The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-08
Will LIKELY take
IEVEY TO BALTIMORE
He IS Willing to Go if He
Cannot Settle.
TALKS ABOUT HIS WINNINGS
He Il Of the Opinion That He VIII
Be Able to StrHiEhteH Out His
Troubles and Enjoy the FOrty-One
Thousand Which Tie Won.

BALTIMORE. Feb. S.-"Prof'' Daniel
Levey whose arrest in New York city was
announ ed yesterday, viii be brought to
BaltimOIe to answer charges Of forgery
and embezzlement.
Levey was yesterday indicted by the
grand jury. and Detective Armstrong went
to Annapolis in the afternoon to have ez-
tradition papers signed by Governor
Smith. The detective will leave this
morning for New York going first to Al
bany to obtain Governor OdelTs endorse
ment.
Levey, It is said, expressed his willing
ness to return to Baltimore. but the laws
OF the Empire State require that a man
wanted in another State on a criminal
charge be extradited in due form
Today being half holiday and to-
morrow Sunday it is not likely that De-
tectiye Thomas and Levey will arrive
here before Monday evening.
Hopes 10 square Accounts.
A despatch from New York says:
Daniel Levey will 20 back to Balti-
more to answer the charge OF forgery il
the complaint against him is pressed, but
he is OF the opinion that he Will be able
TO so square his accounts that he will
soon be at liberty and able to enjoy the
81 900 he brought with him from San
Francisco. He is ready TO pay all that
he owes in this Part OF the world. Magis-
trate Cornell remanded him today to
await requisitioa papers from Maryland
-'Levey comes from respectable fam
no nd alIfF 81 n
lyu. and he has several brothers now liv-
ing with mis- parents in Union Street. in
that borough. The police say they know
him as an old offender. although they
do not look upon him a vicious He has
visited police headquarters as a prisoner
twice before his arrest last Thursday. On
previous occasions. the police state, he
had made victims Of his relatives.
4 Police Record.
According to the police he is No. 2149
ia their gallery and is alleged 10 be re-
corded as Daniel Levey, alias Red, alias
David Lewis, alias Harry Lewis. He is
now twenty-seven years Old. He was first
arrested in 1898. the police say. when his
brother made complaint against him for
passing spurious checks, and was sent to
the EImira RefOrmatOry. Again in 1897 he
was arrested on a charge Of putting out
worthless checks. short time in Sing
Sing is alleged 20 have resulted.
"Levey now asserts that he has seen
the error OF his ways. and protests that
he had cone to New Ork for the purpose
OF making peace with his family intend
ing to do nothing more to bring disgrace
upon his aged mother, who of all his
relatives. has never lest confidence in
him.
In court Lcvey chuckled as ne related
how be had fooled the representatives of
a well-known detective agency in Cali
fornia. lie had enjoyed the notorieJy
that was his when he was making his
Foeteoric career on the Oakland race
track. AZ that time Lcvey PLAYED for a
very large STAKE, and he mad sense enough
TO see that he had failed. and he with
crew in time 10 save a small fortune from
the wreck.
Tells About PIunginR.
I knew that I had left a lot Of trouble
behind me when I quit Baltimore said
Leyey. and 1 made mp my mind TO try to
recover, The races offered the only op-
pOr5unIty and naturally I turned TO them.
/ was no novice at the game For ten
years I had studied the horses and knew
something of them. Ny luck was phenOm-
email from the start I made several sue
cessfui plunges and soon was the centre af
interest lou VIII know how good / was
when / tell you that I made two plays
that nearly put the ring out of the bust
ness. and records are there to prove what
! tell you On one race / won S35 600 and
on another / won $42 000.
Then the papers began telling all
about the new plEnger- At first that was
not pleasant. for the reason that [ knew
that detective agency with branches all
over the world had been requested TO ar
res. me. ! determined to make bold blum
and went 30 the Office Of the detectives
and hired two men to accompany me TO
and from the track. They carried my
money for me and we had some very
pleasant times
VIII Try Legitimate business.
When / finally quit San Francisco /
had $4,000 Then l plunged in other di-
rections, the result being that landed in
New York with Sal 600. and / have de-
teFmined 20 get into some legitimate bush
ness while the chance is mine / do not
believe that the charge against me will
be pressed by the people in Baltimore"