The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-30
GREENGOODS, CASH, AND MEN.
DETECTIVE, PLAYING COME-ON,
MAD 10 SHOOT TO GET EN-.

Haul Consists of Gainey the Pickpocket,
Geo. Parker. Broker: 81 ,00A, Pawn
tickets Thai Smell OF Street Car Work
and some Paper Nicely COlored Green.
potective Sergeant Alfonso s. Rheaume
r'ayed the come-on in a green goods game
Yesterday. He brought back 81, ee4 in real
muney, a peck Of the queer and + VIC green
goods operators. One Of the prisoners has
E,,ng police record. He ia j ohm c. Tucker,
lrown to the police as Gainey, the pick
rocket, a criminal who goes after big
game. The other, who said he was George
Parker of 1874 Sands street, Brooklyn, a
broker. is unknown to the police.
Fhoaume was selected for the work be-
ca.sp he is a Frenchman, and the come-on
'e'tcis were written in French to a French
Saloon keeper in Chicago. He got tired of
them after a while and notified the Chicago
y.,' office, which put the case W to the post
onu.r inspectors in this city. Inspector
Eov'o asked Inspector Mclaughlin for a
PROV Imam and got Rheaume.
Rneaume began the game by writing
letters in the name of Louis c. Marceau,
tre chicago man. and having them de-
!iyoroi with a Chicago postmark. When
the operators judged that he was ripe they
aert him explicit instructions regarding
his Journey to this city. In accordance,
they received a telegram from Chicago
on Wednesday morning giving news OF
Marceqn's departure and later another
from Buffalo. The kilograms were sent
by tho police.
Rheaume was on the platform OF the
Grand Central Station when the train ar
..-l from, rhioo IN or I IN uasfar1oy oPfar-
noon. He mixed with the passengers,
vaIted out with them and took a car to the
Ashland House, where he registered as
J.. e. Marceau, Chicago, and went at once
to a room.
Presently there we're three knocks at the
door ard there entered a tall. we'll groomed
man. whom the detectives recognized as
Tucker. Tucker handed out a letter in
French.
Il see it tells me to place myself under
vour directions, " said the detective after
reading it. Il am ready to do 40"
Tucker apparently wanted to be abso-
lutely certain that he had a real come-on,
and began conversing about Chicago.
Rheanme was familiar with the Western
city. Tucker went away, telling him to
be on the. corner Of Fourth avenue and
Twenty-fourth street in ten minutes
When the men met again Tucker led the
way to the Twenty-third street ferry for
Brooklyn, and in Brooklyn they took a car
to the City Hall. Then they walked around
for several minutes, Tucker plying tie
detective with questions. They sat in a
saloon on Fulton street for some time,
went out and walked around again and
finally strolled into a poor section OF the
city.
Rheaume noticed that he was being
sized up by a we'll dressed man who looked
out Of place. Evidently this man., like
Tucker, was satisfied with his inspection,
for soon the detective was taken to a room
on the ground floor OF a ramshackle build
ing at $50 Navy street INC introduced to the
we'll dressed starer.
This man Parker was introduced as
Francois Leurin, but his name was all that
was French about him. The detective
talked French to him. He replied in Eng
hsn and explained that he was born in this
country and acted az agent for a French
silk house,
Rheaume was led into a small room in
the rear. The only furniture was a table
and three chairs, and the detective was
seated in a chair at the end Of the table
and behind the door, where he could not
hreak on, easily in case he took alarm
parker went out and came back with
racLsre. os green naner On the TON
and bottom of every package was the
us'aI GOOD bill. and Parker Showed how
,hay hacked the money in square boxes
r"yered with oil cloth and sent il by ex-
lass Rheaume finally offered to buy
T. an of II FOR s400 He wanted TO nav
TShen and take if away, but thew insisted
,ha," If would he much saSer TO send il to
h,n, bv exnress, and he finally acouiesced.
Rheaume had left his valise in the other
,Sn = SAVING that his money was in il, he
w. It +o The Salise, reached in his pocket
o. # TO find the kew. pulled a revolver and
oove,,d Tie men
INSANITY both Tucker and Parker ducked
and grAnnled Win the detective about the
LnIv There was a ST ruggle for a moment