The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-06
hNOlh[h DUND MlOI[hI.
Ships Officer Arrested While
Trying to Sell Coupons
From Government Fours.
WILL NOT SPEAK OF THE SECURITIES
Cashier Ross Of the Third
National Bank His
Captor-
WILL NOT SPEAK OF THE SECURITIES


John Kynaston. third officer Of ths
White Star Line steamer Brittanic. was
hele for examination by Acting Police
| Justice Mccormick in the First Criminal
! Court, this morning, on suspicion of hav-
ing stolen government bonds found In his
possession. He has practically admitted
his guilt to Chief of Police Murphy, be-
! fore who he was taken this morning.
He refused to say how he came by the
bond
= am in a hole myself. he said "and
| don't propose to get anyone else in
trouble
kynaston was arrested last. night, but
| his arrest was kept secret until this morn-
| ing.
Just before the hour of closing yester-
day man entered the Third National
Bank. at Grove and Morgan streets and
presented twenty dollar coupons of
United States per cent. bonds, maturing
1925 The coupons called for interest due
August l. The market value of each of
the bonds is 81, 230 Robert Ross, cashier
| Of the bank, was suspicious OF coupons
and questioned the man closely. He be-
came frightened and could not answer tho
cashiers questions. He became badly
ratified and finally rushed, out of the bank,
leaving the coupons behind him. Cashier
Ross followed him down the street and
caught him before he had gone a block.
He seized him by the Shoulder and forced
him to return to the,bank He then sent
for the police.
| The prisoner was taken to the Seventh
street station. where he was booked as
John Doe, as he refused to give hts name.
HE was searched and in his pocket was
! found paper marked Mr.. Kynaston
and endorsing $50 in greenbacks. On be-
| ing questioned fly Chief of Police Murphy
the prisoner admitted that he was John
! hynaston, third officer of the Brittanic.
Nineteen of the bonds which he had
/ were numbered consecutively from IS. $50
! to 5S.49S The twentieth bond was No.
5S,5ls Chief Murphy has had a descrip-
tien of the bonds sent over the stock
/ ticker He hopes to find the owner and
make out a clear case against Kynaston.
! The prisoner refuses to makes and state
/ msnt of how he came into possession OF
the bonds.
Captain Haddock of the Brfttanic,
called on Chief of Police Murphy shortly
\ after ten o'clock this morning. He could
throw but little light on the mystery Of
the bonds. From him Chief Murphy
learned that arrests of officers of the Brit
tanic had been made in New. York. and
| that the first officer of the vessel had
| fled. The New York arrests; were for
smuggling. Whether the first officer was
guilty of completely in the smuggling case
or was a party to the theft of the bonds
Captain Haddock could not say.
| He told Chief Murphy that among the
passengers on the Brittanic was Mr..
1 ny. =
brother to the purchasing agent of the
Pennsylvania Railroad who lives in Phil
adeIphia Mr.. Newhall is an invalid. On
the passage over he was in the care of q
| doctor and nurse He had aicabin on Geek
| so that he could get plenty of air. Kynas-
ton has access to his cabin. Captain
Haddock thinks it likely that the bonds
We're stolen from Mr.. Newhall. The In
valid's brother in Philadelphia has been
| communicated with.
| Chief Murphy hopes to hear from him
| regarding the bonds this afternoon.
Kynaston is steckily built man, So
years old. He has dark hair and NOUS
tache and is about feet inches tall. He
wears a dark sack coat and a soft felt
hat Captain Haddock says he Is
lieutenant in the British Naval Reserve.
He has no friends in this country, and
consequently could not get bail this
morning. He has retained Norman Rowe
as his counsel.
Chief of Police Murphy received word
from United States Commissioner Shields
of New York City this afternoon, that
Kynaston is wanted for being implicated
in a gigantic smuggling scheme Com
missioner Shields will issue warrant for
his arrest and he viii be turned over to
the United States authorities.