The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-10-31
ExTENSITE FRAUD ~ SEwARh.
Three Rascals OF IrrcprOachHblc Chn nrRctcr
Procuring Goods under False Preirnccs
-iIassRchusetts shoe Manufacturers the
Nmnercrs THO GMiliN pnrIics In CnatnLX.

Three Rascals OF IrrcprOachnblc Character
Procuring Goods under False Preirnccs
-lIassachusetts shoe Manufacturers the
Sufferers The Guilty Parties In Custody.
Some eighteen months since Mr.. George II.
Holder. doirg business at go Market street, New
ark, became deeply involved, and his shoe business
was disposed OF at Sherils sale, Mr. Joseph p Don.
nelly. his employee, man OF reported small means,
purchasing the stock at the sale. Mr. Donnclly rs.
suned the proprlctorshp, while II is ALLEGED n at
Mr.. Holder was really conducting the business
DOnnelly, however, was no more fortunate In the
business than his predecessor and after ds.osing
Of very considerable potion Of the stock sold out
TO one wm. d. Rankin, one Of his employees. who
continued the business.
About a fortnight since Mr.. VIM. Rankin, resld.
ing in High street. Newark, a very different Ran
kin from the one reported to have bought out Mr.
Donnclly, was considerably annoyed by visits from
prominent business men OF Newark, who stated TO
him that they had received letters from prominent
New ENGLAND manufacturers inGuirins 10 his re-.
sponsibitty, and also tha, Mr. Rankin had referred
bis credit to them. Mr. R,nS'n at once c1m7.uni-
Gated the circumstances TO chief OF Police Peck
VOL, who. with his able corr- OF detectives won't
10 work 10 urtarth the perpetrators Cf Wnat they
deemed au extensive rsuo.
The various express Offices were ysite t. aud tho
ei'p.oytcs placed 10 pu-,, flru &C TIE t.r'4 urtDd
In few duy- MIR. Donncy called 40 che New Jcr. ey
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Mr. Mm. Rankin. H. W.. 10 j thcr, were ana de.
parted, promising 10 call on the morrow and obtain
them. The morrow came, hut not Mr. Douuplipy ::
ana undcr instructions from the rulicc Dcnartmcnt
TIC express a,eu; called uuou Mr. DoGnclrv, ami
'old him that unless the goods were taken away i'm.
mcdgteIy storage would ho curscd upon them.
them.
During this time letters had been received from
New England manufacturers which proved beyond
donht nat fraud bad been lcrpg'raJel Mr, Don.
nelly 81 not call for tie gooAs. bat dd take away
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tfom TO Sew York in dray In the meantime a
NJ Morton from Lynn Mas, came on 70
Newark and fSunl ma Mr. William d Rankin,
tRonhin No, :? mad called flr The goo H. AMI C. aimed
to be the party for whom they soon sent. Mr., Nor.
ton demanded that l'euku No .hogll taSc the
goods out the latter declined, saying thd they were
not sent to him as he had directed. lie offered to
pay Mr.. Morton so for lis CNr0usr-. anu the
oncr was accepted. RouAin promised to va,
the $50 on the morrow ~ 4 gave ,Cctvc Unggcity
the KEYS TO the store, saying that tho goods therein
were worth enough for security The next morn
l'nsln nad disappeared, hr. Donnelly having
lor over week Mr.. Ranku's and Mr.. Donnclly'.
whereabouts were unknown, Int tie deicc. ives Kent
a sharu lDo.,' Ut and early on Suuda, morning not
only succeeded IN capturing th'm. but man urc-
yuUsy supl Oscd innocent, br, George II L0iler.
Joseph =. Dounoy WA arrested ut i2:9l In Bank
street WIN. y Rankin NJ s:si in Ferry street. ami
Geo, II, il9ddor 90 ND IN Arch street, by Chot
PccIwen. Detectives lllu'y. lhgSr,Y, III shcr. ami
Dunn. Neither OF the prisoners knew that their
CVI"lau's du pt' arrested AII so hlctN were NE
arrests kept quiet that not only tie public but the
New York reporters knew not u them until late
hour sunday night TIE amOIni ofthCir sNi. lnE
trausacilous Is not known, bot it viii probably
rcscu $l5,oO) Or $4,000
Two OF Newark most able criminal lawyers have
been engaged by the PRISONERS to defend III ir cases
Maj -Gen. Theodore RluyOn and Wm. H. Guill Jr.,
who have had frequent consultations with their
clicnta during the day The prisoners are com.
parauyely Young men, being from 80 10 IS yours ot
age. Ihey nave ,pteuou,A born" iucploaCha5lo
lie attributed To mstortunes IN business which they
could not overcome.