New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-19
BOY BANDITS At COyEY ISLAND
THEIR DEN AND PLUMBER DISCOVERED Be
MEATH THE BIG ELEPHANT

MEATH THE BIG ELEPHANT.
The fact that band of boys calling themselves
Young Rosters organized for theft had established
headquarters at Coney Island came to light yesterday
in the arrest Of three boys In Brooklyn for robbng the
money-drawer in the hardware store Of Mrs. Adelne
Murray, Of No 463 Third-ave, Of gil. They wero
Thomas Williams, age fourteen. and Edward Williams.
his brother age twelve Of No 131 Forteth-st, Brook
lyn and George Murray, age twelve, Of No. 90 Forty
thlrd-st Murray confessed that under the leadership
Of Charles Smedley, he and the Williams boys, with
william Short John Tice and KIrke Martin, had or
ganlzed themselves bandits and had established
den under the Jumbo Hotel at Coney Island.
Tho officers visited the place and found the two Will
Jams boys there and arrested them. In the den was
a miscellaneous collection Of stolen articles, together
with food, dime novels and candles. The boys were
sent out on thcving expeditions b. smedey and robbed
stores Of money and goods when money could not be
obtained. The money was divided By the members OF
the gang night and spent in the various diver
sions at the West End OF Coney Island They usually
siept in their dem but sometimes returned to their
homes in Drooyn by late trains to be ready f0I snieV
the band were arrested last evening
SALE OF THE EDISON PHOyOGRAPH 90 ANY.
Tho reports in regard to the sale Of Edisons phono-
graph are confirmed by the following statement:
The Edison Photograph Company, which owns all OF
Mr. Edlsons patents for recording, perpetuating and
reproducing artcuate speech, In the United States
and Canada, has been sold to Jesse H. Lppincott,
OF this city and Pttsburg for something over one
million OF dollars. All improvements made by Mt.
Edison during the next fifteen years are to come 10
Mr.. Lppincot. BY contract made In March last
with the American Graphophone Company OF wash
ington, Mr. Lippncott became sole licensee Of that
Company for period Of fifteen years. The graphic
phone Is the rival of the phonOgraph and is patented
by Messrs. Taintor and Bell, of Washington All
I'm provements made by these gentlemen on their IN
strument will TO their licensee. Already
number Of graphophones are in constant use by mem
bers OF Congress. stenographers and others Inc
North American Phonograph Company has Just been
organized in this city for the purpose of putting these
machines into general The foreign patents ana
rights for the gaphophone are owned by the Volta
Company, Of Washington and those OF the phohograph
are still the property Of Mr.. Edison.
DID THEY THROW HER OUT, OR DID SHE FALL
Mrs Lena Lamb. the young German woman VINO
said she was thrown out of window OF her nome at
No 400 East fifthst. on Tuesday night Dy hcr
husband Christopher and his brother Charles, was at
Bellevue Hospital yesterday suffering from bruises
and internal INJURIES and her condition was said 10
be serious The Lamb brothers, who are butchers In
Fulton Market, were held at the iorkville Police
court TO await the result Of her injuries The brothers
saw she was drunk and fell out, but there was no
trace OF LIQUOR about her when she was taken 10 tne
hospital
pIFIDIyG Gritty TO CHARGE OF FORGERY.
otto Alexander, who was employed as salesman
by the Giles Lithographc Company, OF No 81 college,
place. pleaded guilty yesterday 10 charge OF forgery
in the second degree. He obtained by trick a
blank check such as those used By william Nooe'
wealthy builder and forged Mr.. Mobiles signature to
the check for as OOO which certified as genuine
lie also prepared a forged letter signed with Mr.
Nobles name and endeavored to obtain the money on
the check from Nc.slags Colgate OF No 30 waist
The firm suspected the gcnulneness of the signature
and asked Alexander to wait. The forgery was
discovered on a second examination at the panK.
Alexander IS about thirty years old and came TO thls
city from Germany short time ago. lie was TO
manded for sentence.