Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-21
ANALLEGED DEFECTIVE.

He Was Going to work Up BIg Case
 With Detective Brewer-He Defrauds dhis LandladT - Breaks Into n Ear and is Finally Arrested.
 A man who gave his name as Frank c. Harrison was arrested yesterday afternoon for theft, defrauding his boarding house keeper and false representations.
 Harrison is about five feet eight inches in height, portly. thick set, good looking, with long moustaehe, nearly ss long and as soft as squirrels tail. He is 27 years old. As nonchaIant as a duck swimming in pond, he wasn't bit concerned when taken before Chief Bollman yesterday in the presence of Detective Brewer and two newspaper repor- ters.
 Harrison came to this city on the Sth inst. and went to Mrs. Whistler's, at ST Olive street, to board. AS he appeared to know his business and looked honest she consented to board him. He said he was detective, showed her @ letter which he said Superin- tendent Murray of the New York police force had given him before he departed from New York that morning, in which it said, the bearer, MT. Harrison, had been sent to New Haven to work up big case. The paper was not signed and Mrs. Whistler began to grow uspicious, but she finally threw them of, as he went about his business. She thought no
 
 Brewer and of how the latter was to help him in ferreting out the case he was on. Finally Mrs. Whistler asked Harrison to describe Brewer. He did so, saying he was large, heavy built man with long flowing beard. This was enough, and the landlady was con- vinced Harrison was a beat. She sent for Detective Brewer to call last Sunday. Harri- son smelt something and offered 8 check in payment for his board. It was signed by Win. o. Camp of the "Peerless Steam and Heating company"
 When Detective Brewer arrived the bird had flown.
 On Thursday Harrison hired William Don- neaan's hack and was taken about the city to see the sights He offered Donegan check signed the same as- Mrs. Whistler's, but Don- egan refused it, and Harrison said, "Well, I'll pay you when see you again."
 '.You,n pay me TOW, or you'll go to the lock-up," said Donegan.
 Harrison then offered his overcoat as se- curity, which was accepted.
 The next morning Donegan found that his barn had been broken open and the overcoat taken from the hack.
 After leaving Mrs. Whistler's Harrison went to board with Max Strauss, corner of Lafayette and Silver streets. Some way De- tective Brewer heard he was there. Yester- day he walked down that way, rang the door bell and asked if 8 man answering to the de- scription he gave boarded there. He was told he did.
 ''Ten him I want to see him" said the de- tective.
 It was but minute before the detective and the alleged detective were staring each other in the face.
 "You are my prisoner" muttered Detective Brewer between his teeth.
 The other smiled blandly, said there must be some mistake and accompanied the detec- tive to the police office. Before he left the I1oVu hn6 ,a6 Inc identical one that he had given to DoneRan.
 This, then, was proof that Harrison was the thief.
 At the police office he said he had been on the road as agent for the 'sPeerless Steam and Cooker company" and later as mate on the schooner Bertha, between Perth Amboy and Stonington. He left the schooner at Christmas time at Stonington and went to New York.
 A check, similar to the one he gave Mrs. Whistler, was found on his person. It was very cIumsily written. Cards, with young ladies' hands on them, transfer checks, let ters, Superintendent Murray's alleged letter, etc.. were found on his person.
 He says that on May 23, 1888, he was mar ried to Miss Cunningham of New York. No marriage service was held, as they be- came man and wife under the New York law without any formal marriage.
 They didn't live together in the bliss and sweetness that should have been theirs, and so, by mutual consent, they parted three weeks afterward. He says he considers him. self divorced.