The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-23
THE LAW FORCED HIS CASTLE.
"CAPT." TREL4WNEI ARRESTED
AFTER 4 TWO-DAY SIEGE.
Accused OF Making Border Raids on the
Banks with Forged Not es Rubber
stamp Adds a Modern TOuch-IHrs a
Fine Place and a Family In GOnkers.

Capt" Charles r. Treawney, who says
last night In his home Ia Ridge Drive.
Lowcrre Park Yonkers. by Detective
Sergeant Woodbridge Of this city and four
Pinkerton detectives under Assistant Super
intendent Norman 7. Bailey. Trelawney
is charged with forgery. and for two
days had been a prisoner in his house.
Pinkcrton men have surrounded the house
during that time for fear that he might
escape His arrest was accomplished after
the detectives had smashed n window in
the basement and by breaking open locked
doors made their way to his Gen on the
tip floor. where, behind a barricade of
tur niture, he was destroying his private
papers He was brought to this city and
locked up ut Police Headquarters,
The complainant against Trelawney is
Simon Shoninger, a piano manufacturer
of New Haven. Shoninger alleges that
on April "a Trelawney forged his name
to a three-months' note for sl.25I, de-
posted the note in the Mercantile National
bank in this city, and drew out the entire
amount within few days. On July Is
the note was sent to Shoninger's bank,
the National Tradesmens of New Haven,
for collection There it was pronounced
a forgery.
Mr.. Shoninger suspected Treawney
because last year, he said, Trelawney had
worked a similar swindle on the Camden
National Bank OF Camden, y. j., using
Shoninger's name on note for an OK
actly similar amount, and drawing the
money out in the same day. Trclawney
was arrested on this charge in March last.
hut escaped from the officer who had him
in charge in Philadelphia and was not
rearreSted.
The banks called the Pinkertons into
the case and they located Trelawney in
"Trelawne, a finely furnished house at
Lowerre Park His name is in the tele-
phone directory. They tried to get
warrant for his arrest in Yonkers but were
not successful and went TO the New York
police While Detectives Woodbridge and
Bailey were getting the warrant from
Magist rate Breen in the Tombs court yes
terday Pinkerton men and Yonkers police
men who had been on guard at Trelawney's
house since Monday night saw 10 it that he
didn't ESCAPE.
When the detectives arr cared with the
warrant last night Trelawney ms, ructed
the servants not TO let them in, and they
broke in.
A number Of blank drafts and rubber
stamp with Mr.. Shoninger's name on il
were found in Trelawnev's den.
Trelawney's wife, handsome young
woman, DpcaiUt nySteIlCdl WueU ne was
arrested. The couple have two children
Another woman in New England, who has
five children, also claims Trelawney as her
husband, according to the Pinkerons
Trelawney told the police last night that
another man drew the Shoninger note
and that he had no hand in the forgery
Treawney was arrested in this city
several years ago on n charge of passing
n forged check on the Hide and Leather
Bank, now gone out of existence He
was not prosecuted He says he is a printer
and publisher and is connected with the
Parthenon Press. at pa South Fourth street ,
Philadelphia,
Trcawney appeared in Yonkers some
time ago He said that he had Just returned
from Africa, where as captain in the
English army he had fought all through
the Boer war. Shortly after he had built
his fine house in Lowerre he produced
note for $500 and persuaded his builder,
Spencer X. Sutherland and a carpenter
named Barne to ndorse the note for him.
1t was protested, and there was some talk,
but the matter was settled.
The chattel mortgage bureau in the local
City Clerk office is full of records of chatte
mortgages filed against Trelawney on
household furniture. He has been o mem
Der of st. Andrews Episcopal Church,
and was reported TO he a man Of considerable
means.