The sun., 1912-08-10
NICARAGUA HAllEN IS
ARRESTED HERE AGAIN
Five Years Ago lie sold Zclaya
Copper DrOss in Lieu Of
Cartridges.
NOW OWES FOR CLOTHES
Locked Up Charged With Jump
ing His Bail in a Bad
Check Case.

James ~. Hallen. whose picturesque
police record dates back at least fourteen
years. son,c of II in connection with Cen
trail American revolutions. was arrested
again YESTERDAY afternoon, 4 detective
found him at Conev Island and Brought
him back to the Elizabeth street police
station in Manhattan. charging him with
with grand larceny and bail forfeiture.
The incident for which Hallen was
locked up last October. the same incident
Of which for the time being he escaped
the consequences br jumping bail. was
only a speck Of thing and not worthy
Of the Hallen tradition. On October IS
he was arrested in the dining room Of his
boarding house on West Eighteenth street.
charged with giving Bro.,aw Brothers a
bad check in payment for clothes he
bought from them the Saturday before.
They locked him up in the Mercer street
police station. and he was let out on
$50 bail
The Grand Jury indicted him and he
was TO have pleaded before Judge Roeal-
sky on November i5 but he did no, ap-
pear His bail bond which was furnished
by the Illinois Security Company. was de-
ciared forfeit, and General Sessions
bench warrant was issued for his arres,
II was on such warrant that Ha,len was
lodged in the Elizabeth street police sta
ton
The most interesting thing connec ted
with the name of Jares ". Hallen is the
story Of the Ncaraguan revolution. Back
in 1903 there came a complaint from the
Government ot Nicaragua that il had
Inn In Nt e. 10
Zaaya. il appeared. wanted TO buy rifles
and cartridges in New YORK Halien.
who was familiar With going, on in Cen
ira America went 10 Ran on EChe.aieta. .
agent in New Work o' the \cara guam
Government and offered TO supply 100
iDp Remin ~ on cartridges cheap Eohs-ar-
eta listened to his story and agreed to
buy at Hallens price, sil.'0c.
BIT the cartridges reSsr got 20 Nica-
rasua Instead when the I.lsyans
oiencl the boxes labelled cart ridges
they found 10, Of copper GROSS and that
was all topter dross !, cheaf"r than
it is bough, for ballast,
In June. 1905. two New York Get tactives
arrested Hallen and took HIM to Jail
Echesareta had died IN the meantime
and the Nicalag,ian Consul al New Or
leans. who had happened To be in Blue :
fields when the boxes were orened, care
Eallen on the score that he had sSindled
the Sicaraguans ont Of sii,ocn.
Hallen. who was a lawyer until lie Was
sent to Sirg sing for taking h,, clients
money and di-barred figured up a shiewd
defence. John r Mcintyre was hi. law :
yer. Hal len did not deny that he had sold
COPPER dross to the Niacraguan Govern
merit instead OF cartridges, but he said
tha, Echesareta had been in the plct with
HIM and had pockcted most Of the money
Moreover. II wa- declared that lie was
~ reality the agent of tho Gilaieina ,aIi
GoNerurent and had actri IN it, behalf
in selling bogus ammunition TO ~. /-
layans
Nr Mcintyre argued thu; Ieiays had
IN his mind the o. erthro" Of other en-
tral American republics by force Of arms
and that Halien'- substitution of copper
dro-- for cartridges was - proper de-
fersive measure Zclava never became
America. and one OF the reasons for his
failure was Hallen's trick here in New
! ork. Hallcn was acquitted on the
score that tha prosecution had failed 10
mako onr case against MIN.
hallen, who one. wore II hlaon heard
aud had an air of distinction, rent TO
sing sing on an eight year sentence in
is9s for hay Ing ised $4,000 of his clients,
money fen years later he said he had
paid back rrost Of the money. In March
i8ii James ". Hallen was arrested In
Washington on suspicion Of ha, ing tried
&c bribe employees Of a building in which
the attorneys for the Meyican re, ol,i.
tioni-'s had their offices. II was alleged
that he was in the paw of the Diaz Go, =
ernment and was trying to pry into the
secrets ~ the rcl olntionist-,
Wien llallen VAS arrested last tall
for the $50 NJ check ON the Manhattan
| rlist Company which he gave BroNa~
Bros in payment for nsS clothes a de-
,ective found "a trail Of bad bills. He WAS
eating dinner with his wife when the
detective found him. Mrs, Hallen de-
clar.d that she had been married 10 Hal
len for only IA rhor, time. She used TO
live in Sufern. v. V, she said. where
Hallen lived for time, and had met him
i"o years previously. She supposed h.
vas a broker.
n" says nov he is in tho moving picture
business. Tie has left Of wearing beard
and has a mtistache and goatee Instead.