New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-07
THE ROBBERY OF AUGUST JAMEAU.

William DAVIS alias Bernard Dohnely; Vi ,o; ~ az
Fast Twenty fourth-st charged with steallng Plfo
from In9nsf .Jameau, dealer in ARTIFICIAL flowers,
at No 767 Broadway. The evidence whuh Vas
given IN vn1 e b Sase to the
In will reach him probably to-day. MT Jamea9 10
a Frenchman, fftv-seven years OF aye, a ua e.
yidower who lives at his place OF business lie ~
certain of the identity of the accused man, ana Is
fully determined to carry on inc proeev.u.IsDn,
He said to IF hn nro IepIre stated in the
newspapers His English is little broken, Dut no
told simple story of the robbery that was ~ sug
follows Mr. Jamean was gT'9 9, % ociock
Theatre on Wednesday evening ABOUT f'ou clouh.
Before going out he left q poke pook cph,.nins
81 80 i'm two rolls Of bills the table IN ms room
At the foot of the stairs he was met by stranger
who said that he was Charles Pratt. of Chicago ana
desirous of seeiug Mr.. Jameaus samples, me .mo
men returned together upstars, anu tno e.in -
sat down by the table with his arm resting pu enu
nocIethook Upon various excuses Mr.: Jameau
was forced to turn his back to me man'
His suspicious were aroused py tGe % samn5es
like way IN which the stranger handed tne saP rs
Turning suddenly around, Mr.. Jainean ue,eSteu ,io
stranger in trying TO withdraw one ron OF pils on
the n cket book ard at once rushed upon MIN.
T5sre was a brief struggle, and then the little
Frepchman was thrown across the sto,e W LIS
larger and youthful antagonlss anu s.caned taking
with him $40. Mr.. Jameaus room IS OH lie tn III
floor and he had put away ms money VIII ernr ,
hind w6s up and in a strong light, The reporter
Noticed Yesterday that man standing IN front OF
stewart store in Ninth-st. could nave seen
Mr. Jameau's movements before ne le' '-0
The circumstances of the capture were peculiar
Mr. Jameau was at St. AIMS Catnohc OhuIcn, III
Twelfth-st, last Sunday, when ne saw ~
Their ewes met and the stranger became conusehI'
Presently he arose and tried 10 ieaVe tno cnpau,
bnt at the door Mr.. Jameau seized HIM anu sue
ceeded in attracting the attention. vi
who took the stranger into CUSTODY
pFGIsTER DOCHARTY IN A STATE OF MIND.
souad Of from ten TO fifteen men, each carrying
cigar hox under bis arm. has entered the Regis
tar;s office at the hour of opening every morning
for some weeks The recording clerks and other AT;
. atbe salvation Army" Upon its arrival each
| morning the squad made an onslaught upon TUG
books in which the real estate recoIps at1 d
etracts from il on slips of paper Register Dochar-
ty understood the mission of the invaders from tue
| first and has viewed them with increasing alat,n.
They represented the New York Title Company. the
! articles of incorporation OF which were h'ed WIN
the County Clerk early last month: Inc OBJECT o,
mt them in less complicated form than they arc AZ
| The Registers office, and then 10
do do the work of searching titles more
| promptly and at much cheaper rates tnan are at
| present charged for official searches
| The Register whose profits The company menacesl
upon several occasions has objected to the size OF
The invading force, but without effect, His claim
| was that the members of it monopolized certain
| desks TO the exclusion OF others. yesterday MI
Docharty made determined enoru 10 % raoord.
agents Of the company from copying the records
| on Monday evening he ordered all his recording
| clerks TO report for duty before u a. III. ADout
twenty of them appeared at the appointed time
slips Of Ss desks and us"sy
| cun;ed by the title company's agents. The
later latter when they arrived, however went to
| work wherever they could find desk room;
| The recording clerks when spoken to- pretended
that thew represented another title company, but
their principal duty seemed to be to obstruet tho
title company's agents as much as possible Mneh
the clerks discovered that he required that partcu-
lar book and he did not hesitate to take IT,. Ihe
| vouno man i'm charge Of the title companys forces
said 10 a reporter: 1.-THE Register naturally objects
TO permitting us to copy the records and after ques
tioning our rights has sent these men 10 oDstruei
no lint these are public records and the courts VIII
| he called upon to establish our rights here"