Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-05

seconded W1th-A woman In the Case.
A telegram from New York, October 4. saws:
As stated yesterday, rumors Of heavy defalca-
ton in q stock exchange house were answered
by q statement from Spencer, Trask q Co.. to
the effect that Mr.. Clason Graham had been
indebted to them for securities, but failing to
pay, they "took measures to collect the indebt-
edness and secured the money" The true
inwardness Of the affair is quite romantic
story. Mr.. Graham has been doing some of
the oil business of Trask & Co., stock exchange
members being forbidden by their rules from
having any official connection with the oil
board. On Friday Graham received about %, 900
barrels Of Oil In csrincates rom his principals,
exchange to the purchasers. He received the
check Of the American Loan and Trust COM
$4,000 had 1t certified by the company and
BY the National Park bank, and then got it
cashed at the bank of New York, where he kept
over to Trask 4 Co., Graham disappeared with
It at little after +. IN. when the checks of the
clearing house are ready to be delivered to those
Co. are said to have put the case in the hands of
Stewart & Boardman, lawyers, of 81 Wall
street The G ?. a agency were
Springfield, Mass, yesterday afternoon, and the
money recovered from him. Graham is un-
married and lived in Flushing, l.. I. Graham
is about thirty years of age, and was well LIKED
in the oil exchange. He was tall, with blonde
beard and brown eyes. The woman with
whom Graham went away is said to be Mrs,
Arthur Bramwell, OF Flushing. His attentions
to her have been the subject Of gossip in that
village for some time. A dispatch from Spring.
field gives the following account of Graham g
arrest and subsequent escape: "Graham arrived
here In company OF a woman last evening" and
registered at the MasoasOit house as Mr. and
Mrs C. P. Goodwin, of Pittsheld. The two
stayed quietly at the hotel till one O'clock this
afternoon, when they started for the depot to
take the train for Montreal They had checked
their baggage when q Pinkerton detective ap-
peared and asked Otty Marshal Hamilton to
till the detective had obtained papers for Ora
hams detention as a fugitive from Justice. Ora
ham surrendered to the detective the $26, 900
in gold certificates which he had absconded
with, and went back with the woman to the
Massasoit house. He seemed much frightened
and offered to return to New York.
The woman accompanying him is tall and
slender, well dressed, and with q light COM
pleXiOn and brown hair. She seemed startled
when Graham was first detained, but showed
no particular emotion. This evening she tele-
graphed for her brother at New York. and he
arrived on the O'Clock train He registered as
]. Fl. Branwell, of New York.
A later dispatch from Springfield last night
says: "The Classon-Graham matter was speed
lily settled last night after the arrival OF Mr..
Nichols, attorney for Spencer Trask & Co., OF
New York. The officers were directed not to
serve the warrant issued by Judge COPELAND at
nine oclock last evening. Graham was found
and informed that the matter had been dropped
sumably for New York. All concerned regret
the publicity which has been given to the af-
fair and there is no disposition to push
Graham"