The morning call., 1892-02-27
FORGED A DISCHARGE
Peculiar Release Of a Thief From
the City Prison.
Dang Work Secures thu Liberty Of adam
s.1ol- Signing the Name Of Police
Cout Clerk a : Watson,

TGere was considerable excitement at the
dis Ctr Hall yesterday among the caDpers
ind Police Court stysters who iniest the
lettering. Ella mUnicinai r00keTy. Tie reason
,,as H1thin- more nor less than the escape
IRA notorious criminal upon forged order
~ discharge.
after I'M absence Of many months Adam
--rob. q aoted thief, returned to this city
- I'D q o police Of the various watches were
i stluc.el 10 arrest hjm. In October he was
.5eau.8ctng under suspicious Circumstances
!. ttae-8 ission and Officer Feeney Oyerhauled
m. Hdran away and was only captured
6r four shots had been fred from the
..lic-mau's pistol
N5.blng was discovered that would in
animate him After being exhibited TO
~ watches, and the police ordered TO arrest
d m upQn sislt, he was permitted TO depart
pom a promise to leave the city. On Satur-
y 2 .ght he was again arrested by Feeney
I'LL. t0 hed for yaErancy under the statute
applying to known and convicted thieves.
A RECORD AS A CRIMINAL.
~r1l has an uusavory record. Ia 1884 he
Ta- convicted Of petty larceny and served
six months Imprisonment Ihe follow ing
r.ar he was sentenced 10 three years Inl-
ms Umeut in the House Of Correction tor
.rg.arv. lie was removed 10 the City
'l-9n % act as a "trusty" and escaped
l.-m shat institution He was quickly re-
a.-aGed Early IN 1890 lie completed term
+ six months for petty larceny.
LAST N0Dday ne employed 5. r. Napthaly
defend him and the case was called 10
Department . Of the Police Court on the
owing day. 4 jgry trial was demanded
Id the case was set down for trial next
.lIl That same night NaDthaly hunted
p Clerk A. a. Watson Of Police Court 3
MA offered q bond ~ the sum Of $500, asked
HAT il be accepted and that an order OF dis
arge Je given. Watson refused 90 accept
ia bond fol ease m another department
:ttan his own. but Naptlaly persisted
t. he followed Watson around from place
Flo place. saving hat the prisoner was
..--. peC-abie {Ouug man and should not have
cen arrested for VagraHcy. NaDthaiy
+ ma iv dcsisted when Watson threatened TO
!. mash bis face. As he went of ne NUT
cred tar dis client would be released 10
uite of Watson Ten minutes later an
sd-T Of discharge bearing Nats0n's sigma
.lre was pushed through the City Prison
bars 70 Gitekeeuer Parrot, who handed It
-a Sergeant Shields.
RETURNED FOR CORRECTION.
AS StroA had been booked as adam
Ntoh, alias Johnson the order was sent
back for correction. Shields then left the
PRISON for something to eat, and during
When Detective BainbTidge heard yester-
day that StrCh Lad been released from
custody he began an investigation. which
zrnvealsd the circumstances related. After
discovering that no bond had been filed. lie
procured tie order upon which the prisoner
was released. When the order was shown
90 Watson he at once pronounced his sigma
ture a forgery. An examination showed
tnat It was very clumsy forgery indeed.
after She Signature were the words per \.
Lawyer \ pthaly made himself hard to
Lud after the forgery was revealed, so his
version OF the affair could not be procured.
Although the police were duped by the
forgery, they say it remains with the officials
Of tue Police Courts 10 take action IN the
-IIattrr
Clerk Watson said he would swear to n
complaint to-day for Napthaly's arrest, but
UgOo what charge he would not state.
Judge Love. issued a bench warrant for
ctrohs arrest and set his bonds in the sum
r,f ZFgUy