The evening world., 1894-02-10
AN INSANE SWINOLER
Jessiman Thought He Owned Mr..
Angus's Private Stable,
Had Horses. Harness. Feed and
Other Things Sent There.
The Real Owner Mortified at the
Onslaught of Merchants.

An insane man, who Is imbuci with
the idea that he is very wealthy,
was taken intp Yorkviile Court this
morning to explain, If he could, why he
has for three days this week kept horse
dealers, harnesS-makcrs. feed mon,
painters. carpenters and carriage-makcrs
swar:ning around John .Nugus's private
stable at : East Twrnty-cighth street.
His name is Henry je.siman, and he was
arrested last night at his home, Az
West Flfty-siNth street, by Detective
Dale. of the West Forty-seventh street
station.
Jcssiman is about thirty-seven years old
and looks like a coaChman. He has an
idiotic look, and this makes all the more
remarkable the systematic curse of
fnolinG people which he has carried out.
The police do not know just when Jessi-
man decided that he owned Mr.. Angus's
stable. They only know that Tuesday
he began his actions which presumed
ownership.
sons sales stables, at Fifty-first stree,
and broadway, and there purchased a
lin" gray horse for 500. That is, he or
dered the horse, but didn't pay for II
check for 1t when the animal was
taken to his stable at 5 East Twenty
eighth street.
In the afternoon a man took the horse
over to Twenty-eighth street, and he
nnd the horse made the advance guard
of the host that came later. The man
found the stable closed, and waited
around for Jessiman all the afternoon.
He went away and came back in the
morning, to be tod hat no such man as
Jes3iman was known there.
! After Jessiman had made his bargain
with Gibson he went to Alexander Nor
TlSDD rnp1 estate and insurance upapt
AZ 1861 Broadway. He told Mr.. Morrison
that he owned a stable. a lot OF valua.
pie harness carriages and nineteen
insured for half its value Mr.. Morrison
gave him an and he went
away.
harness-makers. on Fifth avenue. neal
Twenty-eighth street, and ordered si>
sets Of very fine harness. to be sent t,
the stable.
harness establishment AT Sixth avenue
and T~wenty-sixth street, and ORDERED
another half dozen sets of harness there
He ordered more harness from Harrison
Fifth avenue. on Wednesday he called
on White & Kerr, harness-makers. on
T~wcnty-sixth street, near Fifth avenue
He ordered harness from them, and also
asked that a number of men be sent
down to the stable to put the harness
there in order.
From White d NerrS. he went tC
%Bradburn's wholesale feed store, a
Fourth avenue and Fiftieth street. He
gave Rradburn one OF the biggest order:
for feed that he has had In a Ions
while. 1t took three or four trucks tC
cart the feed Town to the stable.
,lessiman then made a tour of all tn,
painters, carpenters and carriage shops
In the neighborhood. He had abou,
fifty men with their supplies and
tools sent dow to the stable to reno
waite II thoroughly.
The result OF Jessiman's tour of order
ing and purchasing was that Wednesday
Thursday and Friday the block aroun
the East Twenty-eighth street stable was
filled with horse, trucks, carriages
and men who were ready to work.
telling those who called that the mar
Jcssiman was a fraud. Finally the cast
was given to the police.
Detective Dale was assigned to the
case. and yesterday afternoon traced
Jessiman to West FIity-sixth street
Lost night he found him at No. 1926.
When he told Jessiman that he wa.
under arrest the man rose up grandly
and said:
you don't know what a rich man I am
Your time on the force is short"
He said he wac backed by Mr.. Thomas
the proprietor of the Mineola Stables, II
told Dale that he knew nothing about tn,
man.
In court to-day Jessiman insisted tina
he was rich. Many of the men he ha'
fooled appeared against MIN. He wa
given in charge Of the Commissioner
OF Charities and Correction to be eX
amined as to his sanity.