Year: 1868

| Arrest of the RObber OF the Canal HANK
| OF New OrIeaas-WOnderfal Tact ei
the Detectives.


The Canal Bank of New Orleans was


recently robbed of $4,000. A few day ago


the robber, whose name is Ap. Rilfooi, was
discovered aud arrested by officers lizard


and Farrell, and as the arrest was accom-
piised under very singular circumstances,
We present the full particulars as given by


New Orleans paper:


The skill and ingenuity displayed in


working up the case, and carrying il to 4


successful issue, reflects the highest credit


upon them. Visiting the bank, shortly


after the robbery had been committed, they


noted everything that was calculated TO


help them in the search they had determ-


ined to make-nothing escaped their care


fol scrutiny. They saw at glance that the


thief must have been an exceedingly tall


man, with long arms, TO have taken the


envelope containing the money FROM the


spot where it had been placed by the ex-


change clerk, Mr.. p. l.. Duqueney, and on


a minute examination of the lower ledge


of the railing upon which he must have


stepped, they discovered the imprint of a


tack. This 1t once arrested their asten4


ton, and they argued to themselves that


the man evidently had worn a machine


made shoe or boot, as in these steel tack
or riyet is always driven about the
centre or just beyond the shank. II
will be admitted that this was but a poor
clue, upon which to hang hope of pur-
suing the search to a successful issue, and
the result only proves what may be accom-
plished By resolute and expert detectives,


when added to the esprit du corps, which
exists among them is the grand incentive
Of large reward. These two men imme-
diately became lost to almost everything
save contemplation of mems feet. They
walked stealthily behind all the tall men
they met, endeavoring to catch glimpse
of the soles Of their boots, hoping to see
some protruding tack which might lead to
a discovery. Days of weary and fruitless
search passed. They had inspected the
soles of almost every individual who walks
our streets without avail, when the merest
chance revealed what they had sought so
long and yainly. Having sauntered to-
gether into the City Hotel about 2 o'clock,
while plost of the guests were seated
around the long tables in the reading
room, or gathered in cosy knots convers-
ing on the topics of the day, they sat down
TO observe and compare notes. Presently
Officer Farrell observed a large man sit
ting on the opposite side of the table, with
one foot resting on his knee. He imme-
diately called Izards attention to the man,
who seemed to be endeavoring TO bend
down a tack in his boot with the end
of his penknife. The intense satisfaction
and surprise of the two detectives may be
readily imagined. Here was a man who
answered their idea of the robber exactly.
He was tall, long-limbed, and there, from
the centre of his boot, protruded a steel
tack. To quietly walk round to where the
man sat, to touch him on the shoulder and
whisper in his ear that he was prisoner
was the work of a moment The manner
in which the man started, trembled and
turned pale, would have convinced them of
his guilt had they seen no tale-telling tack,
Without useless words they caused the man
to walk with them TO the Chief of Policies
Office; after a few attempts at preyarica-
tion, he made full confession. 1t seems
that going to the bank to enquire the rate

of exchange, be saw the clerk leave his
desk, and through the wire game detected
the money envelope lying on the ledger.
A wild impulse seized him to possess it,
and quick as thought he reached over, dia-
placed the gas bracket, grasped the en-
velope, replaced the bracket, and noise
lessly left the bank. He stated further,
that he had been greatly surprised at the
large amount contained in the envelope,
and seeing that the notes were all num-
bered, had cut open the mattrass in his
room at the City Hotel, and thrust them in,
hoping to leave the city in a few days un-
with his prize, to wait until the
affair had blown over, and he might offer
the notes with impunity. On repairing to
the City Hotel, the officers, after a private
with Mr.. Morse, the proprie-
tor, obtained the proper key to the room,
and were soon in possession of the prize
which they had so industriously sought,
and the loss of which had been so absorb
ing topic of conversation. On examining
the envelope it was found that all the notes
were safe, there being fifty $1,000 bills in
the package.