The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-04
R0DY GEOGIIEGAN ARRESTED
ACCUSED OF HAVING 4 HAND IN THE
7NEE7S IT THE PUBLIC STORES
He Wan Foreman There-A ccorSiIons aud
Aibnms Found In His House with y
Search warrnnt-OtherA Arrests Expected

He Wan Foreman Therc-Accordions auA
Albums Found In His House with y
search warrnnt-Other Arrests Expected
About four months ago lottors began to come
to Collector Hendricks In this city aud to the
Treasury Department in Washington from
importing houses complaining that articles Of
merchandise were missing from tho boxes
that came through tho Custom House ut this
port. Ever since thon nearly every mail
has brought ono or more letters urging the
samo complaint. Tho letters were 80 many
that there could DO no doubt that regular
system OF robbery was being carried on some
where In tho department Collector Hendricks
became very much worried over tho matter.
and about a month ago Detective Richard King
was put on the case. He kept n careful watch
on the men in tho public stores but the OWL
continued unnbatod.
Last Thursday c. II. Traittcur and Thomas
Brown. two special inspectors Of the Treasury
Department. wcro detailed to tho case. and
Yesterday thoy arrested Rody J.. GeogheEan.
foreman Mt tho Laight street public stores
When an importation Of goods is landed
here at tho wharf. tho rule is for one.tenth Of
them to BIO sent to the Laight street stores for
examination and appraisal. the remaining
nine-tenths being sent to the merchants
warehouse under bond. After examination at
the public stores. the goods taken there are
packed In their boxes again and sent along to
the warehouse with the rest. On investt-
cation twas found that the missing articles In
every case wore taken from the boxes sont to
the public stores. Only small percentage az
the articles was taken from any one lot.
among the most recent Of tho thefts rerorted
40 and 100 OF them we're reported to the de-
raEt,m1ent from different sources as missing.
been stolen without Being reported "'" ""'0
Inspector Traitteur and Brown began their
TOE PaasS e. Ssas
that were DISCONTINUED. They suspected q
msn MSn na they be Il Sa the
congratulations &c they succeeded in getting ono
ut Present withhSld, named ned 10 i iorcman .
the TO
some OK the missing accordions were still In
ssy 1a the Of
rant rartY from 81 Shields End went a.
dions and two recently imported lenther al.
buns. The accordions were identified BY the
Geoghegan was arrested and arratgned be-
~ e6 commissioner NM Shields who hold him In
did not. give the bail. and ho passed pa the might
In LUDLOW street, jail. Geoghegan has been
ssmployed several years In the Appraisers
he was restored after few weeks. For year ear
and until six months ago he was an under
taker and he is still sexton Of the Church Of
Our Lady OF Perpetual Help, in East Sixty first
street He Is a Republican.
1t 1t Is supposed that some Of the watchmen
could be got out Of the way. but some Of the
watchmen are always on hand. The method
seems to have been to take the articles one or
in the stores to be removed at leisure
The difficulty In locating tho thefts was prin-
ployed In handling the goods. amy one Of whom
might 90 the guilty party. There are about
fifty watchmen at the public stores alone, aud
hesdes that the merchandise all passes
through number OF hands at the dock when
1t is landed and carted to the stores