The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-10
HE BOUGHT STOLEN BOOKS.
RALPH wHTTTL ARRESTED ON TIE
TROU COMPISI'S CHIRGE
ru,.-,uu 90. asO OF n Sa,sbered EditIsn OF =
New Fac, c,opsraiA Tsund In Enin 1eok shop
~-kupioJrcs Nhe stole II Coufrss-fany
nahrr nnnka ThonEht 20 llnHe neen stolen.

ru,.-,us 10. asO OF n Sapnbered Ed,tisn OF =
New Enc, r,opsrain Tsund In ME Teok Shop
-NmploJrca Who stole II Couress-Nany
Other Book. ThonEht TO Have Been stolen.
Ralph white, n dealer in books. who for
about two years has occupied the basement at
az Fourth avenue and who did n considerable
business, it lie said. with students Of the medical
schools, was arrested last night on a charge OF
receiving stolen goods.
Detectives OF Fuller's agency have been
watching Whites place for weeks In the in
terest OF II. W. Smith, President OF the Trow
Directory and Bookbinding Company OF 207
East Twelfth street.
Besides his book business whittlo. wit 10 an
expert accountant. was also. the detectives say,
an auditor for the Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany. His book shop was open only between 5
and 9 o'clock p. NJ.
"whittle's downfall" said Mr.. Smith last
night, lis Immediately due to the fact that
come ono Of his customers wanted . good
work on architecture. We are book manu-.
~facturers; that is, We print, make. and
bind books for publishers. Every. edition OF q
knows. it rarely happens that when a Job is
Of volumes ordered. There arc nearly always
one or two books missing, and no one is ever
sSts no e Sooss' pishonest employees have 81 BEEN see
arrested from time % time, but tho disappear.
ancss continued, People interested in such
re oyti was with certain booksellers who made
Il their business to seek out employees Of book
sfhe Trow Compan has been making q nne
edition Of. an encyclopDdia Of architecture to
e Europe. the NEXT 500 to CHARLES seribner'ss
se.a, the publishsss; and i,ot the ss rest; Nth viz
nonsSs ago No. 40 was missing. The discovery
d3sd 70 spare no expense to nnd out and bring
- punishment the guilty parties."
vasoSsd Tie employees Of the frm. Nothinss
lssuitsd from that 90 they turned their atten:
sGe ana departing without It was followed
piaoo Of business. In that way -four. men con.
Seoted with book binderies were found who took
&C. SSo1s one 70 T sop b. WINE 9ns " "nd two 1877 for o. I The as' Tso q
CemIHny. The latter proved to be q porter and
They were watched, and It was found that
the binder passed out books to the porter, The
latter frequently carried, packages of books
Eleventh street, go that he was able to take
eway the stolen books without attracting at
when sufficient evidence was obtained against
these two they were confronted with 1t. Ney
Ct once confessed. and. on pro Mise OF immunity
ASAAAoS w
Meanwhile j. A. Hynes of tho Fuller agency
had become acquainted with Whittle and had
found IN his place the missing book on architec-
ture. The thieves had taken 1t to Whittle I'M
bound. He had paid them for It $3.50. Then
he had 1t cheaply bound and sold 1t 10 Hynes for
$3.50. Its market price Is S2o.
With this evidence. against Whittle a visit
rection a warrant for white was obtained in
the Essex Market Police Court Eesterd y, 1t
was served on him last night by Detective Ser
Reants Cuff and McNaught
When Whittle's place was searched several
hundred books, bound and unbound, were found,
that had apparently been stolen. The prisoner
nocent OF any crime. He was taken to Police
Headquarters and locked up.
whfttIe is apparently an Englishman. is about
20 years old. married, has two children, and
father, it is said, kept bookstore in Baltimore.
Whittle has q good education and q very con.
siderable knowledge of books. He told Hynes
that he had originated o system of
Mutual Life by which a perfect check could be
kept on the business done in all its agencies. 1t
was SO complicated. he said. and purposely
made so, that no one but himself could conduct it.
had him committed to Bellevue about four
years ago for examination as to his sanity.
He was confined in the hospital for q short
time. they say. and there made the &C.
Of the Presbyterian mission there. DR..
Young. secured for him the place of librarian
ct the Missions Library. which he held about
two years. While he was in the hospital his
the Jefferson Market Police Court
Whittle will be arraigned in the Essex Market
Court this morning, ]. Little & Co, De Winnie.
and several other bookbinders will take some
legal action to-day in the matter and will try to
recover books believed to belong to them found
in Whites place.