Edward Brown arrested for robbing Charles Meyer

While sleeping on a Brooklyn-bound subway train, the deponent [Meyer] had his saxophone [valued at $205] stolen from his side. The defendant [Brown] was later arrested by a police officer, at 145th street and Eight Avenue, attempted to pawn said instrument. Upon being questioned, defendant claimed that he had been sold the instrument for $10 by an “unknown man,” and that he knew that it was stolen property.