, 1879-07-04
THE MATCII-BONDS.
Arrest Of Henry Sloan, One OF
Ayers Leading Assistants.
Failing to Secure Bail He Goes Over 10
the County Jail.
Something Of tl,e Queer History Of Ralph,
Another of tho Crooked Gang.

Tic only further DEVELOPMENT yesterday IN
tho Aver n,atcll.bonl confidence game. by which
the Government ia Il loser to tic amount OF
$21 AGO. was the nrrnst, late IN the afternoon, Of
1icnry Sfoan, oilc of tlc witnesses Ia the max.
tng aid signing Of the bond. sloau was III tho
"swcat-box " the other DAY, but told such an
innocent, beautiful story that It was mot In any
way owlng to. what was then gained Tint lie was
yesterday brought into tllr fold tn keep company
with Ills predecessors previously yanked up 10
answer for t'icir connccuou, innocent
Or otherwise, with this brnzcn.faccd
md subiinioly cheeky fraud on tho common
utcle. Latcr developments Eafe the Govern
nent officials certain facts, which, tollytnE With
u,ctt ursrlouh suspieinns. warranted them. In
their opinion at lcaat, In cnslng sloan's arrest.
lle Was found IN Ills Office Ia the Exchange
building, Which, by The "ny, seems to have
been n rendezvous for him, the Hale who Ia nom
IN town, aud the 1lnle who IL wanted here. but
who hssiduousy keeps shady. a short watk
down the street, In tho charming society Of
JOHN stftlucll brought the bond-witness III the
realms Of Horne, who promptly sn,d the bait re.
Quired would be tn the sum Of 5.000-thc fame
ns that cxactel Ia Tho other eascs. Sloan
"ktckcdH a little as the aInount md gr1mblel
abons bc'ns arrested 60 lato In tlo day: lie
had sricnde--tr!csls OF wealtE, too,--but u VAS
sn sa.n s,at E r. oana m" ~ tho aie.Ma
,,Sn 1,th tmn ,,runfnrnt !ejnurtnca in ,ho
shapc Of large. white, suit bat 4n:l nalr ot
! colured gogQlcs-jolucd llis friend IN d'stross
na ssI,e for,h ~ a.. Il hc ro,iI t7 nny
thfn'r If, lin hail line. TuE TRIBUNE
| ,nnn who vas, Of roursc, On the
spot, Sought, at an opptrtata moMcnt,
to draw out the prisoner, but .nado llts!c mead
Nay, sloun Is n man apparently about IS Years
| Of sge,. dark: saturatne'looet.ig, anu rather
| chary Of his talE.
| Ally. na WOULD SAY
H inni's ofiicc whc,, tis. bond was signed, mid
shn. IL oxv ri tn hccnmc wftnrss In H.
;"st ras at npS nnnccnt' r1iirjcss man micht hare
!nS !!ionc. M As 10 any conspiracy to impose worth
fra,,i Il of lot Of tnatchstnmps, nothing Of tic
1 k'nd ~ cvor v snterea his head. fio KpeT Halo.
Aver. Whitney. and Pcrkius,-tI,ut Is, lie "la,i
net them. "-butsas to consp!ring With any u
wo. in sn,itI, Amcrics. Aver wos
Mns n,ncw,ere. hn. i,a didn't nroyc vbu,c. Que Of
abnm,Mnrnhabiy Haje-askci him to strn tlu
non 10 ;isnnrmeas w." II ta h. n Kisn1aniss
,aa nassf p,, II ti,t tras III ih.,o wa. ofit
W,,a ,'...sa tt thc tnftrryncctc .rrotsc.
...,!. ~ n,,I sinsn io - ioin Wft,nr Pr.
sanao nat IT, e;ua .a oa .ahtr ~ ~ "
~ .tmn,v Jn'. WARS. sssca thc,s incarceration.
Inc eant9 oi ay" ss,,eH 3,,"1 nnd shnnu
bcantif,,i,v unselash interest in thefr welfare by
pern;nt, tbero s,,nr3sc,I with thn llonnrs t.,at
p nsspS SI 1e at,o,,sr .han r,},oruisc tsnd n m.
rSs Ssn', an M9 rM t. tr wed whsnre cne. al tbnt
ITu huo mi rnu.niin,, whnn ma Is oyrrtnIc
~ ,po,,hin ,s, nj r,,m n 40 WV
T,tnt,sw W -" ~ q. re,aer. Ito osher tav
rianrc mn NJ ma .fsie n 40 'eN''" '' 0A'' 1a
"s'anss s... ~ ..,n"n oas n,"s y, W.
| THE CAREER or the MAN nAtfi1'
who, with Ills njfc, hns BECOME mixed up IN thlt
case as Il banlsnlan. This morning Il furnishes
another chapter,--a fSw conncctin, links, as i
%ere. It seems thut R1pls tsst nppeaFancte T.
William Rafe. Tile ilrst tilat Is known nt hin ,s
that ic waa roralrinE ]Iarnesscs for Gcorgc q
Sutherland. at the latter's lsyerr.stablc, cornc
Of State ntnl Adams streets. THIS was In 1851
Itafo was nothing but a rude rohblcr at tnc trul'
ihcn,-a rough sort Of NJ apQrenttcc.--9t,t h
cobbied up tho HARNESSES " no carefu1ec
TINT sonn he was tlln ruler ot''-well
hutl asoired to-, ai,d galued, thc hanll Of tn
"EalI1ut Captnin's dau~ttcr.n For GcoEc
Sutherland, lnOrc comnonly called "Cap," hl'
} run Mississippi River, or some other, steam
boat in his time, a,ld was deserving. of a flttln
TILE. In lstn Rnfe hal gotten Into iittl