New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-15
SIZED FOR MISUSING BONDS.
AN EX-MAYOR TAKEN TO foLlCH ooo"A'
vr INNS. OF PoUGnKKrpsIr, ACCUSE" ID n''
OLD FRIEND, BROKER WILLIAMS.

am ,xxts OF PoUGnKKEPsIn, ACCUSED D' Mo
OLD FRIEND, BRoKER WILLIAMS.
.r.,erable. gray haired gentleman, VINO IN gen u
.rel appearancc presenter anoticeaoio 49, -, ~
many Of those around 9, sat r AZ, afternoon
fi,s smoothly shaven face was nteinse"a 5enup
end kIpdly In expression HIS dress Wss o,u t !.
tnnaa ard bore some slight resemoiahco 10
THmoSer's costume lie looked more like an o lu-
tive college professor than hgure 10 o1 nie'
srnnpd notice courts. The man was George lnn % .,
exMayor Of ana IN cnnpt to answer
charge of having feloniously disposed rS Ca
$3.50 worth q Ia' W;;l,m s b Williams ans
g hrofer. Of No. so Broad-st. The case grows OUT
of a suit begun by Mr. Williams nearly 'ni00 '"A'
age 1rn,. was for wears connected with the firm
Of Giit1ri Sherman g. Innis, dyestnils,, NO. ~
Williamst Ii stood at the hesd OF the oye trau
and had large MUS has N arecter and stood high
social az we'll as business circles aud had once uo-
clined the nomination of State senator Wnen III III
October, 1883, his concern 1alleo tnele Vas
W,desnread establishment in business circles. TOT
over twenty years previous Mr. INNS ana MI.
Williams were most intimate friends. The mer-
chant was in the habit OF Dorrowi"p a,o ibs con-
the broker In large sums and such was tne con IL
Saeuce bet cen them that no security was given
asked. In April, 1881. MI. lnnis applied
to Mr. Williams for ,r Loan ba lent h Mr. ' innls
go 600 IN Louisville and Nashville railroad bonds
Tor SIX months simple receipt was al tn? sc
I 600 shares of South Yuba mining stock win MI
Williams These however, deprecated g'eall ~, ~
value Mr. Innis became embarrassed nnancialy
end coud NOT return thc bonds after the expiration
IF The six months agreed upon. Mr.. Wiiliains pc
Gan suit for their recovery ID the supreme Ooui.
and obtained aiudgment against INNS propeIy
in PeuQhkeepsie, realizing about onc-lnlIu vi tle
claim This had been sweed by subsequent
loans and expenses until II amounted TO
nearly S75. 600 Believing that Mr.. INNS had
nsed hlm unjustly IN hypothccating the pohu,,,
MIR Williams got a judgment against his dep'of $
body In was executed in last October ana MI,
INNS was confined in Ludlow Street jan three
1ays before bail was furnished. since theh 'no
case mas passed through various stages. ,..
On last Thursday Mr.. Williams wcht peloic
Police Justice Andrew j. White swore that INNS
mad leloniously disposed of $1,000 worth OF Tue
bonds TO Brown. Bros. x Co.. on eoruary TO- 100 T.
and obtained a summons for Mr. INNS 20 appear
Both sides were present YESTERDAY In me cur,
room with their lawyers, j. L. flsher LOT MI VIII
Jams and J. Adriancc Bush for Mr. INNS. Owing
10 some misunderstanding Justice Wnlie dla nor
apuear and the case was adjourned until z O'CLOCK
tomorrow afternoon. ,.. $1,000
MIR. Williams gained considerable notoriety some
wears ago i'm lis suit which he brought against the
Western Union telegraph Company. lie is de'
scrIbed by those who know HIM as beng regular
"bun dog IN law suit. -,
Nh INNS is now IN business with his sons ana
has the general management OF their WORKS II
Pourhkeep,ic lie denies that he has ever deai
{rau,uleutly IN the matter. My client, SAID hl'
LAWYER. Mr. Bush, " has simply been unfortunate
the victim Of disastrous circumstances"