Sworn to before me this 10th day of September, 1900.
GEO. P. HAMMOND, JR., Notary Public (164), N. Y. County.
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_City and County of New York, ss._:
Richard A. Taylor, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
I reside at 339 West 36th Street; that on Wednesday, August 15th,
1900, I left my home at about 12:15 P. M. to go to my work,
as Pullman porter on West Shore R. R.; that when I left my home I
left on the shelf in the closet in the front room of my suite between
sixty and seventy dollars in bills, which money I was saving to pay
my tuition in college next winter; further, my wife did not know that
the money was there; that on my return Saturday, August 18th, 1900,
between five and six P. M., I was told by my wife of a visit
of police officers, about eight in number, each of whom had a revolver
in his hand, and who wanted to know if there was a man in the rooms.
They were told that there was, and were shown Floyd Wallace, whom they
took out with them. They also asked for any firearms, and when told
that there were none demanded that a light be made so that they could
search. While the light was being brought some of the officers went
into the front room and forced open the closet. After they were gone my
wife remembered having left her pocketbook in a small satchel on the
floor. She immediately ran to the front room, and opening the satchel
found that all the money had been taken from her pocketbook except some
silver. Deponent on hearing of this immediately went to look for his
money and found it gone.