New-York tribune., 1882-02-21
ALETTER-WRITER ARRESTED

CAUGHT BY 4 RUSE IN THE POST OFFICE.
GREEK WHO HAS BEEN SENDING ANNOYING LET
TERs TO A DOCTOR IN BROoKLYN-HIs ALLEGED
ESTATE IN TUEKEY-PAPERs FOUND IN His
POSSESSION.
The arrest Of clever scoundrel, who has been
sending threatening letters to numbers Of persons.
was effected in the Post Office this city yesterday
by Detectives Powers and RAIL- of the Brooklyn
Police Central Office. The his DRY Of the Is as
follows: DR.. ". II. Dudley, Of the Long Island
College Hospital in Brooklyn, has recently re-
ceived several letters from DR.. H. j.
Tachmyn;ls. who gave his address as the
General Post Office in this city, demanding
a place in the hospital. One of them said
that President Garfield shot because he refused
to give a consulate to Guiteau, and hinied similar
fate to DIR. Dudley unless he did what he was
asked. The letters became so annoying that on
Saturday DR.. Dudley consulted Judge Walsh, and
warrant was secured for the arrest OF the writer,
under the law passed after DR.. Dxs annoyer in this
city was secured. which provides for the arrest OF
persons who sc letters with intent TO cause an
nOyance. The matter was put into the hands Of the
detectives by Superintendent Campbell yesterday.
AS The letters bore the stamp of the Office in this
city the detectives came to this city and arranged
with Deputy Postmaster Gale TO leave decoy let
ter to the address OF DR.. Tachmyntis and to watch
for the person who received it.
Their vigilance was rewarded about 3
D. m. by seeing man receive the letter. He had
been observed TO pass through the corridor twice
before and to 10 carefully about 10 see IL he was
observed. He was apparently about thirty-five
years of age of medium height, wore shabby
clothes and had long hair down on his shoulders.
His manner suspicious, and as he approached
one of the three delivery windows and made in
quiry Detective Powers was behind him
and saw him receive the decoy letter.
which contained a blank sheet. After taxi
ing the letter the doctor" placed it in
his pocket and passed along the corridor to win
dow, where he took it and slit the end with small
penknife. The detectives were close TO him and rs
this action showed that he called for the letter for
himself he was Immediately seized. He resisted
violently and besought bystanders to aid him, as
serting that an attempt was being made to kidnap
him to take him back to his native country Greece.
At length with the aid of o passing policeman the
prisoner was quIeted, and the penhnile with which
he tried to defend himself was taken from him.
The prisoner appeared to have the idea
that the detectives were employed by
the Government and said that he was
not wanted in Washington and he would
not go back to Greece. On the way to the
for protection TO persons in the streets. When it
was made clear to him, at length. that the detect
ives came from Ho uh'e
Government detectives were bounding him. lie
| said: Jesus Christ will wreak vengeance on al!
| those who persecute me- President Garfield would
| be alive now, if he had made Guteau a foreign
Minister God will PUNISH DR.. Dudley, if he perse-
cutes me. What. i hays, done in asking a
position is all right The detectives, after
their prisoner whose manner was very Wild and
excited much that of an insane person, had becone
somewhat Gained down. took him TO the Washing
ton Street Police Station. in Brooklyn, where he
was searched. A large number of papers was
| found on him. including a passport bearing date
July s. 1881 signed by Secretary Blame, papers de.
caring purpose of becoming citizen, taken out
in the District of Columbia IN 1879, receipt for
a. aTurkish gger taken from him July 10, 1881,
signed by a clerk of the Secret Service, aud many
| letters. Among the latter were the following:
He Repu6lic Of Me COnfedei ate States OF AB,erfca.
pray Your Excelency to be SO kind ana generous TO
honor with reply to my petition and appeal sent
Your EXceency by registered letter No 2ls, OF Oc
tober g. 1881, OF the Post Office New-I0rk, Section A,
to afford me interview on Lexipgton-aye, No 123,
rascality Of tue d scoundrels OF Washington, d. C.,
connected with other raseas In New-YOrk by whom
am now beseged four months in ew-fork am, re-
specially your ifiend, DR. IACIafSTls,
Nelr- YORK, Dee. ~ 1881. US. A.
/ am prosecuted by infamous slander.