Litchfield enquirer., 1878-12-19

received anything, or they would have report
 ed after the lists had been sent to them I de-
 termined, therefore, to visit in succession the
 different places along Broadway where pie
 lures are sold at auction, and to watch the
 sales as they progressed, thinking it possible
 that while my pictures might not be exhibited
 among the mass of daubs that generally com
 pose these collections, they might possibly be
 brought out to tempt some buyer at the mo-
 ment of sale. How patiently I sat through
 the long hours, while ''high art" was being sacrificed flor the price of the frames :" ''hoW
 l wandered in and out of these collections by
 ''old masters until I was sick of listening to the lies of the dealers who tried SO hard to
 palm off their worthless trash upon the un-
 sophisticated! At length, after number of q weary days spent in this manner, I was reward
 ed by a clue. A certain MT. Tevison, whe, for
 a number of years had carried on this business
 was haranguing crowd on the merits of a l large painting as I entered his place under the
 Grand Central Hotel I at once recognized the picture as belonging to me, and immedi-
 ately proclaimed that it was stolen, which, of
 course, aroused the ire of MT. Tevison, who threatened that he would have me arrested for defamation of character, The scene be-
 came decidedly interesting, the audience look
 ing on as at something not down'in the bill. 1 Tevison tried to continue the sale. l forbade
 any one to purchase. The, ropers-ln made
 faint efforts to bid, but the audience would
 not follow suit. At last Tevison desisted, and,
 going to his desk, brought out receipt, which
 Received of I. H. Tevison s45 for one pie l ture. CHARLES LONG. NEW YORK, June IS.
 (It had cost originally STOOL Here was the
 name of Mir. Chrrles Keys bosom friend, and | the clue was established. Proceeding at once to the station-house, returned with an officer | and demanded my property, Tevison yielded and allowed me to take the receipt on my promise to return it. l had in my desk note signed by Charles Key, which had received shortly after our first interview, and something about the formation of the ''C'' in the receipt reminded me of the signature to the note had received. On going to my office, and con- pairing the receipt with the note l found that they were both i'll the same handwriting, that of Mr. Charles Key, and that he had used the name of his friend in disposing of the stolen property. kept all this to myself, and say ing nothing more to Capt Bilks about ares ting my tenants, went immediately to the house and showed the receipt to Mir. Charles Rev. His well feigned astonishment was admirable. He denounced the treachery and villainy of his friend in unmeasured terms
 He told me that he made his acquaintance duriug short visit of his family to Saratoga
 that this young man was received into their ''set :" that he had supposed him to be gen. tleman, but that he had been basely deceived. He then recalled the repeatedly expressed curiosity of Long to know what was in the room which was always kept locked, but he had told him that such curiosity was highly improper on his part that the room contained property belonging to me, and that he did not consider it worthy of gentleman to desire to pry into my affairs. With the evidence of the young rascal's crime in my hand Che had no suspicion that had reco ogniZed his handwri- ting I could hardly resist the impulse to choke the lying words down his throat. Leaving him te suppose that l believed all that he said, l repaired at once to the Jeffer- son Market Police Court to procure warrant for the arrest of the entire family. And now I found that my troubles had only really be- gun. The Jefferson Market Police Court was not then the edifice that now rises in grand medieval contrast to the surrounding squalor, but ricketY shamble, where blear-eyed vice week day morning saw nearly all the grades of petty. criminals pass in panoramic success sion to speedy and well-merited justice.
 Elbowing my way through a crowd as of fensive as the animal man can make himself, when he chooses, 1 approached young Hi bernian who was writing at desk, and told him what 1 wanted Looking up with an official frown, and with the peremptory accents of one in authority, he directed me to remove my hat. Being simply an American citizen, and recognizing in him one of our Celtic conquerors, 1 complied at once, and restated my business. He then informed me, in a still more demineering tone. that 1 had come to the wrong place, and must go to ''the Tombs'' for my warrant. Down to the Tonbs l has, tened accordingly, and anticipating a repetit- ion of what had learned to recognized as a sort of official terrorism habitually indulged in by petty court attaches, accosted Police officer, who was swinging his locust club in the corridor of that Egyptian edifce, where one might well imagine Sesostris contemplating the winged emblems of eternity that decorate the frieze Of him inquired where to find the Judge. ''The Jooge is it ?" said he; (Which Jooge do ye want Is Jooge Mike, or Jooge Barney ?" 1.'Hon." Michael Con. nolly and 'Hon." Barney Osborne at that time ''wore the ernine'' in that fragrant ''tem- pie of justice "1 Barney is on the binch- Mike stands there foreninst the windy" As "Jooge Mike" appeared to be the most disen- gagged, made the application to him. After some delay and the necessary afidavits the warrant was issued, and the entire family, with the addition of the young gentleman from Saratoga, Mir. Charles Lang were arrested and brought to the Tombs. Then occurred scene Probably no more distinguished look ing prisoners were ever brought to that Orien- tai mausoleum. There was the mild, sedate looking Boyd, with the elegantly dressed Dowager on his arm, the distingue Mr. Key, with his no less high-bred friend Mr. Long They all stood before the desk, apparently clothed in the spotless robes of innocence. was ''the guilty accuser." The redoubtable Mr. Blower appeared as the defender of the innocent. Turning to me, he demanded in thunder tones how dared to drag these high ly respectable people before the court on such an outrageous charge. And while threaten ing me with civil prosecution for damages, he demanded at the same time the immediate discharge of the prisoners. This the Judge was about to do, when the policeman whis- pered to me that had better employ counsel and suggested an individual named White man, who, as afterward learned, was always like Blower, in convenient attendance. had supposed that it was the duty of the authori- ties to prosecute criminals, but l found that to be mistake and therefore paid Mir. White man handsome fee to see that the rascals did not escape MT. and Mrs. Boyd, howev- CT, were suffered to depart, but the two young bloods were locked up For more than week I was daily attendant at the conrt, for the purpose of being present at the preliminary examination, whenever it might occur.
 At length vcntured to remonstrate with the gentleman from Erin who occupied the position of Clerk, telling him that it was talk ing great deal of my time. 'What is the case?" he asked. made full statement of the case, although all the particulars were perfectly known to him. 'sOh r he exclaiaa- ed, -ttreH feffuws was dIscharged by consent of counsel and in the absence of witnesses. He further informed me that the counsel for the prisoners was another man named White man, brother of the distinguished jurist who had bagged my fee. TT is was rather trying, and felt that between the .tJooge" and the ''shysters" the game had slipped through my hands. I was determined, however, not to give it up, but went at once before the Grand Jury, which fortunately was in session, sent in a note to the foreman, was immediately admitted, related my story, and an indictment was duly framed against the two young gen. tlemen. The next step was to catch them again. The astute detectives were at it for a week or 10 days in vain. then fell back on