The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-29
A BOY -SWlNDLER.
Endeavored to Get Jewelry on a
Forged Check.
Arrested and Then Got Away from
Detectives.
Police Finally Catch Him and Say
He Is an Old Offender.

Although only seventeen years Of age,
Sebastine Lind, of 22O6 Second avenue.
has proven himself to be one of the
coolest young swindlers that has ever
fallen into the hands of the New York
police.
Lind was arrested by Detective Con-
nor. Of the Church street station, in the
iewelry store of G. +. Price. lS7 Broad
way. Late in the afterno he entered the
store and presented an order purporting
to have been made out by f. j. Finley.
q manufacturing jewelller at 100 East
one Hundred and Twenty-afth street.
The order was written on letter-head
bearing the name OF the alleged firm,
and called for two 14-carat gold watch
chains. weighing twenty pennyweights
each. They were to be delivered to
bearer.
Accompanying the order was a check
on the Citizens National Bank, which
bore the date of Aug. %, and was
signed by +. J. Finley. The space for
the amount was left vacant, and Lind
was to fill in the amount of the pur-
chase.
Pierce became suspicious from the fact
that he had never heard of the firm
and the peculiar nature of the transac-
tlon. He drew the boys attention and
despatched one of his clerks to the
the boy to wait a few moments while
he fixed the chains.
When Detective Connors arrived he
cool. and held to HISTORY. Connors de-
Cided to ares the boy pending an in
vestigation, Mr.. Pierce in the mean time
having ascertained that no such firm
existed at the address on one Hundred
and Twenty-fifth street.
At the station Lind admitted that
there was no such firm. but said he had
man. who had given him the order in
front of the gwen address. He said
the man had promised to meet him there
upon his return.
took Lind up to noe uHndred and
TWenty-ffth street to try to catch the
confederate. Lind was left standing in
front of the place while the detectives
suddenly Lind darted towards the
hallway of the house. and slamming
the door. ran up. to the first floor. See
ing an open window he jumped out into
the yard with the detectives in pursuit.
Lind then made a dash for a millinery
store on noe Hundred and Twenty fifth
again disappeared He fed through the
store and gained an exit through the
yard into Lexington avenue.
inc detectives had missed him. ON
that he lived at as Fast one Hundred
ana Thirteenth street, and Connors and
strip Immediately started for there
They found that the address given was
u vacant lot.
When near Second avenue. however.
they espied Lind coming along Second
avenue. and started for him. The boy
saw them and ran towards One Hundred
and Twelfth street. When near there
he darted into the cigar store of a man
,iamed Goldsmith. After long search
ne was found In the cellar, hidden be-
hind pile of boxes. He was then taken
back to the Church street station.
while I'm court this morning, Lind was
as cool as an old offender He still
stuck to the story about the order and
STACK strsbre ha nsg been given to him by
youngster and looks quiet and Innocent.
and blue eyes.
:. His parents are respe ctable people and
I've at 22OS Second avenue. His father
II Is thought that he is member of
2 gang Of very slick rascals who have
been yictimizing jewellers throughout
me city. Detective Connors is In pos
session OF large number OF similar
signed by r. ]. Finley.
one or the orders bears the firm name
or Frendenberg e. Finley. and on this
order Lind tried to secure three gold
watch cases of Smith Knapp of IA
Maiden Lane, but was not successful.
Rochester Car Wheel Works at Thirty
third street and First avenue, until
June when he got into fight with
the foreman aid was discharged.
The case was adjourned until this
afternoon, so as to enable Conner to
produce a number of Lind's victims in
court