The morning call., 1894-11-27

Bouquet and made payable to Dallemand
& Co., the wholesale liquor men. PIG Cali
fornia street. The check bore or its face
the certified stamp of the Central Bank.
signed by j. ". Ravens, the cashier. of
Yesterdays date, making the check pay
able at the First National Bank, San
Francisco. On the back Of the check was
the Endorsement, PAY to bearer, Dale
mand & Co."
Maxwell drew the attention of the chief
officers of the bank to the check. ana as il
Is rule not to pay checks to messenger
boys, Madison was asked who gave it to
him. He replied he had received the en-
velope from a man on California street.
who told him TO bring the money to a
room at $50 California street, and il he
was out to go to Dallemand q Co.'s and he
would find him there.
Dallemapd & Co. were communicated
with by telephone ana they replied the
check was In their possession on Satur-
day, but it had been stolen from their cash
drawer between the time the store was
closed on Saturday afternoon and yester-
day morning. 1t had not been Endorsed by
them.
Special Officer Flynn, who is employed
by the bank, was instructed to go with the
mesSenger-bOy, find the man and bring him
to the bank. They found him in his room,
$50 California street. and he was placed
under arrest. He fought hard and had to
be handcutfed. When taken 10 the bank
the man threw bunch Of skeleton keys
into a waste-basket, but Flynn noticed the
movement and picked them up.
The man refused to give his name when
questioned by President Murphy and de-
MED having seen the messenger-boy be-
fore. But Madison had another witness,
Leon Lang, also a messenger who
was win him when the man handed him
the envelope containing the check, and
both of the boys declared be was the man.
The patrol wagon was summoned and ne
was taken to the City Prison.
Captain Lees had an interesting inter-
view with him in the afternoon. He said
his name was Edward Hawbrock; he was
SO years of age, and was born in Colum-
bus. Ohio. His real name, however, is
Handbook. He said he had lived on this
coast ten or twelve years. He was in the
United States army in 1881 and did service
during the war against Geronimo. He
worked in the Tread well mine in Alaska
and came here recently. Since coming
here he had invented q preparation for
satcbels and had been selling it till about
TWO months ago, when he started a collec-
ton agency.
Handbook wore star and had letter
IN his pockets showing that he was mem
Der of the private detective agency organ
lied by EXCLUSIONS Inspector Pattison.
When asked about the skeleton keys he
said he needed them in his detective bust
ness
To the captain and to others he denied
all knowledge of the check, and with
vehemence declared that the messenger
boys were mistaken and that he was an
honest man.
Handbook is a man about six feet in
height, of athletic build and wears brown
mustache curled up at the ends.
He usad ba 6rUInmRr n the drup
business, his special line being patent
medicines. About year ago he led gay
life in this city and spent his money freely
and ostentatiously. He carried on that
sort of life for few months, aud then he
suddenly disappeared, leaving a large
number of creditors behind. At that time
he was exposed in the press, and 1t was
stated that he had been guilty of the same
pi actices In Oregon. He must have re-
turned 10 the city only a few days ago, as
he had not been seen by those who knew
him from the time he disappeared till last
week.
Detective Ross Whitaker has been de-
tailed on The case. 1t is known that Ham
brock sent messenger-bOy In Oakland to
the Central Bank there 10 get the check
certified, and Whitaker will find the boy
and get him to identify Handbook.
Another point that Whitaker will try
to make clear is how the check got into
Hambrock's possession. The room where
he was arrested is almost directly opposite
Dallemand & Co.'s warehouse, aud the
police think he had entered the premises
by means of one of his skeleton keys and
had stolen the check from the cash drawer.
There is strong suspicion in the minds
of the police that this is not the only case
that will come up against him.
Handbook has, it seems, been living
quietly on Central avenue, Alameda, IN
der an assumed name since his disappear
ance from the city. 1t was an easy thing
therefore Tor him to get the check ldent-
fed yesterday morning at the Central
Bank, Oakland, before crossing the bay.
The messenger boy to whom he gave the
check to take to tue Central Bank has been
found and he will be at the City Prison
this morning to Identify him.