The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-21
TOMBS POLICE COURT.
A Thief Against His Will-Joint High Junket-
ing Difaculty-A Bank Runner Who Ran
Too Fast - The Missing Bond A
Lawyer Looking for Case-No
Honesty Among Thieves
Before Judge Hogan.


Amos F. Emo complained that quantity OF inoia
rub err worth twenty Eight dollars, the properly OF
Russell Hoadley Co., was stolen by william whso.-4
and william Chapman. Both Of these men Tere
EMPLOYED by Emo at the time the theft was c,mmit-
ted. wilson confessed that, IN company W tn Chap
man, ne
STOLE THE PROPERTY
ana sold 1t to Patrick Dunn, who paid Chapman
fourteen dollars for it. and they then divided the
spoils. Emo further charged L,unn with buying the
merchandise, knowing It to be stolen. The
young man Wilson, who seemed to feel the
position he had placed himself in very much,
also stated that he bad stolen ar various times pro-
perry to the amount or $780, All this he had sold to
Dunn at the rate OF twenty-five cents pound, while
in reality 1t was worth fifty. Wilson was admitted
to ball. but the others were locked up, and as they
were conveyed to their new premises the junketing
rubber man melted into tears. The soft
heartedness OF the old man struck John
Cuthbert oil of heap FOR in the mldest
manner possible he complained that there had
been stolen from him United States Treasury
bonds OF the value OF $3.50, the property OF j. II.
Cunningham. These bonds were stolen by George
Colon, young man seventeen years OF age, VINO
lives at 2Ss Graham avenue, Williamsburg. Colon
was an employs OF Cutnbert's, al 3s Burllng slip.
SENT WITH THE MONEY
to the German American Bank, and instead or de-
posting the entire amount he put the fifty dollars
In his pocket and placed the balance III Tie baiik
Colon pleaded guilty and was held.
An examination was held In the case OF Leon, who
was caught with the missing bond OF the Park
Savings Bank, Brooklyn IN his possession. Richard
Olmstead, OF FatDush Long Island, preslden OF
the INK, stated that tin box containing bonds OF
various denominations, amounting IN value to
$4,000, had been stolen by Jonu Leon, from the fact
that the bond now shown was sold by him to Nathan
Beers; the number OF which bond had been changed
from l0le TO ATT, and no such bond as the latter
had ever been issued by the Comptroiler.
The president said lie knew the bond shown and
had often handled it. Richard +. Butt, or the Comp
troler's ONCE, recognized the bond as one stolen
not the proper one. That number belongs 10 u
5000 bond. The prisoner answered that his name
was John Leon, native OF Poland, and residing at
No. FOG West Thirteenth sire t.
HE WAS A BROKER,
and had been given this bond by man at the
This mans name was Wilkinson, and the prisoner
had net him at the hotel on the nth OF June. He
took the bond 10 several well known brokers, and
finally ne was recommended to Beers IL Edwards
for the purpose Of dspos1ng Of It. There he was ar
rested. lie knows nothing OF Wilkinson, nor has he
seen him since the time he got the bond.
comes from the interior. woman named Ann
Armstrong complained to Justice Hogan yesterday
morning that
SHE WAS LOCKED UP
on Saturday on charge OF dlsOrderly conduct.
Wanting to get out, she asked lawyer named
McCelland what he would charge to effect her lber.
alton. He answered twenty dollars, but afterwards
consented to do 1t for ten dollars. Mr. Knit
Zing. MS partner, then went to the clerk
made OF the case The CLERK told him she was fined
ten dollars, and that the money would have to be
paid. as the release OF tho woman could not De pro-
cured on the writ The lawyers. instead OF paying
the nne with the womsn's ten dollars. wrote to
Judge Cox, VINO had committed her, and In the
meantime she was let out. she made disturbance
ton OF McCleland TO the affair He told the woman
to come to his ONCE and he would return 1t to her.