The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-06-29

II viii be perceived that the item for detec ives
like fastaGrs gallon OF s.ek to the halfyegny worth
but everything is Jumped satisfactorily in round
Dumbers, and
ruE ENORMOUS LIZ
Ia presented for the public 10 swallow. long list
Of Of most estimabe gentlemen are published
ne members OF the Committee, but II Sry one is
asked point blank II he does actually boioug to said
Committee, the answer IL In the negative. The pre-
tentious boast also IL made that the Association las
closed; from January, 1863; to January, ls7O, 9ii
time the ponco. with all their efforts. closed only
i've Since the inception Of the Preventive Society
closed single house, nor hrs rHB Sun been able to
find that II ever commenced rroe oeeedincs against
by the detective in tho service OF Capt John s
por,ers OF this paper tend prove that the Assoc
but OF diabolically strocious character The utter
disregard OF r. II. West and his compeers for the
misery OF the clerks and partners
RUINED BIT THEIR LIKs
seems incredibl But It is positively undeniable
fict that over and over again the victim selected
By the fraternity had been In gambling house
'psIAsW but lcsers-So-e csno 10 Ns-SpsNcsr frop
lsins will at length be dealt with ns they deserve
To-day Il IL understood that smother warrant for
rest viii be issued aud the villains rejoicing in the
freedom from the cage, not already scentng fresh
carcases, will be thrust again behind iron bars.
Charles r. Prescott, the worthy attorney OF the
CONSIDERED A BAD eco.
II Is asserted by soldiers who served under him
that his war record was not brilliant ror even re-
speetaS le His career since he returned from the
battlefield has been unques,ionably bad Last year,
IL is said his wife, very smiAble lad, oh.
tanned divorce from him on the ground Of adul.
terry He married her eighteen years against the
wishes OF her father a wealthy German optieap.
Prescott was his clerk, and having fair exterior
and some eloquence, had managed to win the girls
affections, but in suite OF her pesdngs the old man
said Noin" with detern inatiOn.
THEY ELoPSn,
and the old man,s first mad wilh anger at his daugt.
@ fSSi' Su sa wss ss 5s'Ssi cS ssi
that Prescott was Lieutenant Colonel OF C1ossen's
regiment leaving his daughter u considerable for
tdne, which her husband spent retklessly ard
vicousy. In jane is0s, lie told her that had be,
come Involved ia business, and that II would be
necessary for him to leave town tempo. .arly and
AL his letters to her being posted outside oftne city
she supposed tfat he hal lett New York. But acci-
dent revealed the fact that he had only gone far
as Seventeenth street, where be was boarding with
children, of whom he was the father, The out.
ragged lady rushed to the house, gained Adrittance
and confronted her husband with tears and upbraid.
ings. But he
TREATED HER As ASiNPosroR
swore that he had never seen her before and push
ed her out OF the house. The lady at once ap.
pealed to the law, Judge McCunn giyingIher ali.
mony OF $40 per week Prescott couldn't pay and
he was thrown into prison, where he remained for
six weeks, and was onl let out by proving that h9
had no money and no income beyond what he mad6
by his wits This was a humi.iatng confession for
CHARLES H. Prescott OF the great Wall street banking
6rm OF Prescott 4 Co. Amer his release the lady
Since that time he has been private detective, and
his laiest exploit has been the swndins OF Messrs.
Bishop & Rein, of the Fifth Avenue Hotel Thou th
X. X, West Introduces him ~ the attorney OF the
Association he IN not lawyer, was never admitted
tote bar, and knows nothing OF the PROCESSION
save what he learned as a detective at 6i Broad
way.