The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-13
MARCHAIS, ALIAS COSTING.
ONE OF THE HOTEL ROYAL MISSING
FOUND BY THE POLICE


He HAD an Account at the seventh Natioaai
as Marchais Through which He CAshed
Brother Gosiing's Forg cries Both OF
tho Gosiings Caught by Detectives.
A paragraph in The Sun yesterday morning
announced the arrest in Philadelphia on
Thursday OF Alfred Gosling on a charge Of
forgery. This Is the third time within two years
that Inspector Byrnes's detectives have ar
rested Gosling on the same charge. Hereto
fore the complaints have not been pressed.
dosling is n French Hebrew. ~ years old.
His father was Abraham Gosling, lawyer we'll
known In his time here His mother is still
living in Paris. Tho young man is an accom-
plished linguist. Something more than year
ago J. Brisben Walker OF the Cosmopolitan en-
gagged Gosling as tutor for his two sons. The
arrangement proved 80 satisfactory to Mr..
Walker that when It terminated he employed
Gosling in the Office OF the Cosmopolitan as
collector and bookkeeper. Alfred Gosling has
a brother. Edmund F.. who Is ten years his ju-
nior. Both Of them are freQuenters OF the race
tracks.
On Wednesday Of last week L. T. Hill. man
ager OF the Cosmopolitan Magazine Company.
reported to Inspector Byrnes that Alfred Cos
ling had collected checks for the company
amounting to $4,000. forged the endorsements.
cashed the checks. and disappeared.
Detective Sergeants Titus and Krauch found
that Costing had cashed the checks through
/. T. Marchais. who had an account in tho
Seventh National Bank. ut Broadway and John
street. They found that he was playing the
races at Gloucester. and was ut the Continent
I'll ai, Hotel; ,r Plhad.nhia. under the name of.
and Gosling was arrested.
Then Titus and , Kraach turned their atten.
Mills building as an Advertising gag agency. az x
reSqmmendsd By MI Funk. William anu street Rss
the desestcsD at Sad d dsnt
with him. and seemed to be an honest young
ling; manager. C9smopolitam magazine"
mants GospF ss in s
Searching there. the detectfyes found 9, jour
nal which had s been missing from the Goso
They also found that Gosling's. younger
SI9h h Rmans had lived there ere
description. Of T. T. lIarchais '
The people at 1856 East Sixty seventh street
told the detectives that Edmund Gosling had
Country With his broher lie ss ssid hst he he n n
and to 20, to tho country the next day. Cos.
linz went to the Hotel Royal and registered as
to room M 5eF se o SS oo He % ssSs
room and loft his valise and, then went out for
the evening i'd He r. returned about midnight
aHn wcHt W uou' III putting unueI tne b!leetS
$40 In money some papers. and the bank
book which contained his account as Z. T.
Mnrchais in the Seventh National Bank. He
was restless and unable to sleep. SO he got up
and dressed and went out again. He remain
ed away from the hotel until shortly after 3
O'Clock sunday morning. When he returned
to go to bed the hotel was on fire
Royal the name Of II. Jackson has appeared.
Nobody seemed to know who he was. and It
has been supposed that his was one Of the I'M
ter's field.
That seemed to be a good thing for young
to Philadelphia to see his brother. Later in
tered at the Morton House as /. johnson. Yes:
terday afternoon Detective Krauch arrested
him there. krauch started to take him to Po-
lice Headquarters. At the corner OF Fourth
avenue and Fourteenth street Gosling broke
and ran, ,Krauch overlook him. but severely
Detective Titus and Mr. Hill went to .Phila:
delphia yesterday for Alfred Gosling. Edmund
Gosling. or Marchais. will DO arraigned at JEFF
ferson Market Police Court this morning. All
the thefts for which the two men are now
under arrest were committed between Jan.
and Feb l.
Hired Gosling was arrested on, April. 81.
1890. on the complaint of Richard Saalfeld.
music dealer at Al Union square. who charges
him with forging II note for $3.50. GoslIng
had been a hookkeeper for Saaltield. Saalfleld
afterward Withdrew the complaint
He formed a partnership with n man named
Himan and opened music store Ct 70 East
arrested on complaint, Of George N. Klenk. q
who charged him with stealing $3B worth OF
sheet music. klenk withdrew the charge.