The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-04
A PRISONER BANDED ABOUT
THREE TOI RTS DENIED BtNk
CIERk Uf tRTNG.
West Side ami Jefferson Market Masi>.
trafes said the Case Was without
Their Province and Tssnb. Court
Was Closed Ne Nfoo u Nppe aIesf To.

Their Pr",in and Tssnb. Cour,
Was Closed Ne >uoo l. kppea Ira To
Cornewall 4 Arnold. who hives al Sii
West issa street. wandered about New
York FOR three hours yesterday with De-
tective Stringer trying to find a Magis.
uafe who would arraign Arnold ON a
charge Of stealing si.t,5 from the branch
Of The Corn Exchange Bank al Seventy
second street and Columbus avenua
where he was a clerk. After visiting three
pohoe courts and Chief Magistrate
McAdoo. Arnold was srIll held at Police
Headquarters yesterday afternoon. Hts
arraignment wal take place to-day or
possibly tomorrow.
The prisoner was arrested ON FRIDAY
afternoon at III Broadway II was nearly
II O'Clock yesterday morning when h-
appeared in the West Sid. court in West
fifty-fourth street Lawrence Durham
manager OF the seventy second street
branch. was there TO make out the com
plant The clerks drew th. papers and
everything Wa ready for IN" arraigu
manf when Mugistrat. Freschi refused
TO entertain IN. complaint
Il don know WHY tn. cs,... was brought
In the First Court have no JurisdC-
fioD
The Magistrate explained that his
Interpretation Of the new inferior courts
Law was that "a prisoner should h" ar
raigned before the Magistrate sitting IN
the court nearest TO the place wher" the
arrest was made
The arraigniug party then >.'Tr'"d
for the elevated and got 10 the l"mh-
court. where II was found rhar Magi--
trate St"iner1 hai finished 1T c.-"- amt
adjourned court until SUNDAY nornIns.
AZ SATURDAY. afternoon l. q hali no liav ~
the Ma gi.srat.-S courts i'a'-man Lang
telephcnei to Jefferson Market court
10 find ont If the io"r~ we're stu open
there
Bring him along -aih the Jefferson I,
Market clerA II Won can get here rlght /
away fh. .Jndg,. VIII hear s,nl
Det.ctiv". prisoner gud witnesses made .
for the NiAth ar"n'.'- elevated ana ~
fifteen minutes We're. ~ 'n,. Jefferson Mar !
ket court a: SiN-h HN"u,... a:id Tent Ia street
Magistrate Hou-" agreed !" hold court .
open iInth tho arrangement papers were /
prepared IavrsnC" pl!nham Tho branch ,
bank manager. TOLD IA" clerks that the
larceny consisted of the misapproprIation B
of two checks. ou. for 81. 100 and the nth her .
for S.2j. He SAID that Arnold had put
the checks through but had failed To
credit them 10 the deposltors com
plant was taken on 'he - u0n check which .
was deposited on November r. and the
prisoner WINS Ia ken b.for" th- Magistrate .
Here cam. setback No =. Magistrate
House when told the CIrCumsiscceS Of
the alleged larceny held that wherever
jurisdiction might be- u surely wash
In his dist riot. FOR neither the supposed
crime nor the arrest took place ~ u
Back Arnold went ~ Police Headquarters
and there II was decided to get hold 81
Thief Magistrate Nc Adoo.
After lunch fine. according ia the
police. MeAdoo was reached Arnold was
brought before him and the opinion was
given that the prisoner should be re-
nanded for arraiHnInent in III" West sid"
court SO Arnold found himself wrer.. he
started from, IN a cell at Police Head
quarters
The shortage of which Arnold is accused
yas discovered 'aw DAYS ago when
iepositors who Thought they carried
sufficient balance were informed that
heir accounts Were overdrawn and an
invest igat ion showed thar the two checks
rad never been properly credited Ac-
'ording TO the police Arnold admitted
o them and To officials OF IN. United
states Guaranty Company. who are ON
lis bond that h" had spent a good deal
II money lately on the CAV life The
prisoner. who was neatly dressed and
.eemed cheerful mad" No statement ia
curt At the APARTMENT hptl-" on West
23d street where Arnold lives with MS
mother and rwo sisters 1t was said that
lis relatives could Me- NO explanation
\ friend Of rhc Young man laid tina,
rnOli SALARY u