The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20
R. WILSON'S VALET HELD.
COMMITTED FOR TRIAL 0NA CHARGE
OF DURGLART.

Additional Counsel tetnined Tor min By Out
nido Persons-He 1s believed to Know
Something About tho Authorship or tho
Anonymous Letters sent 20 the wilson's.
Albert SuRden. formerly valet TO Banker
Richard 4. Wilson. who IL accused OF the theft
OF 81. 900 worth Of jewelry, was arraiRnod in the
Centre Street Police Court again yesterday. A
charge OF burglary was made against him, and.
after a brief examination. he was held for trial
by Magistrate Cornell. In addition 10 his regu.
lar counsel. Robert =. Noah. Ambrose II. Purdy
appeared for Sugdcn. Mr.. Purdy said he had
been retained by outside persons to aid In tho
defence OF SuRden. and tho fact that no
handed the prisoner a note when he intro
duced himself to him, gave rise to a
rumor that the writer OF the anonymous letters
TO the wilson's Ind come to his rescue. 1t 10
believed that SuKdon knows something about
the authorship Of these letters, and every effort
will be made TO get q confession from him. He
declined TO tell where the letter he got in court
yesterday was from, and Mr.. Purdy when
questioned smiled significantly and said:
"sugden can have lawyers by the dozen II he
wants them"
Neither Mr.. Nicoll nor Mr.. Wilson gave much
thought to tho letter incident. They think IL
quite possible that Sugden knows something
about tho authorship Of the letters, but they
doubt that tho mystery will ever be cleared up
through him.
Lawyer Noah protested against tho charge Of
burglary made against Sugdon. He said that
the charge should be larceny, II anything. Sus-
den did not break into Banker Wilson's house.
he said, but walked in and out again without In
reference. although his presence there was
known. Detective Flny testified that Sugden
had confessed the robbery to him. and had said
that he entered tho house by lifting the latch
~ Tho Ia aY,a door aniatrat CnFnAl fnlAd
that this was sufficient to warrant his holding
Bugden on tho charge Of burglary. Sugden en-
tered a plea OF not guilty.
The fairy story told by Inspector O'Brion as to
the capture OF Sugden was exploded yesterday
by Lawyer Noah, Sugden's counsel.
While o'Brion was telling reporters on Tues
day night how his detectives had worked tho
case up against Susden, Detective Flay, the
chief sleuth. added exciting incidents to tho
tale when his chief ran short. Flay told how
he had worked up the case against SuEden. and
had finally clinched matters by getting his own
daughters nance. whose name is also Albert
%reiative and extort a copfession from him. It
was q marvellous tale OF heady, detective worS,
and q, % a %st ttay Of Gq TACT 6 s! snsds on w snf afS1 ri xSte into
the hands Ct ~ the police *: Bic aS DID lolita II vp S.Ec
sugden. who was suing Mr.. Wilson for $1,000,
u III loNu v y NtNSo "a "a as " AAAu
out who had written the anonymous letters,
met in Lawyer Noah's Office a crook known as
"Diamond Bill" Williams. Williams had just
been released from jail, and he and Sugden be-
came quite friendly. Sugden finally told Will
Hams that he had q lot Of valuable jewelry in q
know II Williams could tell him a safe man to
sell 1t to. About this time Detective Flay was
put on the case. He all Of tho scr.
wants In the Wilson house, and, as Sugden had
SO recently left the bankers employ, crossques-
toned him., too. Sugden, with the rest OF the
servants, was exonerRted.
In the meantime Williams had conided what
Sugden had told him to Lawyer Noah. Mr..
Noah Immediately jumpodt to the conclusion that
the Jewels were those that had been stolen from
have them restored to their owner. At the Same
down and told MI. SicoI what he had learned,
without giving SuGden's name. Mr.. Nicoll sug.
gested that Williams go ahead and work
s tSs law s ant w he found Tb,1 out jus; w., whe 70
ses t }SMs.' and %ero. they ins We're ne to "" Sc re- .
turned to Mr.. Wilson. williams was to
get q reward for his work, and Sugden was to
be protected from arrest In order to facilitate
this: Williams told a private detective employed
had the Jewels. This detective told Detective
F1ay. who had been foundering around on q
dozen hopeless clues, and F1ay started after
Sugden. Meanwhile. Sugden found out what
had been going on. and, on the advice Of Mr..
to Inspector o'Brie1n. Il was agreed edo that f%.S he
would not, be prosecuted II he gave up the
jewels, SO he told where they would be found.
When the police got the jewels they put sugden
Inspector o,'Brien said on Wednesday that he
nous letters. This has been pronounced absurd
by Mr.. Wilson and Mr., Nicou.