The sun., 1906-12-27
HABEAS CORPUS FOR A THIEF.
MAGISTRATE CRANE WOULDN'T
ACCEPT MS BONDSHAN.
ScOIded Detective for Making Arrest on
General Principles es-Accused Man soon
Got lawyer and BOndsman -MagIS-
trate Finally Yields on Advice Given


trate Finally Yields on Advice Given.
Magistrate Crane in the Tombs police
court committed Harry Lewis of 34 Broome
| street yesterday to the Tombs for forty
eight hours to give Detective Sergeant
Toner chance to go out and hunt up his
record in the hope that something might be
| found to warrant his commitment 20 the
| workhouse as a vagrant. Lewis expected
to be merely arraigned and turned out as
he had been many times before. The
detective frankly said he had no evidence,
that he had taken Lewis off a car on general
principles, as he knew him to be a thief.
And why haven't you got evidence
against him?' Magistrate Crane demanded.
what are you paid for? What right have
you got to bring men like him before this
or any other court without a shred OF evil
dence2 In any European capital a police
man would never dare do such a thing
They know the records of men of this class
whom you call professional thieves from
childhood. II our so-called Detective BIZ
reau were anything but such in name il
would know every move these men make
The Magistrates are more than willing TO
cooperate with you in putting these men
where they cannot prey on the citizens"
Magistrate Crane then said he would
hold Lewis for two days as a vagrant on
a short affidavit and ordered Toner to 20
out and hunt up the mans record.
Your Honor, I'm no vagrant I've got
money" protested Lewis, flashing a roll
OF gold certificates. From the Tombs Lewis
sent out half dozen messengers. One
got Louis Siegal of Siegal q Nolan for his
LAWYER Siegal hunted around and found
Eugene Driscon, who agreed TO 20 on
Lewis's bond at 81 900.
Il went to school with him and will bail
him out" Driscoll told the Magistrate.
aNo, sir; / won't accept your bona, said
Magistrate Crane 1t took Siegal only long
enough to draw up the papers to jump down
TO the Supreme Court and get writ of
habeas corpus from Justice Vernon M
Davis. He lost no time in serving it on Mag
istrate Crane
-Oh, this don't scare me" said the MaU-
istrate. IF the District Attorney thinks I
ought to take this bond, III do il: other
wise you will have to get a writ OF man
damus. Your writ of habeas corpus don't
work in a case like this"
Just then Assistant District Attornev
Johnstone came in and advised that the
bond be taken. II was good, he said, Dris-
coll having not long before qualified In n
1000 bond which had been accepted
If you say 40 n do IT, Otherw lac I
will let Justice Davis have the responsi-
bility of turning this thief out 10 renew
his work. said Magistrate Crane Mr.
JohnstOne did so advise, and the bond
was accepted and Levi released, Lawye,
Siegal Withdrawing his habeas oorpus
proceeding.
Magistrate Crane said ne could not under
stand why reputable citizens flock 10 the
aid of men known to be thieves of the
Lewis type. Honest men, he said. niebt
rot in the TOmbs on some trivial charge
with no such aid being proffered TO them.
There are 800 men in the Detectiva
Bureau, each getting 5000 a year said
Lawyer Siegal. If these men arraicnsd
here day after day are common thieves
why don't these wonderful sleuths go out
and get them with the goods onY'
That | don't know" said Ma1istrata
Crane. I've never had any DEALINGS
with these thieves. You have had, ana
perhaps you know why the detectives
don't get them right. as you say. Il Il
perfectly plain TO many people why the
Detectives don't put them away, think.