The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
GOT CHANGE FOR BAD CHECKS
w. y. STANDISH, 60 YEARS Old,
THROWS W HIS HANDS.

says That He Ii 0ettlnO Old and That
the Newark PolSee Can Send 1lim "a
PSteea fes tAe Rest q HI Naeurai Ilfe
- Ne 0evee Q Lese q Me Transactions
The Newark police have in custody q
man, about % yeAss old, under the name OF
Joseph d. 6tandish, who n held for writing
checks upon = bank in Detroit In payment
for goods purchased and getting cash over
tho amount Of the bills. Tho checks are
signed with the name Of NJ. L. Williams,
cashier Of the Commercial National Bank
Of Detroit and Endorsed j. y. Standish.
He had several OF them In his pockets when
searched and had passed two upon old bottle
dealsrs In Newark. He used cards Of the
Hammond Standish Company. packers and
shipper OF dressed beef. In Detroit.
Captain OF Detectives John Cosgrove
Of Newark said yesterday that Capt.
Dousherty Of the Pinkerton office In this
city had asked him to hold the prisoner at
all hazards.
Cossrove called up the Detroit police
and was told that lots OF complaints had
been made about the man and that ]. W.
Stan<iishi q responsible man OF Detroit
was in Chicago. Cosgrove said that he
learned that his prisoner was known also
~ Philip Schmidt. 8. B. Dixon. Otis A.
Watson, 8. W. Boye, j. 8. Smith and j.
Kister In many check operations.
let Of offences, but refused to tell his real
name or whore his home is. He said,
however. that he was not known to the
police anywhere, as he was never caught
before Superintendent Bailey OF Pinker-
tone agency here went to Newark last
had never seen him before, but he found
ON bis list q number Of complaints Of offences
that 6tandish confessed to. On the list
given to the Newark police by the prisoner
were the following transactions:
,Boushs' avg a. Of Coule han He oSs =.
under name Of 8: B. Dixon: Oct; %
Purves Machine Company. Philadelphia,
bought meat Gutter; gave check for Slls.75
got As.7s change as Otis n. Watson. Nov.
Thought machinery Of L. Powers 4 Co..
Saans Of hoSss fss
Jan. is-Bosight scales OF John Chattilon's
Sons for o7s, and got Us change.
Last year he bought two carloads OF
cement from two firms in Philadelphia
!, last year, he bought $500 worth Of bottles
from +. Harnil Of this city and got S2S.
In November. he purchased $500 worth OF
machinery from E. J. Brown 4 Co. of this
city and got 80 balance. On Dec. 20 he
bought q monument Of p. n. Foran Of this
city for 800 and got $50 In good money for a
worthless check Endorsed y. 7. Smith,
On Feb. 4 he purchased . big bell from
the Meneely foundry at Troy and gave
March he bought =, Bliokensderier type
writer in Philadslphia from 80 check
and got ol6 change
He d an extremely fine-lootdng and
plausible old man, with white hair. rotund
figure and merry tw1nking eyes. He
wears fine clothes, a big diamond stud
and hooks like prosperous business man.
He said Last night that he understood very
well that he was getting old and that the
Newark police had enough proof against
him to send him away for the rest Of his
natural life, 70 that he had no compuno-
ton about falling Of the other cases he
had turned OF.
In every instance he used checks upon
Il~trOff hapko