New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-02


.xn CAPTAIN MCLUsKY RELIEVES
,,r HAS BROKEN Up DANGER
ors BAND OF swINDLERs.
-..o,n McCnsky. Of the Detective Bureau.
os that he has broken up band or
Nie - who have been cheating business men
s"'-N oil rarts Of the country. by the arrest OF
s,,,ovtne prisoners Edward Baruch. thir-
''' ,.osrs Old Of South orange. \. j.; Moses
o~.n6ss thirty-sx years old OF NO. Ia East
- y. rundred-and- ATHEIST. Manhattan' Henry
<,~,,.-s,x years old Of No. ia East One
-s~es.and -ffth-st. Emil Klein. thirty-hve
o,a Of No - East -hundred-and-
!n.s.s, and Henry 7. Crosher. thirty-four
ala - 40 67& Ninth-ave. These prison
''''. ...ro arrested late yesterday afternoon and
e'S ...r,nr and Will he arraigned in the Cen
'1' ,ofee court this morning as suspicious
persons 90 o,o~o,,,r ,boir bueiress
,,.,,od nv the police that a dangerous
" - = s,.irdlers has been discovered. and that
90 n,,os has been broken up. on October p
Wv" latter was received by the Detective Blu
''' I.o,o the Lyons Cigar Company. Of Hart
conn stating that that firm had shipped
..,rssnd cigars 90 J. p. SchaNer. jr.. No
49, r,r.,..s, Newark. y j.. on september 10.
Itch they had received no payment The
'' ,m,,y firm had learned that the cigars SO
-. .hero had been received 10y the SChaffer
., septemner II. Mr.. Lyons stated in
,....- that four days after the receipt of the
...s iron, his firm the Schaffer firm in Newark
<,res in business. and he learned that the goods
.A. Newark store were shipped TO the house
- che American Import and Trading Company.
49, ~os ass3S5 Washington-st.. this city.
,.e~ Mr. LYONS told the police that he had
called q. the place IN Washington-st. and had
seen what he was certain were boxes containing
the cigars he had sold 10 the Newark firm.
which the salesman offered to sell to him for 80
,er,s ? box less than the price he had sold them
for
detectives Fay gan and Pepperted We're
-. ONCE detailed on the case. They followed the
vendors Of tho firm composing the American
,-,,ort and Trading Company from place 10
Mace ami kept a careful watch upon their
I.o,s-nerts They allego that il was the custom
50 .h,s house % receive goods of all kinds from
~~srr different parts Of the country and 10 dis
use N thsm almost Immediately to city GUS
toners one day several cases Of cheeses were
,.rsiyed by The firm from Edward Norton OF
Goshen Conn. These cases were Immediately
s.a T. a NeN-YCrk firm for % cents less than
10 rurchase price the detectives declare. Fiji
,sen boxes ~ soap which the firm had ordered
rom the American Soap Company Of Phiadel-
rhia. were stopped i'm transit az Pier TO- North
plve- before IL reached the firms establish
rrert as were also five barrels Of candy. shipped
"a the firm from Syracuse. y. Y. by Joseph
Waloer * SON OF that place
The American Import and Trading Company
was regularly incorporated under the laws Of
the State of New-York on January 70. lN.'9. by
Emil Klein. Gustavc Taus. AdOlDh Seidt and
Others with q capital of $1,000. "Bradstreets
has far many months. Captain McClusky says,
received inquiries from all parts Of the counry
as % the standing Of the American Import and
Trading Company. but has been unable TO give
any INF rmati0n about the firm. There Is. now
ever in "Bradstreets' a firm of good rating
called The American Importing and Trading
Company of johannesburg. South AFRICA, ana
the police are positive that this Westinghouse.
rourarv has been able 70 get business through
,seir apparent Identity with the South African
firm
m working up the case Captain McClusky has
been in constant communication with the once
= the District Attorney. who. yesterday au-
~sad the arrest Of the members Of the company
croshcr is the only one known TO the polce
- having been arrested in connection with the
case ~ Mrs Nermeule.