New-York tribune., 1899-01-10
REVEALED AFTER MANY YEARS
A VERMONT MANS SON IMPLICATED IN
THEFT FROM HIS FATHER.

There came to light yesterday afternoon, ny
| the arrest OF Aaron II. Fellows. OF NO W. LIN
| coln-ave., Brooklyn. a teacher In the Long isahu
| Business College. the possible solution OF rob-
| berry which was committed nine years ago IN the
little village Of Waits River, near Bradford w.
when Nicholas Fellows. of that place was
robbed of 5000 in cash and United States bonds
to the amount Of s.. 600. The bonds were reg
istered bonds and after Mr.. Fellows had gone
through the necessary forms duplicates were
issued to him by the Government. thus reducing
his actual loss to the amount OF cash which was
stolen.
Mr. Fellows heard nothing more about the
robbery until one day In February, 1884. he re-
ceived n letter from a strange man In Toronto,
Ont. saying that II he would send 500 in an en-
velope to "B. Jerome Of Charles Chuthe,
No. 12i King-st.. West Toronto Ont Can" he
would receive back stolen bonds amounting In
face value to 81, GOO Mr.. Fellows paid no atten-
ton to the letter believing that the writer was
an impostor but in four years more. that rs in
August last he received another letter, this time
dated from Montreal. renewing the proposition.
This letter too. purported to have come from
the same "B. Jerome" but Mr. Fellows paid no
attention to 1t.
On December % last called at the once
OF George c. Davis. a broker in mining stocks'
in the Globe Building. Boston. and said that ne
had some United States bonds TO dispose Of. j.
II. Allen, a member OF the firm, saw MIN, ana
to Mr.. Allen the man said he wished TO make
some purchases OF good mining stocks, put hau
no ready money. He had. however, %Z'oo~ OF
Government bonds he would like to sell. AS the
firm does not deal in Government bonds. MI
Allen took the man to the banking house or
Foote & French. at No. ~ Congress-st, Boston.
lie pretended to be Nicholas Fellows. the orlei-
nal owner OF the bonds. In whose name they
stood. and easily secured a certifcation from
the cashier OF the Massachusetts, National Bank,
OF Boston Then Foote & French bought me
bonds giving him 1.4OO in cash and four *oV9
Government bonds, together with some Chileu
States bonds Of Il smaller denomination
In the regular course Of business the banking
house Of Footc French sent the bonds they
had bought from the supposed Mr.. Fellows 10
their correspondents In this city Harvey r..
Fisk e. Sons No. 20 Nassau-st. on January ..
on referring to their records Of United states
bonds this firm found that the bonds had been
stolen I'm 1890 and hat duplicates had been Is
sued for them. thus making them absolutely
valueless and they so informed the Boston firm
That rrm communicated with Waits River. VT.
and learned that Mr.. Fellows had a son who
answered the description OF the man who SOLD
the stolen bonds. and that he was a school
teacher I'm Brooklyn. Inspector Watts. OF Bos
ton and Percy G. CrOcker. a clerk in the Boston
banking house which bought the bonds. came TO
this city and with Detectives Flay and
Stransky Of the Central Office, went yesterday
afternoon to arrest their man He was not at
home VIXEN the detectives went to his house. but
walked toward the house few minutes later
and was at once recognized by the Boston bank
clerk. He had a handbag in his possession. AT
first he denied all knowledge Of the transaction
but finally admitted that he was the man who
sold the bonds in Boston He refused to say
anything about the original robbery, and the
police are not certain whether he robbed his own
father nine years ago or whether he got posses
sion OF the bonds from the actual thief. The
authorities in Waits River have been informed
and the Boston inspector went back to that city
last evening to secure an indictment against the
prisoner preparatory to extradition.