from Chief of Detectives OConnor
OF st. Paul that he had no doubt about
Seaver being Dean, and Mr.. Pinkerton re-
ceived similar dispatch from Chlef OF
Police Clark.
On Saturday night w. H. Crocker OF the
Crocker Woolworth Bank swore TO COM
plant for the arrest of Dean and McClus-
Key on the charge of forgery and the nee
essary extradition papers were prepared.
Yesterday Chief Smith OF Minneapolis
wired for description OF McCluskey. his
picture is in the bankers album OF CROOKS,
OF which Captain Lees has copy, and
yesterday it was shown to the ofhce boy
Lytle, who recognized it as that OF the
man who called at Deans office on Decem-
Der IL. The description and this ldentlhca-
ton were forwarded to Chief Smith, so as
to hold him pending the arrival OF the
papers.
Speaking of the arrests Mr.. Pinkerton
said yesterday: "We issue to every men,
ber of the Bankers Association general in
formation which contains thorough de-
scription of any new fraud, a fac-simile OF
the handwriting. a description of the men
and every little detail we can think of and
requesting them to be on the lookout for
an attempted repetition of the fraud, and
in case any Stranger opened an account
with them to communicate with our near
est Office.
''Our theory is that these men had gone
to st. Paul and Minneapolis to open an ac-
count, and as soon as they did so the
banks communicated with G. M. Weber,
our superintendent at St. Paul, who took
charge of the case under the direction OF
my brother Robert, in New York, and he
being fully provided with Captain Lees
descriptions and other data readily arrived
at the conclusion that he was on the track
of the right man, as we had been able to
sift it down to five or six men.
$50 far l do not know anything about
Dean, but will have his record and picture
in few days. McCluskey for the past
twenty-five years has been noted as one of
the cleverest bank sneaks in the United
States, in fact, he is the most noted bank
sneak and international thief alive.
"Let me say that the descriptions and
other data prepared by Captain Lees have
been the means of leading to the arrest of
these forgers, and l have never yet seen
anything so minute and so accurate in
every detail. 1t was one of the best pieces
of work of the kind that l have ever seen
or heard Of"
There is third party who is wanted
badly in connection with the forgery, and
that is the penman. He is always difficult
to get at, as he is careful never to be seen
in the transaction. Both Mr.. Pinkerron
and Captain Lees are morally convinced as
to his identity, but he has fed since the
arrest of Dean and McCuskey.