The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-20
BANK MESSENGER BACK, SORRY
HIS LOVE FOR MARIE TEMPTED
HIN TO STEAL.
rneu. the Piano player and Ills Friend
we're In His Cempsn, snd o Was
shor, -sx. 500 sim Missing. Though
He Utd u Z uder Msttrr>a -tnder Bonds

He Hid % Z nder Mattrc>s nder BONDS
George Armitage. the missing messenger
of the New Amsterdam National Bank
Who left the bank on Tuesday morning
10 make collections amounting TO about
$40 oao and whose wallet came back or
Thursday morning by express from Brook
lyn with checks and drafts in II amounting
IN all to within 5000 Of n he was TO
have collected. gave himself up TO the police
yesterday. a very repentant youth.
Armitage's story has a woman OF the
bottom Of IL. and the bank messenger had
the fun Of spcnding very little OF The money
he. stole. for the reason that. according
to his story, he was relieved OF nearly all
81 IL the day after the theft by the woman
who made him q thief. Armitage had
only ssi 20 In his pockets when he gave
himself up yesterday morning and the
woman now has. n she hasn't spent ~.
about S,soO Of the hanks cash. as near
a. the police can make out. They are RON
hdent 81 capturing her and the others
whom Armitage has named as having helped
him 10 spend the money in the little time
that he had IL.
Armitage walked into the Tenderloin
police station At Q O'Clock yesterday morn
ing His boyish appearance he does not
look over is-and his manner did not AZ all
suggest who he was TO the police there.
He wore a dark suit and white wairtcoat
and carried his gloves In his hand.
I understand you are looking for me,
he said to Sergt Cotton The sergeant
said he didn't, think 50. but u moment later
he changed his mind when Armi,age re
vealed his identity As the missing hank
Messenger TIN police got little out OF
Armitage and seut him down To Capt Titus
at Polio. Headquarters On the way down
Armitage asked for cigarettes 1t may
h. a long while, I suppose. before get
anv more he said. Detective Devanney
did no, grant his request.
This IL Armitase's story. Ia substance.
o. he told IL 10 tire captain:
Ny name Is George Armitagc and |
have been employed IN thu New Anster-
dam National Bank sinos last April. About
that time NV mother died and nv father
moved 10 New jersey. lived for a time
With nv brother and sister. hut after ward
went To live by myself with Mrs. Mary
B~deil a. issth street and Broadway. l
Wa earning only y q week and all ] could
afford was a room under the roof. Aoout
. month ago ! met at q road house at the
Manhattan end 81 Macomb'- Dam bridge
a Young woman WHOSE name was Marie.
She was introduced To me by the piano
player in The road house, Sh@ was from
Detroit. .he said. and fell in love with
her Two re~k- ago. at the suggestion
81 the piano PLAYER, left my boarding
Mac. aud went To- live with Marie in n houss
on iSs'h str~-t. who're the piano pla yer
and hs wife lived
We used 90 40 over Ia the road house
often and I f-i hal ~l~cau@a Couldn't
hold Inv end I'M TUESDAY, nigh, told Marie
and IN. others ia meet an. Al tho place the
n.y, night That morning I loft the hank
and went IN nos, ~ IN. nlare- where |
had Ia make c,ll,.rtiDnz u-ual. N num-.
haf o, ,em maid IN cash. hai -nmething
M. n ga m cash Nbrr I -tont--l AMI tho
re- Va al IN cI,scl. and diah. which
krsU v.,, mo- go,t a, me w.ot IN to
the r,sI hou.s ~L.c. 1 found Marie. the
nAno rlaycr and bs Nifc and a yiolinis,