The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-03
He Returned TO New York Under an Assumed
Name TO Bury His Wife
SHE DIED IN THE CITY OF CLEVELAND.
From This Slender Clue Rs Was Traced 10 Toronto
and Was Finally Located and Arrested
In British Columbia.

was received yesterday by Christian F.
TietJen, president of the West Side
Bank. of the arrest at Princeton, British
Columbia. OF charles A. Hinckley, the
former paying teller OF the bank. who
absconded fifteen years ago after en-
bezzling $1,000 of the funds OF the IN
stitution.
The tidings came in the form OF a dis
patch from Theodore NJ Berthe the
cashier, saying that the man arrested
had been fully identified as the missing
Hinckley, and e..at the prisoner had de-
termined to resist extradition. Mr..
Tietjen replied, directing that every
possible precaution should be taken 10
assure the holding of the prisoner by
the Canadian authorities until extra
dition proceedings could be instituted.
Mr.. Tietjen said: Il was not positive
ly convinced until this morning that
Hlnckley had been captured, but Mr..
Bertines dispatch settles the point alb
solutely. This ends the most remark
able pursuit OF a criminal OF which /
have ever heard, and the credit for the
capture is due TO Mr.. Amzi l.. Camp, a
former director OF the bank who, as
sisted by his son, Frederick A. Camp,
has relentlesly followed the trail OF the
fugitive for fifteen years. / intend TO
push the prosecution OF Hinkcley to
the uttermost, and our first step will
be to secure his extradition."
TO VIGOROUSLY PROSECUTE.
"Of course he will fight, but do not
see how he can make successful re-
z sistance. The question has been raised
as to whether his prosecution Is barred
by the statute of limitations, but Il am
assured that il does not, in view of the
fact that since his flight he has resided
out of this country and under an as
sumed name. AS soon as We get him
here he will be turned over 10 the dis
trict attorney TO be dealt with crimi-
nally. and the bank will also institute
civil proc cedings against him for the re-
covery OF the stolen funds. He is re-
ported to have amassed a fortune. but
on this point we have nodefinite knowl-
edge. have directed Mr. Berthe to
decline any offers of compromise that
may be made. and TO push the prose-
cution relentlessly."
The story OF the long pursuit OF
Hinckley. as told by Mr.. Tietjen, is
most remarkable one. After his flight
his wife remained quietly at her home
I'm East SIxty-ninth stree and it was
supposed that she was in communica-
tion with her husband. The closest
watch. however. failed to disclose the
faintest clue to his hiding place. Six
months after Hinckley's disappearance
his wife TOO vanished. Then followed
long fruitless search. covering nearly
thirteen years. during which countless
clews were followed to no purpose.
RETURNED TO BURY HIS WIFE.
What at last put Mr.. Camp on the
fugitive's tran was rumor that
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Hinckley had been seen in New York.
Further inquiry elected the informa-
tion that he had come here for the pur-
poseof buryng his wife. Beyond this no
information was obtained. Taking this
slender clew Mr.. Camp visited the
Board of Health and made a careful
scrutiny Of the burial permits for a
period covering several weeks. At last
his attention was attracted by permit
TO bury the body OF n Mrs. Macy
which was brought from Jersey City. 1t
flashed across HIM that Macy had been
Mrs. Hinckley's maiden name.
From Jersey City the body was
traced to Cleveland. where II was
learned that a woman registered as
Mrs. Charles s. Morris had died in n
hotel. and that the body had been
shipped to Jersey CITY. The clerk OF
the hotel remembered the woman's hus-
band. and gave a description OF him
that tailed exactly with that Of the
missing teller. Proof of the identity OF
Morris" and Hinckley was obtained
wnen the writing I'm the hotel register
was cut out and taken 10 New York.
where it was comDared with that Of
the teller and found TO be beyond ques-
tion his handwri ing.
FINALLY RUN TO EARTH.
From Cleveland Morris" was traced
no Toronto. 9nG there the pursuers were
led astray by story that the fugitive
was I'm Florida. This resulted in the dis
covery that Hinckley had indeed been
in Florida the year before. but that he
had gone TO Toronto. There the miss
ing trail was picked up again, with
the result tina the fugitive was finally
run to earth in Princeton. B. G.