The sun., 1898-01-01
LETTER FROM THE RoBBER.
,ooK1EY OFFERS TO RETURN BooKs
LANES M,HEHRT's ESTATE.

,,., ma r,u,t Not ne Prosecuted-RanE OF the
state or New York. which raid THO
check Raised from ESQ TO sb'aes.7b'
seek. TO Hold the Homo nank Respons'ble'
"uo was 40 good he'd shudder at hearing an
ootb. said q banker yesterday. referring to Jo-
,enb Locklcy, who, as The Sun told yesterday
.Sp.n,nr ran away on Thursday from his en-.
nloyers. the American Estates Association or
1Eo broadway. taking with him some $4,000 or
40 600 of their money and all Of their books and
oa,cc nopers. Every ono who had come In con-
toc, with the young man. who was less than 20
..srs old spoke in practically tho same way Of
his ostentatious integrity.
James A. Reilly. the manager or tho associa-
t,on which controls tho trust estates OF the late
Jomes McIIenry and T. p. Kennard, believed In
tpe Young man absolutely, and can hardly do
o,herwise yet He received letter from Lock-
Icy yesterday morning containing an intimation
that II Lockey were not prosecuted the books
,.onId bn returned but threatening IL prosecu-
tion WAS pushed TO destroy the books and tho
napers. Tho lottor was handed to e. c. Perkins.
onc of tho trustees of the association. What his
feeling in the matter is may have been reflected
in his remark to the reporter some hours later:
an he should appear in this room now should
send for policeman"
Iockley in his letter to Mr.. Reilly began by
saying that when the letter reached him MIR.
Reilly would no doubt be already aware Of the
"souryy trick" the writer had played him.
The letter was postmarked at tho Madison
square station of the Post Office at midnight Of
Thursday, or about the time The Suns story Of
the robbery was going to the printers.
Iockley has been living at the house Of Il. w.
Lade, at glatbush. since July with his wifo and
little girl. He was married about two and ono
half years ago. He had only little furniture
when he came there. Soon he added piano.
and worry recently he began to get in so much
stun that Mr.. Lade felt almost envious.
..Of course 1t wasn't for mo to comment on
what he got or to think anything about It,, Mr.
Lade said yesterday, but when he paid $40 for
Q bed and had couch made to match 1t that
cost $50 more-that's 500 for tho two pieces-I
thought to myself that's better than I've been
able to do He said he had the confidence Of
his employers. an English syndicate, and went
Philadelphia and when he came back he gave
his wife a $40 lamp. He had few callers, Just
once in a while his brother or his mother and
Last Friday he began to move his goods
ERd ss ssd nS the
expenses. oh. they are good people, he said.
He was around on Monday and again on
Tuesday, when the piano was moved, and that
was the last saw OF him. He handed me a
no hurry to cash. as he had paid me by check
twice before. His checks were drawn on the
Home Bank In West Forty-second street. To-
day went to collect on this last one, but / was
Informed at the bank that the account had been
closed" ,
Bank said that Lockley opened his account In
that bank on Nov. last. He conducted his ac-
count as any prudent man would, the President
said On Dec. l he deposited the 1885,. rs
check. raised from his $50 check for November
salary. He did not check against this deposit
until Dec. g. The Home Bank, In the mean an
the Bank Of the State of New York, on which 1t