Year: 1879

John and Ellen King. the pickle dealers OF Vesey
street. who were robbed of fortune by sneak thief
year ago. returned yesterday from New Jersey.
whittier they had been to bury their mother. q mo-
tice Of whose death appeared in yesterdays HERALD:
Overwhelmed with grief as they were at the loss of
their mother. who had been helpless invalid for
years, and for whom they had cared tenderly they
still more troubled to learn on their return
that the gossips OF the neghborhooi had
been busy and had circulated malicious about
them and their dead mother. OF the old lady some
one had said that she had been out of the house
very seldom for two years past and that generally
when she went out 1t was to visit liquor store,
when the fact is that she has been unable for
that length OF time to walk the room to which
she was confined. 1t had also been said that proper
care had not been taken of the corpse, whereas 1t
had received handsome burial in Jersey City, in
the graveyard of st. Peters Church. '.The gossips
even insinuated that We were never robbed" said
Ellen King to our reporter, land Captain Saunders
smiled incredulously when he was asked about it.
Why. Captain Saunders knows we were robbed. and
what is more he told me that he had found the man


'How thaty" asked the reporter in surprise


why. shortly after the robbery Captain Saunders
told me that man had como to him and offered to
restore the bonds for reward and he asked me what
reward would give. asked him If the man really
OF them and that he he Clptan) know it was one of
mine. told him what reward we would give, and
ne sAio no was W ieet tho man again ana would get
the bonds. but he never came near us again. John
went to the station several times and finally saw
Captain Saunders. and he said that the man hadn't
come to time Johnnie asked him why he didn't
arrest the man. and he said that he didn't daro to.
for he the Captain) was man OF property and
afraid of an action for false imprisonment. he
didn't know the law very well.'


These accusations were mentioned to Captain
Saunders. In reply he said -


"Shortly after the King robbery man named Lee
called at the station house with letter of
mendation from Captain Mount. This man said
that he knew party who had the bonds but who
was then III Philadephia. He expressed wish to go
to Philadelphia with view TO capturing the
thieves. but had not the means to CO.
supplied him with the money: On his return
from Philadelphia he appeared at the station
house. must say. under the influence OF liquor.
should have mentioned that he had tcegraphed me
from Phadelphia that everything working
right. Ho was only one day in Philadelphia. At the
money aud said that the reward should be increased
from $500 to 81, 900. This Lee and myself left
the station house together on that occasion. hav
ing first instructed Detective Mulvey to keep track
Church streets i left Lee. telling him
to wait there until should return. I
went to the residence Of Mrs. King and
she expressed her Willingness to increase the reward
to 81 ,0O0 returned and told Lee. As to the
particulars of the method by which endeavored to
ted tho robbery. it would not be my duty to tell you
1t Is sufficient to say that finally this fellow told
myself and Mulvey that no knew nothing at all about
the whole affair."


It is asserted" said the reporter ssthat you saw
one Of the stolen bonds?"


1T is not So" replied the Captain.


"And that you were afraid to arrest the man be-
cause you yourself wore man of property and lia-
BILE to action for false imprisonment


II don't even own plot in graveyard" was the