New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-16
F NJ. FIELD INDICTED.
,rrrAsEp ON BAIL AND REARRESTED.
,,rs,oSr MORGAN ONE OF HIS BoSDsMEN-
COMMITTED TO LUDLOW STREET JAIL.

,,rs,oSr MORGAN ONE OF HIS BoNDsMEN-
covwrrrp TO LUDLOW STREET JAIL.
~. arrest of Edward NJ Field on Monday
.,rht was followed by his indictment yesterday
ms' admitted TO bail OH the criminal charge
hnt was rearrested at once in the civil acu'h
s.ht br r. L. Dietz. The prisoner was evil
s.rtv in weak condition physically, ana his
~.,,al faculties appeared to be dulied
r,sd spent Monday night at Police Head
.,.,t.rs and was taken to the General Sessions
hujlding yesterday morning by Detectives Iranor
sheldon. The prisoner seemed hardly able to
ak alone ard at times leaned heavily on
n'...,iv. Trainor's arm His case was presented
y -, Grand Jury on the arrival Of Dstrict-At-
..,r.v Nicoll. who was the complainant. The
'..o;sc charge was the appropriation of fifty
nords Of the Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Rail-
..y Company of the par Value of 81 900 each, the
..,,s coming under sections 52s and $50 Of tho
r.ra, Code The indictment declares that Field,
=. AGENT and baiee of the railway company, had
: he nossession fifty of its bonds and that he
,,eviously appropriated the securities to his own
use. D.u.
Field was taken to the Office of Assistant DIS
,,;.t Attorney Semple where h, remained while
n. Grand Jury WAS considering his case. The
..,s,esses who testified before the jury were B. F.
u.u = X. Day, Edward Garfield. Thomas Cahiil
uorard Lapeley, W X. B. Emerson and Maurice
,.Nsman. An indi ,tment promptly found
and AZ 80 p. m the Grand Jury ht,d
into Part of General Sessions, where
Judre Cowing was sitting. The indictment was
handed I'D TO him Field was not arraigned at
onoe but was kept in Mr. Semplcs office until
bx friends should secure bail for him.
Mr. Ncoll, in speaking of the case. said that
.be transaction which was mentioned in the H.
drtment was only one of a number of others OF
,hs same kind 1t was selected however, as
osern0 n simple issue The question of the
urisoners sanity will be tried before the criminal
charge is pressed. John l.. Wilkie. of Wilkle
MCGOWAN, of No. 40 Nassau-st.. was Fields
counsel and it at his request that the ar
alignment was postponed. Mr.. Wilke and other
friends of the prisoner bestirred themselves all
afternoon to find sureties. Finally, at 80
o'clock the lawyer announced that he was ready
70 have his client brought into court.
The detectives took Field to Part Il of General
SESSIONS on the second floor of the building when
Mr.. Wilkie made the statement. Field had sat
contentedly in the office for six hours, and meekly
went with the detectives DR.. Matthew ID. Field
was in court when the prisoner was brought in.
Field walked feeby to the bar. He was dressed
IN the plainest style and looked not a bit like
the former head of so big firm as Field, Lind
lev, Wiechers Il Co. His clothing was black.
his face unshaven. his hair unkempt; and
there was a lustreless look in his eyes He pre-
ented most pitiable sight as he stood before
Judge Cowing.
While being sworn Field raised his right hand
with as much effort as if il were of lead Tears
frckled down his cheeks. and none present could
help sympathizing with him. John t. Terry.
banker of No. 40 Exchange Place. and J. Pcrpont
Morgan became his bondsman Bail had been
placed at $4,000 by Judge Cowing. When the
Necessary legal steps had been taken Field was
Get at liberty. He walked back to the centre
of the room, and for moment sat on one of the
benches near the door. His lawyer and DR.. Field
were with him. Then the party, surrodnded by
a crowd Of persons anxious TO catch glimpse Of
the broker. started TO leave the building,
They had only, reached the sidewalk when
Fields brief freedom was at all end. Deputy
Sheriff Henry WaldgcrinG served on him the
order of arrest issued in the suit of R. E. Dien
for $4,000, which he charges the firm Of Field.
This warrant was issued some time ago but ser
vice of it stayed until the arrest on briminil
charges Field was then taken TO Ludlow Street
Seven suits have been begun in the Union
County Court at Elizabeth, n. j., against John
F. Wiechers of Plainfeld. of the firm of Field,
property in Plainfeld owned by Mr. Wiechers and
aggregate s.. OOO
The condition of Cyrus w. Field did not improve
yesterday. He compelled 10 remain in he'd
ali day, and was not able to take much nourish-
ment lie was altogether too i'll TO b, told OF
his sons arrest and Imprisonment. DIR Fuller
is afraid now that the manifold msfortunes which
have been heapad upon him will result in his
death, and NE is certain that if Mr.. Field were
told Of additional things TO cause him
any excitement something disastrous would follow:
Mrs. Edward NJ. Field is again prostrated and
confined 10 her he'd at the home of her brother,
Or. Lindley. Her friends endeavored to keep the
news Of her husbands arrest from her, but she
discovered in the excitement at the doctors house
on Monday night. soon after the telegram from
DR.. Granger, of Mount Vernon asylum, was Je-
ceived. that something had happened, and she de
manded 10 know the whole truth. She would not
he ouietef until told of her husbands arrest. She
became hysterical afterward and is now an ex-
tfcmcly sick woman
Mrs. Lndley's condition, too, is much worse.
Her death may come at any moment