The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-27
FITZGERALD ARRESTED
FOR sl73,0O0 THEFT
Former Asserting Teller OF Chicago
Subtreasury Released on
Bonds of $4,000.
CRIME EIGHTEEN MONTHS OLD
Taking of Former Official Follows
Detectives Investigation Offer
to Sell Big Bills.

George w. Fitzgerald. who was dis
charged as asserting teller of the Unit
cd States subtreasury at Chicago q
year ago following the mysterious dis
appearance of $4,000 from the vaults
of the government treasury house. was
arrested early Sunday on state war
rant charging him with the crime. and
was arraigned before Judge Arthur II.
Chetlain Monday.
Fitzgerald was released by Judge
Chetlain on $4,000 bonds, the hearing
being continued for a week. The bonds
men are James Ralth, 1929 Wabash
avenue, formerly in the cooperage bust
ness. and John c. McCafferty, treas
ureT of the United States Tent and
Outing Company.
Arrested Mt His Home.
Fitzgerald was arrested at his home
943 Chase avenue, ON a warrant sworn
out before Judge Chetlain by Herbert
+. Young. head of the Young agency
The detective manager acted under the
orders of Subtreasurer Boldenweck
when he made the arrest
The arrest of the former teller took
on some of the spectacular. No warn
ing was given him until Detective Jo-
seph Kinder of States Attorney
fIealy's office and Detective Young
dashed up to the house i'm au automo-
bile. When the bell rang at his new
home early Sunday morning, the for
mer asserting teller responded in per
son. The pressing of a button had
flooded the porch with electric light
Fitzgerald opened the door and the de
tectives announced their mission.
II know what you want" he said
"Never mind reading the warrant"
at prefer to read it, said one of the
detectives.
The prisoners wife appeared sud
denly and intuitiyely she grasped the
situation.
MY God. they have got him." she
cried. the detectives say, and swooned,
but soon recovered herself. Fitzgerald
was granted permission to kiss his chill
dren good-by. and was then taken to
the La Sale street offices of the Young
Detective Agency in an automobile.
He was held in the offices of the agen-
CIV until 2 o'clock i'm the morning. when
he was taken to the county jail and
locked up.
1t is said that representatives Of the
government secret service department
In Chicago are skeptical and inclined to
discredit the evidence gathered by the
Young Agency. operatives of which
have .trailed Fitzgerald for months
While Fitzgerald was long under sus
picion and was dismissed following the
failure of the government detectives to
detect the thief. evidence against him
strong enough to WARRANT his arrest
was never unearthed by the federal
authorities Herbert L. Young head of
the agency which caused the arrest OF
Fitzgerald, is confident, however. that
he has landed the man responsible for
the theft Mr. Young has limited that
one of two prominent men suspected
of being accomplices in the gigantic
theft has made partial confession OF
his part in the crime.
Alleged Offer 10 Sell Bills Stfrs.
The alleged offer of Fitzgerald &c
dispose of two 81 900 bills to Col Har-
ry C. Gano. superintendent of A. Booth
& Co.'S cold storage plant for $500
each, is the newest link in the chain
of evidence against the former teller
according to operatives of the Young
agency. Much of the r,oney which dis
appeared from the sui treasury was in
bills of the $1,000 denomination. and
Young declares that he had indisputa.
BILE evidence that Fitzgerald had some
of these greenbacks in his possession.
While he did not make good his offer
to dispose of the large bills. the detec-
tives say that others overheard his Of
fer to Col. Gano.
On the other hand. Attorney Ed.
ward r. Litzinger. who has been re
tanned by the prisoner. laughs at the
idea that his client is guilty and says
that the affair is likely to turn out Sc
riously for those who caused the ar
rest. The fact that the Federal author
tiles knew nothing of the hunt for the
man who took the $4,000 and the
fact that the States Attorneys Office
was cognizant of the whole case for
weeks before Fitzgerald was arrested is
looked upon by the lawyers as n fur
ther complication.