The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-30
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
Alleged Brokers Arrested for Whole
sale Robbery.
THIEVES ACTIVE ON WEST SIDE.
Numerous Burslaries Reported to the
Police-CiXar Maker Will Cause
Employer Trouble Over Fail-
ure to Pay Him Five Cents.
THIEVES ACTIVE ON WEST SIDE

NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-Ira y. Godfrey
and Charles D. Hughes. alleged brokers at
No. 20 Broad Street. gave S1.oC3 bail each
in the Centre-Street Police Court yeSter-
day for examination on charge OF grand
larceny. Although 4 hasty examination OF
the brokers' books, which are now in the
hands of the police, makes it apparent
that their customers number over 500. there
was no complainant in court to make q
formal charge. Detectives Barrett and
McConville made 4 charge that Godfrey
and Hughes had swindled Hiram q.
LOOMS. of No. III Pearl Street, Hartford,
out of $3.50.
Barrett and McConville said that the
books showed that nearly all OF the 500
customers had lost all the money they had
invested About S2oG0O had been cleared
I'D by the brokers in the six weeks they
had been in business, Their bank books
showed that they had deposited several
hundred dollars day. The day trey
were arrested S433 was put in the bank TO
their credit. AT present twenty-four GUS
toners have been found whose accounts
were wiped out
MKEEN. DECLINES.
President James Mckeen. of the Haml
ton Club of Brooklyn, who had been Sc
lected by Northumberland Woodruff
to succeed Walter E. Atterbury as chair
man Of the Republican County Committee
of Kings, announced yesterday that ne
would have to withdraw his name from
consideration.
II am very grateful to my many friends
and the people who desire that should De a
candidate for chairman OF the Republican
County Committee he said L would
like to take the place to which my friends
and the party have called me, out ma
that cannot spare the time. 1t Is place
that I would like to devote great oedl
OF time and labor to, but, as TINS cannot
be done, I must withdraw my name from
consideration
Mr.. Woodruff was certain on Tuesday
night that Mr.. Mckeen would be the next
chairman of the County Committee. IL
was A1cKeen that he had reference 70
when. in his speech made at q dinner IN
honor of Naval officer Robert A SharheS'
he said: Zone week from tonight thsre>
will be elected as chairman OF the louA's
Committee man that will be Satisfactory
to every faction and force at our CON-
mand.'
Frederick W. Vanderbilt has purchased
the new ffve-storv residence at NO: ~ t-sis1
Fiftieth Street, paying $4,000 for IL II IS
reported that he will give his house as
wedding present to his niece MISS Daiss
post. who is soon to marry James l. saii
Allen. The house is built on part OF ,.ie
old Columbia University propetts-
seller is J. c. Lyons.
WANTS HIS FIVE CENTS
"A man who said he was Charles WI
con off No. 702 Columbus Avenue, went 10
the .westsfde police court yesterday ana
told MAGISTRATE Deuel. he had grievance
against a ctgarmaker on Broadway Aea'
Tharty-seventh Street. .,ts
II went into this mans employ tn.
morning" said Wilson. He was 70 pay
me 80 FOR making each thousand cisals.
Nou, the United States Government al
lows each roller OF cigars to smoke TREE !
q day free OF the tax on the manutaI
tured article and every cisarmaAer d
WAYS smokes or puts In his POCKET Una
first cigar he makes. smoked tne I,Ise
cigar and then said. oh. that's a 1otten