The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-19
MORRIS LIVED HIGH
H is Infatuation for Mrs.
Green Causes His
Downfall.
ARRESTED FOR sWINDLING.
Duke Horse Whipping Story and
Green's Attempt at Suicide
Recalled.
ARRESTED FOR sWINDLING.

Royal Arcanum and a son of DR.. T. F.
Morris. OF SCI Varick street, Jerse City.
was arraigned In j. fferson Market Police
Court this morning on charge of
swindling the propriator of the Sturte-
want House out of a board bill amounting
to $l93 This is not all-he Is accused
OF beating other hoJel proprietors,
passing worthless checks, stealing
furniture. and running OFF with another
mans wife. Ine story of the young
mans gay life. masqusrading a he did
did under many aliases, proc laims him
as q facile princeps of the genus beat.
AT THE HoLEL.
The first chapter begins with his
arrival at the Sturtevant House three
weeks ago accompanied by fashiona bly,
dresser vvaclons young blond aud a
young man. Morris registered as "Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick Butler. OF Washing
ton and Mr.. Logan, OF Philadelpnta."
With them was au immense number of
trunks Nothing was too good for the
trio, who occupied suite of rooms at S12
a day. The drove in the park. had
boxes at the theatres, enjoyed
the best of dinuers and the most
expensive OF wines. When the bill had
reached s1g5 Manager Bangs tried to
collect. His establishment may be
imagined when clerk told him they
had skipped with six of their trunks,
Mr.. Bangs told the police of his troubles
and u search was at once made. After a
weeks hunt the party was found In ST.
Georges Hotel. Brooklyn, where they
had managed to run up q bill Of $500.
MRS. GREEN.
Before the public discovered their
whereabouts they found out that the
woman was a Mrs. Green, whose hus>
band is conductor on the Broadway
furnished his house on the instaliMent
| plan, and, when few weeks ago he re-
| turned to his home. found his wife aud
the furniture gone. The firm from whom
| he bought the furniturned had her ar
rested on charge of stealing mortgaged
| goods.
In the meantime the three. who had
| Hotel. enjoyed thoroughly the best the
hotel could furnish. Here they regis
tered as MIR. and Mrs, Allen and
brother" Manager Trumbridge
was charmed with guests who
ran up daily bill of $75.
the $500 mark. and Proprietor Trnmbridge
| was debating whether to demand set
| tlement wheu an ordinary looking man,
| pale and careworn, applied at the office
| for information of a runaway couple. His
| description tailed SO nicely with the
ar ,earanca of Mr.. aud MS. Allen that
Proprietor TrunbrIdRe admitted that the
TRACKED BY THE CONDUCTOR.
"rhen," said the man. who was un-
| iioubtedly the BETRAYED Green. II want to
warn you of this man. He has stolen my
| wife and furniture. running my home aud
| life. He is scoundrel, and his business
| is 10 beat hotels and pass bogus checks" !"
| The unfortunate man hurrisd away
| refusing his name.
| Proprietor Trum bridge, thinking OF the
| costly wines and choice edibles cou>
sumed by the tricky trio, held private
| conference with 'Mr. Allen" demanding
immediate payment. under threats OF ex-
L posure aud pros ecution.
The threats were effective, SO when the
/ detectives reached the hotel yesterday
/ morning 1t was to find that "Mr. and
Mrs. Allan" had left for this city under
the escort Of one Of Proprietor Trum-
| bridges clerks-the purpose OF the trip
being TO raise money.
The detectives overlook the pqrty at
Broadway and Tenth street, wners the
young man of many aliases was placed
under arrest. He was locked up for the
| night at Police Headquarters. while the
| woman was hurried back to Brook
by Landlord Trumbridge's clerk. She is
now held at st. Georgs Hotel rs hostage
| for the formidable bill.
OTHER COMPLAINTS
As fast as one complaint comes to the
ears of the police concernipg this inter-
esling trio others rolled in.
joseph II. Wass. the proprietor of a
wine room at 141 Amsterdam avenue,
| swore to a complaint charging Morris
with passing worthless check for s2o.
B. c. Robbins, proprietor of an egg and
butter store Mt No. 143 Amsterdam ave-
nue.. charged Morris with giving MIN 4
worthless check for $12.
Both checks were drawn on the Gar
field National Bank. and were mads pay
able TO George Ailin.'
Before elopfDg Morris had. 1t Is alleged,
mortgaged Green's furniture and then
put 1t In storage, where be secured a loan
upon it.
| Maxwell P. Giles. the mcrtaagee. viii
made a complaint. as will also Hae9er's
Storage Company, Thirty-fo urth street
and Eighth avenue.
When the detectives arrested Morris
he denied his identity aud In court gave
the name of George Allen, a salesman,
thirty-five years old. and his residence as
Washington, D. G.
He is a stockily built man, with low
forehead. little brown ewes. vicious
mouth aud stubby disfigured nose.
He was dressed In a cheap summer
suit.
Morris stated that Mrs. Green had been
divorced fro u her husband, aud that she
was now his common law wife.
B. NJ. Cowperthwait & Co., o.
) Wn0m MOTIFS purcnased SOY worth o
| furniture last April and rnortgaged aud
stored it along with Green's furniture
: will ,lso make a complaint. A repre-.
| sentative OF the firm was In court TO
that purpose this morning.
THE COUPLE WELL KNOWN HERE.
Morris and Mr.. aud Mrs. Green livet
last spring In q small house on Pacific
avenue, JersSy City, and one Sunday
afternoon thsy hired o livery rig and
took a drive TO Bayonne They eutered
side door OF q saloon and had drinks.
AT midnight they drove home, and
policeman who halted them was Informed
that Green had taken 1audanum.
A clerk from Lyons & Zeigler's drul
st and physician were called AM
Grs 1n was saved from death.
Mrs. Green said that her husband ma,
poured laudanum into d gluss OF beer an
drank IL. When Green recovered he re
fused to make any statement.
A few days after this the Green
moved to New York Morris and Mrs
, Logan disappeared. Their 1departpr
was followed by an advertisement In
J local u7 spaper announcing the mai
riage Oh 4diss Logan and Morris.
Morris will be arraigned on othe
charges tomorrow. Mrs. Green is tb
same woman who. few months age
created such scene on jackson avenu
In this city when she h1rsewhipped 9
hardware dealer PANIED Duke.
small fire at No. parnell place at siqf
, O'Clock this morning was caused By the ex