New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-07
rprsTFD THOSE IN CUSTODY

~p,-sTFD THOSE IN CUSTODY,
,.voved in naval circles to be wide
Wna' 's,iracv among trusted naval employees
fpTeao -. Government was nippeo IN the qua yes
70 TOO In the Brooklyn police ana the Depu'F
isrdsy ~ D,orshals arrested three OF the al
Uniieo - aud locked them up In the RAYMOND
less" IA The men arrested are John Is. Jaw
sire" - =. r Poynter. TWO foreman sh'P"s'er :
thoTn =, the Navy Yard. and Edward l..
enpoSeo t,.p dealer. doing business at No. 1876
Vhes'e'' Those men. with number or others'
TSih' =. h,ve entered into a conspiracy 10 ioo
ere ~. .r,roent about two ronths ago. "ne"
the Coretructor Francis Bowls was away o' "
Naval ~, me consprators afraid 20 act when ne
'a'@"-ss.r. are said to have stoeh "e'Ne,"
sSs - Is o,o worth Of copper ana o'"e' INV a.
S''' :, .,o metal was taken from the SUI '''0
so~ ',s construction Department On" "a.
Of '' - Ground the yard. The dishonest ''"
rieKeo ~ 49,, tr.f5e delivered 70 20 the JunKmeh
ployes - -, who would remove II conce'leu III
Az Az. n wood and other ma'or''r 49, or,,,,-
loNe' ..,,r Eovles set ont 20 detect '"r
cons" 49,. r,r,,,ar naval police force or NAN "
nSs w., ON September % he leti th' az" ~,
coz" - the thieves tooh copper ana s'', -
%, man 500. in four cases from Tue
- ,efore his return ,,.,, 49,, ,,c.s
hour 40, Bov.les learned Of this he lalo inc
N"s' -. Commissioner York VINO PRONE
before ,,5 Detectives Harrington. kuooY an"
assn, ',r ~ the Brooklyn Central V'"r'' ,,.ar
pv"y' ,bs case Yesterday thcl apbnT~ eVi5~nco
falled On several persons against N.J5.oS Sfafos
RAMS 80 AZ, secured Il is said ln@' ne 3nnlicafion
Rad oesH i,rer Benedict 20 whom l"' ttha,n and
tOmihlsslo---o. was made. issued yen 90
foI ne va a.ereIrs SIN wanted VIII or "pP'
IN s csf was found in Futon-s, neat I,,bcri
nHtr-.Sssa nyer 10 United states Ma's"' t~,it NJ
tnd Iu.,.ll-r.r peredlot held him ID "'l-i soid
80 "a tau Wheeler pleaded no' Su,l'|:.7 mat he
srs+ q was all a mistake ne U,..."srd mat he
ma We able 10 prove his innocence Gstcnfion
Nou,,S &c those responsible FOR niS ",.h Ne
e +hlrfv-ave years old ana ny 10 Rer
~ nm H. said 20 be Uea ny n, - -,oster
ia.'O C.v-troru who has been ou.1'-N ia "a
st,-G+,e- I'm the yard is thirty -nlne 80 s,bor
~ - No 74o Decatur-st foynltl W 80 boId
49, ~ CsWtn0rn's in She shph', ~ lo.N0' GoT
dinale 'l 80 OF ouartcrmau shipniter ~ ~
ing N9 pov-ts- were both arrested as 1ntS
iaorn Wing he Navy Yard by deputy maiS'''s'
D ~ az rsfused 20 give his address. $500 ia ~,
IeeNt.i trrefr-,c,or H0vles last nlEhl S5'n ~
80 not discuss the case az tnis t,hlr. -
w.. bovever that the suspicion t1at a" s'o' ~ -
ro,nfer were mixed up IN the tneils was sui P'''
20 5ns y, these men" he said. have been trusted
,oyss of tho Construction Depar tment-C', !" :
~ for more than four and PoYhter lot ~ 800
,.eers When 7 learned that fneIc Va eN - 80
-rso,,ng them with the thefts was oNe.
r,be,ned with establishment Inc com plIaSS -
Mns.N' vvisesDread than appears from the arrests
NOR 49, md mink that the value Of the
.,csrtv stolen will reach several times the S-WV
mentioned IN The complaint made by the s'oreAeep-
II swv.hH~n ana POINTER Will ~ arra'ened before
Commissioner Benedict this morning. ale idSt
nigh, Wheeler secured bail and was released