New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-02
=. p. HOTCHKISS ARRESTED.
HE SPENT THE NIGHT IN LUDIOW-ST. JAIL
CHARGED WITH ApPROPRIATING ANOTHER
MANS MONEY TO HIS OWN U>E-RE-
IE,SrD OK RAIL.

CHARGED WITH ApPROPRlAIINb ANOlHb"
MANS MONEY TO HIS OWN UsE-RE-
LEASED on BAIL"
Philo p Hotchkiss who conducts the business
of Hotchkss & Co.. bankers and dealers III COM
merclal paper in the Aston Building Nos. 81 ana
% Broadway spent Tuesday night In ludlo" "uee'
Jail. He was arrested early that evening by Dep
utv Sheriff Upham on an order issued b. Judge
John NJ. Davy. of the Supreme Court, sitting al
Rochester n. ". where the paintin ives anu II.
WAS unable to procure the $4,000 bail required uh'
yesterday afternoon. when he was released Inc
order of arrest was granted By Judge DaVy o"
the complaint of Harry S. Woodworth of the hrm
of G. B. Woodwork Son. OF Rocnester' "oou
worth swore that between December 80, 1897 ana
April r. 1893 he had sent to Hotchkiss & CO. three
promissory notes to have them discounted LOT d
reasonable commission. The notes were all maue
by c. T. Woodwork & Sons. The hrst LOT
s. 900 was dated January 1G. 1893. payable four
months after date at the Rochester Trust ana
Safe Company the plaintiffs order and indorsei
by him The other two were for $500 each, and
were payable at the Office Of Hotchkiss d Co.. IN
New-York and were also Endorsed by the plaintln
Hotchkiss, the plaintiff alleges. sold the notes on
or about May % last. and converted the proceeds
to his own use. In May Woodwork demanded
the return of the notes from the defendant at Nos
Fl and 80 Broadway, but the latter according to
the complaint refused either to return the notes
or to give up the money obtained upon them OF
any part of It, The plaintiff further declares that
when the S. coo note came due on May 10. lS8 he
paid IT, and also paid Of the $500 notes on
June @ 1893, when il came due. The other $500
note still unpaid. is said to be held by the First
National Bank Of Trenton. y. J. The plantin de-
mands Judgment against Hotchkss for $1,000 with
interest from May 90 1893. the costs OF acuOn anu
asks that the case be tried in Monroe County
In a letter written May 5. 1885, on the handsomely
engraved letter heads of Hochkiss & Co.. Attached
10 the complaint. the defendant made this state
ment: 1--WE do business under the name OF fiotchSs
kiss g. Co. who is Mrs. @. |. Hotchkiss twiic OF
Philo p. Hotchkss). who il quite responsible. Inc
names upon the leter-head are printed as follo"s'
'Philo j. Hotchkiss. manager: Wallace DerundFon
cashier T. Y. Shultz. assistant cashier; r; T.
with negatives. also appears in the letter referred
to- evidently intended a reply TO a threat from
Woodwork to arrest somebody: Neither ME-
Baker or Mr. Hotchkiss do not nor never dld pe-
long 10 the firm. but are employed as clerks on a
salary. so that any proposed action would be
against the firm and not against the clerks OF the
'frm'' The letter bears the signature "Philo +.
Hotchkiss manager for II. e. Co"
Mrs. G. l. Hotchkiss, the wife OF the prisoner;
went to the Sherin's office yesterday ana signed
the bail bond which gave her husband his liberty.
In answer to questions asked by the Sherins bond
clerk she said that she possessed equities in
property in Brooklyn Of over $1,000 The other
80 Willow-st.. Brooklyn. and Thomas Harden
wholesale grocer and liquor dealer No. 5i3 Henry
ST.
Phlo r. Hotchkss the broker who recently
achieved unpleasant notoriety in connection with
the negotiation OF securities Of West virginia
land and timber company. His transactions were
severely commented upon at the time.