The New York herald., 1871-01-01
THE To N 8 s.
Scenes Fand Causes on the Last
4 Day Of the Year.
A Ntvel Method Of Swindling-Arrest of Bogus
fSook Canvasser for Defrauding the Mer-
: chants Of tho Oity-Highway Rob-
bery-Crime Calendar Of 1870.

~ would almost stake my life 1t was him.n
This assertion was made In the Police Court at
the Tombs yesterday morning by o gentleman con-
nected with the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company,
and referred to the wholesale swindling which, for
the last three months has been pepetrated upon the
merchants in this city by young man named George
Hughes. George, 1t appears, has been for long
period employed BY Mr.. Gouldlng Q publisher
dong business at l32 Nassau street. About three
months ago Goulding ascerained that in canvasslng
for advertisements for his (Gouldtng's) directory
and other books George had been making heavy
purse for himself 1t was the defendant's duty
TO GALL UPON MERCHANTS
and others In New York to solicit advertisements
for various publications. and, on receiving an order
was required TO receive the money for It, giving
each contributor receipt for whatever they had
paid. But his employer found that Hughes was
not either honest or truthful. George would get
bogus receipts without counterparts and. instead
OF giving the receipts OF the rm he would give the
others ana pocket the money. In some cases he
passed these advertisements into the books for
which they were intended. but In a great many
cases he did not get them In. The consequence
was thar the parties applied for an explanation
from the firm rs to the cause OF their notices being
omitted ana hence the expose.
On tho 22d OF October $780, Mr. Goulding in
formed George that ne had learned from several
sources Of his roguery, but II he would leave the
city the firm would not prosecute him: also on the
condition that he should give list OF the firms
from whom he had received money.
The defendant agreed to this arrangement, and
the next day wrote letter to the complainant, in
HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE swINDLING
ne mad been carrying on; thanked Mr.. Goulding for
the Kindness and leniency with which he had
viewed the matter, ana gave list OF some twenty
firms from whom he had received moneys, amount
sum. sun Instead q leaving the city Sns'asfape as he
had promised, Hughes Instituted a system
Of swindling which, to say the least, had the
greatest pausibllity upon Its face. He obtained
a numper Of false receipts, and, knowing that
Goulding would issue book at a certain time
While 10 the latter's employ went round to the
rlous merchants and shipping and insurance offices
where ne was known soliciting advertisements. As
the book was not to appear for considerable time
he had ample opportunity for making great many
calls before it could possibly be discovered that he
was deirauding all these people, as no question
Two days ago, however. he was. caught,
ONCE OF the Oceanic Steam Navigation Co nPany, he
at once received an advertisement and The money to
pay for 1t. No had ne gone from the ofice
than Mr. Osborn ascertained IRON an employe in the
service Of the company that similar advertisement
had been sent to Mr.. Gouldng's oiiice and paid for
for which u totally
DIFFERENT RECE1pT WAS PRODUCED.
On arriving at the publishers oflce. Mr.. Osborn
II.
at once recognized ms former canvasser Hughes.
Mr.. Osborn wrote to morning paper and detailed
the appearance OF me man, and as soon as this ap
peared great number OF merchants wrote to the
publisher, stating they had also been vctmlzed by
man answering exactly to that description. See.
Ing Hughes IN lager saloon IN Beekman street on
Friday night he obtained q warrant and had MN
arrested. Hughes begged to be let of, promising
again TO pay whatever moneys lie had Collected: Int
as he had kept his former promise 80 wei. the
complainant could not see the force OF his pleading
He was held In So 600 bah 70 answer.
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William Anderson gay-ooking individual who
is now held in the House OF Detention, made an am
Ses snGsgS Gasr Of cSsry7
with having Knocked him down In the pubic high
VI a to ae
he was sober on Friday evening, when the robbery
took place. but the inference is that II he
cult FOR the prisoner to have accomp,shed ssn s
such feat Dy himself When arrested the prisoner
was greatly confused, and had in his possession
some Of the property, including. Knife keys, &C..
all OF which he had taken from pocket IN COM
painant's pantaloons.
affair for the complainant, inasmuch as he had lost
nearly all the money he had; on the other hand he
looked upon the prisoner as hard, cowardly char.
Gaertn could not produce such an amount he was
led to cell until the City Judge should cal Tor him
TO give an account Of himself.
Calendar Of Crime Of the Court of Special Ses.
sions for 1870.
The Court of Special sessions was occupied yester.
day morning by the usual motley crowd consisting Of
the parties who figure frequently upon the calendars
OF the court. The calendar of yesterday contained
thirty cases, but they were all Of light cha
racter being principally Tor alleged cases Of assault
and battery and petty larceny, a great number of
which were disposed Of by Judge Shandley nv ac
quitting the offenders The following is the l,st OF
the business got through during the year which
ended yesterday
CASES DISPOSED OF BY THE COURT OF SPECIAL.
SESSIONS DURING THE YEAR 1870.
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