Recorder Goff A Sleuth

Recorder Goff A Sleuth.

His Intuition Led to Identification of a Prisoner's Confederate.

Recorder Goff of New York brought about the capture of an alleged highwayman in his courtroom the other day and committed the man to the Tombs, says the New York Times. Charles McCarthy of New York was on trial charged with highway robbery in a saloon, the complainant being John Connolly, aged sixty-five, of the Bronx, who said that McCarthy had a confederate.

When the recorder had heard the old man's story, he ordered the attendants to close the doors of the courtroom and not to allow anybody to leave.

"Now, Mr. Connolly," he said to the witness, "go among the spectators and see if you can find McCarthy's companion."

The old man seemed not to understand at first, but he made his way to the spectators' seats outside the railing. He went among the crowd for about ten minutes, peering into the face of each man there. Finally he stopped at one of the rows of seats in the rear and gazed hard at a young man seated in a corner.

"That's the man, your honor," he exclaimed in a voice that was shrill and loud so that all the courtroom could hear him, pointing at the young man, who attempted to conceal his features.

The recorder ordered the court officers to bring the young man before him. He gave his name Edwin Cahoon, and he did not say anything to indicate that Connolly had made a mistake. He was led away to the Tombs, and the trial was resumed with the result that McCarthy was convicted of robbery in the first degree.