New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-06
SCHEMING TO Rob HOTELS.
THE GTLSEY AND ST. DENIS SUFFER.
DISHONEST TMPLoYFS IN LEAGUE WITH
NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL.

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Judged from a story told at Police Headquarters
Yesterday II Is evident that Inspector StcorNS nc
tecvcs Will IN future give part Of their attention .
a novel phase OF rugurrv. conceived by Nathanl"l
Ackcrman n di,ting.i>hcd green goods ana buhco
man, for the purpose Of robbng hotels by means o'
bogus baggage checks and dinner caris. ~ P'c-'"'
only two hotels the Gllscv House ana IN" ~ p'"S'
ar. known 10 be cntanclcd IN the net aithonsh " i
almost certain that several others been swindicf
In the latter part of December. lsol rHnsrr' whoS
name no one seems 10 know lcf IN the lsGgagr room
OF the T. Dcn, II small newspaper parcel ana ~
return received cheek numbered S:.'. " hnf'
rorr,ws who va> then IN charge of the baggage f'h
received the parcel and gave the cheek. No""' "N'
DAYS aftcrva,d Z! well dressed man called ut ~" ho''
md asked for the parcel numbered r:'' sNihR '"''
he haa lost the check The man then In chnrr" ol
the baggage did not know the stranger ana dcchnco
70 deliver the parcel Instead. he Tp'rirh the 'a-
TO william Tavlor. proprietor Of ihe hotel, VINO cN
amncd the ~. hagc. Apparently the parcel c"lihl"'
nothing bui an Appleton, Rawa; "Td' Tor p''""
l,rr l-gI Looking between th" l'av's however
Mr. TAYLOR discovered quant'tr Of diamond lcwrir'
several loose diamonds and some pnwnucKe'S' i've"
be lockcd up the package in the SAFE
Nearly seven month, went hv before Mt '''''
head ANYTHING more OF the parcel or IL mN,'cn"'
owner Then last Thursday lie tnrd that some one
was trying 10 get possession Of II aG"'h VI "''
same time he received visit from manuinc'nrrT oi
metal bocc,er checks who early I'm the ame week hHo
received an order - make several huhdn" D'"'N
s,lcls for the Hotel i. D"ni> something III me
uaunci of tie man who gave thc o.h"r nihd' h'"'
srsi,c0n, and he 1T once W. ~ - hr laNP IL" 'N''
L,m whc,bcr .uch dlrrcti,a had ever been sent ou'
from tha hotel 80" replied Mr. Taylor ana WIN
,hc mysterious cropncs after the parcel in hi mind
IL. went 10 Police Ilcadqua:ici, and lald ia" "hnl'
case before Inspector steers. Detective STirah'4
uanlv and Wade put On the 90 g. lHc dc
,cription Of the maa who had given the "hoeNih
order ,oy ba>, chccS convinced them That thcv were
dcal.ng with their old friend Achcrulan ON h'heF Ii
,,uiry th.v fonnI that N,Aclmaa had given t. tn"
Co,iiandt Printing company. NJ. - CorlEndt 81. an
order for 1000 dinner cnrl>, the fnc>'nc "i ih"''
p.cd IN the Gll.cy I.onsc Late on FRIDAY afternoon
they found Alderman at 40. - West Twenty -nnth
+ i'm &. mpanv With If, rcputod WIFE. ana look MIN
10 Police Headquarters.
Ackcrman tooh the arrest with alI bis old Tim"
coolnc., ard "a check. No. G3d 'to"n from the -
Denis va, f,ind upon hin. The detectives had I''h
convinced that Ackcruan had tonfcdeit'' lh-d' 'n'
hocI, and uudcr those gcnll" sua-ion Alderman gave
o,u cxr,anafio. II the scheme. The programme
v, ,o ., 10 the cNprc., Office nearest III" hoi' CIV
;ho clerk BOGUS checa and send one of h" "Npr'~'
ncn f. the hotel get the pec" Of ligs"G" 'AIeu '''
.nd ecyc. IL TO Accrma'. Thus he couli secure the
larrac, without p,dn- o." the hotel In person ani
r1nuna the llst oi possible iccniihca'ioh.
WIS necessary 20 haze assistance from c"rt Of tn"
hotel cmploycs ara Alderman tod the detectives
that hc had won the service, not o1N - "Bnrt
Io;rous but Of Csrin J. Oit and Charles Low. f"-
sprctivcy cashier and a--i,'ant cashier In ih" "'c'
lInn-c cafe There the svlndr wa~ worked bv mc"n'
OF duplicate dinner card, ana chccls. II the card
called for lnisc amaint OF woulf substitute one ~
Ackcrman's bogus cards ~ smaller amount. sup y
I'm the drawer and pocket the difference IN ca-h Five
hundred cards Lad thus been disposed ~ md the Motel
loses about 81 200. BorrOw, and Ott were arrested
on SATURDAY and made clean breast ~ the whole
transnrtIon OF -sili that he lIsf mndr $40 tnv
lv the scheme and had tf'fd fo indu'" the manage
az The tlScv House 70 employ borrow "a serond
.sSistan cashier that the circuit of the combine
10 give his pri tncis tn" tip ns 10 what vni'hh'
narccs hnd hccn received and the check numbers on
ibem Lco,v heard that the conspiracy had been d.
covered and went 70 Jcf-cr CITY. II ], certain. how
ever that he VIII De af1"-i'-i-
The owner Of the icwclry md 6iamont' h'S not
vc, been Discovered and tho detective" have niue
doubt that The property had boon stolen ana c't ~
thr hotel hy the thief. N lcf"rson Market fHIo"
Court Yesterday the three prisoner vcrr taken b.
fire Justice GRADY aud reminded fof ntthcr cAanna