New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-15
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
CATCHING A CLEVER PAPER THIEF.
long CONTINUED MYSTERIOUS RobSHhiEs Fno0-

CATCHING A CLEVER PAPER THIEF.
long CONTINUED MYSTERIOUS sOBBxRIEs PROB
ABLY STOPPED.
The arrest Of William BrsssS o. sd NO. S tSs
ferrous thefts OF paper in various QUANTITIES. rom
the railroad depots in ST. Johns Park and Centre
'ha rre aa Uaper dealers in Futonst between
Cburch-st. and Broadway have been TIE victms
and despite the assistance 81 the po'e Sad rparoad
officials these rObberies have been continued ana
the thieves have escaped On Monday a car arrived
TO ieferman g. Rossnan, No. $50 Futon-st. The
paper had hardly been taken out OF the car ann
placed upon the platform when a man Of
valued at $75 upon it and drove off. tie appeared
to know all about the place, and was not suspectcu
Avenue and Fourth st.. and dumped 1t upon the
,ilewalk near the store OF man WHOM Dress .h
sad agreed to pay him two-tlrds the .aiuu "a o tn
paper Ihs arrest of Bressels ives the result OF q
Wel,-laid plan. He met Jake" Thomas, a driver
for Heferinan g. Rossman, about week ago. ana
and divide t,,o proceeds Thomas refused and told
his EMPLOYERS, who instructed Inn 10 meet bresses
sgan, ana se9 as deteston an the thief
Bressels taken to the Tombs and held LII @ooo
bail. =. W. &c
No IA FultoLst., had 300 reams OF paper s!oen
at the Centre-st DEPOT This was Tue ia ..tss
amount ever stolen from them, the other quantities
Taryins from ten to 100 reams. Thcy could get no
tracn 81 the thief MIR. HAYWARD said last evening:
"This Bressels who was arrested was formerly
n cart,nan for us, but we had no suspicion that nc
was the thief 1t will be great relief to al the
dealers in paper to find out the way 10 when tney
have been robbed. l have thought that the truck
drivers were in COLLISION with the thieves. and am
now confident of it. The railroad authorities VIII
not count the paper and will only give rece,pe i;s
a car load. When q car arrives the conslghee, Is
informed at once and the paper is thrown out OF the
car upon the platform. The clerks at the freight
Office claim be too busy to see everything that is
going on. and cannot tell the right truckman from
q thief. As soon detective would be put on inc
case the stealing would cease and when ne was re. re-
moved it would begin again. showing thae tne
thieves were in collision with some one haVlng
knowledge of the business The losses have been SO
Saper factories that unless the shortage was re,
duced paper would not he delivered IN New-1olk''
OFFERING GOLD TO THE GOVERNMENT.
ACTION OF THE NETWORK BANKs-THE TREASURY
NOT ASKING FAvOGs.
An informal meeting of bank officers was held
at the Clearing House on Monday at when ~ ~ Was s
Government from their gold reserve the sum oi
$lO.OOO,OOO iu exchange for that amount III lrnc.
fioual silver coin such other currency as the
Clearing House Committee may approve ana
that should this amount prove insufficient iur,
ther sum not to exceed $lO,OOO.OO0 be ohered ana
that the banks of Phi adelphA Boston. Chicago
and other cities be invited to participate In carry
ing out tho objects Of the resolutions Inc vote
the sixty-three banks belonging to the association
were represented at the meeting An apportion-
ment of tie amounts between the Clearing House
banks, according to their deposits and gold reserve
will be made as soon as practicable: r., UNA
"n ~ IN nv,taton Of the bank officers lie said
among other things, after answering inquiries as
to the condition of the Treasury, that he had no
suggestions to make favors 10 ask that he
should pay the Treasury balances and debts IN
such money as he received, and therefore when ne
fS SaJ danger Ue until the meeting Of the meet
ing voted to loan gold to the Treasury. whenever
the emergency nigh, arse 70 That tue Mr. jordan
stated that the Government did not need sueh
loan . A. .ox;oo, rx
change National Bank, said OF the action OF the
banks: ave merely throwing tub TO the
whale. IL Congress should not DO any ~ u ,s
strength in this way. We W Ssh toavertany calamity
before that tine If there should be any danger by
assisting the Treasury. 1t will be tineenongh 70 say
how we shall do II when the treasury needs our
aid Ii, for instance. the Treasury balance AT the
Clearing House should have 10 be paid III silver
some morning, we might lend gold to the treasury
rather than to accept the silver. we might take
fractional silver to certain amount ior me lfeas
ury has thirty millions OF 1t lying Idle we
could use a part of that by showing IT into crcula-
ton That would be better than to have 1T known
that the Clearing House was accepting silver IN
payment of balances due from the Treasury.
II wonder what the future historian Will say
obout this silver business Here is commerce quiet
and with gold reserves earepresent-
alive Congress Is trying apparently TO force upon
adepreciaed currency believe q at congress VIII
ct erw,se But, as | said before. we are only
throwing tub TO the whale"
EASY ESCAPE FROM RAYMOND.S ST. JAIL.
JOHN C. KENNEDY GOfs our IN BRoADDAYLGHT-
REMARKABLE NEGLIGENCE.
John &. Kennedy, formerly policeman in the
Sixth Brooklyn Precinct. who was convicted on
Monday afternoon OF betraylng Martha H. Wood,
u.dor promise OF Inarriags, aud was renanded 10
RAYMOND Street jail to await sentence. escaped
from hat institution few hours later, easily eind-
ing the alleged vigilance of Sheriff Farley and his
subordinatcs He was taken TO the jail at 4;3O
D. NJ and returned to the debtors prison. which he
had occupied as a civil prisoner since February To-
When he was crimnally indicted on June II, he
81 wa, not put in u cell. but remained III his com
fort.,Dle quarters. He talked with Sheriff Farley
IN the Office for a whilo on Monday afternoon and
was then sent up the debtors room 10 get his sup
per and his things to be placed In cell. The
Sheriff went away shortly afterward. Leaving
Keepers Shevlin and Evans i'll charge of the jail.
When they sent kcnDedy's supper TO hun about 8
o'clock he was not to be found hurried search
of the a aud yard showed no trace OF him. but 1t
was easy to find how he went away.
A door leads from the Office into the jail yard and
Is neycr locked until $50 p. III. The old jail,
adjoining the now in use. Is being rented
for female prisoners and the windows and doors
are all ont. From the yard Que could go up The
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