The sun., 1891-06-18
On Monday Ho Went Up Town TO Collect
Rents-Yestcrday Morning IIo Turned
UP In Peli Street. Deaf and Dumb and
Dattered. with . Story OF Robbery
which Finds Apparent Corroboration-
Is the Young Man Only ActInrs

| street station houso and had n talk with Capt.
Brooks, who promised to send out an alarm.
About 8 o'clock on Tuesday evening China
man whose namo is not known stopped Pa
trolmnn Cortlandt on tho Bowery and told him
that there had been fight tho night before in
tho hallway OF 10 Pell street. He said that
four men had attacked another man, and aiter
| kicking and boating him had rifed his pock-
cts and stolen leather satchel from him. He
thought ho could find two OF tho strangers as
sailants II the policeman would accompany
him. So Cortlandt went with him. and at his
direction arrested Patrick Dincen. 10 years
old. OF 63 Catharne street. and John Leonard,
20 years old. OF 96 Washington street. at the
corner OF Poll and Doyers streets. The young
men protested that they were innocent OF any
crlme but thew were taken to the station house
and locked up ms suspicious persons.
Early yesterday morning Rood.looking and
| well-dreesed young man. with bis eyes black
ened and his face badly bruised. staggered up
to Policeman Devln in Pell street and mo-
toned to the officer that he was deaf and
dumb and wanted to mako q communication.
Devlin gave tho stranger piece OF paper aud
a pencil. and the young man wrote:
Il havo been robbed and beatcn and my
money Is oil gone What shall 2"
Tho young man acted SO aueerly that Devlin
decided that no was insane. and took him to
the station house.
Capt. Brooks recognized him rs tho m'ssinR
David Molloy. He thought he was mistaken
| though when the young man signi0ed that no
was unable to hear or speak.
What Is your namc!" asked Catt. Brooks.
Sergeant Walsh wrote the question on a slip Of
Spd The
yGYns %sas M whole ss:Iy s.;yyE xns learned morn
ing he started up town on the wcst side Of the
city to collect some rents. He took in good
afternoon started down from ,Hatle@ to pay
hS interest on n he ny an
with Mr. l.eaycrnft. and about, 3ii o'clock
boa,ded South Ferry rain a.
train to take a City Hall train. n. ~ ~ '
went down the steps and got o Rlnss Of hoer In
sass he aas ii ia sSs a. %
The young man , IemIembrrs n setting ths & beer,
faT ss shssf ssd biz s ss
S5essnt !ouas Mi loy was 5 sSse ,hs. .his T.s IS
3s Tassday al sna ps ali Tsesdss n!sht Aa ~,
named Maggie Williams, who lives in l'ell
Station static wher. Mo"y recognized % her err ths
gr who whs H. he
and and soa eoniessed h % sho knew about ths
She SAID hat fSIEek do %95 df botes @,
mitted the robbery; Iineen and Leonard who
hsa been arrests Ne night before IS sgs; us
r%siI % and oTools:, Ihe two latter we're cap
'Hrs0 Is CAPT T Drooks the girl told remarkable
story She said tha. nj about o'clock poI on
nAg strees AMI 1't the boWery @ " Whsn So%pg tMoov
touched her on the arm 81 s,e asked him what
Mak 'as W'h moo
her and handed her piece @ q parer M or on which which
You IA IN Rp says
she led tho stranger Into the hallway Of l9 Fell
street Here the young man began to write to to
sHsS nis 1s Es e%
sed sS sa
to tho wnl and wrote on it: Il have 1900 with
Mscto ms sna c o swsg on she
says hut hey were all M 70 h hs ssct fond
S;sa 1n fs snd
young man doEn anI kiekSa ni Fra 6e.t Mn
nv W s,y,em so nwov hia soari nin nia
hat, and his cull buttons.
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Jukilco tnlnior ~ ,ue on ps V,aSe I'LL yrs-
terday %E5hng on1 nd ,dGy S Sr iieT Snnsi
them as the i1rmsns As assal . Snts Mr; MHIIoy
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justice & NM he ni daa mG1 a5d wnIn
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able 10 hpeak ana near Gsr,ec;iy, ;e ne c1nad not
uhaers@hGG ssr Gniinahes for the iefsndants mi.
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friend, Ine deal ana duhio p"s'hess Is all
iaseo o;h, reouest o, tbe detectives Justice Thin.
tor remanned inc prisnnersDaes 10 ine ne, s,ati"h