New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-20
CLEWS TO GRAVER CRIMES.
WHAT THE ARREST OF ALLlGER MEANS.

The arrest OF EilJan Alligef, Ihe lhsuIabCe
broker of No. 14S Broadway, upon
the charge of negotiating fraudulent
| sec urities has afforded a possible clcw
to the discovery of other grave crimes.
| The possible detection of these was the ina in
| object Of the police Some of the securities
which he pledged are known to be stolen, and 1T
is believed that he is either dupe or the
| accOmpce of bank burglars. The circum-
stances of bis arrest and the list of the
securities are given herewith.
| A DUPE OR ACCOMPLICE OF THIEVES.
| The exact part played by Alliger in the negOta-
ton of the stolen and forged securities is unknown,
except to the prisoner himself. and possibly to the
police In the brief explanations of the transaction
given by him shortly after his arrest, he protested
| his ignorance Of the character of the bond. Ills
friends and counsel have expressed the utmost con-
dence 10 his innocence of any guilty intent. There
are however, suspicious circumstances which point
to opposite conclusions, in the estimation OF police
| authorities. The evidence upon which these
| opinions may he based is mainly crcumstan-
| ua IL appears that Aliger was engaged in
negotiating other securities than the single forged
| bond Tor which he was arrested According 10 the
theories OF the prosecution he was engaged largely
in the negotiation of stolen and irregular securl-
ties and the discovery OF the persons from whom ho
received them or for whom he was acting since his
arrest has been the chief aim OF the Police
Department. These efforts have not been wholly
successful thus far, and the premature publication
of some of the facts in the is believed to have
interfered with the success of the pursuit
Allqcr was arrested on Tuesday. at the instance
of Hamilton & Bishop, OF No. 10 Nassau-st, for
having deposited with them, in security OF a loan.
bond of the Hannibal and ST. Joseph Railroad Com
paDy stolen in 1873 from Owen OConner. The bond
was one of several then stolen from Mr.. OC0nner
at the Astor House. The bonds had been registered
| in Mr. OConuers name and made negotiable
By the erasure by acids, of the marks OF registra-
ton. The bonds, which led to Alliger's detection
came into the hands of Hamilton
| Bishop in May, when ho effected loan
| with the firm. Mr. Hamilton said yesterday
that he was led recently to suspect the bond simply
by Alters failure to keep his faith in another
transaction. At that time suspicion Of the
genuneness of the security had been aroused. but
| Immediately the firm examined the loans made
by Ager, and sending this bond to the office
of the railroad company discovered that 1t had been
| stolen. 1t ~ SAID tina Alhger who WAS mmedi-
ately arrested told conflicting stories IN regard to
the manner in which the bond came into his possess
sion. and that finally he refused to talk further
upon the subject until after consulting Win MS
| counsel.
Inspector Bynes claims that his attention had
been attracted some weeks before this to AlligcTs
operations and at once he attempted by AID OF tins
discovery to ferret out the crimes of which he sus
pected the man had guilty knowlcdII;e. sub sub
| scQuent investigation showed That AIliger had
| negotiated loans upon Others OF tuls same
series of bonds. Several were found in the
| possession OF he Third National Bank with which
| he has had frequent dealings, and other securities
were also found a; this bank upon which Alliger
bad effected loans. Among Them them were were
! the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
| and some of the Chicago Milwaukee and 81.
Paul Railroad issues. There in addition
| some State and city securities upon which he had
| secured loans at various times. Those which had
| been registered in the names OF the owners mad
| been altered TO be negotiable bonds This
fact was easily discovered after the arrest mad at
racted attention TO his affairs, by consultation with
officers of the railroad companies.
Some of these securities were not, however among
| those stolen from Mr.. OConner IN 1873. with the
| Hannibal and st. Joseph bonds. Ii was found on
further inquiry that they were part OF the secnf
ties stolen from the WestpOrt National Bank. west
| port Conn, which was entered by burglars
ON the night of February 10. OfhceTs OF the hdnk
| were informed of the discovery, and yesterday 4
| president, with the owner of pari OF the stolen
| securities visited New-York, and NJ the Third MAJ
tIonal Bank recognized the securities as among
| those taken from the bank BY ,9e
| Burglars. Conrad n. Gordon, cashier of the
Third National Bank. refused yesterday TO iuFnish
any information III regard TO tine matter. ne sad
buniy that he not at liberty to reveal the BUS
mess Of other people. 1t was ascer AIMED. however
from other sources that the bank holds consider
had had made loans to Alliger. 1t, IS
certain, too, that he had attempted TO
| bonow money upon the securities at other banks.
| He kept an account at the National Shoc ana
Leather Bank and recently offered there some len
nessee State bonds at what he called uoerai mar
gin. The security was refused, however, ana OIL
GERS of the bank said Yesterday that 10 held none OF
AIligers paper. There is a small balance there on
deposit TO his credit.
THEORY OF THE POLICE.
The discovery of these stolen bonds has led the
nolice authorities to believe that Alliger was in
collusion with the thieves with their representa-
tives. that in fact he was engaged largely IN the
marketing of stolen securities. IL has BEEN their
aim tn follow the clews afforded by hs arrest
10 the discovery OF the principals ana the
arrest of the robbers Besides the bonds already
mentioned detectives the trail OF other small
lot, also negotiated by Alhgcr winch are believed
also to be spurious.
| ter of the bonds has not been determined. The
| police are confident of proving hls guilt, but
| bis friends express equal confluence that ne
was at the worst only the dupe OF design
ing men, AlligePs reputation among financial
men has been far the previous difficulty III 1877
with the English insurance companies having oeeh
exnIained they say to their satisfaction. Mr.
Hamilton of Hamilton d Bishop, said yesterday
that he had had frequent dealings win AIger anu
that ne had considered him responsible Tor all That
he required. The amount that lie secured. how
ever from his various loans cannot now be esti-
mated correctly.
TAKEN TO THE POLICE COURT.
Alliaer still remains IN the custody of Inspector
Bvrnes at Police Headquarters. Yesterday morn
ing he was taken to the Tombs Police Court. IN
charge of Inspector ByrneS and Detective Ferris
who arrested him, to answer TO the
charge, by Hamilton d. Bishop and John
A. Hilton, secretary of the Hannibal ana
ST Joseph Railroad Company of uiterlng forged
bona of that company. No. 1854, for Sl oOo. me
PRISONER is a respectable looking man aud was fash
ionablv dressed. He at once led INTO me pf-
I"stcn smith Examination was postponed owing
fo The absence of Tigers counsel, exJudge Bnsecd
until O'Clock tins afternoon. HE prisoner was
therrupon remandch 10 his cell at Police Head
onarteis. lie declined to see any one except ms
counsel.
CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ARREST
Later in the day Inspector Byrnes related the cir