The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-04
HOW HINCNLEY WAS CAUGHT.
He Had Been Fugitive From JUS
ticc for Fifteen Years.
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
Full confirmation was received yesterday
by Christian r. Tietjen, president of the
West Side Bank, of the arrest at Prince
ton, British Columbia, Of Charles A
Hinckley. the former paying teller of the
bank. who absconded fifteen years ago,
after embezzling $4,000 of the funds of the
institution.
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 the missing Einck
ley, and that the prisoner had determined
10 resist extradtion. Mr.. Tietjen replied,
directing that every possible precauton
should be taken 10 assure the holding of
the prisoner by the Canadian authorizes
until extraditon proceedings could be in
stituted.
When I saw Mr.. Tietjen yesterday, he
said:
Il was not positively convinced until this
morning that Hinckley had been captured,
but MIR. Bertine's dispatch settles the
point absolutely. This ends the most re-
markable pursuit of criminal of which
l have ever heard. and the credit for the
capture is due to AMI l.. Camp, a former
director of the bank, who, assisted by
his son Frederic A Camp, had reIent-
for fifteen years. ! intend to push the
prosecution of Hinckley TO the uttermost,
and our first step will be to secure his
extradition.
"Of course, he will fight but I do not
see how he can make a successful resist
auce. The question has been raised as to
whether his prosecution is barred by the
statute of limitations, but I am assured
that it does not, in view of the fact that
since his flight he has resided out of this
country, and under an assumed name AS
| soon as we get him here he viii be turned
over to the District Attorney 10 be dealt
with criminaly and the bank will also
institute ciVl proceedings against him for
the recovery of the stolen funds. He is
reported 10 have amassed a fortune but
ON this point we have no definite lSnowl-
edge. | have directed Mr.. Berthe to de-
cline any offers of compromise that may
be made, and TO push the prosecution re-
| lentlessly."
The story of the long pursuit of Hnck-
ley, as told by Mr.. Tietjen, is a most re-
markable one. After the flight his wife
remained quietly at her home, in East
| Sixty-sixth street, and it was supposed
that she was in constant communication
with her husband. The closest watch
however, failed to disclose the fantest
clew to his hiding place. Six months after
| Hinckeys disappearance his wife, too
vanished. Then followed a long period of
| fruitless search, covering nearly thirteen
years, during which countless clews were
| followed to no purpose.
What at last put Mr.. Camp on the fu-
| sitives trail was a rumor that reached the
bank two years ago that Hinckley had
| been seen In New York. Further inquiry
| ELECTED the information that he had come
here for the purpose of burying 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 pc
Rod of several weeks. At last his atten-
| ton was attracted by permit to bury in
Woodlawn Cemetery the body of a Mrs
Macy which was brought from Jersey
City. II flashed across him that Macy had
been Mrs Hinckleys maiden name.
! From Jersey City the body was traced TO
Cleveland, where it was learned that a
woman registered as Mrs. Charles A. Nor
ris had died in q hotel and that the body
had been shipped 10 Jersey City. The
clerk of the hotel remembered the wo-
mans husband 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 when
the writing in the hotel register was cut
out and taken to New York, where il was
| compared with that of the teller and found
to be beyond question his handwriting
| From Cleveland Morris" was traced to
Toronto, and there the pursuers were led
astray by a story that the fugitive was in
Florida. This resulted in the discovery
| that Hinckley had indeed been in Florida
| tho wear before. but that he had gone 10
Toronto. There the missing trail was pick
| ed up again. with the result that the fugi-
| tive was finally run 20 earth in Princeton,
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