The New York herald., 1869-02-21
TEE STAR INSURANCE BOND ROBBERY.

Examination Before Justice Dowiing-Lec
Committed In Default of $4,000 Ball
The Prisoner Implicated in Another $4,000
Robbery.
The examination In the case OF Edwin r. Lee, the
stock broker OF No. 10 Wall street. arrested Fri
day afternoon, charged with stealing $4,000 in
United States five twenty bonds from the Office OF
the Star Fire Insurance Company, No. 90 Broadway
as already reported. took place before Justice Dow
ling at the Tombs yesterday afternoon.J
MFR. Leonard D. White, Of the arm q White, Nor.
ris Co.. No. 20 Wall street. ns tross-examined by
the defendants counsel dnd deposed that he does
not know where the bonds he had purchased from
the ecogseo are; sold them to some customer; |
identify the numbers from our register; know MI.
Lee; there was no one with MIN at the time Of the
sale that remember; paid HIM by check; have
known Lee for several months; have bought bonds
from him at various times; did not know that these
bonds were stolen.
Nicholas Z. Miller president OF the Star Fire Insur-
ance Company, being crossexamned, said--Mysef
and the secretary have the custody OF the vaableS
OF the company; we notified The community OF the
loss OF the bonds by printed circulars to bankers,
brokers, chiefs OF police, by newspaper and mail,
besides advertisngin all the newspapers in the city;
I received my information with reference to Lee
from White Morris i Co. and Fisk & Hatch; the
bonds are OF $500 each and four u number sold to
White Morris 4 Co., and four In number OF $500
each sold to Fisk Hatch never saw Lee until yes
tcrdaY
There being no other witnesses present for the
prosecution the magistrate said he deemed the evil
dence su1icient to hold the prisoner for trial and
should do unless there were witnesses for the de-
fence.
Prisoners counsel said they had NO witnesses In
court, and asked time to produce them. and with
that view the prisoner submitted written state
forth that he is q regular member Of the Board Of
Brokers III this CITY, apd has been since the organ
zaton Of the board; hs such broker has bought and
m luQ1n al NJ graf
stocks and other b0nds that he keepssn0 register
book OF account in which are entered the numbers
sold by him; that he has not within one year past
sold any United states bonds Of any denomination
whatever, except what he sold on commission for
two certain individuals, one w. s. Brown, OF this
city, who was introduced to him in February year
ago by Charles X. LOOmis at that time general
freight agent Of the Buffalo and State Line Railroad
Company at the city of BufaO. since deceased, and
in whose employ he Q.ee) was In 1859; the other
person to whom he sold any government bonds Is
known to Lee as gfain and pork dealers; that ho
does not know the whereabouts Qf the two men
Brown aud White, neither does he Know where they
arrest that any bonds had been stolen from the Star
Fire Insurance Company; that no notice to that
effect had ever been served upon hlm
The magistrate, deeming the facts contained In the
above statement insufficient to postpone the case
said he should fully commit the prisoner for trial In
default Of $4,000 bail, and accordingly did 80.
Lee is thirty-two years OF age, a mtlve OF oneida
county this State, lives In Bergen NJ, and pleaded
not guilty.
At the close Of the investigation M Henry Roch-
ALL one OF the members Of a firm doing business at
No. 60 Pine street, appeared and expressed will
Lee, charging him with completely In another bond
robbery. 1t appears that on the afternoon Of the "a
OF January last the office OF Mr. Rochal entered
by sneak thieves and robbed OF tin box containing
S50,00O in government and other securities, with
which the lght-hngered operators made their cs-
cape. II Is alleged that $1,000 Of the bonds stolen
OF Lee, he having sold them TO certain parties In
Wall street. As all the witnesses necessary to perfect
the complaint were not IN court, the hearing In the
case was postponed till Tuesday next.