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VOL. XIV.
ELDER, THE DETECTIVE.
Erom the New York Herald.
There was no more famous man in
his profession in this city ten years
ago than George Elder, the detective,
who died on Monday night at his res
idence No. 69 West Ninth street.
He was one of the little band in Mul-
berry street who. when burly John
Young, John Jordan and James J.
Kelso were one after another, in his
turn, at the headfof theMetectiveforce,
made themselves famous bv their
exploits as hunters of bank robbers
thieves generally. There came
cloud over this band in the days of
the Tweed ring, but Elder emerged
without a blemish on his good name.
He was a daring officer and had that
peculiar reputation which doesn’t of-
ten full to the lot of even the best of
policemen—it was the reputation of
never making a mistake in his busi-
ness. The reason was that he always
looked before he leaped.
'l he veteran detective was born in
this city on Nov, 6, 1823, his father,
William Elder, being a sail maker ot
some prominence. Young Elder
joined the police force in 1852, judge lie
was first sent to do duty in
Stewart’s Court, went after-ward to
the Tombs and Jefferson Market.
a three million dollar scoop.
It was not long before the newly
made policeman’s wonderful dctec-
tive ability came to the knowledge
of Superindent Talmage, and he was
transferred to that branch of the ser-
vicc. An opportunity to test his
skill soon presented itself. The city
was being flooded with counterfeit
United States Treasury notes, of
which the government officials could
not discover the source. Elder went
to work , and in a very short time ar-
rested a large gang of eontorfeiters
at Mott Haven on evidence which
resulted in their conviction, and the
flood of bad money suddenly stop-
ped. This was H 185S. Just
at.d during the early days of the war
Elder performed many important
and risky services for the govern-
ment. He was under the orders of
Provost Marshal Ivenedy ai the time,
and gave that official great assistance
in discharging his taorc dangerous
duties.
From the time Elder entered the
department until he resigned on
Mach 18,1877, there was not a case
of any magnitude th.it he did not be-
identified with. The Lord bond
robbery in 1866, when ‘Little’ Pet-
tingill and ‘Hod’ Ennis stold nearly
$ 3 , 000,000 in securities from Rufus
Lord by sneaking into hi 3 office at
No. 66 Broadway, was a celebrated
case which Elder used to like to talk
[about. The real thieves were not ar-
rested , but all the property : except-
ing about $40 ,000 worth of bonds,
was recovered, mostly through El-
der s exertions. But of all the crimes
which he unravelled the Livingston
* forgery case was the one that proved
Elder's surperior memory of faces—
a quality he possessed to a marked
degree.
TilE Lim-GSTON ROBBERY,
On Dec. 3, 1867. John Henry Liv-
ingston, alias Lewis, alias Matthews,
as an express messenger,
presented to Mr Work, the paying
teller of the National City Bank,
a check for $75 000. apparently sign-
ed byCofnelius Vanderbilt and drawn
totheorde of Henry Keep. The bogus
messenger was one of the most ex-
pert thieved in the country, his off-
hand manner and disguise misie i the
teller, who examined the signature t
and indorsement ofthe check and
concluded that they were all right,
If be had had any suspicions they
would have been dispelled by the de-
parture ofthe supposed messenger,
who said he had hosines* down the
Street, but. would return in half an
u tn r for nis money. He came back,
took the package containing the $#o,-
0 00, which was ready f r him and
Bevoted to Netfbs, Politics , Agriculture and General Progress.
TOCCOA, GA., NOV. 19, 1886.
Criminal after criminal was arrested,
but they proved their innocence, El-
der , who was at once put on the cas?,
urged Mr. Work to try and remem-
j bor just The how the messenger had appear¬
ed. Teller taken a good
■. the man to whom he bad paid
the cash, and sat down to draw a pen
and sketch of his features. When
he had hashed Elder gave a shout of
j°y*
j j ‘That’s John Livingston’s look,
T 11 bet m v lire -’
.
Livingston had an ordinary face.
but a peculiar expression, which,
crude as the picture was, the astute
detective recognized.
REWARD OF MERIT.
After a tiresome search Elder
found the bogus express messenger
running a stock farm in the West,
which he had bought with a portion
of the money. I he iorger was con¬
victed and sentenced. So well did
Bluer work the case that he was able
return to the bank all but $ 1,000
stolen $75,000. It is said
that. Moses La\ioi. Piesideut of the
bank, refused to reward the detective
for his work on the ground that all
the money should have been recover*
e d. The famous sketch of Living-
ston is in the possession of Elder s
only son, George P, Elder, who is
about 26 3 ears old.
Another of the dead detective s ex-
ploils was the airest of Geo. McDon-
nell, tire Bank ot England forger. He
also figured in the Brooklyn countei-
felting cases, the arrest of Hicks, the
pirateAvho was hanged on Bcdloe’s
Island, and was the officci to whom
a great share of the credit is due for
the capture oi Hie masked buiglars.
1 he gang robbed residence after tes-
idence iti one suburban town after
another, and so daring were Mien
movements that every villiage or
miles around became panic s^ri
While other detectives were working
hard to put a stop to the ontia-
deeds of the gang. El-er,
through his knowledge 01 ciiminals,
suspected certain men and hired a
i room near Millard s saloon, at Hud-
son and Canal streets, where they
used to congregate, He watched
these men for weeks and finally se-
cured evidence that they were the
ones who were committing the rober-
ies. One night the police led by EG
der. made a decent on the saloon.
Eight out of eleven of the gang were
and convicted.
IN WALL STREET,
After Elder retired from active de¬
tective life lie;:spent his time around
M aM street, where he was a great
favorite with the bankers and brok-
ers, who had more than once profited
by his professional services. He
also joined the Gotham and the Bins-
som clubs and Fayette Lodge F.
and A. M. In these organizations,
as well as among his friends, the old
detective was more than well liked
for his genial good nature and ster-
ling worth. In appearance he looked
like a well to do merchant. He had
a delicate trams, and, though never
enjoyinsr robust health, had to re *
cent years the vitality of a dozen
ordinary men. He was the last man
in the world who would have been
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A Remarkable Hunt.
CARVER, THE CHAMPION, BEATEN BY
A GEORGIA CRACKER.
Characters of unusual interest and
worth are frequently met with in out
of the way places. Bands as skillful
as ever ‘woke to ecstacy the living
lyre,’ and folded to rest without liav-
ing broken , with ever cord or note ,
the silence of their obscurity,
At Poweraville, Ga., resides A. C.
Clvatt. a man of the most remarka¬
ble skill in the use of a shot-gun. As
a marksman, he has not his equal in
Georgia, and it is doubtfull if the
world can furnish his superior. Cly-
att was born in Fort Valley, Ga.,
and early developed a taste for field
sports which led him to seek Ins fill of
his hunter’s life in the distant West.
There, even, his accurate marks¬
man ship excited wonder, and in that
wild frontier country his gun won him
reputation and furnished him a sup
port.
A company engaged in collecting
buffalo rob es secured ins service as a
gunner< and for mon ths the subject
of this short sketch indulged in the
wild and exciting camp life of a buf¬
falo hunter, each day killiug fifty an
imals , his quota of the daily ‘kill,’
This nomandie lite, leading the bun-
ters over the vast extent prairie in
pursuit of buffalo occasionally brougli
them in contact with a wandering
predatory band of Indians. More
than one sharp encounter (relieved
them of the monotony of camp life,
and gave’a spice of danger to what
would otherwise have proved an an-
eventful daily routine.
Attached to the same were men en-
gagcd j n securing the skins of wild
dogg and polecats. The carcasses of
buffalo slain during the day'-, and
j.- rom w j^ieh the hides had been strip-
p C( ^ were poisoned, and the wild
dogg and polecats, attracted by fresh
meat wotdd g.eedily devour them
on ]y meet their death. Night after
n - g j lt this was repeated,and hundreds
G f thousands of skins were thus ob-
tft j Ded for use in the manufacture of
^ goods> Mr. Clyatt says that of
more than a hundred polecats thus
destroyed, he never saw any two
8kjng markcd aliUe . they were all
noticably different some being half
white and half black.
Tiring of the hardships of this half
savage life, after the pleasure of the
sport had palled upon his taste. Cly-*
att abandoned the camp and drifted
ed back to the quieter but more at-
tive scenes of his boyhood home.
After marrying, he settled among
the hills that nestle around the unob-
trug j ve villiage of Powersville,
c i g t lteen m i]es below the gem city of
Q eor gj a _Macon. Though actively
engage in t h e engrossing cares of
j- ar[n jjf e< p e found time in which to
indu]ge pass i on f or hunting, and
(P)g an( ^ gun 1)e SOU ght pleasant
^j vers j on f rom the drudgery of farm
j a ^ orj? His success in quail shoot-
ing was considered phenomenal by
occasional hunters of his region
and l)is repu tatiou as a shot rapidly
apread beyond the narrow limits of
^ community.
WhUfc at the Centennial Exposi-
tiou a party of Macon gentlemen ar-
ranged with Dr. Carver, the famous
riflle and shot gun champion, tor a
tournament with Clyatt upon his first
visit to Georgia. In 1884 Carver
vigited the State Fair at Macon, and
having been compelled to leave his
man who assisted him in his exhibi-
tions in Alabama, he wrote Clayatt
t(> meet him there. Clyatt respon-
ded t h e next day after, and Carver, to
which he handled a gun, carried a
barrel of balls upon a field and sprung
from a rorolving trap. The trial
muet bavc p ecD satisfactory, as Cly
ho broke every ball and was enga-
^ ed b y Carver to assist hun in a se-
^ e8 of exhibitions.
After the tatr had closed, the field,
NO. 15.
contest with bird3 was arranged Jto
take place a few weeks latter at
Tkomasville.
The original agreement contempla¬
ted the use of rifles by Carver, but
he was given his choice and the skill
of his opponent, chose the shot gun.
The appointed day at Thomasville
dawned auspiciously for the great,
bunt,"and two, witli nerves braced
for the test of skill, accompanied by
judges and referees, repaired in car¬
riages to the hunting field.
Birds were found in exciting num'
bers and the dogs, appreciating that
something extra was expected of
them, never behaved more beautiful¬
ly; cautiously they approached and
staunchly held every ‘point’ of the
field.
Both hunters were on their metal
and scored with regularity of clock
work, up beyond tho fifties, witn not
a birds ditferenee. The day was lit¬
erally shot awav, and after the hun¬
dred shots fired by each, a count dis¬
covered that Clyatt had bagged 91
against Carver’s 91. Thus closed the
sueoesfully for a Georgia shot the
most remarkable field test ever bad
in Georgia.
One incident of the hunt which
will prove cool head and steady hand
of Clyatt is worthy of mention.
Carver, frequently, was in the
ran » e the bird at Clyatt s turn,
and time was lost in gettin * out of
the way. Clyatt warned him of his
danger but Carver told him to shoot
away. A bird flushed flew in a di-
reotion that brought Carver’s broad
sombrero in Clyatt’s way, but he
raised his gun and like the flash of
thought bis experienced eye saw that
Carver’s head was not in danger and
with the nerve of William Tell, fired
bringing down the bird, but causing
a loss of a few inches of Carver’s hat.
The Doctor, after that incident,
was more careful to keep out of the
way.
The hunt over , Clyatt was impor¬
tuned by Carver to accompany him
to Europe, but he refused, prefering
to enjoy the comforts of home, where
he quietly lives, though, like Bogar-
dus or Carver, he could by exhibi¬
tions of his wonderful skill and dex-
terity in handling a gun, make an
easy fortune.—Albany News.
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LOADED FORBEAR.
A THRILLING STORY OF THE NOW.
FrOm the (Bloomington Illinois) Eye.
Walton^ Oct. 28 —Joseph McCue
of Sulivan county is a little set in
his opinions, but owus up like a man
when he finds that he is wrong. The
other day he was working in his tur¬
nip patch, which is right across the
road from the house. There are not
many neighbors in the part of Sulli-
van county where Mr. McCue’s farm
is, which is the Beaverkill country,
near the Ulster county line. Mr.
McCue had heard a quail whistling
in his turnip patch, and had taken
his shot-gun with him, thinking that
ma ybe he might get the quail for his
suppe r. As the farmer worked he
was finally brought with his face to-
ward the road, and he caught a
limpse c f something passing along.
p armer McCue raised himself up.
As he looke d coward the road his
e y e s opened very wide. As they
Qnened Mr. McCue exclaimed:
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W hat the farmer saw was a bear,
and h was s i ouch i n g deliberately
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^ ^ ^ pasfc the house .
^ was nothin<r ” but bird shot in
* a Q . n but bo f e I t that
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bruit. The hear stopped, looked in
a deprecatory manner at the farmer,
and teen passed on. The farmer
watched it until it disappearea a
bend of the road, it e .
ed the hammers of his gun and uiew
into the barrel, Sat,s e t at t
LEWIS DAVIS
4 TTORNEY AT LA W t
Toccoa City, Ga.
Wiix practice m the counties of Haber*
sham Franklin and Rabun, of Banks, the Nortwestern Circuit,
at.d and of the Western Ch*-
cuit. Prompt attention will be given to ail
business entrusted to Sim. The collection
of debts will have special attention.
JOHN W. OWEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW *
Toccoa, Ga.
Wiu practice in the counties of Habei*
sham and Franklin. Collections attended tb
promptly. May 1-ly
gun had gone off, he exclaimed:
‘Missed him, by jee.’
Farmer McCue finished his work
in the turnip field and went to the
house.
‘If I had gone out loaded for bear,’
said he to his wife,’ ‘I couldn’t have
seen my way, the quails would have
been so thick. But there I was lay¬
ing for quail, and what do 1 flush but
a bear as big as a yearling colt! If
that bear bothers me to-m-orto#,
I’ll be sorry for him, and I’ll load the
old gun now. Mother, count me out
thirty-seven buckshot for each bar-
rell!’
‘You mean nine, Joseph,’ said Mrs.
McCue-.
‘Thirty-seven, mother, for each
barrel.’
‘Nine buckshot, Joseph, is a big
load for any gun, and will kill an el¬
ephant!’
‘Nine buckshot wont hurt a coon*
mother, and I’m after bear. Thirty-
seven is what I want, but it isn’t
enough. I’ve a notion to put in for¬
ty-seven, to make sure. No. I’ll
take thirty seven; but thirty-seven
ain’t enough.’
So Farmer McCue put in a double
charge of powder and thirty-seven
buckshot in each barrel. Mr. McCue
is a good former, but his early edu¬
cation as a hunter was sadly neglect*-
ed.
‘Now let that bear trespass on
me again, by jee!’ said Farmer Mc¬
Cue.
The next day he went to work
again in his turnip field. His gun*
loaded for bear, was with him, it©
had no idea of seeing the bear, so
that when in making a turn in the
field he came almost face to face
with it, evidently enjoying itself
among the turnips, from the way it
was pulling them up and munching
them, the farmer was obliged to
open his eyes wide again and ex¬
claim, with more vigor than before^
‘By jee!’
Farmer McCue Was bound to get
the bear, however, and, backing off
a few feet to where his gun lay, bd
picked it up, took good aim at the
bear, and fired.
Mrs. McCue beard the report at
the house. It made the windows rat¬
tle, and reverberated among the hills
like a Fourth of July salute. The
farmer’s wife ran to the door and
looked over into the turnip field*.
There was a thick cloud of smoke
over by the stone wall, where she
had last seen her husband at work
‘Joseph must have killed the bear,'
she said.
But there was no bear and no Jo-
seplTto be seen. Mrs. McCue ran
down into the field. She had not
gone far before she saw the body of
the bear stretched cut among the
turnips. Looking futher, she saw
Farmer McCue also stretched out
among the turnips, as stiff as the
bear. Just then Farmer Rose and
j^s aon> by,°Mrs. neighbors, happened to be
(1ri ving McCue bailed them*.
They carried Mr. McCue into the
bouse. One side of his face was as
bUi . k as hls ha t, and swollen three
tinies natural size. His right
shoulder was dislocated, and his arm
was black and blue from the sbouldef
to the elbow. It was a good while
before he could be brought to. Then
he opened his jleft eye, and, looking
a t bis wife, said firmly but feebly:
‘Mother, thirty-seven’s enough .
There was a hole through the bean
amidships, big enough to run a stove
nin . ; n Farmer McCue, a little set
own up like a man when he bod. he
i« wrong, is doing as well as could b«
expected.
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