The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-08-02
STRANGE CONDOLENCES THAT
HAVE OCCAsIONED INNOCENT
f. PEOPLE TROUBLE
MAN THAT LOOKED LIKE ME-
Enough of Them to Make Life Mis-
cradle for the Other Fellow
Many of the Peculiar =
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Sdespoiier detectives at once search for
). Tim. T. - 49,. ~ " &
: In 1875 Mr.. Boutillier rode down town
in VI horse car to the custom house
carrying a. canvas bag filled with gold
coin. He was robbed by a. gang, and
when asked to, designate the supposed
thieves from group of men he at once
selected the detective who resembled
RED Tim But when Tim was arrested
Mr.. fBoutillier's confidence was so shaken
that he could mot identify the theft, and
the fellow escaped punishment.
In the summer of 1863 the family of
Mr.. Levy, who occupied the house ia
West Twenty-third street where the Ma
than murder was committed, advertised
the house for rent, furnished. as they
were about going to Europe. Among
those who answered the advertisement
, were three men. who examined the prem
ises with Mrs. Levy and a servant BY
some device they managed to elude the
attention of their guides and, after their
departure, twas found that diamonds be-
.rngine to Miss Levy and valued at near
~ $1,000 had been carried away. The pol
Ice were notified and description Of tho
thieves given, which led to the arrest Of
Stephen Brown, alias kid Glove steve;'
Mike Duval, Frenchman, and Johnny
Gallagher The three were taken into
custody as they were about to enter the
Olympic Greater in Broadway. Mrs. Levy
and her servant fully identified all three
as the men who committed the robbery. -
INNOCENT MAN SUFFERED.
When brought to trial Brown and Du-
val pleaded guilty, and each was SEN,
fenced to state prison for five years, Gal
lagher, however, protested his innocence
and was tried, the jury giving YER
dict against him. The late Judge Stuart
rose in the court room, and striking the
table with his fist exclaimed, The jury
has committed a greater wrong than my
client" This led to scene Of confu-
sion, as Baldwin, the foreman, tried to
strike the lawyer for his language.
Brown and Duval then stated that Gal.
lagher was not engaged In the robbery,
the third, man being a notorious sneak
thief named Sinclair. This fact being
brought TO the knowledge of Mr.. Bald
win, he and the jury petitioned Judge
Russell rot to receive the verdict, but
the judge declined, saying the verdict
was in accordance with the evidence.
Gallagher served sentence of over
three years for crime that he had not
been guilty of, 1t being afterward learn
ed that on the day of the robbery he
was serving as a soldier under Gen.
Butler in Newbern, N. c. :. =,
In May, 1887, Mrs. Margaret Alemsly,
OF No. Ia Gay street, New York. sud-
denly seized August Jansen by the Shout
ders as she was walking up Broadway,
and, wrenching open his mouth, coolly
: began to examine y his teeth. q. Jansen
broke away from the .w6man and escap-
ed. A few days afterward Mrs. AlemsIy
saw Jansen at work in front Of store
in Broome street, where he was employ
al rfor ry11 cha
rest on the charge that he was her hus-
band. who had deserted her two years
before. The prisoner was arraigneu pe.
fore Judge Wandell, when the woman
declared that in 1865 she had been mar
ried to Jansen in Charleston, s. C. The
prisoner denied all knowledge of his &C
cuser, and said that he tad a wife and
five children of his own. It then appear
ed that the original Alemsly was
Scotchman, while Jansen proved to be a
Dane, but Mrs. Margaret Scott came for
ward and also identified Jansen as the
man who lived with Mrs. Alemsly in
No. 2o5 West Twenty-Rrst street Mary
Egerton, aged thirteen years, picked out
Jansen from among forty other men as
the O. e who had lived with her aunt in
No. ia West Eleventh street. Mr.. Brooks.
the employer of the prisoner, testified
that Jansen had been with him seven
years, and that he had never lived at
either of the addresses given by the wit
nesses It finally was decided to be
clear case of mistaken identity, much TO
the indignation and evident grief Of the
complainant.
WHOSE CORPSE?
In the spring of 1861 barrel of pitch
was stolen from Jersey City pier, and
the same day Ada Ricard, a woman Of
great beauty. but of doubtful character,
suddenly left her hotel in New York. ~
few days later a porter employed on the
pier saw the naked foot OF woman
protruding above the water on North
river. He at once landed the body,
when it was found fastened by a rope
around the waist to the missing barrel
Of pitch. The body was entirely nude,
there was a gag tied In the mouth, and
1t was evident that the woman had pos
sessed much beauty. rs
In due time the body was buried, with
the exception Of the head, which was
preserved by the city physician. Sub.
sequently a man happening % see the
head declared it to be- that of Ada Ri
card On this clue the detectives found
Charles Ricard, her husband, who had
not lived with his wife for some time.
He gave minute Description OF certain
mArkS, SUCH dis gIifO AOSS IA % INOlAA, sAAS'
cicatrice of an old wound on her leg,
the result of an accident, and the abnoc-
NAL development of her limbs He was
not ut this time aware of the supposed.
death of his wife, and when shown the
head was overcome with grief and hor-
TOR. The police at once began to trace
) Ada's history to discover the murderer,
when they were aatonisfed by the return
Of the woman to her hotel from visit
to New Orleans. The head was next rec
ogn5zed by Mrs. Callahan. of Boston, as
that Of her daughter, but next day the
daughter was found in Bellevue hospital
The head has now been buried many
& years, and the Identity of the corpse re-
mains a mystery.
Forty or fifty years ago forged check
for large amount was presented at the
counter of the Bank Of America. For
several days no trace Of the forger could
be obtained, and the sensation caused by
the crime was almost forgotten when 1t.
was revived by the teller causing the an
rest of man he saw standing at the
door OF the City Hotel, IN Broadway.
near Chambers street, The prisoner;