New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-04
THE BITS OF THE BUBBLE.
PEOPLE TO WHOM "A. H. WOOD" OWES
MONEY.
PAST CAREER OF THE YOUNG MANAGER AND
HIS BRoTHER-A LAWYER WHO WANTS

PAST CAREER OF THE YOUNG MANAGER MD
HIS BRoTHER-A LAWYER WHO WANTS
THEM ARRESTED.
The collapse Of the West End Theatre bubble and
the peculiar transactions and remarkable history OF
Charles Hair, alias Allan H. Wood naturally remained
yesterday the principal subject OF discussion in hcai-
cal circles. Faherin-law Louis Brrsler went to the
offices. at No 81 West Twenty -thirdst, In the fore
noon and claimed the safe, but the name a. IL.
Wood' printed on It, Horace Wall and the deputy
sheriff who in possession in Walls interest
refused to allow Breser to have access TO It,
Mr. Wall has placed attachments on whatever property
he could learn that Wood possessed or had any
Interest IN. This Included portrait OF General
sherman and some woodwork for the stage which
was building at carpenters shop at No. 240 West
One hundrcd and twenty -fourth-st g Wood owes
several months for this shop and also for the
offices in Twenty thlrdst. suit has been begun
against him by Hillary Bell for 81 800, nearly all
Of which amount -ss money borrowed The stage
carpenter, Nelson Wadr0n, IS creditor for 800, ana
the loss Of James Cowan, the brick contractor, Is
placed at $1,000. Among the Office employees who
claim unpaid salaries are T.. W. Gregory who has
been living with Wood,' and Il. Constant Varlan.
reporter who went to Breser's house, at No.
100 West seventy-sixth-st, saw Mr. and Mrs. Bresler
on the steps, but c'ua gain No information from
them. Mr.. Breslrr denied that "wood7 in the
house, but It IS nevertL eless believed ne is there
Mrs. Bresler is evidently much attached to him and
DESTROYS Of screening him a, far as possible
John Harrington, the playwright saw Bresler when
be visited the Office and told him that unless the
manuscript OF The Earl's Heir returned in the
afternoon Wood" should be arrested Breser
promised to have the manuscript delivered on time.
The hold Of Wood' over nearly all the members
Of the Bresler family is extraordinary.
Aaron Kahn, lawyer, Of No. 100 West sxty-thirl-
ST. called at Police Headquarters yesterday TO demand
the arrest of HAIR lie said that he had been re-
tanned by the children Of Louis Bresler, 20 prosecute
the whole Hair family for conspiracy 10 swinde the
old man out of $loOOoO Mr. BTeser, he SAID was
relative. lie demanded the arrest OF not only Wood
himself but of his brother, Mrs, Hair, and Lawyer
sullivan, Of the law firm Of Blake sullivan, III
Cenre-st Inspector Bynes was not IN ana MI
Kahn went away, promising 10 be back on Monday'
The exposure Of Hair created no great surprise IN
Hoboken, where he and his twin brother Henry, are
well known especially to the police 1t Is nearly Ten
Ionged to highly respectable family but from an
early age their sense of honor aud honesty seemed
would hesitate at nothing to obtain money. The
young man whom Charles Hair introduced IN new Nv,
IIoboken police to be his brother Henry. He va, the
first to enter upon criminal career His hrst Dusl-
ness venture clerk I'm the First National BANK
of HobOken. In short time be was arrested on
charge Of having cmbeZzled $500, but the money was
repaid and he escaped punishment Al ina, tmf
| and nothing was heard Of him until year ago last
March, when it ascertaned that he had forged tne
| names OF several Hoboken m merchanl ;
| learned that he had gone TO Detroit and DETECTIVE
Gallagher was sent with a requisitIon to bring him
| back. A.,
while in Detroit Hair had got himself into me
good graceS Of Louis Bresler, wealthy retired 9i
| mere liant, aud was engaged to be married TO Ms
| daughter. when Deecye Gallagher brought HahI
to Ioboken, Miss Biesler and her father came WIZ
him and the old gentleman interested himself In his
nros uectve son.n-law's behalf with such zeal thai
although the young man was indicted for forgery the
| Datr
| not nunisbed II was while he was under this cloud
that he and Miss Bresler married. and the old
gentleman took up residence in New-York, TO have
| Them with him The Hoboken police heard moth
| ing more of Hair until tho exposure of his --latest
| scheme They say however, that the wayward-
ness ~ his two sons the cause of their fathers
| death.
| Henry T. Abbey said yesterday that he had no
any Intention Of entering into any project for carry
| ing ON the building OF the theatre.
| Mrs Hair the mother Of Charles. Is living at NO
1879 Vast Onehundred- ana-twenty- ninth ST.