The sun., 1900-10-30

Capt McCmsky and his men. The account
given by the Boston anthorliirS !. So"'o'neu
BOSTON Nov. 20 Tho ir-t lhIuIIlh'loh Nlo
Boston police had OF A.yurd,- presence mere
came to them fromlIonry AlrN!ad"p ou i1Gm,
YER Cot, travelling man Tor some whllihg hg
companies Mr.. Alexander visited pphce hsnd-
quarters last Thursday and informed thiet
Watts that he had seen the missing hahk teller
at tho Hotel Touraiup the day before. tie
wHs certain that the man hc met IN the hu'e!
lobby was the missing bank t'I'T bH. 20 uN1lu
unplcH 2auip"~S In Cusp ho WIS Ihl~Iah"n u'
matter Mr. AlcXHrdrr told hlH Watts i.at
Eo had transacted cou.id"r1hl" hu~lu'~N at me
come ONE wcil arq,laiHtei vim Nlyord Before
impart z his information 10 Chioi Watts, MIR
AleHog4cr rccphoncd 10 cant, Mcc,mSHHy
iminrdlntoIy called tp hIrf Watts by telephone
and nit"r discussing tho matter Detective
Tinker ot New Qrk wa. scHi {" Boston 10 ae-lSt
-y,tematic search or all tho big hotels fol-
loved and Mr. AIry1udrr~ statement that he
had -oru Alvord at the Gouriiue was soon
verified II wa found that he had re yI-t"rcd
there as Byron sterling, New YORK on
Wednesday morning and mad been assigned
70 "a room. For some reason he did not oc-
Cupy IT, From "a" hotel employees ard can
men II Wa learned that man answering Vt
yurdS DESCRIPTION had been nmhlhS inGuIt,'"
about the lodging houses ~ ihr sack blN, ~
trici. and, although non" Of them knew Tor q
certainty where he had gone, It was suspected
that he wa- hiding somewhere IN th" NlrlWiy
OF Huntington avenue so further trace If
Alvord wa, discovered for several day, aud
the detective, had begun =" wayer IN tn"t
belief that he had slowed himself away IN thlt
section when positive information was OBJ
tanned this mOrL,dg that ANord was llvihg
In the house where b" was ultimately cap
On sunday Chief Watts hal long conyor-
satiun with Capt. Mctlu-ky over the telephone
an In response to the formers request tor an
OtIlcor VINO CpulI IDENTIFY AIvord at sight, De-
te"tvo Sergeant Armstrong ana l)etcttNe
carey came to Boston ON the sunday hSht
tlIaT ,ltfs.t ID
the case assemble AZ the Boston heu !QUdrtrrS
an SET ont from thor" for the huIsn IN liuhthR-
ton avenue. Going 20 th" rear oi me pace
they saw stout man IN "a room on th' s',''l
floor back, ami Armstrong was qu't" certain
TINT he was AlyorI. Fin Ing the front u"uI
uuluckci. Armstrong aUd Matt- walk"i up
stairs to the room uoCupci by Mr.. smith
III, door was locke AM chief Watts rapp'l
Loudly.
the door panel again and 10 this there came
u reply 81 "Muu'~ tuorr' j am gas man.
said Watts and want 70 get IA" tsure- on
in here replied Alvurd Yes there IT,, ~aid
Watt, YOU VIII ma 4 IN the closet ana mHIi
take the figure, IN order To send IA t!c hIll
said Alvord Coming To- the door. he unlocked
II and pulled n open To his establishment ho
t"1riy" tTm,trong SAID "il5w do YOU do.
AvUrdy" all the latter could reply wa Is
that you. Eddie' | wac Just thInkInH tia, II
Wa about time some one located me ana vas
hoping that II any one CauO over IRON New
York after me II would be- YOU mat gas
meter business fooled me entirely
Chi"l Watts .tepped forward as the door
was orcu"d to handcuN the maI IN case he
attempted rr~i-tlnc" and be- -ar> That A'urd
hand went To hiS hip a. though lie intended
10 draw weapon when be first saw iIS I'VE
officers. IN explaining this ait'rNtrd, AlN4rd
sad tha he was in N" hnhlt oi putting nus
hand In his hlp poCkrs when standing IN CON
VprSatiOn with auy one. The note teller was
clad only in his trousers and und"rolothlqg
when he opened the door lie Ind apparently
lts4 Lei tHFr nm fIt NJ
wnrc a number Of novels. while on the table
were a box Of cigars and n small bottle OF
nhout the cas-" Iir said he Was ready I" go
back to New York and face the music and
TINT h. wls tir"t # n,iIt q hnIiei m4n,,.
lIcdd4u1rtor-. y had 10 holc of csc1le.
be said. and really did not care 70. since
have been in I1-,o9 / haYr fSI cctrd ne every
miud that as soon H- SON" urg, tations which
my friends lave been having the past two or
should come 10 conclusion, would then 20
back ard surrender This only. anticipates
the inevitable and am got half so worried
received several letters rom friends after
reaching Boston and nv special ally has been
70 NHw York ne ras' hdTeni -,out h"nIs.
not, was - know this evening. 1hat Is over
with him any considerable amount Of money,
Alvprd smiled and said that all he had with
him was In handbag which apparently con-
taiued only the ordinary apparel "A man would
take for short absence from home. lie s0id
that he had not lost any flesh since he went
10 Boston, had been comfortable and that his
friends had done every thing in their power
to secure his protection from the law.
Alvord said that when De went home to
Mount Vernon on oct IS hc felt certain that
his detection was inevitable He told his
wife what he believed was coming and offered
to shoot himself If she would consent Sh"
would not consent lie remained at home
and with friends. until last Tuesday night.
when he started for this civ
On reaching police h"1dlu1rtcrS TODAY
word was measured by the irr'illon system and
photographed After that he sat around the otNC'
and smoked He chattei freely about his Stua-
tion and confessed that he he'd lost considerable
money on racehorse~, but -aid hat he had never
gone 10 the tracks To play, ,pdirl lni2ing the pool
rooms instead AlvOrd was asked what he had
done with the SGJO,OOO he l. alleged 20 have
taken from the bank and II any ~ il was left
but he refused to tell whether il had all gone
in rxtravag1nt living and gambling or whether
he still had a considerable portion He re-
marked that II did not take long to spend half
a million when one lived Ht tho rate Of $4,000
a year Alvord said he could not ask any one
TO 60 bail for him when arraigned In court
nor could he make restitution Of anT Of tho
stolen funds All he proposed doing was 10
own mp to the whole affair and take the conse-
al