, 1874-12-25
His Statement as to How They Operated in
st. Lonis, Chicago, Etc.
Their Do'ngs While sojourning in Canada.
Indictment Of the Two Most Prominent
Individuals.
Col. Tllorp III tho County-Jail.

at prosont lanGuiahtng In tho Montreal jail on
similar charge, whiio tho latter was arrested
yesterday, aud Ia at present confined In coil No.
II Of tho County JaiI. Tho facts III tho follow
ing history OF tho doinga Of thoso mon and their
acconp1icos during tho past fow years were pro-
sidcd by DR.. ". ". Airport, Of thin city,
In n recent iBauo OF tho London {Canada)
Free Press 1t is alleged. In tolographto dis
ratch TINT QUO Henry D. Phillips had hoon arrest
cl In Montreal for Lis connection with ono
McKumon in swindiing hlr. a. @. Sutherland, Of
tho tirm OF Sutherland, Haidlc Il Fleming, out OF
a24,00U. givon IN notes for d "patent" Of coa1-
oil s1ovo. II ia alleged TINT this Is tho same
Phillips who camo 10 this city little loss than
two years ago with ono II Col" James II. 1.Thorpa
cclobrated 'patent-right man, !" for tho purpose
Of disposing Of stock IN q Drck Machine Com
pany, aud who succeeded in getting FROM ono
citizen in different Haya something oYer 480, 900
iu cash aud available property.
This Dir. Phillips Is said to hait from Trenton,
Nj, and, from evidence now on flo In tho
Cours-IIouho, leaves behind him anything but IN
onyable, reputation for truth, honesty and
yeracity.
PREVIOUS TO COMING TO CHICAGO,
Thorp, Phillips. their colleagues Wauleas, Dnr-
rows. nnd otlers, wore In St. Louis. wlora, un-
dor tho pretense OF starting manufactures for
burglar-a alxrns, brick-machiues, coal-oii stoves,
etc., thor succeeded IN obtaining from somo Of
Tho nloat respectable citizens of that place
money, aud property. and unpaid bills to tho
amount OF about $3.50, 900. Tho first known of
any of these parties in st. Louis wns James II.
Ihorp, who made hia appearance with
A DundLAn-ALAnM
which he represented hs QUO Of tho greatest To-
yontions Of tho ngc, md in worry general uss a1l
1Snrk ia
parties % open storos in Any town Or city in tho
United States for tho eAlo Il Of q new article Of
hardware Of tho Baio Of which tho Government
Of tho Unitcd States had granted linn Inonopo-
agree to supply at mere nominal price and In
unlimited numbers from tic factory he was to
establish thoro. By thcso protencca OF starting
factory, and other devices, ho Al,ccoedcd in OBJ
tainiug from peoplo theto from $4,000 to
sl2. 0D. No nauMfactozy Was over started, he
simply using this pretox a. n "blind." During
tho timo ho WAS diaposing Of the alarm, ho talked
wlth everybody he mot about
4 WONDERFUL DrluK-MACn1NE
ho Ind soen iu tho Enat for Which natcnt had
lla sad he had repeatedly been to tho brick ynrd
Of Dir. Phillips during his absence aad Ind acon
it work. fto had Rlso hirod Tho beat mechaufcs
in New Haven and Now York to 60 and inspect
it. Ho urged thak it mado from rs, QUO to 40, QUO
| pressed brick per das. fully equal to tho best
| Philadelphia presHod brick-that 1t not opIy did
this, but it took ira clay. tempered it, aud made
Aperfect reolay brick at tho rate Of 000 perday
woull do this, nnd that il he could only obtain III
| intcreat in ono Slate his fortune was lnalo. To
do tliH he was willing to part with his last dol
lar. Haying got several persons considerably
! interested IN this machine, ho wrote mud teae-
sraphed Mr. Phillips to como on aud ahow lis
1nodel. Thorp then claimed he was dssiro4s Of
obtaining an interest in ono or two Ssntes, b,lt
| not having property sufficient to pay the prico
| charged, it was necessary to havo Hnme ono else
to tako hold with him, and ho finally succeeded
in getting G. ". Spnlding, \ man OF means and
| tuauance, to join him, atd thoy purchaaod tho
right in State aftor State, till at last thoy hast ul
| tho territory wcaI Of the 3IissiaAippi River,
| Thorp guug through tho form OF giving notas
Iaad for his half (tlo whole amounting to Boma
| S3l, ,00O), not auspect1ng for moment TINT a!l
this time !horp WAS roal!y partner Of Phillips,
| ana was sharing NTH him in tho money recolvod,
rather than With Spaldine in tho purchase.
Tho territory west Of the Mississippi having
been disposed Of, Phillips pretended to think It
! would not be na we'll to have several maunfac-
4 turing companies, but TINT it would ,n bnttor to
| CONSOLIDATE THE DlFrEnENr 1STEnE3Ts
| In tho United atatos into QUO company, 80 that
the onire manufacturing interest could DO under
its control md thereby prevent competition. Thi.
Thorp at first pretended toopposo but tinalty con-
sonted aud got spa1ding 10 tayorlt, md plan "aa
put Gu foot to organize n joint stock company,
with pretended object Of starting large manu-.
factory in st. Louis, where several hundred hantl4
would ho employed III building machines to sup.
ply tho groat demand which Phillips aud Tlorp
fclt snro would a1iso, Phillips pretending hc
had largo ofdors for machines in different parts
OF tho East, its succcas being previously assured
| ~ llo had done tho work OF his yard ip Trouton
N. j., for fonr yeara with u machine liho tilt
model. 1t may bo stated hero, however, thai
depositlons lu tho suis NOW ponding III our courts
against Il. o. phislspH for fraaa show that ne
ailct, machine as tho pntent represented by ttle
model was ever used III hiB yard.
III order to carry out this plan,
A CONTRACT WAH MADE
with Alexander Crozier, j. Co.,.of tho Engls
| Foundry, to build machine, tic model OF which
wna Oil exhibition at the planters' House. Draw
ings wero made, mud work waa commenced Of
charter was obtained from tho State Of Missour
for u Joint stock company, with capital o.
$3.50, 100. The Company was organized, ant
Thorp was eloctod prcsdont. Thorp and Spald
ing raceiying stock for tho territory tloy hat
previously purchased. while Phillips and othert
they had induced 10 subscribe hold tho romau
dor. In this way they succeeded in getting
something over $le0. 900 in stock taSen inclul
Ing that hold by l'horp. Work on tho machine
progressed slowly, one Obstacle after anotho1
Tho real subscribers, not Bl'apcoting that Phillips
Thorp, and thar eonfeaotatoa did not dosro tl,t
completion OF tito maohino, and that tho idof
OF starting o large mnnufactory in ST.. Louis
to starting tho mauufaotory for burElar-alarmE
aud coaf-oil stoves-ampy q ruse to secure the
selling Of tho patont. Having, got gil tho atooli
taken In st. Lonis they could, they alroitl,
managed to got tho stockholdors anl Directors
into quarrel with each other, and Ihorp, Phil
lips aud Brown hoinga majority Of tho Diroc
tors, it was resolved that St. Louis was not i
good plaoo to carry On tho manufacturing bua
moss. a meot,ng of tho Directors WAS oallod
and unlimited powor OF attorney was granted t
rhorp to soil machinca and torritory and dc
whatoyor else ho pleased Armed with this pow
or Of attorney,
IIE GAME TO ouIcA0o
and opened all Office ut 81 Warrington street
known as tho oflco OF the Victor Drick-Machint
Comnpany,, which ALSO waa tho heatlquartcr'
Phillips. Burrows, WanlosB, "Miko" Gaule!
(who waa 30 -prohlnont yosr ago in tho NJ
LOUIS prlze-hghs}, and others wore soon foiut
running in and out Of this elegantly 1t,od office
where quito show OF business was hept up
all talking Of tho largo amounts tloy had male
ont Of the salo Of tho manufactured articles, tb'
rights Of which Thorp had to soil Gaule.
opened up drnktug-saloon on State stroet, ant
tlrinking-ealoon and billiard hall Oh Twenty