New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-15
COMPLAINS or THE POLICE.
W. b. HENRY. AN ARTIST SAYS DETECTIVE WAL
TIERS FAILS TO ARREST AN ALLEGED THIEF
WHOSE WHEREABOUTS HAD BEEN
MADE KNOWN TO HIM

TIERS FAILS TO ARkESI ~ AiA-r'r-' iiiif-'
WHOSE WHEREABOUTS HAD BEEN
MADE KNOWN TO HIM
The apparent, inactivity Of the police Of the Yves;
Thireth-st staton in bringing an alleged seli-con-
tossed thief % Justice the cause OF bitter COM
plant a, the station last night The complainant
WAS w B. Henry. well-known artist and art
dealer. with a studio at No East Fifieen,h-s; He
lives at No 1856 West Twenty-eighth-s;. According
10 Mr. Henrys story. he placed the facts OF his
case in the hard. of Detective Walters several days
ago AT the same time he told the officer where the
guilty person could be found almost any day. De
spite all this Information the detective has failed
utterly 10 find the alleged thief. II Is said In the
mean time II is alleged. the man wanted has been
seen daily at the places indicated by Mr.. Henry to
the detective. The name OF the accused person has
at the nstigation OF the police. been withheld II
has been learned, however that he l. a lawyer, and
prior 10 the election Of Grover Cleveland as Pres-
dent q clerk in the Law office OF M. Cleveland
in Buffalo.
The name Of a prominent society woman also
figures In the case; but this too is withheld. pre-
sumably at the suggestion OF Detective Walters.
Il have been told.' said Mr.. Henry last night
that any publicity in the matter would interfere
with the work Of the police. and would give the
guilty persons information which would lead 10
their leaving the city 10 avoid arrest. on the
other hand. the inactivity OF the police is aston
ishing. know positively that the man for whom
Detective Walters is looking mas been at the
Grenobe Hotel almost daily for his mail, and he
has also been at brokers Office al No. 10 Broad
way. These two places ! indicated TO Detective
Walters. and his failure TO make an arrest Is most
surprising"
Mr. Henry also says that several months ago a
well-known society woman in this city placed a
large number OF valuable oil paintings on exhibit
his studio for .ale. I'm the mean time. '
continued Mr.. Henry. Il met old boy hood friend
OF mine He in little hard luck and during
his temporary embarrassment | invited him TO
come and 1--we with at my studio. He did so.
Three four weeks ago l decided TO give my
present studio, and move | decided 10 make an
inventory OF the pictures remaining In the lot con-
signed to me by the woman When / did so /
found that four OF the best paintings were missing.
| charged my friend with the theft. after first
making a careful search. AT first he denied II. but
later he broke down and admitted having taken
the pictures saying he had pawned them In shop
in T'hirty-frst-sl. He promised 10 return them 10
me- i'm a day or two That was the last saw OF
him but subsequently received letter from him
admitinc the theft and telling me where the pict-
,ires had been pawned. This letter Is In Detective
Walters's possession ] am anxious to get the
picrures back so as return them 10 their owner.
III Walters cannot catch the man with all the
Information ne has ! don't think much OF his
ability and shall demand that the case be put In
the hands OF another ofhcial
Walters the detective complained Of is captain
chapman's right hand man. Mr.; Henry says that
the case will develop some starting lacts as soon
as arrests are made