The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-29
A BOY SWINDLER.
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. q.

Although only seventeen years OF age.
Sebastine Lind, of 226 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 e. +. Pierce. ISL Broad
way. Late In the afternoon he entered the
store and presented an order purporting
TO have been made out by F. J. Finley,
a manufacturing jewelller at $50 East
One Hundred and Twenty-hfth street.
The order was written on a letter-head
bearing the name Of the alleged firm,
| and called for two l4-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 IS. and was
signed by F. J. Finley. The space for
| the amount was left vacant. and Lind
was to all in the amount of the pur-
| chase.
Pierce became suspicious from the fact
that he had never heard of the Arm
and the peculiar nature OF the transact
don. He drew the boys attention and
despatched one of his clerks to the
Church street station. He then told
the boy to wait few moments while
he fixed the chains
When Detective Connors arrived he
began beg ausss s1s Lind but he was
cided to arrest the boy pending an in
vestigation. Mr.. Pierce In the mean time
having ascertained that no SUCH Arm
/ let r.,A Il..sz lr~I
and Twenty 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 given address. He said
the man had promised to meet him there
Detectives Connors and Strip then
took Lind up to One Hundred and
Twenty-hfth street to try to catch the
confederate. Lind was left standing in
stationed themselves a few feet away.
Suddenly. Lind darted towards the
hallway OF the house, and. slamming
ing an open window he jumped out into
the yard with the detectives in pusuit.
Lind then made dash for a millinery
again disappeared. He fed through the
store and gained an exit through the
yaTrbd e into ds,. Le,XingtSn avenue: , , ~
the way uptown Lind had told the men
| that he lived at AS East One Hundred
and Thirteenth street, and Connors and
Strip Immediately started for there
They found that the address given was
a 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
named Goldsmith. After a long search,
he was found in the cellar, hidden be-
hind pile OF boxes. He was then taken
back to the Church street station.
stuck to the story about the order and
| check having been given to him by a
strange man; He Is very bright
He, Is slight in build. with light hair
| and blue eyes.
His parents are respectable people and
| live at 22o6 Second avenue. His father
| Is shoemaker
1t is thought that, he is a member Of
been .victimizing jewellers throughout
| the city. Detective Connors Is In pos
| session OF a. large number of similar
orders and checks. They are nearly all
| signed by F. ]. Finley.
One OF the orders bears the firm name
| OF Freudenberg & Finley. and on this
order Lind tried to secure three gold
| watch cases OF Smith & Knapp. OF II
Maiden lane. but was not successful,
p Lind says he was was employed by the
third street and First avenue. until
June :, when he got into a fight with
| the foreman ard was discharged.
| The case was adjourned until this
| afternoon, so as to enable Common to
produce a number of Lind's victims in