The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-20
The T1M5S pcL,cs COUNT.
Recovery of a Chcclk-Attempted Rescue Of
n Prisoner-The Park Bank Eobbery-A
Blackmailiug Police Gfylcer.

Recovery of n Csccl-Attcmptsd Rescue of
Prsoner-The Park Bank Robbsry-A
Matchmaking Police Gfacer.
Before Judge Hogan.
The court calender contained ninety cases yester.
day. After number OF minor complaints had been
disposed Of young man named Frank Linton was
brought up. lie was arrested by oflcer Hogan, OF
the Third precinct Tor committing an assault upon
woman while making an attempt
TO PICK HER POCKET.
The ol'cer searched him when he was brought TO
tho station house and found upon his person check
drawn on the Ninth National Bank Dy Peake, Oh.
dycke Co., TO The order OF Frisbee Roberts & Co.,
FOR slso 49, promissory note drawn to the order OF
Frisbee, Roberts Co. by J. Carpenter for the sum
OF s2,5sl 81. W. H. Kingsley, No. 4e Murray street.
charged that these two notes, representing So 7e7 81
had been stolen from his premises the 10th OF the
present month. The prisoner said In reply that
HE HAD PICKED UP
both papers on Broadway, nearly opposite A. T.
Stewards, short time before he was arrested. He
was held In 81. 500 bail.
A DISTINGUISHED LOOKING INDIVIDUAL,
with long, flowing beard, thin, pinched cheeks ana
enormous nose, was presented to the attention OF
his Honor under complaint OF having gone into the
Office of Beers a Edwards, 3s Broad street. and
Offering for sale bond OF the denomination of
81 900. Mr.. Beers noticed something wrong with
the instrument and asked the man where he came
from He replied that he had been sent there by
Turner Brothers, who had informed him that Beers
4 Co. would negotiate the bond Mr. Beers, being
somewhat suspicious OF the number, sent the bond
over to the Comptroiler's ana IL was there d,scoy
cred that the number had been tempered with. AS
the number the bond bore on its face was the de-
First precinct sent for, and the prisoner gave
his name as DR.. John Leon. TIE bond afterwards
turned out to be
THE MISSING oNE
OF the five stolen from the Park Bank OF BROOKLYN,
the other four having been recovered. The prest-
dent of the bank not having court yester-
day the prisoner was remanded
on the corner OF Washington and Liberty streets
August Alexander luXurlate3 In q grOg shop.
August got drunk on Friday and was incontinentiy
locked up. Not liking the situation Alexander
BEsoUGHT THE CLEMENCY OF THE COURT
but justice inneXible, as the case was an aggra-
waited one In q moment OF ecstacy the bury form
OF officer Jacob King broke upon the line Of the
little arrangement with the officer that he should
procure his deiiverance ard at the same time per.
nit himself to be prevailed upon to receive
little doUceaT for his trouble and innu-
ence in the shape OF ten dollar bill. King. 1t Is
suggested the INTERPRETATION OF friend. One hap
pemng 10 be ready at hand, the soft-hearted King
rhetoric OF Alexander and took the ten dollars as
preliminary steD King then set out upon his way
to make al effort TO get the liberal Alexander
OUT OF THE sCRAPE;
but instead OF going up TO the desk and paying the
fine IN the regular way, Mr.. King magnanlmously
thought he would try the sympathetic and influen.
iial Keys and, IL possible, save the offending Alex
ander from the penalty OF the court. While the officer
was man9uvring however, Alexander's barkeeper
walked mro court, paved the fine and liberated his
master When the latter reganed his liberty he dis
covered that he had paid two fines. lie made a
tremendous noise at the prison gate about IT, shout
ing out tnat he mad been robbed. Mr.. Long,
ONE OF THE KEEPERS
OF the City Prison, came and asked the OF the
disturbance Alexander told him, and Long took
HIM back into the prison to If he could point ont
the man. He did so immediately, aud then went
into court and made O sworn statement, upon which
King arrested. Mr. Stacom, the Warden Of
the City Prison, heard OF the affair soon
after. and consulted Recorder Hackett and
Justice Hogan to the course TO be
taken. Both gentlemen were highly indignant
at such monstrous proceeding. The Recorder said
n such offence could be proven before hin there
was nothing for which he would sooner
SEND A MAN TO STATE PRISON,
and Judge Hogan added that he would not allow
such things TO go on II they 10 his knowledge
and no influence should save man proved guilty
Of such an offence. Ball was offered to any amount
Tor the release OF the officer but /: peremptoriy
denied,