The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-12
MVENRY BOOKS GOT BACK.
u,rr OF AMERICAN ESTATES 1850
WIZ oSIrToy THIEF ARRESTED.
mar Enects were Beoks and Papers
ws,eh she Admitted rlad neen stslen
u,r Husband overtures Had Bees
~ >. Their Retnrn-She IL net Go.

enact. were Beoks and Papers
S..r,.h she Admitted Hat Been stsien
49," g. husband - Oyertures Had Beeu
ror Their Retnrn-she IL n'ct Go.
Faith locklcy, wife Of Joseph Lockloy,
MT; .nncorcd on Dec. 80 with nearly all the
d - and papcrs OF tho American Els
oaen' ,s.ociotion at l52 Broadway, wassarrest-
~ ,rr,irned in the Centre Street Court
eu y" IN n charge OF completely in the
yee. Ioov,cv moved to l25 Clarkson avenue,
Inei.n about a month before tho robbery.
pNUaovcd nrain before he could be located.
~ nod sold most OF the furniture, but was
=, hv the cxpressman, who carried q load
:, IN away for him. Tho 800 pounds OF
Ill. and papers which he had removed from
~. omDIoyer's safe was the chief item In this
I'D On arriving in this city, the wagon was
..,oodcd md the stuff was placed on n second
ICON and taken to l East 131st street, where
IockIey livcd:under = the name OF William
proun Mrs. Locklcy. who was living at 243
wcst Twenty. first street with her brother'in-
law Henry l.. Locklcy and his wife, her cousin
made. II is said, three visits to Jockey atter ne
had assumed the name OF Brown.
no,octives Carey and Aloncle were unable
IN mt their hands on Lockley, put when tnoy
o.rrod two DAYS ago that Mrs. Lockley was
nr nn" TO sell her furniture and move, they
pr !, ~ ~ her rooms and arrested .hcr. Among
her effects was a trunk fuii OF oooks anu papeLs
,Sn rom The american Estates Association,
icy EATERS which the police now have show that
negotiations were in pFo cerdit;o our tb bne fessSLs
.m,S not BIO prosecuted criminally for the
Ss Of 50 missing from the bank account. This
sum was drawn 6 BY .I raised bS eRsekS S;e enr ee,s s,SG to
s9bo. $50. and S5.367.75. By these and other
means the associations balance at the bank
had Mo gSSh GTockley's brother wa apparently
.he Intermediary in some OF The negotastiSps
for the return, Of the papers Is y IO Was e a. &c Q ~
s .he association could gain would have to DO by
pr = + american Estates Association was Or
ranlzed years ago TO take charge OF tho estates
~ James McHenry and T. Kennard, who built
the New sUd T MsTs l pSehisdy entiied 1 With ot tho Erie Erie
railroad. Thomas p. Fowler, President Of the
New York. Ontario and Western Railroad. and
liz Rroadway, are directors of the association,
and lanes A. Reilly Is Its manager.
In Centre Street Court MRS. Jockey toid
Ing of her husband having rented the Harlem
fat until q week, ago.
II was going through his clothing, said she,
IN his trousers pocket. ! had been living at
i25 GARRISON avenue, Flatbush. with Mrs: Lee;
and ! went to the fiat to III Investigate s e o ! f9nnd
thc hooks. / bought two little trunks and
hacked the books In them, and I was going to
send them to my brother.in-law In Twenty
third street. and he was to send them to Mr..
Reilly. the President Of the company. l had
eold all the rest Of my goods"
II don't think there Is sufficient evidence to
hold this prisoner either for larceny or as an
Accessory" said Magistrate Simms.
Mrs. Lockley left the court with Mr.. Reilly,
who seemed to DO satisfied with her discharge.
as he said all he had wanted was to get back
the stolen books.