Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-02-28
TFrOn the Albany KnickerbOcker, Feb. III

the Son of A. 7. Stewart, the Mi.
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eraI New YOrkers.
IFrOn the Albany KnickerbOcker, Feb. III
One of the best things that we hsvehesrd
of lately was revealed yesterday. We rel
ish It the more because mere stripping of
q youth who represented himself as the son
Of A. 7. Stewart, the merchant prince of
New York, won the good viii Of these we'll
known New YOrkers, whose friendship he
had enlisted after q short acquaintance, by
his gentlemAnly demeanor and good graces.
It appears that for ten days past the young
man has been stopping at the Stanwix. He
did represent himself TO the proprietor az
the son Of A. 7. Stewart, and on that name
secured one Of the best rooms in the house
People may say, "Whst's in a name" but
We say there is everything in 8 name, as
this case proves. Here was thief who as
sumed the name of a millionaire, and was
received and entertained accordingly. He
was perfect little blood, and we are in
formed that he was winning the esteem
and affections of many ladies stopping at
the house. In fact he went SO far as to
make love to some of them, and one be-
came ensmored, not of his appearance or
exhibition of money, but his name; forhis |
appearance was by no means attractive, |
and, as for money, he did not have q cent. |
He told the lady his name was Stewart, but |
she did not believe him, and while in cor
versation with one of her gentlemen ac-
quAintances in the parlor, Wednesday even
ing, enlisted his services to find out who /
the young gent really was. The gentleman
acquaintance was one of the New Yorkers
referred to above. In attempting to find
out who the young gent was, for his lady
friend, the New Yorker became intimate.
he introduced his friends, and all the
parties soon started off together on q
regular lark When they returned to the
house, the New Workers, among whom was
Thomas g. Finn and James P. Abbott. in
vited young Stewart to room with them
during the night Young Stewart consent
ed, notwithstanding he had one of the best
rooms in the house. They all retired. and
young Stewart watched the movements ef
his victims closely. He was on the steal
he was q regular hotel thief in disguise.
One Of the gentlemen who slept in the
room, Noah r. Oogswell, had the precau-
ton to take his wallet, containing ninety
dollars, from his pants pocket and place it
under his pillow. During the night, how
ever, young Stewart arose and abstracted
3 twenty dollar greenbsck from each
Of the pockets Of Finn and Abbott. ]
Mason heard considerable mussing in the
night as If persons were dropping on the [
door. He spoke of it yesterday morning,
Finn and Abbott examined their pockets. i
and each found himself twenty dollars I
poorer than when he retired the night be-
ore. For the first time these New York {
gentlemen we're struck with the true char /
lcter of their guest Policeman Clute was I
'alled in, and young Stewart was handed
'ver. Upon him was found the missing s
property. He admitted the larceny, and I
aid thst he saw Mason put this pocket i
'ook under his head, and was satisfied he
,ould get nothing there. T
On being srraigned he gave his name as !
Herman Poppenhsussen-s good name for 4
foreign prince, but q mighty bad one for f
New York prime. On learning his true
haraoter all the bosrders at the house were T
stonished, and none more so than the New a
FORK lady who set her New York friend to c
INQUIRE who her new acquaintance might Ii
e. The case was fully invesIigsted, when .
'teWart, alias PoppenhsuseD, was sent to
all. His crime is only petit larceny, there
eng two thefts. It is 8 penitentisry Of
snse. Had forty dollars been taken to- v
ether, he would have had q splendid Il
hsnce to spend few years at the Clinton Il
-csdemy. L