New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-08
A CLEVER sWINDLER CAUGHT AT LAST.
KLgEsCAMP. ALIAS LAWRENCE. BROUGHT fho"
CHICAGO To NETWORK.


KLgEsCAMP. ALIAS LAWRENCE. BROUGHT fNo'
CHICAGO TO NETWORK.
A handsome young man. six feet TALL wearing
stylish clothes and a leng blonde mustacse Was
arraigDed before Recorder Smyth yesterday anu ana
pleaded guilty to an indictmept for iarceIf. had
gave the name of Henry r. Lawrence. lie 1ad
been brought from Chicago where ne was aIIos.o,u
two weeks ago. Inspector Byrnes SAID the n,~% he
true name was Adolph A. III. Kleescamp, anu d,d no
disclosed part of the mans career as swlndler.
Klsescamp was born In Chicago twenty yeai
ago. his parents being Germans. He was marr Is;
some years ago to Miss Taylor Of Rochelle IL
He deserted her and went to Los Angeles Csi.,
where he married Ellen Richards, daughter Oh a
wealthy merchant. BY means of forgery and swlno,
ling operations he obtained about SZU,ooO auu
then fed from Los Angeles Under new nane no
appeared in San Francisco representing himsef as
jeweller of Los Angeles and obtained ABOUT Yoooo;;
After that he returned to his second VIZ, WE anu f
robbed her. Returning to Chicago he nved lor
several months in fine style at various hooor ,s
swindling most of the proprietors. Then he came
to New-Ysrk and obtained employment WIN
Horace Il. Winston, publisher Mt No. 234 broadway
AS q canvasser he was known as Harry X. Sneluop'
In four months he stole 500 belonging to his en-
ployer Suddenly he took passage on steamship
for Europe, calling himself Lord Pembroke. Inc
son of st. Louis banker was on the sane yessei
and felt so much honored by the attentions OF the
supposed nobleman that he was easily swlndled
out of q check for So 900. Keescamp not only OBJ
tanned money for the check in Paris, but he also
sent dispatch to the young man's father In et.
Louis stating that he had been robbed and ASKING
The swindler returned to New-York last Septem-
Der on q Cunard steamer and made the aequalnt-
ance of two young Englishmen, Thomas and joseph
Quinlan, during the voyage: by his ADVICE
they went to the Hotel DeyOnshIre and Thomas
QuiRlan deposited $3.50 in the hotel safe. klees-
camp managed to get possession OF the receipt 1oI
the money and after showing the young men ABOUT
town parted from them, on the second day AFTER
their arrival in Central Park He went to the MOTEL
drew the $3.50 and took passage for Europe the
same afternoon. Thomas QuInian met the swlndler
in Chicago, UNEXPECTEDLY, two weeks ago, ana
caused his arrest. Kleescamp made stubborn hght
In the Chicago courts 10 prevent his transfer to TINS
city, and when the requisltion papers were com
plee he offered to bet that he would go to Europe
on the first steamer that sailed after he reached
New-York.
GIVING A YOUNG MAN SECOND CHANCE.
Adam jung young man In the employ of ).
Scheuer d Son, OF No. 80 Nalker-st., manufact-
urers of fancy leather goods. as purse punoher,
arrestedon charge of petty larceny about Aprll
/. he having for some time been In the habit OF
taking gooGs from the shoP and md selling sio thsm a
suspended lie was taken back TO work by Mr.
sGheuer and went to, the cutting department;
hs G dsSasded edi 6 to U OF
fer to some other department.. Mr. scheueT
dechned to accedo to the request OF the men ana
they went on strike. Mr.. Schener said yesterday
to a TRIBUNE reporter that the stories which the
men had circulated to the effect that Jung was en-
plOyed as a spy were not true. Ihls mad been
lungs first offence and he had determined to give
HIM another trial. With that end in view he had
asked the court to suspend sentence this request
was granted on condition that the criminal should
be re-employed by Scheuer & Sons.
The handkerchef-makers complain that their
condition is harder than that of the shirt-makers.
The most expert hands make as high
as So a week, but the general run -, OF
workers MAKE from So TO So week. The
girls are each locked % cents week TO pay the
salary of the machinst. If their machines get out
of order they are compelled to pay the cost of hav-
ing them fixed They are fined . cents every time
they break a screw or needle, and are charged IS
cents spool of thread. 24O0 yards. for which the
bosses pay Is ceats. The organization committee
Of the Central La Dor Union Is at work forming a
union of these girls and il Is probable that move
ment for an advance in pay will be shortly made.
number of subscriptions Ter the formation OF q
cooperative shirt factory have been received and
it is probable that work will be begun by the CO.
operative concern in q short time.