The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-11
WHTTTLES BOOK FENCE.
FOURTH AVENUE BooK
SAID TO HAVE INsTIGATED THEt1S'

A Skipping Clerk or ,. ,. latte = &c. Arrested
TOR selling stolen Books 70 Hin-Now Com
pany EmpisyeesT Testify Against
becona-nand Book shops TO Ne Looked At'sr'
From evidence brought out at Essex Market
Court yesterday In the case OF Halph "ni'.io'
kho bookdoaler who 10 accused OF RECEIVING
stolen goods, It appears that o regular tramo
10 carried on between dishonest employees Oh
bookbinding companies and some OF the seconu'
hand book shops. In Whites shop IN tne
basement at 90 Fourth avenue. ABOUT Hoo
stolen books. the property of tho Trow nirec'
tory and Bookbinding Company. J. J. Little q
Co, tho De Winnie Press and several other firms
were found. 1t is thought that, when all inc
thefts have been traced, they Will lead 10 the
discovery of other book shops where stolen
volumes are the main stock In trade.
There was q new arrest in the case which mas
been worked up against Whittle yesterday
Adolph Keep Is the prisoner. He Is O shippins
clerk for ]. J. Little & Co.., and when BOOKS OF
theirs were found In Whites shop an inVes-
tigation followed which resulted In his arrest.
In his house at 90 East Fourth street were
found 11s books. mostly the works OF Eugene
Field and William Cullen Bryant. when con-
fronted with this evidence Keep made q comics
sion, and, on Mr.. Little's complaint, was ar
raigned in Essex Market Court, and waving
examination was held in $500 bail for trial on
valued at SIS. On tho strength Of, his confess
s eolSin sr; stolen oisS,1 goods %tis again against White.
s sSsiopssdi No. Of 10 A qf 4 i,Riass e %as Ro ID be before on,
Magistrate Poole, and the testimony .n snoT S"t
books. The. complainant was r. ". Smith,
President Of the Trow Company. Deputy As.
shs psop District Hfte A' Mr.. Smith KSr had i HaRRstfii6sdd t tSe
book, which was In court. William +: MuliiGan'
He told how he took the book, unsewed and
unbound, from the st GRIN room, and turned ,rnn h1 II
years. Neither Mulligan nor Welsh Is under
aTScst' ,d He said I'D tSss he h had ,h turned ssdo over %a many
Welsh, who was then called. gave the follow
ing testimony:
for about a Year. lie asked me i I tssoSldn't
get some books for him. At that time I was in
h haS in er hss5 n of %eSey wG sd I .a Gn i Sh sbduf tI%Gil
could. Bring them over he, said. / brought
him some books then. After that ! didn't bring
Of and some didn't, On an average he paid
Several weeks ago ] went in there. and he
asked me T. I had anything on architecture. !
fTsid io, ,No nth ,S b SHs q i big ayep and which Ts}u I Sis. e 9GsTe
that. all right. he ssid, ri TS6 # out that n,
lecture. He paid me $3.50 for il. Sometimes
he would ask me for books that | couldn't get:
Frederick Webber, q bookbinder, testified tc
having bound the Encyclopedia of Architecture
for Whittle,. and also to having bound other
books for him. Detective Hynes told about
finding the book at Whites and buying Il
for SIG. so. Mr.. Smith, who was then recalled
testified that about $50 of the stolen book:
were in court. Two hundred more were al
Police Headquarters.
During tho testimony the prisoner listened
intently, occasionally interrupting TO complain
that he could not hear. He was held in 81 COO
bail. To-day. he will be arraigned on ]. J
Little's complaint.