The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-15
r. B. NIUSGRAVE ARRESTED.
CHARGED IN 4 POLICE COURT WITH
gIRCUJAIIS0 OBSCENE LITERATURE


hroker on Pine street and now President OF the
Fifth Avenue Railway Company q well-known
man in New York society, and a member OF the
Union League Club, was arrested at that club
Yesterday morning on charge Of sending Oh
scene literature through tho mails. At the
,,olce court the hearing Of his case was post
,oned until Monday afternoon, but enough de-
tails came out TO show that tho affair ia fine
Illustration Of what exceedingly disaRroeahle
ucrapes mon with regulations to lose may got
themselves into when they mix themselves up
Ui;h persons who have no regulations to lose
The warrant in this case vas issued by JUS
t,ce Mcmahon Tuesday on complaint OF Au-
Rrstus u. IasiGi OF Rhinebeck. n. Y. who sworo
tbu. Mr., MusGrave had sent to him by mall
certain indecent. obscene, and lRscivious mat
ter in Tire shape OF q typo written document. en-
t.tl-d Statement OF a Blackmaillng Case"
The document. with the envelope In which it
had heen sent, was attached to tho complaint
Il rurror,ed to be the history OF the experience
OF certain person. designated only as the
defendant" with q woman referred to as
smith and the PLAINTIFF" II WAS unsigned.
and who wrote it. and why he wrote 1t. az we'll
rs who Mr.. Iasigi was, and why It was sent to
him, was nowhere apparent in 1t.
It was probably the most unique tale OF woe
ever spread upon the court records in New
York. The paper opened with a statement
that the birth OF the plaintiff according to q
statement made by her to the defendant In
May 1885," was out OF wedlock and she was
early placed in an orphan asylum, and later
adopted, afterward inheritinR q little property
from her foster parents. This she sdusndered,
and then took to the Bowery lodging houses.
The document put the plaintiffs" age now at
about 80. She got work in label factory and
later became a book agent in Wall street. where
ahn ,ipip hrokar whom, ha triad In
blackmai through an Indignant husband"
tho latter role being played BY q former lover.
The document then continues:
soSS M that she had feesnsy @ Her
husband that he had E1Swn All out Of shape hat sGs
Them forty eight hours that II she were not afraid
Keeper With Thom size Intimate. get money;
IA paf Of sapphro esrSs and that she was to
how che eod get t1sm out Of him y no, marrying
beast ;Poksa in her fSso whs9 ,hsy rode
sIn Sy SsySHs WSs nsms,s viii ~ mining broker
SSy ISL. a. Sie.o Siss e At sTss sex, s
ballet and also With celebrated gambler and a Cap
5om tho "u6n nn aT9 sroSer shrouS adsG Sy
but he lawyer looked into her life and told her tina. he
Sc HS.s S:s
several persons
Here follows an alleged quotation from re-
marks OF the woman as to her reasons for pre-
aud particularly to one named Armstrong, who
ehewed tobacco; co. The narrative IT, then deals
man man With viii whom she lived in tie chelsea, and
some Strickland with Charles G. 1ngraham
ana other men. One incident OF the narrative
4 Transportation OF an entry In register in
hotel at Bangor in June. 1883 IN which Charles
g. Ingraham and Miss L. V.Smith are assigned
to room 43.
MAJ Ss d. ,oS S an d:ps
her poverty and wronRs and that she wished 10 cad
sSo9'
fendant followed by a long series of others ~
The nSrfStve then to give an &C
fraudulent and imaginary expenses. and Of
1F wsns Pass
ofhouses and flats where the plaintiff" lived
at various times within the last ten years. and
names OF men Of her acauai ntance. some Of
paragraph OF the statement
In September. ist- defendant discovered that part
OF ss nTpsy M hin by 1sat and P .
PTe.epces VIZ ,Ispresenting .ho"ng. and GtylnE to
eontfoStea Win the proot attempted 70 destroy lie
ana WIN % Mt" s 9i %oI aSS
t.Ee making Of persecution from inta,uA
sS5orrsa psH; hut n "a Nay sSd
LA, measure ov.rtams his sShorenee:
,3ogGognly GTt .ho
uody without soul al animated article OF merchan
and ssy the the her
1E cHd hom9 o a%f III yG GemP5 . % M:
by her positive 10 her counsel that undue
vii no DOUBT admit % her counsel as she has 's and
most Generous and nnso6sh Of men to her as sic has
Ieceved from min from time TO time for the past three
years large sums OF money.
Augustus d. IasiGi who received this curious
document and who secured the warrant for
M to az ng %
dayit and left the matter IN the hands OF his
lawyer, Gilbert Il. HAYES Neither he, nor, Mr..
officer; Ex-Judge Charles Donohue accom-
charge was ridiculous. and the whole affair
piece OF blackmail; At his. request the hearing
and Mr.. HaWes s; was Notified to have Mr. iasiei
present to suhstantiate the complaint.
M a i al Is %S ha pd
precinct as Mr.. Musgraye is in social circles in
the city He is son Of the late Greek tl Con
some Year ysaTs az age Iay Sts@6is!. A. = singer i
thine beck. although spending, much OF his
time II New York where s he Is tho SEmpanhion
should hs1s bes0 him by
aud Judge Donohue prolessed not to know. A
q tie tSi fact that Mr. iaslGl is irioad Of
JAM" Armstrong S cGSsla Q; he
Aston rroperty at Rhinebeek. and who;
presumably. is the Armstrong who Is SO abused
IN the document Comp ications were further
straigAtenod out by the dscoyery that In Aug
ust last Lutte V. Smith sued ThomBs Is. Mus
grave IN the Common Pleas Court for $4,000
damages Tor alleged defamation OF character
IN letters and also IN Personals" IN no Hr'.
+. Armstrong in the same court for similar
damages. alleging that Armstrong had con:
Epi! cd with Lutte :. smith to levy blaokmail
unon him. Both these suite are now pending;
Gilbert r. Hawcs 10 counsel for the woman and
Armstrong. and James n. Ferguson for Mr.
pou0hue declared that the Smith woman's
salt was pure blackmai and that continual
attempts had been made by, her and by her
COUNSEL TO settle It, for small consideration.
Judge Don0hue said
=" First they came down to $4,000. then to
SlE.0GJ, and finally to 800; At last the law
yer offered to take S25 and guess all old pair
OF boots would haze settled IT,"
Mr.. MuBgraye was at his office. $50 Broad
way. yesterday afternoon, hut he refused to
make any statement, or even to admit or deny
that he had sent the document included In tho
complaint, Judge Donohue said he hadn't
ueen the document yet, and 80 couldn't say
what ths defence would be. i is practically
iendant' in the document Is 81 bstantially that