The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-21
OWES IT TO THE OFFICE SOY
Tsrry'u Arrest and the Free Advertisement
of Ills Loan BusinesS.

of Ills Loan BusinesS.
case came up In the Tombs Police Court
! yesterday which shows how easy 1t is In this
town for n man to be locked up over night with
| no warrant or complaint out against him. W.
| II. Terry. a young man OF 80, was brought from
| Police Headquarters by Detective Sergeant
| Rodgers before Justice German when court
| opened lie had boon in Headquarters cell
for the night as "a suspicious person Al
though from the story as it was developed it
| appeared that Terry had been collecting fees
as an appraiser OF furniture for The Chicago
Loan Company" which Is said by the police 10
be q myth. there wasn't the slightest shadow
OF a case against him when he was brought up
In court Sergeant Rodgers said he had eN-
pected that Lawyer j. p. Heller OF 81 Cedar
street, who he understood was responsible for
the arrest. would have a number OF women
present who said they had been swinded by
Terry. 1t then came out that Otto Gormley.
Xeler's 14-year- old office boy, had seen Terry
going UP town in Second avenue car at
Tweuty-third street Monday afternoon. and
having an idea that Terry was wanted" told
policeman on the corner to arrest him. The
policeman accordingly lpgged Terry OIL to tho
Twenty-se second street police station. ana from
there he was taken down to Headquarters.
Sergeant Rodgers wanted his prisoner re-
saying he would have his lawyer on hand then:
Judge kilbreth so set It down although he said
arrested that he should point out no citizen
was safe from arrest at any time.
tP9 or s aeEe dfGa s re-
up to nine months ago Terry had a desk in his
oliice'at 81 Cedar street, and represented him
Company"
They REPRESENTED themselves" said Mr..
teller, rs making loans on furniture There
were Just two In the concern apparently, Is. II,
futile who was PRESIDENT. and Terry who
Terry; One Of them said she had BEEN HSsS trying
inspect her furnitdre in order toget a loan OF
$19S on IT. She didn't get the loan and Terry, she
Of the other women said they had given him
from So to So with the same result told the
women to come back the next day. as OK
for week. and then became satisfied that
they had been sYindlei. SO notified Police
came down 70 investigate. He found that the
women wouldn't appear in the Police Court
have it, so the matter was dropped there /
hadn't seen Terry since and was very much
Fiat he h Sd9f had the aTested n @
made O charge against Terry, nor did au-
thorize my boy to mako one" Terry was dis
For the last six months the business of the
Chicago Loan Company has been carried on ct
Gays that the company is q myth. and that
futile and Terry are the only parties In It.
or his services as appraiser LEFTY ROt u lew
dollars whether the loan was made or not on
this agreement:
To W. II. TERRr-1 hereby apply TO yos for loan OF
dollars upon my goods and chattels located in
premises No. =. Now Sork and engage You to mako
ventory Of and appraise the same TOR which aer
In made or not
1t will be noticed that the application for the
loan must be made to Terry personally. and
not to the so-called company. Tuttle declared
yesterday that the business was Legitimate.
This contract" he said. was drawn up by
Mr. Xeller or course, sometimes the property
isn't worth loaning on. and then Terry keeps
his fee."
The police say that this happens very often.
and an effort will be made to get come of the
women to appear against Terry yet.