The sun., 1897-05-17
BoOSICK, TIPSTER.
Made Two Newspapers INDIGENOUS ana Cos
The sun Much Trouble.

Made Two Newspapers INDIGENOUS ana Cost
The sun Much Trouble.
Every once in whilo there comes to THE SUN
and undoubtedly to other Now York news
papers, from some obscure telegraph office on
the outskirts of Brooklyn, such q telegram as
this:
Ne,o York Sun:
Fifteen thousand dollars in teweiry stolen after
fierce struggle. See D. Davis, Crosby and Vermont
Streets Brooklyn. L.
Such Tip" as this is valuable providing
the information contained therein has any
foundation in fact, but 1t gets to be triie
wearisome when investigation of one after an
other of such dispatches shows them to be false.
The telegram quoted above reached THE SUN
office at about o'clock on the afternoon of
May z. The simple signature /" was in itself
enough to raise suspicion. because from tho
same locality a number Of equally vague tips,
some signed IN" others 3D." and still others
with different letters, had como TO THE SUN, and
on investigation been found to be absolute and
inoxcusable fakes"
Nevertheless, q reporter started out to run
down the story which appeared to be behind the
bare facts contained in the telegram. The
Brooklyn directory shows the existence Of
Vermont street in that city, but no Crosby
street. Tho former thoroughfare extends from
Jamaica Bay to the city line, and the reporter
hit 1t at Fulton street, about ten blocks beyond
East New York. Mono Of the natives knew of a
Crosby street, Of a ID. Davis, or of a jewelry rob-
berry. The Police Sergeant at tho Liberty ave-
nue. police station laughed at the telegram.
AT it again." remarked tho Sergeant pleas
antly. Say" he said to the reporter, that
fakir having lot of fun with you New York
fellows. About twice week he gets some of
at such hnll
this"
The Sergeant was kind enough to ring UP Po-
lice Headquarters to see II any report of a s15.-
600 diamond robbery had reached there and he
also telephoned the Street Cleaning Department
to find out whether they knew of Crosby street
in Brooklyn. No light was shed on the matter
by either bureau and the reporter started out to
told him that the place he wanted was in Ja-
maica. On the way TO Jamaica he met another
TO Ridgewood he met third man. who Insisted
that Vermont street ran out OF Brooklyn over
hill and through cemetery to Newtown. Queens
county. In Sewtown he was perfectly sure
there was Crosby street. and he wouldn't be
surprised II somewhere along its route 1t hit
Excited bv such definite information, tho re-
porter ploughed over three miles Of rocky coun-
There SSns sosby ID
after following its winding course for about halfa
mile came to a dead stop at a cemetery small
hoou ioii uAohBoioo suc ScmotoTy tuTueu
out to be Vermont street. and the reporter. over
come By his success. sank down on rock to rest
1t was a promising spot for "a fierce struggle,
berry. half a dozen small frame dwellings, and
q beer saloon were all tho buildings in sight,
The reporter went conscientiously to each dwell
ing and to the beer saloon. but could find nobody
named ID. Davis or get any news of robbery.
Then he retraced his steps, and after n long and
wearisome journey reached the Howard House
in East New York, where the Postal Telegraph
Company, over whose wires the tip came 10 THE
quite overcome with CLEO when the reporter
explained his errand. He had sent the telegram,
sent II collect" not only to THE SUN, but to
three other New York papers. The evening
editions OF two OF these papers printed the de-
spatch as startling news that afternoon.
The name OF the humorous person who sent
the telegram is Boosick, and he lves at Jamaica
and Sheffield streets, East New York. The re-
porter couldn't find him 10 get an explanation
of his conduct.