New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24

arrested IN chicago ny ID W. Jdluc' oh cotN""f
and brought to this city, locked late last night In
cell nj Poleo ueadauarters warrant for his arrest
was placed yesterday Afternoon In the hands
of Sergeant Kiely OF the Police Central ONCE
detectives, who found and arrested Gessner last
evening az one OF the uptown hotels. The warrant Tor
his arrest charges Gcssner with swindlDg the Ihird
National Bank OF this city by means OF forged ehecN
for SOS OoO purportng to have been drawn by Winsow
Laner & Co. when arrested, Gessner gave the name OF
Nelson Nicholson, although his identity was fully estab-
lshed by Sergeant Kelley lie made objections TO be-
ing locked up, and appeared to take his arrest very
coolly He will be taken 10 court to-day.
The arrested men, Henderson, Weston and Gessnor,
came with the officers voluntarily to this city, passing
thro ugh Canada without objection and sprgue an ac-
plce accompanied them without even being arrested
prisoners appear to be masters OF tue situation, and
propose evidently dictate their terms before re-
turning any part OF the stolen money. Thus far the
complete statement OF only OF them has been taken
by tho stonographer This testimony was taken by MI
Adams stated in yesterdays TRIBUNE IL Is asserted
of by persons interested IN the case, th@t
no offer of settlement made to of the arrested
induce them 10 confess but that they saw they
could not escape wanted make favorable terms
themselves possible But the evidence OF q dispo
son to compromise the part of the bankers
is clear Jayne says that he is employed by other per-
than the Union Trust Company 20 work up the case
against the fogers and as far as he Is concerned does
not to make any settlement in the nature OF COM
promise with the prisoners He will not state by whom
he is employed.
Mr.. Jayne has occupied five rooms at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel and it is now known that some II not
all Of the captured forgers have been at the Firth
Avenue Hotel One of the boys employed in the hotel
said to TRIBUNE reporter that had first heard that
the forgers were imprisoned in the hotel on Tuesday
ard thought by people that they were brought
TO the hotel on Monday evening. Commissioner John
|. Davenport was seen to go up tho private stairs
at the back OF the hotel last evening, and II
almost certain that examination OF the orgers was
held last evening The CLERK Of the hotel said that Mr..
Jayne had taken tho evening train tho Erie Railway
for his home Ithaca and had left the prisoners under
the charge OF man named Weston. Tho accuracy Of
this statement could not be ascertaned last evening
Henry A. Tdd, who preferred the civil charge upon
which Chadwick ard Brown are now in Ludlow Street
JAIL said YESTERDAY 10 TRIBUNE reporter that GessDer
sprague Weston, and others implicated in the great for
gerry case were this city last Winter known to certain
detectives from November ! to the beginning Of Jan
uary. They we're then engaged, Is now ey.
dent Mr.. Tdd continued, in making prepare
tons to commit the fOrgeres ca WinsOw. La
nier & Co. and upon tho Union Trust Company.
They frequently eongregated at the Union Square
and e the Grand Central Hotel. It is ce tain, said Mr.
Il ell that these assisted Brown aud Chadwick in
tto 70 ;ery npon wnsow. Lanier * Co., az the men
of the m ney Oh the $4,000 check Mr.. Tidd thought
that the men lrecently arrested had nothing to do
with that operation. Mr.. Tdd also stated that b. q
Jayne first learned OF the persons who committed the
forgeries through him. Mr. Tidd had been employed TO
work up the by the Union Trust Company
and in March Jayne TO him aud represented
that had been employed Jointly by the NewYork Life
Insurance Company, the Third National Bank aud the
Union Trust Company, and that IL Mr Tidd desired to
have anything further do with the he you'd have
10 act with him Jayne contracted to pay Nr Tdd one
half Of the money which he received for conducting the
case At that time Jayne knew nothing about the names
Of the men who were known to be implicated in the for
geres and every clue he has obtained either from
Ar. Tidd or from persons whom he introduced
TO jayne. jayne went West without informing Mr. rdd
OF the fact and afterwards told him that there was no
truth in the clues which had been furnished and that he
had given the case mp entirely jayne, however made
second trip ~ the West. and Notwithstanding what he
told Mr. Tid followed tie clues and succeeded in AZ
resting forgcrs For his work Jayne received Mr.
Tidd asserted 50 900 from the NewYOrk Life Insurance
Company of which he has not given cent 70 ir Tidd
Mr. Tidd gave facts In relation TO two members OF
the gang who have not yet been mentioned, Charles o
Richardson and Charles L. Edmunds Richardson is said to
be implicated in real estate swndles Virginia and West
Virginia lands and has also made many bogus exchanges
His practice is buy damaged goods and sell them
unchanged. In most Of his transactions Chadwick has
acted as his broker He has always managed To keep
out Of the hands the police Charles L. Edmunds has
been in State Prison four times ch r,e OF big
amy He is very skilu in passing forged checks and
has also frequently gone straw pail FOR his associates
Every member Of the gang, Mr. Tdd thinks, viii unhes
itangly make any kind of an affidavit in order 10 aid
their accompces Chad yck was pardoned from prsol.
after gervng four out OF years sentence, false
deahbed confession, made by member OF the gang.
who died I'm Jersey City several years ago
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Detective Agency this city said yesterday that ho
satisfied that no compromise with the forgers
templated He said that lac thought that the we're
all confined In this city.
reporter OF THE TRIBUNE called on William Writ
Hewitt yesterday reference to superintendent Wall
ing's statement in which Mr. Wang takes exception TO
Mr. Hewtts assertion that the arrests OF the fcges
contemplated several months ago, but that the
case was SOLD" out by New-YOrk Dotec-
tjyos Mr.. Hewitt still says that the
was known and sold out by certain detectives
I'm this city, who they or to what office they are at
tached he does not say In reference TO the Central
Office Mr. Hewitt says that the present system In prao
tice there of putting weknown detectives on the track
of criminals who were acquainted with their aud
faces was the cause failures by the Police Depart
ment of this city The Secret Service OF England, he
says s managed in such 10 conceal the de-
tectlyes from the criminal class IL Is mainly because
the private detectives not generally known, he as
serts that they successful in their operations.
COMMENTS on JAYNE's METHODS.
United states District Attorney Woodford, I'm CONVEX
sation with 0RTBUNR reporter yesterday, stated that
his attention not been called officially 10 the forgers
brought this city by g. c. Jayne. He had not been
consulted I'm any way In the matter. He considered 1t
very great outrage that proceedings OF this
were carried on, by which notorious criminals
abled to deal through private detective with The insu
tuition they had robbed without the knowledge OF the
police or the United states authorities Cen Woodford
WAS very positive ia denounclng the system by which
wealthy corporations could on in this manner what
was technically compromising felony on large scale,