Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-23
FoReERY AND THEFT PROVEN.

Henry H., Proctor, Thief of, Many Aliases, Who Has Been Working Con- neOticut, Comes to Grief in This City.
 In the police court this morning. be. fore Judge Bradstreet, a we'll dressed. rather good looking man of about twen- ty-five years of age, and wearing,a a light Imustache, was arraigned for the theft of two oVercoats from the Scovill house yesterday during the dinner hour, and the forging of check for $30 signed by B. H. Cole, treasurer of the Eaton, Cole and Burnham company of Bridgeport. The coats were the property of H. N. Ham, a travelling man, from Boston, and Dr Edward w. Mover of this city. The thief went into Hodson's saloon and asked if he could leave his coat there for awhile. It was placed behind the bar and proved afterwards to be the property of Dr Mover. The other coat he took to a second hand store on South Main street and tried to sell. The pro prietor, however, had been notified and the man was pointed out to Officer John Brickel, who placed him under arrest. At the station he gave his name as ' Henry H. Proctor of Boston. This morning he pleaded guilty to both the charges of theft and was fined $50 and three months in jail on each case. The forged check was found on his person when searched at the police station, as was also several letters evi- dently written to himself by himself for effect, and memorandum in which were several aliases with names of cities and hotels. This it was thought was kept to avoid confusion should he re- | turn to any of those places. The list showed that J. S. Odell had stopped at the Bay State hotel, Worcester; the Cooley house, Springfeld; the Win throp hotel, Meriden, and the Pavilion hotel, New Haven. B. P. Beach had stopped at the Atlantic hotel, Bridge port. l.. w. Smith had stayed in Hol- yoke, and at the Stevens house, Nor folk, Ct. H. H. Proctor had stopped at the Glendower hotel, Springfeld; the United States hotel, Hartford; the3Meri- den house; the Capital hotel, Hartford, and the Scovill house, Waterbury, and H. H. Proctor, Jr, at the Hooker house, Willimantic.
 James w. Hodson testified that the man came into his place the night be- fore last, handed him the check in uues- tion and asked him if he would cash it, the boys. MT Hodson refused to let him have the money.
 MT Burnham of the Eaton. Cole & Burnham company was placed on the stand and testified that he did not know the man; that the check was not that of his company; that they did no business with the bank on which it was drawn; that the man whose name was signed to 1t had been in California three months and in fine that the check was a forgery.
 Chief Egan showed the court the let ters which were found on the prisoner, pawn ticket for an overcoat which l.. w. Smith had pawned in Hartford and got $4 on and the memorandum book mentioned before. Judge Bradstreet found probable cause and bound him over to the next criminal term of the Waterbury superior court under bonds of 5000.
 It is thought that the man is known in Torrington and that he has a wife there. as word was received at the Scovill house three days ago requesting that if l.. w. Smith arrived at the house to be instructed to call up Mrs Smith in Torrington. As the man registered under the name of Proctor he never received the message. There is no doubt, from the number of hotel registries, and the letters, that Proctor has been working this game some little time.