The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18
LAWYERS VISIT TO CROOK.
sroRr OF THE EIG HTEENTH STREET
ROBBERY TOLD IN COURT.
uo,n Members or the Firm, One Of whom wear.
mnmond-. Had Invitations 70 Come Up-aI-o
Their clerk. on n Pay Ibny-Clicnt and His
Pal Iind Guns ms We'll ne Druru and niudreop.

pal HAD Guns ns Well ne Drugs and niudreop,
LAWYER Bert 5. Clark, whose story OF his adj.
1cn,ure on Friday night with n crook who had
hocn n client Of his, as told In yesterdays SuS.
y,. in Yorkville Court Yesterday with his
broken head and with burns caused by some
acid ON the lower part of his face, on his neck.
and inside his mouth.
The stories told yesterday by Mr.. Clark, his
mariner, Edward y. Scott, and a law student in
their office named Thomas Gibney would indi.
cntc that the client, Leon Graves, had boon plan.
ming TO rob some one OF tho three for some time.
Graves says he is q years old, but hc looks
older. He is Of medium height, slightly built.
and has a sallow complexion. He dresses fairly
well, and has n nervous, jerky way Of talking.
He is a son OF DR.. NJ. y. Graves. City Physician
Of Ogden City, Utah, and ono OF tho best known
insurance examiners in tho West. He hos been
the black sheep Of the family for many years.
Graycs's connection with Scott & Clark began
In April last, when he reached this city n fugi.
tive from justice. On Dec. %, 1896, Clarence
Barton, Gravcs's chuin. robbed the Ogden City
office OF the Utah Loan and Trust Company of
5000. Barton's brother Charles was tho cash.
ior OF the company, and in broad daylight Ciar-
ence walked into his brothers Office and stole
the money. Then he and Graves divided tho
tpoils and fed from Utah. They went to walla-
Wslla first and eventually came to this city,
Barton traNcillnR unuer MS right name, but
Graves as Leon Johnson. They got here on
April 8 last. Four days later they were arrested
by Central Office detectives. and they employed
Scott s. Clark TO fight the extradition proceed.
ings.
Finally tho lawyers succeeded in getting the
two men released on a tecbnicality. Barton
went West Immediately. but Graves remained
here. making Scott & Clark's office his head
quarters. He got his letters there. Scott was
preparing papers in q suit which he was to
bring for Graves against tho Utah Loan and
Trust Company for false Imprisonment. At tho
suggestion Of Graves, Scott had asked Senator
Cannon Of Utah, and an attorney of Ogden City
named Rogers, to take charge of the Utah end
Of the case. and they were expected in this city
before long to consult with Scott about the mat.
ter. Meanwhile Graves was living in q furnished
room on money borrowed from Clark s. Scott. The
latter thinks that Graves conceived the scheme
Of robbing one Of the lawyers about two weeks
Eighteenth street for that purpose. Scott
wears a great meny diamonds. and thinks that
victim. Last Wednesday morning Graves was
at the law office. He left Mt noon. and at 3
Western Union Telegraph blank. asking Scott
TO come up, to the Eighteenth street house at
Lawyer Rogers would be there, Graves said,
and they could confer about the case. Scott
aisnt go int up Bo because ss,q w6 he had sS G another e, engage gage
Cannon and Rogers at his office on THURSDAY
down alone, and said that Cannon and Rogers
had been delayed by a storm.
But want you to come up to my house at 8
has four or aye thousand in the bank theren be
Scott declined to go up. He was beginning to
suspect something. Then Graves went out, and
s sis Pdas d" IN C fsS m nESSnd. ar G,sseS sss ss5d him inn
Gibney, said he would. and Graves went away.
On Friday morning he was at the office again.
Scott. there's a friend o: mine in town that
wants to see you. Now, he's up at my place and
want you to come up about 9 O'Clock and meet
Scott made the excuse that he was going out
Just been married and wanted TO buy a piano.
Scott Is engagod, ne says: to marry the dauEh-
Clark up to see the piano man.
piano., said Grayes. Are you looking for
When Clark said that he was, Graves said
1 THAT ,h bis la wss Z Sns E sfsinSa az s in h asa r fSah
wanted a piano DC agreed to call at Gravos's
room a. about ? o'clock that night, and Graves
pened to him on Friday night:
nr ,d lSIt a MY ittI ho% nfier at 3 70 n'o, shep ard a pssaHna
tho Eighteenth street house at about 8 or 9:l5.
Graves was at, the stOop waiting for me-. He
and that the plano was there and we'd have to
60 up TO see it. went up first and he followed.
it never occurred to me until we reached the
third floor to ask him why there wasn't a light
by saying that he had just come in himself and
had had no chance + n to light light, y He asked me IT,
room. In fact. T had cPosscdS the l"s' door
w Sns in 1G ny pocket 't after 0e q match, NY When hahf I
suddenly got a terrific blow on the head. just
o one. and i / could iifp tell id" daze ap as oiU WAS %f that TWAS Il Wss
2 CHANGING, one; l struggled to keep my senses,
T fSt l f T saia two SG men my ia fsfh; aR blows Tsst on m ngd h fsaii
and body. 1 couldn't see them, but 1 knew it
Tas Graves CIR Is and a some n one one e lf ! STRUGGLED "a at
/ lay very still. for, dazed as l was, I realized the
did, for a moment later one OF the men Was feel.
Ing in the dark for my mouth, When he found
they We're trying to KIN me, but / didn't dare
going down my throat. The stuff was like fire.
SHOULD go crazy with the agony Of it; They
one Of them them I I ihi * It was Graves sns say: LET'S
90 him. am convinced that they meant to
knew thai I knew, him. The other man. how;
ever, said: Let's see what's he's got, first
P posEe Fsl'' Th %s to SSsr s i2s i RsS en-. ss snG 70 so %s
in silver, a diamond ring; my watch and chain
and Il diamond pin. Graves. l feel sure,
took these, and / think that in another
minute one OF them would have stabbed or shot
me, But somebody made n slight noise in the
hall. and they both sprang up from the floor and
tiptosd over to the door 10 listen. This was my
chance. l could sec that one OF the windows
was open. and BpringinG to my feet ! ran over,
got n lounge out OF the corner. tilted 1t up as u
kind Of u shield, in case tho men fired at me,
and then leaned out of the window and yelled.
"Murdcr!' "Policc!" at the top of my lungs.
After that ] don't remember much until got TO
me station house. Whom ! saw policemen COM
Ing up the street and heard Graves and his com
panion running away / lclt safe and collapsed
utterly
The Jolicemen who responded TO Clark's yclls
were Christopher i. Mackncy and John Wagner
OF the East Twenty-sccond street station. They
ran INTO the house and found the hall full OF
people, who seemed badly frightened and told
the officers that two men had just come down
NE stEiis and run out through the rear door
into The yard. The policemen followed and got
y The yard Just in time 10 see the, men scaling
the west fence. The mon didn't stop when
ordered TO. The policemen waited for them to
show up on the next fence, meaning to shoot.