New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-27
A CLEVER SWINDLER.
ADRY.GooDs FIRM ROBBED.

ADRY-GOODS FIRM ROBBED.
s.x-uons or . FORMER EMpLoYE OF ARNOLD, con-
49, STABLE g. co.
Arnold. Constable e. Co. several years ago en-
pl:ysd Cornelius stS1s ss BrSaSwsy and
The lad grew in favor .,o and IN Do. fI%D
receipt for goods delivered by outside persons 10
Arnold Co. gns T sS i Moe
y Teets and Abraham Kerr, through W,lose ;t naS
the goods were supposed to pass Inc receipt was
turned il over toCasher Seymour, who made out the
check and would send it by mail or Dessenger 70
the from wn oered S the careless method
of the subsequent indorsers to himseI pIo'e1 W.
much for the honesty OF young oL n,on named named
Burke a scheme to swindie ms enp,oAeTsS. n III
OF goods valued at several h pr
of ladies' and children's garments az NO. Sto us
FIfteentb-st.. was presented TO CaShler oeS G .
Tor peyment All the signatures beginning WIN
M eary's were upon the bill The check was sent
to the designated number In lfteeh'h-sI' "neie ~
"I The scbeme worked we'll and the swinders lived
IN luxury on the proceeds of their dishonesty: 4
number of checks were obtained on i1 ,e rr"u
nent bills of goods. But year ago U Leary W Ws
discharged man named Bell succeeded MN. No1
discouraged by this circumstance; OLeary lnq1 i
a b,li of goods which bore the signature OF the new
clerk He practised on this signature ana tne9 re-
turned the bill Of goods 10 bi nts d tSe store and in
az norse of friendly talk with Bell managed to
slp into his desk t fri Mrs O Burke
l.ne bill bore a forged Endorsement of Bell IL was
sent through the regular system, and received tae
regular Endorsements. and Mrs. burke drew n oIc
money $3O62 g. which was shared between Dev v
i'm and O'Leary. In the course OF time De ! VA
dismissed and man nance Lynn was n.
Jorsements of IIynn's were slipped into his desk,
also. carclessly signed by the other Indorse rs,
and paid TO Mrs Burke. The skill of OLeary d1 "a
not stop at swindling Arnold, Unstable & Co. lie
secured the ind Orsement Of Nicholson * Leneldu'
retail liquor dealers at Twenty ana L L,
inrton-ave on checks OF the dry goods firm Mrs.
burke could not be identified at any bank, so the
hecks were unsuspectingly cashed by Jonn her-
sew 81 Co. (whOse customers Nicholson ~ Lehchdh
werG. at their wholesale liquor store in PeaT-st;
The great firm finally, suspected that nat
neSsdov placed lie matter IN the hands of Tnspec
Tor BvrIes The latter put Detective-Sergeants
Rogers and Won Gerichten on the case They sue
ceeded in clearing up the mystery and on " cones
dav NIGHT they arrested Mrs Belinda +. Burke
whose mandatory in Fifteenth-st: was MYTH
and her son, Joseph Burke, age twenty ana De'lin
Detcciiy -seIgeants Mangn and Wade at the
same tn' rested OLeary at fTSoaEe Tn%
and seai clcd Leary had $3.50 In money WIN
him. Al " the prisoners were taken 10 c9urS yCs
fcrdav aud reuanded. Arnold, ConstaOle ~ 70.
an. lacking through their books TO ascertain the
mil rxtenf nf he swIndle. The known fraudulent
years have been for $996, S61O, $685. @4L"'
t3.O62. and$l 900 >, n. D,o
O'IcarV is twenty-five years on, MIS- DUN
forty-iye and Devln thirty-two
AHWUNG LEE BECOMES Mr.. KATE MURPHh'
Nott-st was in a ferment of r1in aud excltement
Yesterday The worshppers of tho yellow dragon
took time by the tail and slung II WIN. SO eoot d
result that IL knocked all the life ont OF II ana the
clocks i'm the quarter stood still. All Wung Lee
was going TO get married. Mrs. Kate Murphy was
also going TO enter the holy state of wedlock anu
her admirers were r ln soynS
mo tbs the bel lie of hottest She was trl aged,
10 use racing slang but she had plenty OF go, ana
with the gances of her hlg bleared ewes she tat o
waited All Wing Lee. When she first came INTO the
drowsy precincts of hottest. her hair WAS iadeG
yellow but a. some of her friends preferred OIach
her accommodating tTesses changed. Wnen she MIsC
met WING ON "A picnic he whispered: "hiate llkee
iel;ow hair" and behold. Kate became blonde
Her willingness to ObGge Wung won the unsophlS
ticated Chlnaman's heart. He kept grocery au
acent TO Tom Lees restaurant ahd he hdu accui f
lated 80 many cash" that he began to yearn LOT
a mariner Rates sole means OF support was a ven
cradle and bald-headed scrubblug- brush, put she
was buxom and she had once been we9ueu 10 on q
Dlmmecratn She had refused the hands ana
hearts of many almOndcyed sons OF the Last
avowng that she would "nlyer wId Chlnay, Oul
at the picnic she saw Wung Lee eating saGsages
with a fork and hiseVident culture and familiarity
with civilization set her caow heart aiame. III IL
said that she rented a room opposite wings gro
Gerry store shortly after the hrst lnterchanse o.
. love and sat through the melancholy eve maxim!
N mouths and winking at him. This continued unti
Nung could stand ii no longer and III a lit OF des
peraton he proposed. ~ W, .o
heard TO observe: "Maly Ilish wfee an be lllsh
nance. Me no longer All Wing Lee, but Mr. MuI
phee. Bullee gOOde. , 49,
The bushng BRIDE remarked: Drink potee
loike mon an be Dlmmecrat" Ana Wuag re
piled with a chlld-llke smile, Il wliee W ung
Sign has been changed to "Mr. and Mrs. Kate Mul
phe Chipee Groceries,"
oprpCTTNC To WIRES UNDERGROUND.