The evening times., 1897-02-04
COlInAU in Jail.

New YORK, FEB 4. 4.-HamiltOn +. COlInan.
the General Land Office clerk, spent last
night in Ludlow street Tail. 1t is now
learned thai Rudolph F. AlbreCht & Co, of
No. 90 Nassau street, dealers in postage
stamps for philatelists, were in quest Of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS dperiOdicalstamps
some time ago, and they cOrrespOnded with
a. c. Townsend, a philatelist.i in the Loan
and Trust Company building, in Washing
ton, the result being that Townsend said he
could furnish the sets containing twenty
four stamps and valued at S2045S a set.
Townsend sent twenty-se sets to R.
F. Albrecht x Co., and the firm disposed Of
the collection at once. They are eagerly
sought for at from $50 to S100 set by
collectors. The stamps were scarcely on
the market before the philatelic publica
tion declared that they had been placed
on the market irregularly.
Albrecht Co. read the severe criticisms
and openedcOrrespondence with Townsend,
who explained where he got the stamps and
offered to redeem them. Albrecht & Co. de-
clared it their intention TO recall the stamps
and return them to,their Washington CORE
spondent. This met with the approval of
Townsend, who said that II amlton +. Col
man would call for the stamps.
Rudolph F Observation-Disclosures Postoffice
authorities that colman was to call yester-
day, and Postoffice Inspectors Jacobs and
Morris were told to take the man into Gus
tody They reported at Albrechts place CT
business early, but Colman had been there
earlier.
''He has just been here and gone, Mr. Al
brecht said, as theyentered. "Hemust have
passed you on the way"
III get him, them Jacobs replied, and
with bound he started down the stairs,
with Morris close second. They hurriedup
Fulton street, toward Broadway, and at
Ann street overlook mediurn-sized man
with a Vandyke beard.
Mr.. Colman, l believer Inspector Jacobs
said, as he touched him on the shoulder.
Eyes; that's my name,' Colman replied.
Never was more cool and collected pris-
oner taken into custody. Colman walked to
the postoffice building with his Captors and
was escorted to the poStoffice inspectors
room, where he submitted to search. Let
ters and memoranda were emptied from his
pockets, besides correspondence with phila-
telic concerns. One of A. C. TownSend's
complimentary books was in the lot. Then
CoIman was arraigned before United States
Commissioner Ohm A. Shields, who held him
in So 900 bail REORGANIZATION next Wednes-
day.
II have only this TO say" Colman said,
when saw him, II havebeena 81 200 clerk
in the Land Office twelve years, and have
always been an honest man. This matter
will all be satisfactorily explained. 1 came
by those stamps honestly, and III be able to
prove it, l don't care TO answer any ques-
tions, and want it understood have made
no confession, because l have nothing to
confess"
Although Cclman was technically ar
rested on Postoffice Inspector Morris
complaint, il was virtually on that Of Mr..
AIbrecht, whom saw at his office.
II don't want to say anything" Mr.. Al
brecht said, because it may hurt Colman.
1 lust received a note from him asking me
to get bail If possible, and I'll do all can
for him. To the government these stamps
are worth $204.57; ; but we sell them for
about $50 to 500 set. They are sent to
all the cities in the postal union, and you
can buy them abroad. 1 got my sets from
A. C. Townsend, in Washington, but it is
against the law to be found in possession
OF the stamps. 1 sold them, and then some
VI tuC PopCiS qoCStiOhCN my
action and possession of the stamps. I
got them back and would have returned
them to Townsend, but he sent me word
Colman would call for them. 1 don't know
what correction Colman had with the
transaction or whence the stamps came.
1 was innocent in the transaction
Detectives believe that the stamps were
procured directly from the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing, and that somebody
has been making q comfortable sum in dis