The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-30
FIGHT TO PINCH AUTO CROOK.
FROM PARIS TO RIVERSIDE DRIVE
THIS STORY RUNS.
Fig stresnider OF the RoEues' Gallery Does
the Grand Tour In Motor Car and Picks
In New Yorker Abr Oad-Sieuths
disguised Is Painters Pick Hin Up.

the Grand Tour In Motor Car and Picks
IN New Yorker AbrOad-Sieuths
D,sru,sed Is Painters Pick Him Up.
An mountaineering bet ween automo-
bilists that began outside Paris last April
ended Yesterday in a rough and tumble
fight In the Gainsborough Apartments, at
1lo Riverside Drive, where DR.. John A.
Harris lives DR.. Harris did not take an
active part in the scrap in his apartments
Yesterday afternoon, but Detectives Rear
don and Platt OF the District Attorneys
Office did. After an extremely lively scrap
they landed two stalwart prisoners in Police
Headquarters last night charged with grand
larceny and attempted grand larceny. The
West Sixty eighth street police thought they
recognized in one OF the prisoners Doc
Owen, the ex pirate Of the Atlantic smoking
rooms, but the Headquarters police said
no.
The prisoners we're booked as George
SNYDER, a salesman. SO years old. OF ITO
West ls4th street, and George Thompson
q broker, 80 years old, OF 10 West l2Ath street
Snyder's correct name is said to he James
strosnider, and Thompson Is known to
Use the name Of Mckee. The police think
ne " CdTu hIlhi diie shoy osAy D'AS'->'~'
is rapidly building up an international
reputation as a confidence man.
Strosnider. it is alleged, succeeded in
getting sl2 500 in real money from DR..
Harris on what are believed to be slightly
insecure securities Champe s. Andrews.
counsel for DR.. Harris. says the securities
we're certificates Of stock in bona fide
company, but the certificates were forged.
rptf a
Part Of the year automobiling in France and
Germany. coming home in March. Nearing
Paris one day on their travels they met an
automobile that had broken down. In
this automobile were Strosnider. his wife
and child Seeing they were Americans in
distress Dr. Harris offered to do what he
could toward repairing the broken machine.
Strosnder introduced himself as capital
list from Pittsburg. The broken automo-
bile was repaired and the Strosniders got
into Paris safely. DR.. Harris parted with
them before they reached Paris, but at the
parting Strosnder insisted on knowing
where his obliging countryman was going
to put up.
Two days later Strosnider and his wife
called on Dr. and Mrs. Harris at their hotel.
and Strosnider and DR.. Harris became
very friendly. Strosnider told the ply
stefan that he Tot only had made lot OF
money himself out that he had inherited
a great deal. He said he had a couple
Of hundred thousand dollars lying idle,
and that when he came back to this country
he would look up DR.. Harris and they would
go into some business deal together.
Strosnider was an affable chan and his
wife was charming. After Dr. Harris and
his wife left Paris to continue their auto
mobile tour they met the Strosniders several
times. once in Germany.
DR.. Harris got hack last March, and two
weeks after his return Strosnider looked
him up and they played ten cent limit poker
games at the Harris fiat. About March is
Strosnider confded to Dr.. Harris that he
had to have sl2 800 in hurry, and he asked
DR.. Harris to lend him that amount The
doctor lent it, and got the security that his
counsel says he has good reason to believe
is worthless.
Two weeks or so after getting this first
lean S;rosnider was back asking for loan
OF $500, for which he was willing to put up
more security Of the same brand DR..
Harris did not rr.' 90 - give him the second
lean, but put him of ".th some excuse, telling
him TO return later. Meantime Harris
went to consult his lawyer. In telling what
IT. had done Lawyer Andrews said last nj ght:
Il had Strosnider looked up in Pittsburg,
FnI | found he had a had record He
fegan his criminal career there by robbing
Chinese laundry. and then became a pro,
lnoter Of fake foot races. The police
finally drove him out OF town Then he
turned card sharp and swindler On July
90 1897 he was indicted on three charge
a larceny in Washington. d. L. Sentence
On two OF the charges was suspended, and
on the third he got five years. Aftor serv-
ing short time he was pardoned Dy the
tie President Mckinley.
His wife pleaded with the late president
until she convinced him that her husband
r5sa much abused man. learned that the
NJ" York police knew Il little about stro-
s.liter and that his face adorned the rogues'
gallery. 1t took some time to learn all this,
and meanwhile my client was holding him
Of on the second loan he wanted"
When Lawyer Andrews was satisfied
n1out Strosnider he told his client to
agree TO lend him the $500. Strosnidsr
raid he really wanted $4,000, but that he
could borrow $500 from another friend.
Harris was instructed to tell him that when
he could show the ST. 500 his other friend had
loaned him Harris would produce $500.
1t was arranged that Strosnider should come
after the money yesterday afternoon
1t happens that DR.. Harris is moving
from the 9Th to the 7th floor Of the Gains
borough and his apartments are upset.
1t did not look amss to have a couple OF
PAINTERS at work there yesterday when
strosnider called. He brought with him
to introduce to Dr. Harris his old friend
Mr. Mckee. who had loaned him $500.
strosnider brought forth that cash and
showed it. The two painters began to
show some interest In the proceedings, and
Lawyer Andrews. who was concealed in
another room, yelled to the painters to
arrest Strosnider and his friend Mckee.
The painters we're Reardon and Platt
Both are husky young men and they jumped
at their prisoners. both OF whom are stall
wart fellows Strosnider tried to get to
the door leading into the hall. Rearcion
bounced on him while Plat tackled Mckee
They rolled all over the room, and some
one telephoned to Police Headquarters
Tor help in a hurry. The message was
Transmitted to the West Sixty eighth street
station, and four policemen were ent