The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-01
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ODIL DEPOUSES UNCLE.
4 BELGI.fN FOUND VINO ANSWERS THE
DESCRIPTION or MN.

Was lie Druoged aud iobbed of all Uts
Nephew's M"ney Aner ne aud the Hoy
Reached New ork on Wednesday Last
A tall. notwithstanding man in the dress
OF an emigrant. wandering aimessy along
Tenth avenue near 159th street, attracted the
attention OF Officer George II. Winner about 5K
O'Clock yesterday afternoon The officer
thought mt first the man WIS intoxicated. but
close inspection satisfied him TINT
such was not the case. Next he thought
the man wns insane. but there WIS something
that led him to doubt that. Tie officer watched
him enter Il store. where he offered to pur-
chase a cravat worth iny cents. rendering but
eight cents in payment. and altogether behav-
ing so strangely that Winner concluded to take
him to the station. Capt. Steers. on searching
him. found less than n dollar in change. n
Belgian coin, a long tin hox with some foreign
documents carefully rolled up. and beautiful
clasp knife. or dagger, with pearl handle
wrapped in a handkerchief. The man was evi-
dent.y not common tramp. and his clothing.
which consisted OF stout dark pants. dark coat.
covered with blue blouse. laced shoes. and
brown skull cap. showed that he had recently
arrived from the old country. us all were Of
foreign make.
Capt Steers. nfter n brief examination Of the
old mun. WIS l,l to believe thut he might DO
NOongooren. the uncle Of o Ill Depouse who has
been missing. W IN $4,000 francs. since last
Wednesday from his hotel. the Three Broth
ers Ht 1872 Greenwich street.
Since Tho general alarm was sent out BY the
Police Central Ohice the police have kept on the
alert. ami D't-ctive Grodrn " Castle Garden
! and two d"te"tivs from the Liberty street sta
! ton have ben working the .nse. The ,igian
Consul ms taken AN lnterost IN II. aud Supertn-
/ t"ndent jack SON of Castle Garden hns lent his
ail. Soon after fhn disappearance OF the uncle.
/ Odil found That his own vaiise. containing the
/ three thousand francs, had been broken open
u To
! the theory that his uncle took the money He
! said his uncl" had lived an eNemp AIRY life to
| the age ~ 60. hal certainly either lost his way.
Thr proprietor of IN, hotel and others. how
| ever. Inclined l9 the theory that the uncle bad
! ah-ronded This theory WAS confirmed last
/ night, when two i"l low passengers came In and
| saiA they had rrnd with astonishment the ac-
| counts in IN" newspnu'rs OF the disappearance
! ~ Nogngoouu. They mad come to tell
| ON that they hpd seen his uncle on
Ca.t!e Gnrdan. They could not converse
| with him much, but they recognized him fully
! and hr sisnilie 10 them that H. intended to re-
| turn 10 his bom, IN Belgium Immediately This
story confirmed the su-pi ions of the landlord
OF the Three Brothers and his Hsso'iates
in the report that came 10 them about
| the same time from Capt. Steers that
beliey@aT @ TO b. Tr9ns voSne"orrn , Wo%i Sbe uncIs
A. ON wns without penny in the world, and
was made to get him TO Capt. Sieers's headqunr-
ters last night, aud when the Sun reporter
called. az IL =. VI. To- make sure OF the identifl-
| cation. Odil had gone 90 bed. He was awakened.
however, and soon gnvr part rulurs which left
| no doubt that the missing uncle had been
! found.
Capt Steers says he has no doubt that voon-
| gooren has been drugged. He has the dun,
| wandering. l"thdr.ir mir o. q person stupefed
| with mornhia with just enough consciousness
to say B"lginn.' whlcb is the only word h. has
spoken that can be und.r-to a.. Various Efforts
to converse with him in German French. and
other languages failed. H. sat unconscious in
the sutton. and. in spite OF lis uncouth dress.
impressed the officers with the belief tnat he
hud the education nnd breeding of a genilernun.
Can't. Sterr- VIII take the man To- the Police
Central Oiii'r to-tlay. amt have Oil brought
there 20 identity him. The l'tiiHn who recon-
mrndrd him 10 l3l Greenwich street has gone
! 20 California. ANA th' two Iurn who cogn ized
him on tnr r tt-ry have engaged 10 20 West to-
duv O. work lu "a OHl mine.
D-tr't ve Grod"n said. before NoonGooren was
found. tl Z he hGl mo- doubt TINT although the
| Three Brothers Hotel w.s resp ctnhle house.
some of the dodgers mig { have learned thHttn
[ uncle aul nephew mad the money, and HvHilsd
| Themselves Of IN" opportunity 90 rob them. As
the uncle bad KEY To the nephew vasn. there
| IL no relspu why he should have broken IL oDen
| in order 10 rob h..