The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-09
JULIUS 7. SEWN, RASCAL.
STORY or SUCCESSFUL CRIME RE-
LATED dBOUT MIN.
A Vast Amount OF FORGED Government Bonds
sold In this Country and A Abroad-Tbe Dis
Appearance Of n Wealthy Youns Fool.


A Vast Amount Of FORGED Government Bonds
Sold In this Country and A AbroHd-The Dis
appearance Of n Wealthy Young Fool.
Julius 4. Sewn was arrested few days
ago In Erie, Pa, for crime which he Is supposed
20 have committed In Buffalo, In 1867. but as the
evidence was not conclusive, he was admitted
TO ball and ordered TO appear tomorrow.
Sevin's career In this city, as the story is told
by Mr.. G. Hubert, OF 11o Avenue ID, was short,
but active. He came here Mr.. Hubert says,
from 81. Louis, with a woman who passed
a. his wife, although the real wife
resided In Chicago. At that time MIR. Hubert
was In business At 10 Frankfort street, and Sovln
was frequent visitant at bis house. SEWN had
plenty OF money, which he scattered lavshly.
He developed his plans to Mr.. Hubert. and tried
to engage him In tho "bond business" Mr..
Hubert suspected that something was wrong,
and refused to lend his aid, but subsequently
Mr.. Batzer visited Wall street with SEWN. and in
Docently aided him to dispose OF between $4,000
and SsOOOO Of counterfeit 70 Governm ent bonds.
A short time afterward, In Buffalo, SEWN
palmed OF $4,000 worth on Messrs. Notions &
Shuttleworth. bankers. He also visited Europe,
aud, MIR. Hubert says, thOre disposed OF large
amounts OF the bogus bonds: Just hefors
Sevn's departure for EuroDe Mr.. Hubert Inn
parted his suspicious to Detective Heidelberg,
tnen Of tho u ckman street police, and that
rest. How many OF the bonds he passed, Mr..
Hubert does not know, but he saws that before he
went away he had trunk lull Of bonds anu silver
ware. He heard also from friends IN Germany
that SEWN hau $4,000 worth OF 1873 In his pos
session white In that country
The woman accompanying SEWN "a known In
Illinois 10y several aliases, among which are Mrs.
DOrothea Brown, Hall. Kruecs, SEWN, and
Brown. Mr.. Hubert has correspondence from
Belleylle H.. showing that In July 1851, she
was tried for the murder OF Capt John Ain-
brose, for whom she had been bousekeeper.
was acquitted; but she refused or neglected to
pay their fee. Curry, supposed TO he an accom-
life. SEWN and this woman, according to the
story told oy Mr. Hubert-partially corroborated
10y letters from persons cOgDtzant OF the facts-
are accused Of still another grave crime. In
June 1851. John HILL, young Pbiledelphihn,
went TO ~. LOUIS ana fell IN Win sewn. nan
bad money. bonds, and lewelry, and sewn So
cured his friendship. The woman was intro
duced to Han as sevin's sister, aud after time
the three started for New York. As far as can
be ascertained. Hall was enamored Of the spuri-
Gus Mis-. Sewn, and completely under the con-
troll OF her designing accompiice and herself.
| 1no fact that Hall started with them from 81.
Louis "a established, but from that day to this
be has never been seen by any one who Knew
sum OF money which he had with him. And
further Mr.. Hubert says y Is known that when
| SEWN and his reputed wife arrived In this city
| Hall was not with them.
The legitimate Mrs. SEWN, as Is shown by her
own letters, has been trying to get a divorce
from her husband since 1885, out has never been
able IL md MIN. His i.tUer, {. sewn, NJ. ID Of
Bie, Pa, has been made no elessly insane by the
| wickeoness OF his son, ana It = to arrange
| about tue estate to which he was heir that the
Latter visited Ellie at the time OF his arrest.
SEWN Is about ~ ears old. OF preDosscssing ad-
dress aud good education. and speaks English.
| German. and French 0uonuy. Detective Heldel-
berg says that bis search was made on " Oh
| day" and tnat IL was not jealous as IL might
have been, because OF a " ell grounded Suspicion
he had that Mr.. luberts motive was not good
lie says, however, he knew SEWN was q danger
Gus swindler. He reported tue case AZ the
| Police Central Once, but 1t was not deemed
worthy OF attention, and 50 he let IL drop after
SEWN sailed Tor Europe.