The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1893-09-19
MoRR|S'S GAY LIFE.
A Son Of the Royal Arcanum E1-
aminer held for Swindling.
His lnfatuation for Mrs. Green
Causes His Downfall.
The Sturtevant House and Several
wine Rooms Are Losers.

Theodore +. Morris. a son Of DR..
Morris. of Jersey city. the examiner
for the Royal Arcanum in the state OF
| New Jersey. was held In jefferson Mar.
ket Police Court this morning on a
| charge Of swindlins the Sturtevan,
House out of board and wine bill
| amounting to $40.
There were three other complaint,
| against him. but they were not passed
upon this morning.
Joseph II. Wass, the proprietor of q
wine room at lii Amsterdam avenue
swore to complaint charging Morris
| with passing a worthless check for $50
r. c. Robbins. proprietor of an egg and
butter store at 143 Amsterdam avenue
charged Morris with giving him worth
less check for $l2.
Both checks were drawn on the Gar
h mel N Nationai Bank; ,, and were made
Morris came to grief through his in
fatuation for Mrs. Green, the wife Of a
gripman on the Broadway cable road.
He eloped with Mrs. Green on Aug. q:
Morris, with another young man and
Mrs. Green, drove UP to the Sturtevant
House on the night Of Aug. s with a
piretentious lot of baggage, Morris and
Mrs. Frederick Butler, of Washington.
d. G.. The other young man. who is sup
posed to be a brother of Mrs. Green.
registered as plain Mr.. Logan. Phila-
dolphin.
They engaged an expensive suit of
rooms. dined In their private parlor, and
frequently occupied a box at the thea
tire.
On Sept. 8 bill for $40 was presented.
Three hours later the gay trio. baggage
and all. were missing.
Landlord Bangs reported The matter to
the police. Detectives Heidelberg and
Nugent began a search for the fugitives.
Before clipping Morris had. II Is al
legged, mortgaged Green's furniture, and
then put 1t IN storage, where he secured
Maxwell =. Giles, the MORTGAGE. will
make complaint, as will also Haeger' $
Storage Company, Thirty-fourth street
and Eighth avenue.
OF Mr. Green. 1t had been purchased
on tho instalment plan, and Green was
arrested for removing mOrtgaged prop
erty. and held in $500 bail to answer IN
He gave bail and at once set out in
quest Of the man who had not only
stolen his wife. but all his household eff
He finally located tho couple at the
ST. George Hotel, in Brooklyn. where
they had lived since leaving the Sturte-
want. At the st. George they had con
Green described his wife end Morris.
He said they were clippers and fugitives
from justice. The clerk acknowledged
that the couple and also mir. Logan"
we're guests at the house.
Mr.. Morris was thereupon asked to
settle his bill. or course he was unable
to do SO, but said he would get the
money In Now York.
Mrs. Green was detained at the hotel
and a clerk accompanied Morris to New
York. They had no sooner left than
Detectives Heidelberg and Nugent called
with warrant They were Informed of
Morriss destin. tion;; and arrested hin,
Morris denied his identity in court
when questioned. He gave his name as
George Allen. n salesman, thirty-ive
years old. and his residence as Wash
One Edward Green and his wife occu-
pied a handsome two-story cottage in a
side street near Pacific avenue in Green
vile n. j.. last Spring.
widow. and young Morris lived with
them. Morris was said to be Il medical
student.
One Sunday afternoon the Greens and
Norris hired livery rig and took a
door Of a saloon, and had drinks.
At midnight they drove home, and a
policeman who halted them was in
formed that Green had taken laudanum.
A clerk from LYONS & Beighler's, drug
Green was saved from death.
Mrs. Green said that her husband
had poured laudanum into glass of
beer and drank it. When Green re-
ment
A few days after this the Greens
moved to New York. Morris and Mrs.
Logan disappeared. Their departure
was, followed by an advertisement in a
local newspaper announcing the mar
riage Of Miss Logan and Morris