The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-26
kLV0RD'S ARREST EXPECTED.
Captain McCIusky Takes Personal
Charge of the Case.

NEW YORK, Oct 26.-With a warrant
for the arrest of Cornelius L. Alvord, the
First National Bank defaulter, in his
hands. Captain McClusky, of the Detective
Bureau, is now formally in charge of
the search for the missing man The ap
plication for the warrant yesterday was
the first public move that the bank officers
made 10 get the man who stole $3.50, 600
from them. II was afte conference
which Captain McClusky had with Presi-
! Ient Baker and Vice President Hiue that
the warrant was applied for aud obtained.
Up to that time the chief of detectives
had simply been notified that Alvord was
wanted. The police OF Mount Vernon.
where Alvord lived had not received even
The notification. and the Pinkerton agency,
whose men were supposed 10 have been on
the case. denied that they had anything to
do with it
Captain McCIusky is believed to have
| taken hold Of the outside work on the case
in person and q move which he made last
night was, therefore considered signiff-
cant. At $3.50 O'Clock he and Detective
Sergeant Carey got into a cab in front OF
RectoT's restaurant and ordered the driver
! TO go to 129th Street and Third Avenue
A cab arrived al that pJint at II: 90 o'clock,
waited for New Haven train to come in
and then drove down town again. Captain
MeClusl,y refused this morning to discuss
any trips which he may have taken last
night
a dozen different stories have been told
| since the disappearance OF AIvord. by per-
| sons who said that they saw him after
news Of the defalcaton was made public
] The IGtest was told last night by Patrick
/ J. Ring, the owner and manager of the
/ Peoples Opera House. in Mount Vernon.
/ He said that at $50 o'clock last night he
| saw Alvord and three other men drive
down First Street from the White Plains
Road and 60 toward New York. The be-
/ lief is that Mr. Ring mistook the men in
| the carriage for Alyord.
The activity of the Mount Vernon police
was noticed this morning for the first time
Chief Foley left headquarters late yester-
| day afternoon and did not return until 8
o'clock this morning
! When asked about the story that AIyord
had been seen on the train last night, he
smiled Significantly, but would make No
comment on it. The chief was at his
office for only a few minutes this morn
| ing, and then went away. There were
several Federal officers around Mount
| Vernon last night. They were uncom-
| municatiye, but it was known that tbs
Alvord case brought them there. The i'm
preston in the town which has prevailed
| all along that Alvord's whereaboi ITS are
known was deeper today, and it is be
| Iieved that he is likely TO be taken int
custody at any moment,
An oversight, due to ignorance of proper
methods, is Chief McClusky's explanation
today of the failure cf the First Natfona
Bank officials to notify the police of The
defalcation of AlvoTd and invite them t
cooperate in his capture
"A circular describing AIvord will be is
sued by me today" said the detective chic
this morning, 1T will contain a reward fol
Alyord's capture. The amount will be fix
ed by the bank directors.
When Alyord fed he did not take witt
/ him any package of money. He has no
stolen any of the banks securities. H,
could not lay hands on them He has no
been at the bank since week ago las
Wednesday There is no woman in thi
case except his wife He had no accom-
pIice. None was needed. His method wa.
| too simple.
."The search is well under way 1 will
not say where I think A1vord is. but
can tell you that I think he is not far off
not across the ocean or in Canada for in
stance Unless the man surrenders, no de
velopments may be expected for twenty
four hours. but l am sam inc the MAJ
will not escape u.s.
The detectives who have been On guar
about the Alvord mansion at Mount Yer
non since last Friday disappeared las
night. All that could be gotten out of Su
perintendent Bangs TO explain this wa
his declaration that Alvord had not at an
time been in the custody of his men an
that they were not looking for him.