The evening world., 1903-07-23
Asapt." TreIaWney, Who Says
He Was a British Army
Officer, is Arrested After a
Long Search.
Costly HOME UNPAID FOR?
rPfnkertons Who Trail Him Down
Declare He Is the Most Success
fuI Man In His Line In This
Country To-Day.

-fTasrles II. Trel1wny, the Philadelphia
I printer and publisher, who was arrested
Yesterday on n charge of forgery made
81 ia meg ". Lott. cashier OF the Mer-
cantiie National Bank, was arralgned
before Magistrate Ommen in the Tombs
3 Court to-day and pleaded not guilty.
Trelawny consented to an adjournment
until Tuesday morning next, and ball
OF 5000 was dxed. TrelawDy said:
IT wish to deny that the police were
compelled to break into my house, as
mas been reported. When the knock
cane to the o l was busy caring for
my fo~ur-year-old daughter. who was
asleep In my arms. Hearing the knock.
i went to the rhlld's room and placed
heS klrefullyton the bed In order not to
awaken her. Meanwhile the police had
,forssdIah entrance to the cellar and /
meHtAem moupting the cellar stairs.
'0nl Tuesday I spent the whole day
garidning In the Immediate vicinity Of
the hhuse. so you can see I was not
shut up in the house. / can meet the
charge at iho proper time. l arp inno-
cent Of anyrwrong and wish to say that
y am being made q scapegoat by con-
rpirators.",
Trelawuy was taken back to the
Tomb:.
His arrest brought to light the fact
that he has been living in magnificent
gtyie, posing as a society leader, build
ing his own home and furnishing II with
the costliest fittings.
officials of the Mercantile National
Bank say that Trelawney induced them
TO cash for him on April "a a note
for $l,25l. supporting to have been
nigned by yEimon Shoninger. a plano
maker of New Haven. Conn. The note
was sent to shoninger's bank for coll
lection on July 10 and was pronounced
q forgery. A similar note. for a like
amount. was cashed by the Camden
National Bank last year and an indict-
nent was found against Trelawney
and he was arrested but escaped from
ensoficer who had him in charge In
Philadelphia.
Long Sought Him.
: Since then the Pinkertons have been
looking for him and the recent note case
gave them their clue hat he was in
Yonkers. They found that he had built
there a large house, on fashionable
Ridge Drive, Lowerre Park; that he
a induced the builders and archi-
teets to accept notes which they could
not collect. and later 1t was found that
chattel mortgages were on file for most
of the furnishings in his house. He
called his villa Trek wne," and did
net even change his own name.
He introduced himself to his fashion
able neighbors. was welcomed as a man
Of .evident refinement and wealth and
asa war hero He told about his rich
ebU aristocratic relatives in Wales ant
OF how he fought all through the Boer
war as a British captain. He has one
giass eye and the remaining eye is in.
Jured. He limps and carries O cane,
and In explaining the matter merely
fzt amounts to nothing. Just a Boo
Incl that fell in front of me, yo'
He was found Monday bv the dstsc
tiys. and since then a watch has beef
kept on 'Trelawne" to see that he dL
net escape. He became aware OF tn
detectives, presence and remained in
IS q beautiful young woman with wv,
young and attractive children.
Watch the House.
Warrants for Trelawney's arrest wer
Sworn out yesterday. and the Pinker
ton men with Detective-sergt. Wool
Tie vent TO howerre Park. The;
refused to admit, them. A basemen
window was broken and the detective
vent up. through the house to the 10
floor, where they found Capt" Ire
lawney ~barrlcaded In a small room be
hind a great mass of furniture. He wa
busy destroying letters and papers
When the officers had torn down tn
last barrier he had completed the de
struction of the papers. He had burne
everything except a book OF blank note
and a rubber stamp. The stamp wa
the fac-simile OF Shoninger's signature
nnNIrs. Trela whey became hysterica
wisn the police took her husband away
SIZE sobbed violently and held to hi
hani until she was dragged out of tn
house.
Fhe Pinkertons say they will now b
4 able to explain many forgeries whic
nAVe here'''ofe ieIllIneu "'Se'''