The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-21
NAN WHO FORGOT, A FRAUD
v,RRY LICHFIELD AND HAS a
10 POLICE RECORD.

IN Have n Fit Before He RecoR-
N",,., the Chum He Robbed-A Mills
M M, lodge and Took His Roommats's
n~,o,h,nr-Pioture In the Rogues' Gallery.
M. v,Il.dressed young man VIC has been
= citv Hospital at Jersey City since Friday
wus,.,.inR that he had forgotten his identity
nsoysd 20 be an impostor and q fugitive
", iustIce yesterday morning. and was put
IT, orrest to await extradition to this city.
Wv =. wanted by the New York police to an
" ,or the alleged stealing Of some over
W., and other articles of.wearinR apparel.
~. 1orsey City police had believed him to
:" Impostor irom:the FIRST. although Chief
w,rnhy took pains to follow up every clue
Nth might lead to his identity and clear him
Ths information that led to the detection Of
~. sham was furnished By Harry Carpenter.
s.,.uard. Of ga West Thirty-fourth street.
In.r taking n look at the man. he told Chief
Errphy that he was Harry A. Lichfleld. and that
~ acme time he had roomed with him At the
,,mus Hotel in Blocker street. About ten days
,ro when they decided to move to . hotel on
ssventh avenue. Lichfed suggested that they
nj ali their things in his trunk, as Carpenter
"a none. This was done, and Lichneld and
The trunk disappeared.
IdOlnelQ, WHbu COuhtOutSu W SokRSutoks ~
tu,sd 10 recognize him.
1 Don. you know me. Harry1' said Oar
psnter.
M I don't" said Ldchdeld.
Carpenter talked with him for forty-lve
minutes. but Lichfeld persisted In dlsclsim-
i,r ali knowledge Of him or OF the incidents to
which Carpenter alluded.
Chief Murphy then called up the Mills Hotel
ovcr the telephone and the clerk there. from
.he description OF Lichfeld. verified Cafpen-
t.r's story. While the conversation was going
m over the TELEPHONE Lichfeld called for o
,l,.s OF water and turned pale.
1--WE had enough Of this" said Chief Muir
MY finally. IN give you Ave minutes. and II
A the end OF that time you don't own up to
bsIpg q fraud. I'll lock you up"
The Chief then put Liohfeld in q little
room lust of his offioe and shut the door.
About two minutes lator there was the SOUND
Ola heavy fall. The Chief and Detective Rob-
srtson rushed into the room and found Lich-
stretched. and he was writhinR as though in
rt ,sIoS = yS %Rio io9 hIosss and !,ssS Sc SH;" os sS,s the e
"aEFSy. h hello. Harry" he said. ~rsGosnizlnr
The Chief didn't walt to hear any more, but
BummOut1 III. NdElCh VI Jlt6 J0Eb0y Cly "
pital. The latter examined Lichf1eld care
fully and declared that he showed not the
slightest signs OF epilepsy. Lichfeld told the
doctor that his home was In East Somerville,
Mass. and his father was In business at 374
Washington street. Boston.
When Chief Murphy. called up the Detec-
tive Bureau in New York ne was Informed that
LichHeld's photograph is in the Rokues' Gal
iery, he having been arrested for stealing a
gold watch from Charles H. Smith OF 81 New
street on Nov. Is. He was convicted In Cen
eral Sessions. but sentence was suspended. On
Dec. y Fred Jeckle of rs Gold street com
planned at Police Headquarters that Lichf1eld
had stolen three overcoats from his office. Lich-
field had called there to see BENJAMIN Robin
son. and as Robinson was out. Lichfeld said he
would wait for him. A short time later Lich-
field and the overcoats were missing.
Robinson accompanied the New York detec-
tiyes to jersey City yesterday and, identified
Lichfeld as the man who hnd called on him.
Lichfield denied taking q Their the overcoats
or the clothing belonging. to Carpenter. He
ssid his mind had been a blank for five, days.
The last thing he remembered. he said. was
drinking a lot OF cocktails with a woman In, the
Tenderloin. He gave his address as A West
Twenty-fourth street. where the police found
the trunk which Carpenter alleged had con-
tanned his clothes. 1t will be opened by the
police to-day.
Lichfield will be taken before Justice Potts
this morning and held to await .extradition.