The New York herald., 1870-03-16
THE PEaILS OF EMIGRANTS.
The Inconsistency Of Justice-A Swindler st
Largo and His Victim in the
House Of Detention.

ApainluIy interesting case Is now on the calendar
OF the Court OF General Sessions, which up yes
teroay LOT ula out was postponed usual OF course
tnrougn the potency OF political influence The CON-
plainant Is poor emigrant named ilarmon A. Black,
against one John Leary q ward politician, whom he
charges with having swndled MIN out OF S407 st
No. 1l6 Liberty street.
Leary was arrested and indicted by the Grand
Jury and Is now under trial. bat was baileo out
within an hour after his arrest The complainant
has In the House OF Detention for the last three
weeks where he still remains. Successful efforts
have been made to postpone The case from tune to
time. Notwithstanding the opposition OF Assistant
District Attorney Fellows the Case was postponed
till wednesday week. Tne complainant has q wife
and family st Hamburg Germany. wnom ne In
tended 10 bring To thls country with the money
OUT OF which he had Dcen swindled by Leary. His
family is now depending on public charity for their
support. In the meantime tho accused remains AZ
large, while the outraged party Is not only denied
redress, but is still kept cOnAncI In . damp, un-
healthy cell In that abode OF ecnedness tne House
OF Detention. 30 a. 70 be prevented from going 70
his starving family abroad. Truy Is poverty
crime. This Is but one OF many cases VI IKE ma
ture which have occurred ~ TINS very ONCE NO. lao
This ofce is kept open In direct violation OF law.
under the pfetence OF selling ncActs on the various
lines OF steamers plying between tins country aud
Europe, thus giving their olice show OF rcspecta-
Dility. Section OF chapter los. Laws OF 1870, de-
clares that "the selling Issuing OF tickets mis-
demeanor and declares ali orocs where these sales
take place disorderly houses, aud makes II the duty
OF all magistrates wltnin tue county 10 issue war
rants for the arrest OF every person found
therein" Notwithstanding tns provision shesc
Offices kept open and rooDertes oi like nature
committed there daily There are Other orfices OF
tns kind In various parts of the city; the most
notorious with the exception oi one In Liberty
street, IS one in Hoboken street anu another In
WesL street II person goes Into these offices at
any time during the day ne viii soc from dozen TO
twenty wel dres ed aud respectable LOOKING men
VINO were interested In these robDerles. The man
ner IN which these rooberles are committed Is as
f0iIows:-
The victims are met by runner a. the derots or
Castle Garden who take Jueu " their olce5 tO Res
tickets. they are then Offered gold IN exchange for
| their greenbacks ana the go.d Is counted out 10
| them. For sale Keeping we xoid Is tLen put III
belt, kept IN the o1ces for SALE Tie party IL then
asked 10 step into inner room TO have the beH
Duckled on. While he turning the corner
OF the counter 70 get INTO The inner room
| the belt til.ed with gold Is exchanged
| for - another containing silver, which Is
| put ON. aud the party or parties u then hur-
red t0 the boat and Ii cautioned " Keep the pos
session OF this belt person profound secret
This caution is but two wei observed, and the in
jured outraged party seldom discovers the tricT
until he examines the Bet Ia ms own house. when
ne finds That he been robbed OF the savings OF
many years. Some oil the shipping companies have
acted very generously and brought oil these parties
swinaled back who have applied. and have even
Kept OF them at their own expense In TINS city
until trial could be had.