The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-12
CRIMES OF A BOY AND GIRL
FORGED CHECKS AND CLSHED THEN
MILE THE BOSS MAS OUT.

Boy Says the Girl Won All His Share of tho
Money at "Bnnker and Broker''-He
Was Sweet On Her." SO He Didn't
Complain Much-says He Tempted Her.
A boy and n girl. the former Il and the latter
three years his senior. we're arrested yesterday
afternoon In Brooklyn on charge Of forgery.
The complainant in the case 10 James p.
Phillips. a lawyer. OF 26 Court street. from
whom. IT 10 alleged. the youthful pair, by the
forgery Of four checks. secured the sum OF S167.
Part OF this money was at nrst divided, but.
according to the story told by the boy to Capt.
Reynolds. the girl eventually got all the pro-
ceeis OF the transactions by winning his share
from him at game Of cards.
The girl IL Louisa Bretch. and she
lives with her parents at 334 Fifty
seventh street. Brooklyn. The boys nnme
Ia William 7. Brown. and he lives at 27O Van
Brunt street. Brooklyn Brown had been en-
ployed as an Office hoy by Phillips for several
years. He earned 81 so a week. Previous to
last May Phillips was associated in his law
business with Bernard Krusc. and at the lat
tors suggestion little over year ago they
engaged the Bretch girl as photographer and
typewriter. When Mr.. Kruse died last spring
Phillips decided to dispense with the girls
services as a regular employee. hut he told her
that she could have q desk in his office for her
typewriter. whore she could do whatever work
she could pick up about the building.
The girl was In the habit after that OF coming
in at any time during the day. and owing to
the leisure which she enjoyed. she was en-
abed to become very chummy with the Office
boy. Brown had always appeared honest and
industrious and for that reason Mr.. Phillips
often left the Office in the afternoon. instruct
ing him to close ii at 3 o'clock. The girl OF
late had generally found something to do
which dstain cd her after Mr. Phillips went away.
Mr.. Phillipss suspicious were not aroused
until yesterday
On Saturday he took his bank book to tho
Nassau National Bank to have It balanced.
Whom 1t was returned yesterday he found upon
examining the cancelled checks which came
with 1t four that he had not drawn. but which
bore his name Even then he did not suspect
the boy. and called him up merely to ask him
II he remem bered anything about them. The
boy surprised him by appearing very much
agitated. and finally broke down and said that
he had cashed three OF the checks. which
the girl had forged. Without waiting to hear
any moro Mr.. Phillips took the boy over to
Capt. Rsynolds and then sent q message to the
girls home. ask ing her to come to the Office in
the afternoon to do some work for him. She
appeared at ! o'clock and was promptly ar
rested by Detectives Hughes and Lynch. who
took her over to Police Headquarters. Mean
while the boy had told his side OF the story to
Capt. Reynolds. He declared that the girl had
suggested the whole thing.
1T was this way" he said. You SEQ. Louisa
anu I used to hang around the office after Mr..
Phillips left. and one day she got talking
how much 1t took to live and how hard UP she
was. and then she said she knew how We could
both get money easy. Mr.. Philipss desk was
open. and she ran over and got q pa~er there
with his name on 1t. and then she got some
paper and practised tracing 1t. She soon OK
planned the game she was up to and We got the
check book. and tore of one check from the
back OF 1t and made it payable to Mr.. Phillips
or bearer. Then Louisa got the tracing paper
and put Mr.. Phillips name at the bottom and
on tho back. She told me to take 1t to the
bank and she'd give me half The check We
tried for a starter was for S35. This was on
AUG. -. had cashed a lot OF checks for Mr..
Phillips at tho bank. and the cashier gave me
the money on this one without a word When
l got back with it, Louisa gave me half.
Now she said. well play some cards. So
we sat down and she taught me a game she
called Banker and Broker Louisa was
dandy at this. She said she d played the game
good while. and so she'd act az the banker.
We played till 5 O'Clock and Louisa got oil my
y.
play a game all by herself. She called it Pa
thence. Two days after this Louisa made out an
other check. this time for $50. got this cashed
and when l came back Louisa gave me so.
but she insisted on playing the game again.
/ didn't want to do 1t. but you see was sweet
on her. SO l agreed to play. and-gee! but
she 8 a slick one. She had that so OF mine In
aide OF an hour. She told me 1t was all luck.
though. I got another check cashed for SO
on Sept. 2. and she won that day the same way.
got kind of mad. then. Last Thursday
cashed 1t herself. She never gave me cent.
guess. be cause l wouldn't play cards"
The girl had little different story to tell when
she was brought in. She was very cool and
cast look Of soorn at the boy. The latter. she
said had borrowed a dime occasionally from
her to get Ice cream with.
He got 1.50 out OF me-" she continued.
land l asked him for 1t. Then he said he
knew a way to get some money and told me
about the check book"
When the detectives questioned her closely
to all of the checks.
II spent the NJ oney on clothing" she said.
She admitted playing cards. but said it hadn't
been for money. Tho girl was looked up in
the Adams street police station. She said she
Ind been a Sunday school teacher at one time.
Brown. the bow. was given over to the custody
OF the Gerry Society.
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