The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-07-25
PUTNAM COUNTS HORSE rHISF

| An Arisfocratic Youth Cuttivatins o C;ensIe-
| manly Tnste-A Varied and PecuIinr Ca
| reer-steaiing every Horse he can get n
Chance nt-StartinR for Europe, and
Landing In Jersey Jail.
The old knckerbocker families, with all their
prioe of brit, antiquity, and wealth, have lately
PRODUCED funy Is rracoless scamps as ever earken.
| ed tie doors Off prison. Not the least among these
| aristocrpuc rogues Is MIR. William L. Nelson son
OF Joshua Nelson, $50" Of Gariisons. on the 1iud.
son. Ne'son, though Young man. and reared amid
the rthnements Of good society. has made bis name
notorious as professional swindlcr and horse
Thief, and has succeeded by his Infamous course in
cSushpz out u'o life. Of To- ibg moiloS aud blasss
the hones Of aT%rr-strtf - - = =
Nelson is rather tall young man, with fine al.
dress and very pleasing manners, and is the last
person oven an experienced detective would take
for the seoundrel that he is He begun
HIS DISHONEST CAREER
BY borrowing money from all the friends Of both his
father and himself with no possible idea Of ever re.
turning II. From this form of swinde he gradually
developed into the accomplished thief not hcsita,ing
to appropriate anything he could lay his hands on
mons lady's finger ring to thousand dollar bond
Ills hrst essay at horte-stenlinG was nearly year
ago, when he made way with . handsome team be-
longing TO Mr.. James smyth Of PeekskiIl. lie next
stole horse and wagon from a Mr.. Petit of Pouyb
keepsie, and brought Il to New York on the boat,
Tie first tried to sell II at Barker & Hamns Thirty.
ninth street and Broadway, but tlese gentlemen be
coming suspicious refused TO purchase, when tue
rogue rcpaired to Messrs. johnson a. Van Tasseli's
Nassau street, whore the horse and vehicle were nc.
edenialy discovered by the owner and Nelson
larely
ESCAPED ARREST nj FLIGHT
This matter was finally covered M by money md
tie known resreciabihty OF Nelson's parents, aud
tine thief became a c'erk in the Equitable Insurance
ohice, O2 BroadwOy whore he inetauaoi himself
ny his pleasing address into tie good graces OF the
President, who had linn appointed travelling AGENT
for the company. lie ~ ucxt heard OF soliciting or
ders for coal for Mr.. r. H. Mason IS Nassau street,
from whose employ account OF some piece Of
rasea!iy he was discharged. Ills fathers friends
then obtained pursersip for him on one Of the
sound steamers running rrom New York to New.
port bun AGAIN some OF his roguery caused him TO
lose this lucrative position.
The next seen Of nim is with VIZ. James Campbell
stock broker. Is Broad street, where
NELSON, the HORSE Thief,
was az blatant as any bull bear uron the market
ne mys.ef'cus dsappcar9ncc Of a l1rfe num.er OF
stock market and ruralizng IN Mestchester C0uLty
On the evening OF the "a 90 JuN he made his az
Armstrong; hotcl On the Ssh olJuiy he went to the
citg and very coohg neeoii''rd with Mr.. Newman
Mr.. Armstrong; stable. Leopold is o sort OF loan
broker az li2 Broadway, over KnoX's hat store
Early on TIE morning 0i t7e GA Nelson hfcd the
above mentioned horse ami wagon o-t,asi5iv =, 70
10 Nuukers. The thief don't efs'tlv drove. down c
Lecpods residence, rs SCyentv.uint erect, loSor1
O'Clock IN the morning, when tho lean broker
came out and
RECEIVED rms STOLEN PROPERTY
aud hHd II SCAT TO Reeves Boulevard stables Fil'iy.
tAlru s"rei, near Third avenue. Mr.. Armstrong
advertised reward Of $50 or the recovery Of the
properly which wac claimed by the forrraln cf the
s'pSie-, athougb,Mr. \. was not allowed. even after
nc had Identified the property as his own. 10 remove
IL until al charges incurred 10y Leopold were de-
fraycd, Leopold says he leaned Nelson SiO ON the
s'oien turnout. aud admits that be never expected
Nelson to reclaim it, lie sand taat lie required no
surety from the thief, because ne had loaned i'm
money on watch once. II is singular TACT that
the money lender had an advertisement IN the same
sheet OF the same payer In which Mr.. Armstrong;
- he never made u habit TO W0d newspapers
The friends OF Nelson ailcr this alair caused It 10
be gwen oGt that
mr. FAD DEPARTED FOR EUROPE,
and no further rich was made hy The detectives
Instead, how ever, or gong to Eurunc, he took
rooms at u Hoyt street. Brooklyn. ms ". H. Hen
bricks After being 10 hrCCklyL Few days NclsCn
Hired horse ana wagon At Witteys stable, NeYins
street, i1r % pleasant drive 90 Concy Island. or
course tie team WIS tot returned The festive
WiihgiI's Hi,d career was, however. sudden
hruu' " to an nglor.uus end the beach at Lon
ny Justi e In cy and Is now rUinniius upon the
uUs ia tisgo nj 70 fue la q TpFep fsfa