The evening world. Newspaper, January 12, 1906, Page 4

a CONFESSES Ble telo Tells Police Full Story of the Wall Street Raid . That Fizzled. to THEY GET LITTLE CASH. Issue of $4,300,000 in Bogus, © Certificates,i but Only | Few Floated. MORE ARRESTS COMING, Seton Sent to the Tombs Without Bail When Arraigned Be- fore Recorder Goff. Samuel Humphries, arrested yester- @ay ‘as an alleged accomplice of Charles Augustus Seton in the torgery of $4,900,- 0 in “bogus stock certificates of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, made a @oniplere” contession to detectives at Polite Headquarters 2arly to-day. Humphries implicates Seton as the head and front »f the greatest criminal conspiracy that Wall street has known in years, owns to his own share in the thing and names the lesser figures in sult of bis admissions 1 disclosures which are budding out in other quarters there are likely to be more arrests before night. Seton, arraigned before Recorder Gcff! to-day, was committed to jai! untll,ton Company. That com; » Im Moh@ay over che protests of his counst!,;add, has no desire or Miatelitiga ‘of Charles Le Barbier. shlelding any person in its employ who amaging feature—perhaps theymay be Mable for this Norfolk and astonishing of the whole amazing tg that the guilty men are said 10 [Bave realized little or nothing from Ite of thelr shrewdness and guile. wi securtties having an ostensibie ye of millions in their hands, they -nigh penniless, s ur funds to Jawyers The reaton !s sald to Few Certificates Fioated. a few of the false certificates ud came, Duke & Co., of Cleve- E who, in perfect good faith, floated it hands before they paid over y ds, minus thelr percentage, to m or his accomplices. It is prob- . acoording to “a detective closely ted with the case, who talked Evening World reporter to-day, than half a dozen of the cer- actually got into circulation, @-that for these the forgers got but tie money. At Seton's rooms It is ht most of the forged certificates foynd Intact. pphries did not spare him: =# @ client of Seton, tried to row money on two of the certificates “Barnard & Clarke, and that he is the mysterious “E, M. Green, of Pittiburg,” wo laid down the certin- cate which, being scrutinized, has led tothe unearthing of the plot and the eapture of some of the plotters. Meanwhile, with Seton and Hum- Phpeys in solitary confinement at the Tombs, there are developments in new —quartera which Indicate the ramifica- tons of the big swindle may exiend to higher places than any yet tapped by wl Swarm of sleuths, public and pri- who are nosing thelr way Into ‘vy cranny which promises a clue or & captive. The pollce promise more arfests within a few hours. ‘To Question Manager Thomas. Manager Thomas, of the Hamiton ik Note Company. will, it 1s sald, be*questioned at the Central Omee dur- ing the day, Criticism ahd scrutiny are being directed at the Hamilton | Company. which lthographed and printed 100 fraudulent. certificates for | { Beton solely on the authority of a let- terhead from the WaAlGort-Astoria | signed by “H. B. Franklin, President “STOCK SWINDLE Thomas. Western transaction or any par: of It, They haye shown that by turning over to the District-Attorney all the evidence bearing upon this transaction as weil as upon any other transaction in which Mr. Thomas may have fi a seen sured with Mr. Bureau at Headquarters, declared posi- Hraly that neither Humpheies, in his confession, nor Seton, in his afer ,being arrested, Hespllca tea any one connected mn put out when the discovery of | Company, ‘tis like the jaded traveller prisoner when he was tatcen Goff to-day, charged with being @ fugi- protested, saying his client had beeen Seton's interests had been injured, and braced him as he was taken away. cuss the case. rests.”* mouth, Richland County, O., and at the village his mother, brother and sister etill ve. He was for a time Superin- tendent of the Methodist day~ at that place and mk cunsihenea VISIBLE RECORD PLYMOUTH, 0., 1597—Seton, then to death in a barn. aceldental was accepied. By CLEVELAND, 0., 1800.—Seton was ing peck: share of brother of of robbing the Howard home clry, while employed there an Me confeaned, saying he had and upon restoring it was No, 70 Wall street ferers under tu Complaniant went to Euro Tombs, Uct. 22, 1901.—Seton was arrested ographers in return for scca: released on bail. October, 1905.—The Setons gave OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS SETON. His explanation th $40,000, which he promptly wasted. ELLENVILLE, N, ¥. June 1, 1000.—Seton was arrested AEW YORK CITY, Aug. 22, 1900—Seton wa: for collecting funda f pretenses and keeping the money. 1001,Seton was ejected from the Lenox, on Thirty-second sweetheart, hired a lawyer for he was dismissed she was married to him. two others on the charge of grand larceny, He was indicted, but 1044 Fifth avenue and disappeare: ary, 1900.—seton was capiared at Turkeytown, 4 oe farmhand, o the charge of engineerin, re jock forgery. oo eee $$ ees the shooting had been death Seton Inherited hin fathe: accased by Dr. J, ©. Schia of hay- 1,200, extorte C. Hanna, written by came Bast. the charge at Napanoch, N. ¥., of much jew- @ tutor te young Watson Howard. tuken the jeweiry through spite, minned, rrested at his offices, India fami. at- Principal and Seton was released from the for trying to defraud women sten- ing for them fletitio: street with up thelr handsome home at No. hile dis- Western job. Do you deny that such a transaction occurred?’ “[ have nothing to say.” “Do you Tefuse to deny f?" “I dp." “Or to affirm it?" “Do you understand that your silence puts your company in the attitude of being responsible for the losses in- cured by the circulation of this forged certificate issue?” “TI have employed counsel," answered Thomas. “Attorney Herman 8. Graves. will answer all questions for me." He turned his back and refused to hear other questions put by the re- porter, Herman 8. Graves, of the law firm of Lester, Graves & Miles, No. 27 Pine street. was the next man to be visited. He sald: Represents the Company. “This firm does not represent H. @. We do represent the Hamil- Capt. McCauley, of the Detective had implicatea the Hamilton Seton, dapper and calm, looked little who arrived a from Maryland, before Recorder last night tive from justice. On request of As- sistant District-Attomey Garvan he was committed to the Tombe until Monday. ‘Seton's counsel, Charles Le Barbier. outrageously treated. The Recorder said he did not think ordered him to the Tombs without bail. Mrs. Seton, a handsome woman, was in court with her husband. She em- After Seton had been committed Dis- trict-Attorney Jerome deciined to dis. “Certain evidence has been given to me the Hamftlton Company,” he said. “but I cannot understand who ts implicated by {t or whether any one implicated, There may be more ai SETON SUPERINTENDENT OF A SUNDAY-SCHOOL. (Special to The Evening World.) CLEVELAND, 0., Jan. 12.—Charles| Augustus Seton, formerly lyed in Ply- homestead three or four miles from the \s0e and was considered a , man. and stitial law, Went Pari, at the Seton residence, when ihe ein ‘barles Augustus of the Norfolk and Western,” a purely mythical petsoriage, At the office of the chairman of the Board of Directors of the railroad, an official made this statement to a re-| porter for The Evening World to-day: “We believe that, some one besides those under arrest had knowledge of | what was intended. The usual cus- toms employed in safe guarding the printing of listed securities were ‘g- Morea. The manager did not require to) be furnished a certified copy of the rear passed by the Board of Di-! ra of the railroad authorizing a neW issue of stock, He did not submit | to fhe railrond company itself the form | of the blank certificate for approval b2- fore printing the issue. He haye the firm name of the printing com- engraved in type of a suitably in the edge of the scroll work as Fedhired by the stock exchange rules. In Rhie instance the name of the Ham- iitan Company wus printed in very ‘email type, in the white margin, en- | tirely away from the vignette, so that It it be easily erased. We are told that in some instances the name was indeed erased from the bogua certif-| entes.” ing upon information gathered Another source, an Evening World r went to the Hamilton Com- Pagy’s plant and succeeded with some difficulty in reaching H. G. Thomas, the ager, ‘This question was asked: ‘Thomhas Won't Talk, You, Bome time ago, long before Norfolk & Western forged certif- Were printed, take some work Seton—work which came near trouble?" have nothing to my,” said Mr, "Tt is alleged,” persteted the reporter, there came near being serious “hechute ‘ofa printing contract contract <a didnot) declared that he wos shooting at rats and a bullet hit hiv father. The elder Seton lingered for twelve or fourteen hours and dled. He did not regain con: sclousness before he died. The son's version of the affair was generally ac- cepted and there was no arrest or in- vestigation by the authorities, after the funeral the son left the vil- Jage. ~~. Have a Laugh! A fine sunshiny story by George Ade, | the famous humorist, “Shiner’s Love- Making tn a Crowd,” tn the early edi- HELD FOR HANDLING STOLEN SECURITIES Mysterious Prisoners in the Tombs Detectives Say Were “Fence” for Boston Thief. Acting Captain McCauley to-day littes the vell of mystery off the three pris- oners sald to have been !mplicated In n Sreat financial swindle and who were yesterday remanded for forty-eight hours in the Tombs in default of $5,000 bali each. The men are accused of acting as a “fence” for a Boston thief who stole $5,000 worth of securfties from James B. Ayer, of that city, The three described themselves as John Bough, sixty-six years old, a broker living at No. 6 Greene avenue, Brooklyn; Jordon Seeley, a lawyer, of No. 331 West Forty-first street, and Thomas Gibbons, a clerk, of No. 759 Ninth avenue. “On Jan. 9 Chief Inspector Watts, of Boston, wrote to. me,” said Acting Capt. MoCauley to-day. “He said Mr, Ayer was robbed on a street car. A second letter said some of the secur- itles had come back through the In- ternational Trust Co. of Boston. Wp traced them to the Corn Exchange Bank here and thence to the National Bank, of Northport, L. I. “Detectives Woolridge “and ‘Paylor went to Northport and learned the se- curitfes had been put through the bank by George 8S. Brush, a real estate man, of No. 161 Park Row, who lives in Northport. Brush quickly proved he was an innocent party. He had met Bough and Seeley by chance in a Park Row cafe, und they asked him as a favor to put through the securities. Mr. Brush took the detectives to the cafe and pointed out Seeley and Bough. Gib- bons was arrested later. He says he had nothing to do with it, but admits be knows of the transaction. Gibbons ‘ourth man, but we think he We do not know who stole the papers !; Boston. Those we have under arrest are not men who would do that sort of work.” Bough’s picture Is in the Rogues’ Gallery, and he is well known to the lie. Seeley was once a ju in Ww jersey, and went to prison for misap- Propriating funds of a client. Gibbons js a brother-in-law of Alfred R. Gosiin. BOSTON, Jan, 12—Chiet Inspector Watts says the Ayers robbery was not as large as at first supposed, the thieves getting coupons valued at $300, As the New York men are charged with receiving, and not with the harceny It- self, they will not be brought hera CHILD CLUNG TO DOLL WHEN HIT BY CAR. Knocked down by a car at Lexing- ton avenue and Sixty-elghth street, to-day, throwh fifteen fost, pnd squeezed under the fender, bruised and cut and breathless, seven-year- old Ruts Hedenwall, of No, 1162 Third avenue, clung to her doll till she was scued. Patrolman Courtney of the ast Sxty-seventh street station dragged her from under the fender in time to prevent the wheels from crusn- ing! her. She was found to be slightly hurt, her injuries consisting of cuts and bruises, and sse was taken home, The child was on her way to the m |kindergarten of the Normal College, at Sixty-eighth street and Park avenue. Cc was on the Lexington avenue out for other children ensesing, lookin, ‘then passing, when she ran in front of @ car and Was knocked down, When rescued by the policeman, the Uttle one cried while the mud was ing brushed off her clothing and he tried find how badly she was hurt. When tions of THE EVENING WORLD to- morrow. i 86 “STREET AND 3"*AVE. Corsets. The “Nemo” Grand Prize isa two-dollar value at 1.00 White, latest model, in every size at present. It's a bid the maker uses for better acquaintance, relying on | fit to} satisfactory service hold your trade at double price next time. We've some 200 R. & G. too, at 1.00; ie found that her oe with which she is allowed’ to pay. in ae Hinder. rarten, was unhurt. she felt a goo deal better, and dried her tears. ee COLUMBUS AVE, NEAR 82™ st. Silk Waists Reduced from4.45&5.95to 2.98 for quick clearance, including Black and Colors in varied assortment of designs, embracing all sizes, though not of each. The shelf room is needed for newcomers booked to arrive right after inventory. Mean- while we prefer cash to waists. { THE WORLD ‘MORALES TAKES AEFUGE UNDER ~ AMERICAN FLAG Fugitive President of San Domingo Dodges Into U. S. Legation. SAN DOMINGO, Jan. 12.—The fugitive has sought refuge In to resign the idency and leave San Domingo. It Is claimed here that the step taken by rales in seeking the protection of the American flag. virtually puts an end to the disturbances in this republic. WASHINGTON, Jan. ‘The State Department was advised several days ago that efforts were making to com- tirement of President Mo- Fales ‘trou oftice and his witudrawal from Santo Domingo. It was under- stood then that the fugit! President had offered to resign his .office if he were given safe conduct out of the country, and it was supposed that his proposition would be accepted by the Caceres party, With that understanding one of the American gunboats was being held in Teadiness to take Morales aboard and transport him to Porto Rico. It Is said now at the State Department that while this programme may be adhered to, if a complete understanding is reached be tween Morales and the de facto gov ernment, the former may safely take | the first vessel that leaves port, either a warship or one of the regular liners, | and thus terminate the incipient rebell- ion and insure the continuance of peace- ful conditions in Genito Domingo. Such an outcome would be entirely satisfactory to the State Department, because It has had satisfactory assur- ances that the Caceres government will live up to the existing temporary ar- rangement as to customs collect!on: Secretary Taft to-day received from George R. Colton, General Comptrolleer and Recelver for Dominican Customs, the following cablegram dated San Do. mingo: “Garios Morales, with broken leg, ac- companied y representative Monte Christi revolutignists. took refuge in Teention of United States, last night. Expected to resign to-day.” ‘The State Department later in the Gas recelved advices by cable which make It apparent that the diffculty is at e n San Domingo. Thev were the effect that yesterday morning M. ies claimed asylum at the American legation, Ho nas voluntarily resigned his pres- idential office and Is colng to San Juan Porto Rico. This probably will end the constitutional difficulties and the fnwt rection In the opinion of the State De- vartment’s Informant. EXPLOSION CAUSES SCARE ON ST. MARK’S PLACE. ‘There was panic In the girls’ indus trial school at No. 123 St. Mark's place when a sewer blew with the thundering roar of a 1f-inech gun and emashed the man-hole cover into about sixteen thou- sand pieces. The girls screamed as they dropped their baskets, needlework, paint brusies and clay modelling out- fits and started for. home. ‘The tenement dwellers in the neigh- borhood were quite as scared. Frederick Sohwenke. of No. 212 Eas * FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1906. AT BRONX FIRE Gobel Forced Way Three Times Through Smoke Then Fell Unconscious A small fire in a plumber’s shop in the basement of the five-story tenement at No, 631 East One Hundred and Thir- ty-eighth street this afternoon created such a volume of stifling smoke that tenants on the upper floors were wver- come. Policeman Gabel, of the Alex- ander avenue station, risked his life in resoulng two women, two children and an old man, qnd fell unconscious on the sidewalk after he had completed his task. Policeman Carney and the fire- men assisted the tenants on the top floor across the root to No. 633. H, Fitapatrick owns the plumbers’ shop, which was full of rubbish. A plamber's stove was upset by one of the workmen, and the flames commu- nicated to the rubbish, Smoke poured out into the cellar and vp the dumb- waiter shaft and stairways. Policeman Carney turned in the alarm while Gablel entered the house. In a flat on the second floor he found M: Mary Gvrman, the janitress, on floor, unagle to move, with her two- year-old daughter Mary in her arms. Iie carried mother and child to the sidewalk, then fought his way through the smoke to the thin floor. There he found Mrs. G. Nichols and her three- year-old mn Edward unconscious in the hallway. Gabel hoisted them on his shoulder and carried them to the outer air. Although his luni were full of inflamed FIVE LIVES SAVED (LAWYER PAT BYAPOLICEMAN | smoke and his eyes so he could “scarcely see he went into the} house a third time. On the fourth floor | he found W. Gamble, sixty years old, | overcome. carried him out, and start- ine back, fell to the sidewalk senseless. | Patrolman Camey and the firemen went through the house and got to the| top floor but were unable to return. wo women ‘and three children were tn the hallway. | They were helped to the | roof and guided to safety. e blaze was confined to the basement and the damage was small. MENACED A BANKER | TO.GET ARRESTED. Abrate Says He Wrote Black Hand} Letter to Secure Interest in His “Invention.” When Nicolo Abrate, of No. 102 West Twenty-ninth street, who wrote a “Blagk Hand” letter to A. Cuneo, a ‘banker of No. 28 Mulberry street, de- manding $250, was arraigned before Re- corder Goff to-day he pfeaded gullty. “I wrote the letter to be arrested," Abrate told the Court. “I wanted to n Invention I fave before the “What is your invgntion?”’ inquired Recorder Goff. “it's @ chemical preparation,” re- piled Abrate, “tHat by looking into it when you talk through the telephone you can see the mun you're talking to, no matter how far Ciba? e is.” “Certainly a_ valuable invention,” commented the Recorder. Abrate said he had written letters to Elghbty-fourth street, and Edward Roth, of No, 818 Monroe’ street, who wers passing near the scene of the explosion. ere struck pleces of cover. They were not seriously hurt. The ex- plosion was caused by the gus being ignited by electric wires, President Roosevelt, the King of Italy and J. P. Morgan about his invention, Sut had received no replies. Recorder Goff remanded Abrate tothe Tombs Jan. 26 Girected “Inspector and O'Brien to investigate his record. til O'Brie 132 to 146 W. 14th St. Bet, 6th and 7th Aves, Next Frida; and The Overcoat: Russian styles years. Money back on request. 5 Reliable Fabrics in new, neat, dark cffects, cut in the latest fashion and well ta‘lored. duably lined by experts. STORE “TWO STORES." Surprise Special Sale No, 330, Boys’ Double Breasted Suits and Children’s Russian Overcoats On Sale One Week Ending of The Suits—Fancy Chev- jots and Cassimereg pretty mixtures, styipes overplaids, durable suits, nicely’imade and perfect fitting; sizes up to 16 years, Oxford, made with brass buttons and emblem on the sleeves, Sizes, 3 to 8 The Famous Double Guarantee of the Surprise Store. 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The Governor intimated to-day that some of the petitions bore evidences of having been circulated by men hired for the purpose. District-Attorney Jerome hay not in- formed Gov, Higgins that he Is opposed to the exercise of executive clemency. “Nor have I received any notice trom Mr. Jerome,’' added the Governor, “that he will be present at the hearing which Iam to give on Monday. The hearing will not be on the main question, wheth- er I shall grant executive clemency, but is given simply to determine whether Patrick's attorneys are entitled to a hearing on the main question." The Governor is not inclined to put too much faith in the petitions of emi- nent men, asking for pardon or commu- tation of sentences, believing that many of them act without going into the merits of the case. The belief prevails here that Patrick will not. as circumstances now exist, TIFLIS, Caucasia, Jan, 12.—Three hundred and fifty persons were killed or injured as an outcome of an attack made by Cossacks yesterday on the Armenian Seminary here, following the throwing of two bomba from that in- stitution at a passing patrol. Four Cossacks were wounded and a boy was killed by the explosion of the missiles. Artillery was immediately called up and the seminary surrounded and shelle¢, The building soon burst into flames and the bombs and cartridges stored therein exploded. Thirty-three persons perished during the fire while over three bundred were injured by five or wounded by shella. troops subsequently shel an- other Armenian house where bombs and weapons were hidden and killed eight revolutionists, WARSAW, Jan. 12—The members of the Executive Committee of the fight- Ing organization of the local revolu- w Most Forcibly to Men Who Pay Cash, HE Hope Corner is building a permanent reputation on its Fine Overcoats, Cus- tomers of a critical disposition, after making comparisons at other leading stores, come. here and buy. Even clothing salesmen and journeymen ‘tailors from other ses are buying coats of us. arrested to-day. At thei . Governors tess eke ha reese Hesdetarters the police discovered a se. |{ Professional men who have to commute Patrick's sentence to life |Gr*;,>nnting press and @) number of|| heretofore paid $50 to $75. for prepared for issuance by the revolutionary tribunal. 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