The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-31
BAIL FOR GOSLIN'S PAL.
NV AND JOBELMANN FURTHER
!" MITIGATE COSMIDES.

4 nrtstcrher Cos mides, the tool and con-
sra,e If Alfred R. Goslin, wac formally
L.,ced With receiving stolen goods by
.,siant District Attorney Lockwood in
!. West side police court yesterday after
t. The formal charge followed a con-
inn by Charles NJ Dunn, another asso-
:. NJ Coz lin. o under arrest, and an
Evil made by Frederick w. Jobelmann,
T. was AZ n time employed by Goslin.
~ss Cosmides who took the certificate for
/, IN shat es of United States Steel stolen
Z nnn to Somerville, Mass, and raised
rnO on it.
Ffsmides had been held in S12 900 bail in
!. West side court on Thursday. Yester-
4, bs LAWYER, Herman Witte, appeared in
O. with a note from Assistant District
Brnuey Lockwood saying that the District
,+,rnev had TO objection to q reduction of
k,Nto t3.oOo cash. Witte hustled out to get
LIdenosit the money and when he returned
{, told BY Ma g~istrate Wahle that the
.stant District Attorney had just called
{ n saw that in the light Of recent develop
s,,s he had decided not to agree to the
I5noed bail. The recent developments
Lnvrd 10 be Dunn's confession and Jobel-
L,,p's affidavit. 1t is rumored also that
Xnfession had been expected from Cos
L.. but that he had disappointed the
isstapt District Attorney at the eleventh
~
6nmides's counsel argued for a reduc-
Ma of bail, but Magistrate Wahle fixed it
4, 1900 cash and set the hearing OF the
ia for Tuesday afternoon.
bcording to Lawyer Witte, Cosmides
kl probably spend the intervening time
n MI. 1t was said that the District At
(orsy was confident Of voc laying his
E,Ms on Goslin and that the high bail
l., demanded to make sure Of having
Aa ntire gang IN hand.
b,ectives Conville and Flood Of the
fsul Office searched Goslin's Offices at
n Nassau street yesterday. They got
kp the rooms, but could not gain access
4 NO closed roll top desks without an
b., from the court.
| tbelmann, a thin, sandy haired mar Of
ah.t 50, told in his affidavit how he was
rt, to Boston to represent himself as
h confidential clerk Of a man named Bur-
pubs-Cosmides in disguise-and to ar
kare for the sale of the United States Steel
kztfoate which Cosmides as Burroughs
Ia deposited with the Beacon Trust Com
kry as collateral for the $1,000 loan. Jobel-
ham asserts that he was ignorant that
ksre was anything crooked in the trans
|cton.
The affidavit states that Cosmides was
resent when the arrangements were made
! send Jobelmann to Boston and gave
kIsrs and advice about the matter. He
BE- fitted out with proper clothes to play
3 part and got a not very liberal amount
I expense money. In the affidavit Jobel-
hnn says that he was directed to go to
b office Of Larrabie & Co., at l76 Federal
beet, represent himself as the con-
bsltial clerk OF Mr.. Burroughs, who was
IN Arkansas, and to clear out Burroughs's
kk and destroy all the papers found in it.
! Blrroughs's clerk he was to be known
Edward Barnard
After disposing Of the papers he was to
! to the bank and arrange for taking up
b loan. When that was fixed he was to
the brokerage firm Of Sweetser
10. and instruct them to take the steel
from the bank and sell it at the
LheI pIlCt. lC ObJCSt " eh eAS 80
realize more IN the certificate, Goslln
X being satisfied with the loan which
had made on it.
states that he had carried
( inst ructions, when he received a long
stance telephone call from Goslin saying:
Come home. Everything is off,"
says that when he returned
New York Cosmides was very anxious
know if all the papers had been de-
He was told that Jobelmann had
everything.
In a later conversation, Jobelmann says,
osin asked him if he knew "a bright young
h district and who would carry with him
Z addressed and stamped envelope and
kne in il any stock that he might have
to him and mail it." Jobelmann
Tvs that Goslin thus explained the propo.
tion:
The idea is that when this young man
rs his hands on a particularly good bunch
| stock he mails It to me and l dispose
I il to the best possible advantage and
i've the young man a chance to make some
According to Jobelmann, Goslin
nd that he would raise loans on the stock
Inside New York. He called it "a good
kance for a bright young man with a little
tre 10 make good money
SSSLIAtsi d1Colblh6 " OObCAhiob1 .
Latement, Joined in the conversation with
Pxin. Goslin said that he had a young
en working with a firm Of brokers who
[nly a little while ago pinched a United
1tes Steel certificate and mailed it to u.s.
Pen turning 10 Cesmides, he said:
Cos, here, let his beard grow and suddenly
pat lame and partly blind. He takes
y certificate to Boston and negotiates
zoe little loan on it."
Just at this point says Jobelmann, "a
EEt began to dawn on me in regard to
ytnp to Boston Later, he says, Goslin
f,roduced Cosmides, saying:
see you are beginning to understand
Rt' Allow me to make you acquainted
Fta Mr.. Burroughs"
Some time later, Jobelmann says, he
aled on Cosmides at $50 Greenwich street
va IN taking about matters mentioned
ss theft Of the Steel certificate.
Ny, Cos, why didn't you ever tell me
LAt i was Charley Dunn that stole that
Enhate'' asked Jobelmann. He says
ny Ccsmides replied;
Bood God, how did you find that out?'
W when told that Dunn had said 80 him
replied Cha riley is a da mn fool"
pynn's confession describes Goslin's
go Of getting other people to do his
tsInns, II tells the story Of the theft Of
: Steel certificate from De Coppett 4
Etemls According to Dunn's story.
Ism didn't pay his tools very we'll. Dunn
2 swea!s that on one Of his visits to
ISttln's Office Cosmides was pointed out
LIN as the man who was to disnose of
! stolen stock. This was, he says, after
Il had kicked many times at not getting
\ share IN the stock which he admits
n.Tng stolen.
Dunn also tells in his confession how
an secured a mortgage on the machinery
soaging to Dunn's father and uncle, and
4 offered to cancel the debt if Dunn
lp4d stelI some stock. This was the
Eenning # the deal which led to the
OF TIE Steel certificate. Dunn tells in
~ all the transa ctioEs in which he
Saeed under Goslin's direction, and