The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-07-01
A BIG HIT ON SWINDLERS.
WEST, GALWAY, PRESCOTT, AND TIM
WHOLE GANG EXPOSED.

Judge Bowling on the War Path-Distric,
Attorney Garyin Going in for scalps-Tho
Merchants OF New York Aroused-A
Thoroughly Organized Gang Of villains.
Tho West, Galway, and Prescott gang OF
swindiers and forgers seems to have comprised Q
large number OF desperate villains, who have fos
years been operating in this city in all manner Of
criminal and felouious ways. We sent alta chd
OF THE sun 10 Judge Bowling yesterday morning
to what thai indomable minister Of justice had
on his books in regard TO these people, knowing that
the Judges experience and knowledge OF such mat
tiers are only equaed by his fearleesness and public
spirit:
Know 'em ~ said Judge Bowling, when our Sum
beam irradiated his courtroom and put the question
TO His Honor" Know emf II the Court knows
herself, she do. I've never had Prescott before me,
but I've had other members Of the gang, and know
the whole crew. They are q DESPERATELY mean set
should be glad to give the particulars but the pa
pers have been sent to the District Attorneys once.
as the rascas have been indicted by the Grand Jury.
There IA a gentleman here from the District Attor4
ney's Office now. and I'll speak to him about It,"
Judge Downing then called Mr.. Blunt clerk In
the District Attorneys ONCE, and son of the famoua
Nathaniel Bowditch Blunt, whose name win be for
ever loved and revered by the bench and bar OF New
York. and stated the to him. Mr.. Blunt remem
bered the indictments very WE'LL went with to thu
District Attorneys Office, hunted tho documents,
aud laid them before Us. Tho parties who were
caught were William NJ. MARITIME and William j. Rec
brace Of about
THE MOST vrLLArSous WILLIAMS
known 10 the Tombs or the District Attorneys ONCE.
The most recent operations on which any OF these
swindors has been indicted was the passing OF tho
following bogus check by Marine bogus check heck
which Prescott passed on Dalrymple Jones
prosecution. and save the feelings of respectable
fonAa al Ira
The MARITIME bogus check was follows:
Nj ,, pE 70 Ap5il Il f.d 49, or
orlcr forty dollars. u,,.vc,pv
| Endorsed across the back, W. NJ MARITIME.
This check was passed by MARITIME on Joseph NJ
| Galway, Of 422 Fourth avenue, corner of Twenty
sworn TO Sy Mr. Gnway before james r Coulter,
Police Justice, on May 10, 1870, warrant was IS
Ger in search OF him until tie 18th day Of the pres.
| ent month, when he was arrested, taken before
| Justice Coulter, and examined rs follows:
| Q-wbat is your name A.-whliam NJ MARITIME.
| GLOW old are your A.-Thrty years.
| Q-wlere were you bornf Ain the city o.
| Q.-Where do you liver Ain New jersey.
| Q-Wnat is your oceupationt Al en- lawyer.
tive to the charge here preferred against your A
| am not guilty Of the charge.
the Grand Jury, and on the 23d inst. an indict.
ment found against MARITIME, ana the officers are
| now eagerly looking for
| THAT NEW JERSEY LAWYER.
There are two other indictments on file in thu
| District Attorneys Office against MARITIME and Wm-
j. Rec, conieder4te, for forgery in the third de-
sorry notes Of which the following is copy, Inc two
notes being facsimiles OF each other
siS months after date we promise Ray to he order
dollars sG MINI tSHS' SaSG
N so. IS srk 6 6iyD e Sa i% ri iss
Ill., s. Int. Rev. ,,,itanmp f iSi cTN,1Ecesd
e,aor..a ON IN hU ,cS h Ir,N NoohflEs.
| These notes were put the market through bro.
kers, and sold at discount of nine per cent. Hunt
Bennett a Co. and o. NJ Bogert q Co., welLknows
note brokers, who had had genuine paper OF Hunt
soon Hunt, Hellmer Il co. and Garrett, Clark y
| Co. heard Of the notes tuey declared taem to be
FogGEqEs
and on sept II, 1868, all parties maie anidlvts bo
fore Justice bowling &c ting forth the facts. war
rants were issued, and MARITIME and Rec
rested, examined, held to bail, indicted by the
baed by Theodore MARITIME. 335 West Twenty.
eighth street, and Ellis \. Crow II Charlton street.
Ree's examination was ~ follows
| Q.-Mhat is your name? A-wiiam J. Rec.
9-NW9SwS- old are yoH A9rklrty n aay ySS
| Q-Nhere do you liyeI A.-No. II East twenty
Q'Swhai is your occupation? A-uerchant
,Q-haye You snyihins TO say and 50; what, Iela;
am not guilty.
As wo finished transcrbing the above from the
files OF the District Attorneys oilce. ID clerk came
. in with ponderuus bundle OF indictments against
MARITIME and Rec for
| VARIOUS CRIMES
and running through several years Tie sight Of tho
pile OF documents put to flight the idea Of going
through all those prescnations' by the jurors OF
the people OF the State Of New York in ana for the
| body Of the city and county Of New York, upon
their oath" with the thermometer at 20 degrees ~
the inner room, and the cierk who keeps the key or
the cupboard absent. with che key in bis POCKET, be-
, | ing more than could endure
| Justice bowling IL determined to have these mis-
creants brought to punishment. His memoir holds
the facts Of their tortuous Of crime IN It's cnl-
cious keeping, AID he is the alert for the whole
: | gang. lie saws they about the most ncGIrious
villains that rave ever infested the metropolis.
Q | District Attorney GIivin ia also determined 10
| bring the miscreauts to justice as rapidly rs posi-
bic lie has vi eve them, and the machinery or
| Il q law will soon be.in 10 turn upon the Nrrtchcs
who nave been so long proving upon the community