The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-11-04
AGAY AND FESTIVE YOUTH.
He Has an "Unole" and Good Time, and
Winds Up in the Rogues' Gallery.

New YORK, Nov. 3.-Another picture
was added to the rogues' gallery at the Cen
trial Police Office yesterday. II represents
an elegantly dressed young man named
Frank Osborn, who Is under arrest on a
charge Of grand larceny. Yesterday he
was arraigned before Justice Gardner at
Jefferson Market and locked up for exam
nation.
For five years Osborn has mingled
in good society In New York and other
cities. BY a,emsrkably good address
aud a wonderful assurance he managed
to ingratiate himself into man.
veal ny families. He has boarded
in aristocratic boarding houses, gaining
admission by excellent references. He al
ways represented himself rs college
student, Five weeks ago he obtained ad-
mi,tance to Miss Helen McNei's boarding
house, at 1873 Fifth avenue. During the
spring be had visited wealthy gentleman
who stopped there, aud made good i'm.
preston by his pleasing manners. He said
that he was studying ~ the College OF
Physicians aud Surgeons. Not long after
biz arrival articles Of iewclry aud wearing
apparel
DISAPPEARED FROM THE ROOMS
OF several boarders, and several articles
OF clothing were taken from
Mss McNeils' wardrobe. On
Thursday afternoon Capt. -I.Wil-
liams' attention was called to thu losses and
he sent detective Pride to Investigate. The
detective suspected Osborn, but the people
| in the house secuted the idea. The detec-
! tive opened Osborn's trunk and found a
,ilk basque and cloak belonging to Miss Nc
Neil. In addition there was
ABUNCH OF SKELETON KEYS.
| Osborn was not in the house and nobody
seemed TO want him arrested. The detec-
| tive got his description and watched the
| 'front.' At dusk Osborn came along and ran
up the step with a spring gait, Price
WAS not sure Of his man, so be approached
him and said, Mr.. Osborn, there Is
gentleman waiting for you on the corner."
Osborn as ed which corner. and Price ar
rested him. The last time Osborn was ar
rested in this city was in the fall of 1881, for
comrlic''v IN obtaining goods in the preced-
INK August
UNDER FALSE PRETENCES,
from Francis O'Nell. the shoe dealer Of No.
ll70Broadway; E. NJ. & W. Ward, mems
furnishing goods, OF No. S61 Broad way,
and Iouman, the New York halter. His
companion WAS Mason Pell HelmboId, the
son OF Henry T. Helmbold, the
druggist. Osborn made HelmboId
catspaw. He met him in Long Branch,
~ bar D.h
among wealthy people, and induced him to
start on visit to Osborn's uncle, who, h
said, lived on Long Island. Osborn, in
Long Branch, said he had much money
and said that he would some day be heir t
his uncle's millions. When they reached
this city Osborn said be was short of money.
They stopped at three fashionable board
nghouscs, at each of which they had goods
sent c, o. d. While the messengers were
waiting they left the house On August
10 Helmbold was
ARRESTED IN A PAWN SHOP,
where Osborn sent him to
raise the amount required on the stolen
goods. He was held to the grand
Jury, but the case never came to trial. o.
| born, when arrested several months later,
was taken to the District Attorneys office.
He was not prosecuted because the case
against Hemhold had been pigeon. hoed.
| Osborn, in the latter part OF 1880, went to
| Philadelphia where he made the acqnain.
lance Of
| WEALTHY YOUNG WOMAN,
| Who was engaged TO be married to a young
| Phiiadelphian. Osborn came suddenly
| b ch TO this city, where he was followed by
the Philadelphia who searched for him
with revolver. He was arrested hut the
case fell through. On April 6, 1880. he
was arrested on the complaint OF
we'll known French resident OF this
ely for trying to entice his l5-year-old
daughter from her home. Osborn met the
young lady in fashionable church and OBJ
| taucd great infunce over her. He also
escaped punishment In this case. The po-
| lice susp ect him of being the man who not
,ong ago victimized Mrs. Weatherby of
| NO II East Twenty street, by bogus
letters OF reference and representations re.
| sard'ng
HIS ALLEGED MILLIONAIRE UNCLE.
Miss Mcneil said, last evening, that she
was not anx Gus to appear against Osborn,
but she has been subpGnaed and viii have
to give her testimony. Osborn Is 81 years
old, and was born In Sag Harbor. He had
something to do with the duel between the
Students Of the College Of Physicians and
-ugeons which didlnot take place last