New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-21
ARRESTED IN MORRTSTOWN.
A SUPPOSED "GREENGOODS" MAN AND TWO
"COME-ONS" CAUGHT WITH INTEREST
mo CORRESPONDENCE

Morrstown, May 20 (SpecaD.-The police arrested
three men here this morning who are suspected OF
dealing in green goods" Two of them are known
as "come-ons" and one as "mddleman" Some
three weeks ago the Chief Of Police received let
ter. mailed from Elizabeth n. j.. written on
Union News Company blank. as follows
Chief of Police, Morrstown. ~ j.
Enclosed find papers. They were taken from
Saturday by the greengoods game. He met at
the Mansion House Saturday morning. They are
for Southerners ONE WHO KNOWS
The letter evidently written by an ierate
person. by some who wanted TO disguise his
handwriting. Chief Holloway showed the letter 10
Alderman Carroll. and they arranged to keep
watch the hotel for suspicious persons. and this
morning when two men came TO the Mansion House
about o'clock and registered. their actions aroused
the suspicious OF Alderman Arrowsmith. who is the
clerk OF the hotel. and word sent 10 the police.
After registering as John Ross and Charles Waters.
from Detroit. the asked for a ROOM and said
they were expecting to meet a friend there and
wanted him shown to their room. They looked like
farmers. Not long after this a man came In and
registered Richard Clarke. OF Newark. y. J. He
lounged around the hotel for a while took two or
three drinks OF whiskey and then went out About
10 O'Clock messenger from the telephone office
came In with note addressed TO "Mr. c. Waters"
and said he instructed TO glve II 10 one but
the person addressed. The following is the note.
Mr. c. Waters. 1915.
VIII YOU please meet me at the depot at once, and
MR. BARLOW
Mr.. Guerin proprietor OF the hotel. took the note
from the boy. saying that he would deliver IT. lie
took II 10 the rooms OF the men, and gave II 10
them. and In a short time they came down. paid
their bills and went toward the railway station.
They had not gone far when Chief Holloway
rested them and took them TO the station house.
The Chief then went to the station and found
Clarke In the ST. Andrews Hotel. where he was ar
rested. lie was also taken TO Police Headquarters.
anything about each other.
Clarke also denied having written any note or
having sent any one TO the Mansion House but Wal
ter Whitehead the messenger boy who delivered
the note. upon being sent into the room where tho
prisoners were Immediately picked out Clarke
and hired him TO take the note TO tho hotel;
At the police station Waters and Ross admitted
that they not from Detroit. but said they
from Windsor. Canada. Upon being searched
papers were found which indicated that they had
given fictitious names-tiat Ross real name VAS
John b. Jones. and that Waters's name Was j. ~
H maafed iA with Thss 'R na .a When
s7 and ss o hs "a IT w RS's nas s il
strange that they should have intended TO buy
,hIs S when bey were seafched at the ,a
500 In bills was found pinned on the inside OF
Waters's shirt. They both had brsnd-new revolv-
CLARKE had only s. g. a ticket from Hoboken to
ana f ,ss name an es Of t. Thorpe and an
address written In blue pencil. NO. LII Herklfner.
St. BROOKLYN Whrn aken 20 ,he h 'St c ms ", 'n hy
cigarettes While an officer was not looking BE-
tried TO throw away letter. but II was found. II
read as follows
Mr.. charles watterworth. Windsor. Canada.
bear sir: The bearer will conduct you to me- II.
knows nothing abou, our business Eycrything Is
o. X. Yours faithfully. W. BARLOW.
Collection l,56.