New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-18
FALSE ORDERS FOR GOODS.
JAMES r. KELLY SAYS HE WAS THE
vICE-PRESIDENTS SECRETARY.
HE USES THE DIsTRIcT-ATToRNEY's NOTE PAPER
AND IS CAUGHT IN THE CRIMINAL COURTS
Rt,UDING-ALsO ACCUSED OF

AND is CAUGHT IN THE CRIMINAL NS'h''
BUuDING-AI.so ACCUSED OF
FORGERY.
young man describing himself as James T.
Kelly who said he used to be secretary to wee
President Hobart. arrested In the Crimnai
Courts Building yesterday afternoon on charge
of swlnding. People about the District Attorney =
office learned of late that somebody had been using
the note paper OF the office 10 order goods from
various dealers. A butchers clerk walked INTO the
subpoena servers office yesterday ana toId Johh
Buckley that he had some meat downstairs 'hat
had been ordered there Buckley thought 1t queer
and went down. lie the man who called MN
self Kelly I'm the basement and he told the clerk
TO ask him about 1t. The clerk did so. ana helly
said: Yes that's all right. I'll sign for that.
Buckley got a policeman to arrest him. Chief
Clerk McKenna OF the District-Attorneys ONCE,
learned that the man has used the name OF kenna
in some instances. dropping the Me lie also
used the names Of Kelly and Thompson. and 'he
goods to-day were ordered in the name OF Joseph
Stlckney
The man carried a grlpsack filled with pencils
and letter-heads and envelopes OF the Distrlc'-N-
torney's office He said he was the agent OF pen
ell company Many Of the pencils had on them the
words Property OF the city OF New YORK helly
Is about twenty-five years old
AT the Elizabeth-st police station last evening
Kelly was not satisfied until he had seen captain
Titus and the two were coseted for some time In a
private TOOTH
do you think win get out Of IT, captain! said
Kelly as he emerged from the room The captain
assured him that he would see what could be DONE
and the prisoner again locked up. IL seems
that Kelly and the captain had some mutual lriend
bur the captain was very close -mouthed, ana re-
ferred all Inquiries 10 the sergeant .
Policeman James Coyle, who made me ,alIest,
said that Kelly ASSURED him that he had some
good people behind him. 49, -. !,
1T is a pity you had not thought Oh 'hat pe
fore" replied the policeman. 5000, 49,, Ill,
When first arraigned at the station mouse desk
before Sergeant Ivory. Kelly refused TO give any
name or address. When pressed he SAID ms name
was John Jones'" and again declined TO give any
r Kelly. twenty-seven years old, and gave the
Gilsey House as his address He Is held az sus-
picioIs person. but the police expect that the
charge will be made more serious to-day "hen ne
Is arTaigned in the Centre-st. police court ,,
From what the police say. II seems that kelIy
had swindled a Sixth-ave drygoods nrm out OF
SA 60 by means OF a worthless check. signed i
Boardman." The goods he bought were delivered al
Kelly Captain Titus said last night, was the
manager OF the Jersey City Baseball Club ana mas
a wife and child in Jersey City lie was nuch
concerned about them when arrested lie was
about Republican headquarters In Jersey Clty our
ing the last Presidential campaign, ana sald that
he worked hard for Mr. Hobarts election lie sent
several dispatches friends from the police sta
ton last night but TO whom could not be learned
In speaking to Policeman Coyle about his arrest ne
said Well the pitcher went TO the well once 100
often"