The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-27
7. (. THURDER'S CRANK
w. P. Leal on Trial for
SWindling-P. Hauck's
Dynamiter, Too.

Reilly and half a dozen other names, was
placed on trial today in the General SEES
sions charged with obtaining money by
false pretenses from f. K. Thuroer, of
the firm of F. K. Thurber, WylaDd &
Co. of New York.
Leal is the fellow who was arrested last
fall on d charge of sending Threatening
letters to Peter HaucK, the mlilionalre
brewer of Harrison, threatening TO blow
up his brewery IL Mr.. Hauck did not
give him some money. Leal IS
very tall and slender. He has
a pale. c~onsumptive appearance.
and an intellectual expression. He does
not look like a crank, but just the re-
verse, and the letters he wrote r. K.
Thurber were carefully prepar ed and
well written. The first letter MIR. Thur
Der received was dated Ssptem Der 9 and
read as foiIows:-
DEAR SIR:-The writer of this can tell you
something which would be worth a lot of money
to you. lcould tell you how you are being
robbed out of thousands OF dollars and you may
never find it out unless L tell you. II you Will
pay five hundred dollars l will tell you every
thing and give you tine names of all who are in
it. You must not make any fuss at the store,
for If you do you will only scare them off and
lose the ch ance to catch them. II you will 90 90
and get back more thon $500 worth
of goods. You must promise on your
honor TO DRY ME the GOUJ, anu IQaL you II
never tell anybody how you found this out. Put
a personal in the Herald that you will do this
and I will write you again.
LATER CORRESPONDENCE.
Further correspondence took place
after Mr.. Thurber inserted the personal,
and in it the writer stated repeatedly
that he could show how the firm of
Thurber, Wyland e. Co. were being
r1hInad ~ Eino1ju Mr. Thurhar met
| LeaI at Taylor's Hotel or November 8
| last, and from there the ouple went to
| the office of H. w. Winfield. where Leal
| or Reilly swore to an affidavit that he
had prepared. 1t is as follows:-
Thomas Reilly, being duly sworn Accord ny to
law on his oath, deposss and says:-"I have
been employed for the past year by John
| Creighton, a grocer. at Harrison, N. j. I drove
the freight depot to his store; about
| May last he received from the Thurber, Why
land Co., of New York, about ten barrels
| noticed that Creighton changed the brands on
the -four barrels. / was ordered to change the
/ packages and split up the -four ! barrels.
| after that and 1 was ordered to cnange the
| brands on all the -four. Creighton brought a
stencil marked Pleasant Valley Milling Com
| pany,'' with which used to mark the barrels.
As many as thirty barrels of flour came
| from Thurber's during the last week of May,
1892. The canned goods and coffee and other
v RfOG6Il68 WOulu DC hl0dCh Ii WIG AaJ GO4L
back of the store. Some of these were shipped
to Henry Rothe at Washington. N. J., via the
D. l.. & W.. R r. The goods received from
| some tea. condensed milk, canned goods and
| other groceries. These, except the flour, ! al
ways Kept in The hay loft by Creighton's orders.
A great part Of this was shipped TO bethiehem
| and Easton, Pa.
During last July Crelg hton sent me to New
YORK with an envelope containing money ad,
| dressed to one Goodhart. He told
| me To take it to a saloon on
Hudson street opposite Thurber's and
wait till Goodhart called for it. He came
| gave it to hiru. He did not give ms o receipt
for it. After that the goods came more frequently
every few days. This continued until about ten
days ago. Creighton had a book which showed
| all the goods he had received from Thurber's,
| and to whom he sold them. To my know ledge
| Creighton has sold at least $50 barrels Of
| hidden In his hay loft. about thirty sacks OF
coffee, twenty chests Of tea and 100 boxes of
canned goods, mostly peaches, condensed
corner of Second and Hamilton streets,
in Harrison. know that these goods were the
Thurber, Whyland Co.'S because saw
told by Creighton that they came,
| from their store. The goods in the hay loft
were always hidden under loose hay. Creighton
and | well understood where the goods came
from, and that Goodheart sent them.
MIR. THURBER's STORY.
Mr.. Thurper when called as a witness
| testified that he saw the andavit made
Eana that Leal or Reilly went with him to
INe W Yorh where Mr.. Thurber borrowed
| AZ 80 and gave it to Leal on
| account. The reason he borrowed the
| money was because the store was closed.
| He soon learned he had been swim
| died land when Leal was ar
| rested on charges preferred by
Peter Hauck, Mr.. Thurber went
10 Harrison and saw the prisoner
ii jail, who admit ed that his entire story
from beginning to end had been q fabri-
| cation. John Creighton, the grocer,
testified that he had never seen Leal
before; had never employed
I him and did not know him. He never
bought or received any goods from Thur
Der. Whyland s. Co. Other corroboratIve
evidence was given. and The State
rested.
Counsellor Rowe asked the Court to
direct the jury to discharge the prisoner
on the ground that II fra nd had been
committed it was done 10 New York,
where the money was paid and
out OF the Jurisdiction of the Court:
Judge Hudspeth refused to do this, and
counsel took an exception and let the
case go to the jury without defence. A
verdict of guilty was found in five mln-
utes. Tomorrow Leal will be tried for
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