The evening Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1902-1902, 1902-09-15
EFFORTS TO
BLEED COR WIN,
Examination Of Books Shows
That Some Person Still has
$4,000 Of the Cash

From Tho Esoo I'd.
| An examination Of tue books and
records kept by Gabriel E. Cor vii
has developed the fact that atlea S
$25. 1000 Of the proceeds Of the Hoops
& Townsend robbery now estima tee
at Sl0O, 900, 10 still ia bis posessi o o
and LYDIA Doak 10 credited with
being the only person besides Cor
win who knows where this money
is hiddeu. Mrs. Corwin is practi
eaIly without funds. She visited
her husband in Moy me using Prison
yesterday. aud vaJnly urged HIM
TO tell her where or how she could
get some considerable sum for her
own use and for his defense.
He seems to have convinced her
that his relations with Miss Doak
were nothing more than those usual
between employer and employe.and
with this understanding Mrs. Cor
win Is doing her utmost to assist
in the prelimiuarles of her husbands
defence.
MISS DoAK HAD COMPANY SEAL
Another link Of evidence was wei.
ded 10 the chain coillng around
Miss Doak and Pennington Il. Hill
dreth bv the Miller g. Sharkey De.
tectlve Agency Yesterday. 1t was
positively proved that the seal of
the Crescent Supply and Manutae.
turing Company, the New Jersey
corpor alton used as blind for the
Corwin crowd was kept in Mss
DoaK's trunk at No. 1905 Arch
street. and that on tbs night OF
September s, when Miss Doak fled
the city on the advice Of Corwin,
she send the seal TO Hildreth by
trusted messenger. who delivered
the in strumen.s TO him at his ONE
III st. James court. Camden. The
lncorporators of tn. Crescent Sup
ply and Manufacturing Company
are E. S. Hall. p. Morris Hoyue,
Edward Mullen and &. Hldrelh.
agent.
Srce September 9, the date on
which Corwin, Maxwell aud Laur.
ence were arrested, dozens OF let.
tiers have come 10 the Office OF
Charles EbcI. NJ. 1903 Sansom
street identifying ]. Edward O .den
No. l47 Cedar street. New York,
the Singer Sewing Machine Com.
ranv as customers Of The Crescent
Specially Supply ami Manufact-
urlns Company nam. also used
by CorWin in the conduct OF the
sales department OF his business.
WHERE FIRST PROOF WAS F0UED
f. a. Stulz, OF New York, appears
In the written records as The pnr-
chasing agent for Ogden. II was in
Jgdens establish mcnt that agents |
II Hopes & Townsend and Tread.
we'll 4 Co. first found positive proof
hat enormous quantities. of high
5rlIe bolts. bars and nuts mad been
'tolen from the Hopes n Townsend |
'lant. This discovery, made during
he last week Of July. fastened the
made by the Miller s.
'harkey Detective Agency. which
csult:d in tn, arrest OF the five men
low in custody AMI the subsequent
Kposure OF the whole plot
new factor in the case appeared
estcrday In the person .: Albert II.
tIjlker, OF No 1886 Carpenter street
'Amden. who was really the man
Who gave the Information that led tG
he sensational development in the
aSe. 1t was 10 shadow HliliKer and
Bennington T. IIildreth that Corwin
rst employed tho detectives. who
tlerwarls Swallowed the operatives
ON the Miller < Sharkey Agency
nd fnaiIy surrendered Corwin.
TRIED TO HOLD CORwIN UP,
From Lawyer lIidreth, who was a
lose friend, lIi!liker learned OF the
lo' 10 rob Hopes & Townsend, and
litdrelh, who was Corwin'S conf.
entail counsel. advised Corwin to
ny lllIiiker of by paying HIM $50 a
1onth for silence Corwln refused to
ay cent for the purpose and Hill.
er, who never knew Of this deal, re.
orted all that he knew OF the case
} Clement 3, HOPES, OF the lIoores
Townsend Company who laughed
him. THIS wac early in April.
a few weeks later Hillikcr became
nhclous that ha was being shadow.
night and day, and linaIy took
ne matter up with lIildreth, who in
'rmed lin that Corwin was proba.
y having him Swallowed for his
'orwin 81 protection. This was the
rst intima,on HIIIiker had that
erwin knew Of his having possession
aLy knowledge whatever concern.
& the great conspiracy. lie at once
'nSul'ed counsel aud on advice visi.
d the Miller & Sharkey Detective
gency and told his story to Super.
Itendant Miller, who became inter
'tcd aud made some Investigation
lliIIiker's behalf that resulted in
'taiIcd report OH the Gaze direct to
oope's X Townsend. This report of
lperintendant Miller reached
oopes x Townsend within few
,urs OF Mr.. Cases discovery liz the
orehouse OF ]. Edward O3den, in
ew York, aud on August the
Ilier x Sharkley men were ordered
roundup conspirators
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