The New York herald., 1879-02-12
STRAW BAILERS IN JAIL.
ARREST OF SEVERAL PERSONS IN BOSTON ron
sUBoRNArIoN OF PERJURY IN PROCURING
BAIL FOR AN ALLEGED swINDLEB

ARREST OF SEVERAL PERSONS IN BOSTON Fon
sUBoRNArIoN OF PERJURY IN PROCURING
BAIL FOR AN ALLEGED swINDLEB.
BosroN. Feb. IL. 1879.
The arrest OF Watson. alias Flowers, in New York,
and his Incarceration here o charge of making
false representations when attempting to bail NJ
Frank Paige. the man with many indictments against
him for swindling large circle of creditors out Of
several thousand dollars. has created small sized
panic among select crowd of men about town. in the
Hub Paige. 1t will DO remembered. was arrested last
November for conspirng to defraud certain gentle
men in the boot and shoe business. Paige came
from Lynn afteen years ago. He was born of re
spectacle Quaker parents and reared until this
period In their faith. For two or three years
previous to his leaving Lynn he had been employed
in the Office OF q firm largely engaged Ia the
leather trade. and well pleased were they with
his close attention to business and steady habits
that on his leaving their employ for Boston they
gave him such letters of Introduction that on his
arrival in this city he at once obtained position
in the Wholesale boot and shoe frin OF Rhodes "
Co. He gave them such satisfaction that in 1867
they gave him an interest in their firm, which he
retained until some four years ago, when he opened
in his own name a wholesale boot and shoe
store. taking into partnership Mr.. J. D. whichcr,
who invested some 100000 in cash. Matters ran
along smoothly until the latter end Of August 1877
when Mr.. Whichcr died, leaving balance due him OF
over sl0v.Ul0. which the widow withdrew, with the
exception OF $5O.oVO which she loft with Paige under
the condition that she should be special partner in
the hrm.
WORK.
Some eight months ago Paige gave an interest In
his business to his bookkccper. . MIR. Charles ~
Stctson. aud matters still continued to run along
nicely until ruinors spread the street that pag,
was living too fast. Mr.. Stetscn suddenly left town
and II was subsequently asccrtained that he went 70
Europe 10 wait till the affair should blow
over II out in the inyestiua.ion
that the conspirators. Paige and Sctson had burned
they could raised some more on their notes and
failed. About $4,000 was thus frarduleutly cnp-
tured and the creditors had Paige arrested on civil
suit. and he was placed under bonds OF x5Wn. After
coming out he was rcarrested complaint of j. X.
Maeee on criminal process for ATTEMPT To tefraud
his creditors ont Of $1OO.OOO Before Commissioners
Jones he was held In $4,000 bail and was committed
to jail.
PROFESSIONAL RAIL.
His Efforts to get out proved Intellectual for some
time and finally Watson aud noted man about town
named James Donohoe, alias John Bull with others,
undertook To bail him out They represented that
watson owned real estate valued at $5OOOO, 80
~ ir charged. aud while the papers were making out
the sheriff objected. Watson went out and fled
~ New York, whcre he arrested and
brought here already detailed Yesterday
he pieid guilty and was committed 20 await sentence
To-day John Bull Sidney Pratt and Charles u. Eaton
were arrapned for subornation of perjury and COM
plicity and held In $1,000 each Paige has been put
under additional bonds on complaint, aud IL is
now pretty certain that the influences of straw bail
men cannot reach him. Tho creates good deal
Of interest hero s~d ons little excitement among
police circles.