Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-12-15
YOUNG FIELD IN JAIL
Taken Out of an Insane Asy-
 lum by Detectives.
DID NOT ACT LIKE A MADMAN.
The Charge Against Him is Grand Lar
 Oeny-A Hearing To-Day.

District Attorney NIooIl Deemed 1t Ills
 Duty to Act, and Claims to Have Proof
 that Field Converted Five Shares of
 Union Pacific Stock to His Own Uss-
 Another Instance of the Young Mau's
 wrOngdOinE.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Edwar M Field, the senior member of the defunct firm of Field, Lindley, Wiechers & O.. was taken from the private sanita arium of Dr. Granger at White Plains last night by three of Inspector BYrnes' de- tectives and brought to Police Head quarters in this city. The warrant upon which the prisoner was appre- hended was issued in the afternoon by Judge Maritime in the Court of General Sessions.
 It was granted on an affidavit sub mitted by the District-Attorney charg ing Field with grand larceny in the first degree The detectives who served the warrant were told to get their man without regard to the protests of the guardian in whose keeping he might be.
 When the detectives reached the sani- tarium and stated their errand, Dr. Granger at first refused to turn Field over to the officers. He was quietly told that force would be resorted to to se- cure the prisoner, if other means failed, and thereupon submitted and brought out MT. Field.
 During the journey from the asylum to police headquarters, young Field was quiet and dignified in his bearing. He said but little, but had nothing either in his manner or conversation to indi- cate that he was not of sane mind.
 Young Field will be arraigned before Judge Maritime to-day to answer the charge against him.
 The District-Attorney was seen this morning and said:
 Tn view of the repeated charges made in the newspapers, l deemed it my duty, without waiting for 8 complaint to be made by some of the persons aid to have been defrauded, to take action in the matter. Such transactions as the Field failure cannot. take place without scrutiny by the authorities, even if, as in this case, no formal charge is submitted by interested parties. MT. Field may be insane. If he is, it must be proved as defence to the indictment in the usual way"
 Assignee Gould is still reticent as to the affairs of Field, Lindley, Wiechers 6 Co.,, although nearly every day som @ new instance of Edward M. Fields wrongdoing comes to light A tailor in this city on Nov. 20, one week before Iu0 lIFIh ldIl0dS POAShdSCu Field two Northern Pacific Railroad five per cent bonds, paying about $1, 800 for them.
 He paid by check, which was duly honored He received the usual notice that the purchase had been made, and called next day at Field, Lindley, Wiechers & Co. to get the bonds. He was put off with plausible excuses and asked to call next day. He did so, and was put of with some other pretext. He went again next day, and was told that Mir. Field had just stepped out. | On the following day the firm failed. The tailor has received hint from a member of the Field family, stating that if he will not begin criminal pros ecution he will get his money back. A Wall street banker to whom the tailor told his story has advised him to insti- tute criminal proceedings against every | member of the firm.
 The District Attorney says he has in | formation which leads him to belle ve that Field has disposed of five shares of | Union Pacific stock and converted them | to his own use.