The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-26
RIG THEFT OF COFFEE.
o.o poryDS SECUKED on FORGED
20'O"0 oBDER IN BOSTON.

-, Troced Here, But It Has Been
some % oJ- courts to be Appealed to for
hrp.t,y T., Recover the Goods-Much
".,,licated Litigation In frospec''
.Aort , month the Boston police have
lO' IL, fl, trace q shipment OF ZOOOO
oo." ~, cnfree taken from the warehouse Oh
poso KING. in that city. on forged order
., t.,rsry was not discovered until several
nv a,,,r tho coffee had disappeared ana the
days N.Y. Thomson have had hard work in
poI'o w. - ~ the stolen goods. On Wednes-
loee',uH va" NcGarr OF the Boston police
q" i.,d here TO work on the case and tho
a,v with the assistance OF some OF capt.
heAs ~ r,en. he succeeded in finding what
,1taT,sve, to be part OF the coffee In the ware
~. ~ G. T. Bellows II Co. NJ lAi front
- The police. Dbwever. were unaole TO
tIlsh tho present ownership OF the coHee'
pI ,ocal steps will have to be taken oy the
ao.,on warehouse people before the eoHee can
be restored, 49,, ,,.,,. u.,r,-
,ion ia likely to take place. was TAKEN rom 'ne
n n =, warehouse on July 81. According to
po' p"s,on rolice, fifty bags Of IT were sent here
Wv 80 day by the Metropolitan Steamship
WV vcek later another shipment OF eighty
I'M h.ss was made, the consgnee in both In
y -" ,.s hsing q. Iaubentracht OF 431 Grand
-, ,bis city. According to the latter. the
80 uas received from Jacob Springer. q
so,..oI. merchant OF Boston. and Lau-
,,raoht was to sell 1t On commission.
,nd.nandently OF tho firm OF Lever
~, for which Laubentracht is the man
.a.r The coffee was sold eventually to large
uhoIe.ale house here. the name OF which ooth
Iauhsntrscht and the, warehouse people have
.~t,.sd to divulge. and was stored by the pur-
Scr. in C, L. Bellows It Co.'S warehouse
.,Io7 Front street, where it Is now in 200 bags,
~ n,,sin9 through so many hands 1t had been
hoeoed and re labelled so that!its identified
49, 40 the warehouse people assert. cannot
be positive.
1n,nector McGarr returned to Boston yester-
aav and attorneys for Boston house secured
=. writ OF replevin for the coffee. On Monday
motion win be made In the Supreme Court tu
compel C. f. Bellows Co. to divulge the
names OF the present owners. N. J. katz o.
400 Broadway. Laubentrachts lawyer. said
,.,,erday that he had been assured by the DO
lice that all the parties concerned IN the Nov
work. transactions were innocent. but any
smount Of litigation was promised because o.
ths lack Of evidence upon which to base an
Identification Of the coffee.
Some time ago." Mr.. Katz said. "a Boston
rsn named Springer came to Mr. Laubentrach
and ,aid he had lot OF coffee which Mr.
I.uhentracht Nigh. sell here for him anC
rake some money on the side. Instead o.
waiting until Laubentracht had secured 6
purchaser, Springer shipped the coffee on here
oonsigning it to Laubentracht himself
Springer, We have learned. has been arrested
but OF course broker OF his can
not be held liable. The firm purchasing the
coffee have demanded the money back. but We
have refused to pay. and now to protect them
selye. they intend re-bonding the coffee. The
nsht will be made on Monday when a motion
comes up in the Supreme Court to compel the
warehouse people to dvulGs the names OF the
oHners."