New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-09
STEWARD MAKES CONFESSION.
oklIANNlCs OFFICERS MAY HAVE TO AN.
SWER CHARGES OF MAI. ROBBERY
AND SNI-CCTJNC

'iehry galway Thomas Tghe and William Ber-
n'Iu' the three assistant stewards OF the White
"' LINZ steamship Britannia who arrested
i"s' week on inc charge Of attempting to smuggle
large quantity Of costly lace into this country
were arfaigned before United States Commissioner
Shieids Yesterday They waived examination and
were hoid In $3.50 bail each await the action Of
i 'he Grand Jury. Albert Muller. the driver Of the
""cN on which the lace was found also waived ex-
animation Bail in $50 given in his case by the
laundry proprietor by whom he was employed
George Berdine. of New Brunswick ~ j. ap-
! peared as counsel for the prisoners He said that
| ne had been employed BY Trends Of the men II
was said that these friends the agents IN this
| CITY OF the White Star Line and Captain Haddo *
| OF me Britannia Captain Haddock had a consuta-
| ton yesterday with Assistant; Dstrct-Attorney
! Honshton. who is conducting the for the Gov
| eminent against the men. and Henry Galway one
! OF the stewards who is under arrest.
Galway was brought from Ludlow Street Jail
| about noon yesterday, and was coseted with Mr..
| HOughton for nearly two hours. 1t was said by tho
| Assistant Dstrict-Attorney afterward that Galway
| had made fun confession. In which he made star
ng disclosures. which might the presentation
OF charges OF robbine the mails against a number
OF officers OF the Britannia Mr.. Berdine admitte ed
that full confession had been made by Galway
and that 1t had been corroborated by the other two
stewards
| From statements of Assistant District Attorney
Houghton and NJ. Berdine. ii learned that n
plot had been entered into by the chief officer
of the Britannia j. w. Jago; the third officer. Jo-
seph Kynaston and the three wards smuggle
lace into this country. The fruit steward of the
Britannia according TO Mr.. Bcrdines statement
was also in the plot. The plan to send down
in the ships bags to the fruit stewards room,
packed among the supplies. small quantities of lace
which the stewards were to stow away pending
convenient opportunity 10 send ashore. This work
was begun on Monday night last. and was carried
on between 10 and o'clock each night up to the
day when the ship reached her pier. one night, Il
was said. the fruit steward opened one OF the
ships bags. he found in II mail bag. This fright
ened him. and he went to Kynaston and told him
that he would have nothing 10 do with the plot.
He had agreed, he said to go into the smuggling
scheme. but he did not propose to become involved
In robbery of the mails Kynaston. as third OFF,
Ger. had charge of the mailroom.
District-Attorney Houghton said yesterday that
Jaso, Kynaston and the three stewards were the
only men on the vessel concerned In the plot. Jago
ss he pr Inc in hs sSssms @ in me Snp
Tiy for attempting TO cash some COUPONS rom hs.
lieved, were stolen from the mail
II was learned in Jersey City last night that me
ton were actually stolen from the mall on the
steamer during its last VOYAGE The Jersey cry
whom the coupons Were sent. and icy also learned
that the bonds were not stolen bu, are now IN the
on %ad By " nss s IN sny
Once IS a, p? No ' Hudson-s Manhata2 There
were forty coupons representing 500 in the letter.
posed that the writer had inadvertently omitted 70
hSd BEEN enc aSs SRS when
taken from him was a scrap on which was written
What seemed % be a. spanks , hTdfon and
sp s F or Manks CHEZ Murphy wa. convinced
the coupons, and Detective Prescott was sent 10
New-York to find Sparks or Hanks
Prescott was UNSUCCESSFUL but the che, pro;
on making a search found the name OF F. r.:
sparks in HuGson,st on specna Ion he t cent
Mr. Sparks said that the coupons had been sent 10
him and showed tho following letter. which had
contained the missing coupons:
London. =. E. July 3. 1855
F. r. Sparks. No. 90 Hudson-st. New York
soea BOND COUPONS Of so each the amount Of
INV account GEORGE II. PAGE
Mr. Shark. informed the detective that Mr.. Page
was the owner Of the $4,000 In bonds from which
the coupons were cut. The Chief said Yesterday
thu, the missing b }weq Of csef 6ce
Kynaston's counsel said yesterday that his client
chief officer Jago 10 deliver and Jago had re-
quested kynaston 70 have the twenty coupons
cashed Kynaston not being aware OF the breach
Men from the Postofice Inspecors Department.
a number ~ deputy United states marshals ana n
Tor First officer Jago who II is believed II stu in
the city although he may have sailed on one of the
the Of her side OF the ocean Joseph Mangan. the
messroom steward Of the Britannia was arrested
Yesterday afternoon and arraEnt 90. 6efore com,s
nees in the cases against the other prisoners. In
default of ball. he was locked up IN LUDLOW street