New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-26
THE VALUE OF A "PULL.'
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE DISTRlCT-AI-
TORNEY'S OFFICE.

o1-Tp AGFOI.s METHODS FOLLOWED BY COLONEL.
FELLOWS AND HIS sUBoRDINATEs-THE
FrAGRANT CASE OF COLONEL CARRERE
,r,o ro..o,,ass and INSTRUMENTATION OF the Dis
ATTORNEYS Office under Tammany and Colonel
I u Fcilows are d1lv becoming more manIeSl.
one Of the Iatost outragcs which have come 70 hsh'
is revealed III tie case OF the notorious 'o'ohe'
William Carrero. who was sentenced sixteen years
AGO by Judge Gi;ders!eevc for forgery to years
imprisonment in the pententiary. The case on "hch
Carrere was then tried not the only one wnere
forgery vas charged against him. The World OF
Yesterday saws that he pleaded guilty 10 Forging
and placing upon the market OF boni5 amounting
TO many thousands OF dollars OF 81. Louis county
Mo- and Quincy ILL., Yet this arrant knave nae
sufficient pull the Attorneys once 10
escape punishment for swindling a defenceloss
woman dependent on her own labor for her living.
When Carrere met Ms. Dora +. Torres. the wom-
IN whom he swlndlc1, he employed n an eX-
pert accountant by Mr.. Paris, proprietor OF the
Hotel Central. IN West Fourteonth-st, and she was
housekeepcr OF the hotel. Mrs Torres decided to
open 4 lodging house. and rented NO 81 West Twen-
ty-cight-st FOR that purpose. Colonel Carrcre rs
he was known offered his services to assist her and
50 gained her confidence that she intrused him with
A check for Sl3a Sc to pay the agents. GooIale CO..
rent amounting $685. and to bring to her the lease
OF the house. Carrere came back ana handed Mrs
Torres 81 G6 change. and a receipt Tor Sl%' ssnel
Torres received A call from the agent Of Goodale q
Co who went TO collect the rent She
rrlsed at the demand. and showed him the recep;
which "Coloner Carrere had brought her. The
agent pronounced II n forgery.
Carrerc vas found IN Rutherford. y. j.. and in
formed that his crime had been discovered He
hurried e. Ms Torres and confessed to her that he
had appropriated her 1925 his use, bu, begged
her to keep the matter secret. promising 10 return
the moncy the next day. He failed to do ard
Mrs Torres obliged - pay the money over
again to secure the lease Of the house. Some time
after her friends paced the In the hands % the
police and In August last Carrere was arrested.
charged with forgery and grand larceny He was
arragned a, Jefferson Market court and the mex,
day his true history alI previous crimes were aired
in the newspapers. he was held In $500 bail Mrs.
Torres wcot before the Grand july, and two in
d.ctmcuts found against hm-one for grand
larceny and the other FOR forgery. Carrere had
i.'nculty in obtaining bail with Mr. Fellows to APP
prove the bond.
\ PLEA FROM \ WOMAN
\ woman wh, SAID that she was Carrere's wife
called on Mrs Torres repaid her the 81, and begged
her not 10 prosecute the man. She worked upon
Mrs Torrcs's fear. and made her hs.iey" that she
would eurely get into som" legal trouble II she
pcrsis;cI IN prosecuting MIN. on september - ia9t
this woman again visited ArS- Torres and inir-.
her - y.sit the District Attorney Office In her
ufhcrcl into thc Office u one 81 Mr. Fellows as
sistAnts-t'ug~r by name-whose expert methods IN
cfIm!na. cases have more than once been the sub
beet of comment about the General Sessions. Mrs.
Torres wlD frightened AZ being compelled. as
snr supposed. 10 come 20 the pistrct-Aitorneys
Office nas soon prevailed upon. t. sign pap"r-a
printed form conveniently prepared and ready "h'Te
the defendant has money or pull enough 10 &C.
clear follows:
As complainant in the above case. beg TO rec
onmcnd the defendant 20 such lcnicncy ana Gem
.ncy a. the court ana District; Attorney MA! s"e III
{. show hut | expressly assert that ms reasons
for 50 doing are not controlled T. any advantage -
tnicrn,ath the printed form Mr. rnrer wrote:
The defendant received money from me 10 pay
ceved proper receipt therefor from IN" real estate
agent whom such rent MAS paid. ami in conse-
quencc have not been injured or damaged by any
ac' of defendant.
New York. sept ~. 1894
In presence Of Henry W. tng"r
Mrs Torres signed her name under these declara
on.y the pressure that brought 10 bear upon her
caused her put her name T. these papers present
ct by lLger. AZ sh" IL satisfied mat Carr'rr rchIy
deserved punishment
About a fortnight after this In the first week OF
The October term, present month: Colonel John r.
Fellows arose and. addressing Juig" Cowing. novel
that the defendant be discharged. at the time
presenting Mrs Torrcss Recommendation" u
lcniency and ciemrncy. Judge cOwing granted the
motion and this se,fconfessed forger and thief was
relieved u al prosecution.
Nobody believes that such man az Carrere could
receive such lcnency unless money some power
iul influence used In his behalf There h rap
reassembles II should provide for thorough IN
vestgafiOn OF the District Attorneys office Of New
York Anl that Fellows and Cnger should be called
as witnesses In cary stage Of the proceedings
the RIIN KEPT on fILLING.