New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-12


Nc. - Tra1kn street. al stated tia. lie had lot
ch,c,,t,u,e amount OF 81 5t1 at a house in F,rt7.
second s:,sl, and l., suspected the popet, had beer
s.ocv. t., checks were on the Pope, Bank, New
YsL. AID On a Bo,.on Bark. Office, Kcvcck, the
ri.L. telegraph operator. entered ito Conversation
yith tie ua1 and iiLay sssed permission TO c1suiae
b;sceat. Tie Goa. was taken OF sad turned in.:.o
ov.. vic, tie checks alleged 70 have been stolen
were found +, good condition uader tie niug Of the
left hand slecvp. Tie stranger was sgreestly eur.
pissed &; .he d.c0ve!y. sni went Ii, way rejoicing.
A.o,yrn CosYiDryoI MAS-SA,RP OPEgiroy.
-Uea,y Reed. s,;as II. C. Baird alas c. W. Spsrr.
& young man Of ean.eei appearance, was yesterday
mo,r,G arrested by Office kirs sttached to Deputy
CsIyen,et's oficc. charged with having defrauded
Messrp. Hall & Sers and Messu. James Gray & Co.,
by mears Of The confidence game.
On the Gh instsu. il appears. the prisoner called 8.
the ru,;c store Of MessIs. Hal & Sons Broadway
and Giving HI. name as Il. G. Baird, bargaiued for
s;lyer mounted diatoLic flute, valued at tG0. He
stated that he w,s stopping at Esres Hotel. aud
requested Eat the flute should be sent there when ne
would nav the bill. According TO drectious the aute
was sett 10 the hotel il tic care oleIander Halsey
a porter in the store. Haisey was met by Reed and
COZ Sueted I'd STARE TO voom No. "a, where he was
requested TO 81. down. A! the same time Reed took
the aue. saving lie wished TO show II to his mother,
who vm IN an adjoining room, and left the apartment,
co-rg the door. The porter waited some time for
Reds ,etu,n. bu. Ia waited in vain. At length,
lusrec,;nc tia. he had been sold he repaired to the
office and msde Inquiries respecting Reed, when he
was itfrmed bytLs clerk that the gentleman had only
few H. nutcs before paid hi. bill and left the house.
Hasev looked aboat for the fellow who had performed
60 admirable an overture on the datouo flute but IN
VAIN ard giving up the job, returned to the store and
stated how he lad been done.
Eated by biz succe,, Reed, the next day, called at
the CIV goods store Of Gray & Co., in broadway, aud
purchased Of one ofthe clerks two silk pattern dresses
worth AGO each Here the swindler gave his name
uT. W. Spar, ard ordered the goods sent to the
Me,ro,ol.tan Hotel Spar was in waiting when the
potter arrived and took him in room opposite the
office. H. reeIam;ned the silks aud appeared greatly
de,chted and said that le must show them to his
mother. who WAS lying sck in q room on the sane
aoor Geo Martin tho porter, thin king it ali right
allowed Spar TO take tie package. whereup9n the
rascal s.oped. Msrt;n waited al hour ortwc aadthen
repairing TO tie Office asked to bs shown MIS- Span
ROOM when d, yes tod rs such person stopped there
Justice Welsh committed tho anused 20 prison for
eYamiI ston.
y;si1 10 Yn.,oss. Charles SpeN OF Boston,
known throughout tie country as "the prisoner
fr:erd" !. in this city to visit the prisons, converse
with tie inmates gather statistics, and promo'e in
cther wsys the ends Of hi. mission Of mercy lie is
stopping 70. few da!, at No. Is LaisAt street
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The following, ,de was made Yesterday at the Mer-
chants E1ehaose By A. J. BeecAsrs, Son Co.:
One lot moth side Forty fourth street, between Firth
and Sixth av enaes, a5Iioo.5, 1890.
ELoTlyIrC Coou, FrICDuEESriY OsrAisEo.-
Officers s. s. Su TIA and Webb Of the lower Police
Count yett0Gay arrested Julian Legoupi! AID .. D.
Josn., extensive importers and liquor dealers, Going
tusiress at No SIC Broadway, charged with receiving
stolen goods, end i. alleged. with knowledge that
such goods had been fraudulent Obtained
So-ss weeks ago. one Eugene Dcooyes, or Charles
S. he V,ers va, az ested for sw:ad.ng various firms
about the city out Of large quantities of goods by
neans tf f-audu.crt ci2ers and bogus CHEEKS, ard
Gree tina. e quantity of furniture fraudulenty Oh.
tanned f-o 10 Cook Co.. IN Broadway, has been found
il toe rosse:sion Ct i.egourI Il Josn;.
Dcooye, ala. De Viliey. las been detained at the
Toub.s h, arrest tcr examination and in the
ar tire fas mace cat ,ong statement duplicating
tie .i,m above mentioned. He ssys be has been &C.
aug nted With fego1p;l i Josni few years, aud tie
6-s, know edge ne had Of their fraudulent transec-
,or, vaa about Two years age. but he had nchng 10
10 With their b9:,ness-he vac onlya witness. VII
ieri sa;s he unable to remember the mt tfaasac
tan he had vita Legoupl Josni-the dates VIXEN
the Transactions took p.sce-how many they were OF
What va. TIE exact mt Of money lie received Tor
his commission.
TIE i.st that be remembered was their ordering
Trough HIN pipe OF spirits from Dayton Sprasae
OF No. 4 Robinson street. Tee pipe ws1 sent TO No.
e White street ard le by their csstman Oh the side
was. Legou;, he alleges Lad it taken into the cell
a. and .ubs, 1uen:y removed to tie store OF the ht
No q Let1e,l st!eet. Lesolp!i JOIN. were prose-
cu.ed by Dayton Sprsgse, bu. the suit never cano
70 81 end.
Tue firm next purchased three barrels Of pure spirits
fum Coolidge & Young. No. ltS Sheriff sEeet; unuer
the name OF Peri.er & Co., for S92 80. The three
ba,re,s were e.r.to No. G9l Broadway, and len on
the Sidewalk and soon after cared to small alley IN
tie res. OF H. & ia s.oIe. Thence they were taken
70 the stoIs in Leonard street.
Thee or four barrels were next purchased OF an
other firm, eri taken TO NJ. ~. Chatham street.
thence to Il alley above mentioned, ard thence TO the
store.
1trte barrel. were next purchased Of Hoi'nan q
Cur. . in Murray street and cent to the alley and
thence transferred to tne store. TIE day alter HON
man & Cunts wen. to L & J.s store, ana complained
abor: the freud bit Le don't know what the hFdi toid
them. They tod aim {, Hers, however, to keep out
Of the way. AID gave lin so.
Two b.rres Of spirit, we're similarly obtained ifom
John Broxhao, four from John Fe,rsl one pipe from
Barnard i Co.. cue pipe ficm Sohuchard Gebhard
at $50.
Iyl,iefs Ages th.., after Lssozpl 4 Jo'ni re-
moved 10 Btadyey, tiey se-e in want Of some new
f.-n.u,, e. .ie ,av oafce and ,hey gave LiG tho