The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20
GOT AN AUTO FOR NOTHING
BUT A POLICEMAN ~ OVER
Ais WAS AIS MECHANIC.
And the Gar TOOk Him To . Detective
once where He Confessed That tho
Cheek for ~. IgG BE Had Paid Over
Mas Had Had n BiIl az sale All Ready

Robert Harris. who saws that he 10 q
clerk IN the Ordnance Department Of the
United States Army, stationed at the
provi ing grounds at Atlantic Highlands.
vas arrested Yesterday afternoon by
HEADQUARTERS detectives charged with
obtaining a s.. I55 automobile by means OF
a had check on the First National bank
OF South Amboy. y. J.
Harris gives his address as n Third
avenue. Atlantic Highlands According 20
detectives Shibles and Boyle. who mace
the arrest. he correspondent with the
Roskam-SCott Company, automobile sell
ing agents at 1850 Broadway, regarding
the purchase 81 an automobile. signing
himself John VI Wilson and using
stationery bearing tine letterhead. John
VI Wilson. manufacturer Of glazed ire
and common brick. South Amboy. y. j.
On FRIDAY. according To the detectives.
h. went to the automobile place and
agreed 80 buy a Packard roadster. No.
5G6I. OF which the price was S3.I5s. and
paid $50 on account. lie wAs to return
Yesterday ami complete the bargain by
giving them check and taking the ma
chine The automobile people were not
entirely satisfied and notified the Fifty
second street branch detective bureau.
Shihles was sent To the garage yesterday
morning and put On ovsralls.
Harris appeared according to agree
ment and selected a few sundries costing
the $50 cash hs had uaid IN. then gave q
check for S1.I7S. the price Of the car. Inc
check was dated Yesterday and was made
pavable To the Roskam- Scott Company.
h was drawn on the FIRST National bank
Il Am lhfny alu N
VI. Wilson Across the face OF u was
" hat UurIspr'cd tn b" a ceTtlfication stamp
with a signatur" a. cashier. John VI.
wilson was prIne,d across the end Of
tho check
Tn. company furnished chauffeur
g. take Harris and the car home. Shiblss
clint ssi in a. mechanic ian in case any
thing uc.',i'i adjusting The chauffeur
drove To- the branch detective bureau and
Shtbie- eNuiaiu,d that there was some
doubt about ths CheCk and that II would
~. we'll To- come upstairs and explain
matters Harris loNt ms nerve when he
r.aIty..d where hs was the detect ives say
amt admitted that hi> name was not
Wilson huJ Harris and that the check was
u, g-,d.
IN ms pocket was found a hill OF sale
made put to John VI Wilson on thu bill
hcat Il Harry y Stokes. agent for various
av,ouopIleS n 2l2 Market street. south
Amhoy. p,ITV"rtng 20 show that on June
10. 1879 wilson had bought "a ~ horse
power Packard No. serl from Stokes for
IS - IhIs hill was marked paid with q
rubber stamp and was signed III. =
Stokes IN" detectives say that the
cisrk admitted that this bill too was
bogus u - .hs suggestion 81 the police
tna' Harris had Intended to sell the ma
ch ~. and that he had prepared this bill
of sale a. proof ~ ownership. In his
poCArts also we're found a road map Of
New Jersey. o. chauffeur lICcnse and an
=
dat,-i February -. 1910.
Harris wore SIDE whiskcrs Il about a
rn.itn's growth. He admitted that he
does not usually wear such ornaments