Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24
Cutting S Clients.
They A'e in a Very Embarrass.
ing Predicament.
UNDER ARREST ON GRAVE CHARGES.

URDhh AkkhST UN CRAVE UhARGES.
Judge Jameson. of Chicago, Decides a
Point In Legal Ethics and Cutting Gives
the Grand Jury His Employ rs Names
Some Facts That Cause Inspector Bon
field to 1hink He Has Unearthed n Bad
Gang-One of the Prisoners Confesses.
CHICAGO, Dec "a The case of Master in
Chancery Charles s. Cutting, who was impli-
Gated in the negotiations with the firm of
Kellogg, Johnson & Bliss for the return of
bonds stolen from them last spring, con-
tlnueS 10 be the sensation OF the hour In
spector OF Police Bonfield says that he be-
lieves he is about to unearth one of the
greatest criminal gangs that ever infested
Chicago
The names OF the persons now under arrest
in connection with the case besides At
torney Cutting, are Henry PlesSner the
president of the so-called Commercial
Mutual Accident association; William H
Shaw, secretary for the same, and C. d.
Taylor director in the Columbia Loan and
Building association, of which concern
Plessner and Shaw are also directors
Both associations do business in the same
Office their field of operations being princI-
paliy in the smaller towns of northern In
diana. Shaw is sOn-in-law Of Pessner and
is said, By Attorney Cutting, to be the per-
son who entered into negotiations through
the latter for the return of the stolen prop
erty. G. d. Taylor occupies a desk in the
joint office. and is declared by Shaw TO be
toe person from whom he purchased the
bonds after advising with his partner Pless-
ner, but Taylor denies the truth of this state
ment AMI promises to divulge some very
sensational facts when the case is brought
up for hearing The Chicago morning pa
pers give PiesSner and his enterprises a very
unsavory reputation
Lawyer Cutting has all along declared
that he knew nothing of the character of the
"papers7 he was asked to negotiate with
Kellogg about. and Friday he went before
Judge Jameson and saii he was as anxious
as any one to tell what he knew. but wanted
to keep faith with his client if in such a case
it was his duty as an attorney to do so. He
lett that question with the judge and Satur-
day judge Jameson advised him to tell the
grand jury the name his client
Tbe result was that the name was given to
the jury as W. F. Shaw. Mr. Cuttings con-
nectIon with Shaw came through being an
attorney for the Building and Loan associa-
ton. Cutting told the grand jury that
Shaw came to him and told him
he had some private papers, the
nature of which he did not care
TO state, that kellogg was to give 81 900 for
and he wanted Custtag TO take charge of the
matter ami get KELLOGG to meet him [Shawl
at Cuttings Office. Shaw would sag nothing
of the papers except that they were private.
Later, when Cutting asked Shaw why be
did not keen his appointment, he said he did.
but seeing number Of policemen around he
got away guichiy as he could. Cutting
naturally, when he found what the papers"
were. WAS angry that he hai been involved
in the matter and was on that account very
willing, II legal ethics were not in the way,
to te,. ali he knew.
Inspector Bmti,d said Saturday that
PiesSner had con -ssei everything.
"Does he impiicate Cnttingl'
No, ne says that cutting did not know OF
the theft Of the boads"
"Wiil YOU drop the casa against Cuttingi7
"YeS, believe so; we nave succeeded in
making hin tell all he knows
"Are Shaw and Piessler implicated in the
burglary
"fi-ssner claims to have purchased the
bonds, and also claims that he does not know
the parties vino sold them. The men Ple4s-
ner and Shaw dealt witt were the real bur-
! glars, have no doubt The Kellogg. John
son u Bliss burglary was committed April
4 - The burglars have had lots Of time since
/ then to join Tascott. We expect to connect
| Piessner and Slaw directly with TINS bar
] 4 .,4. 8 - u
poli * Co..
| Tue story CT the theft of the bonds which
4 caused LAWYER Cuttings trouble dates back
/ u April q last. At that time burglars en-
tered the store of Keli sc, johnson & Bliss.
tis~- sI,v. tn" -as-, d a.s.-.-..-s 49, ~-ais.
1 ables to,k a number of bonds. Inspector
( Boniieid and all the detectives in his employ
could obtain no trace of the thieves, and all
hope Of recovering the bonds was abandoned.
Not long ago Mr. Kellogg received letter
in which he return Of the bonds was prom
ised if the consideration was made large
enough. Mr. Kellogg turned the matter
over to the police, and, as an answer was re'
quested through the newspapers, negotia-
tons for the return OF tue bonds were son
ductei 10 that way. There was some
| haggIing over the amount to be paid,
and at last Il 0On was offered, no dollar
mark preceding toe figures. Then Mr. Cut
ting came into the case and Mr.. Kellogg was
requested TO call at the attorneys Office tc
see the bonds and satisfy himself that they
were his property before he paid the money.
Mr. Bonfeid was notified of the appointed
interview and laid his plans to catch the mar
with the bonds. In this he failed, and thu
only man he could get his hands on was Cut
ting. whose Office he thoroughly searched
and found nothing The next thing was Il
obtain from Cutting the name of his client
which was done as stated above
As soon as the officers we're given The
names Of Shaw and Plessner they went t.
the office which had been occupied by the
two men at room %, 1863 La Sale street
The ostensible business Of the firm was tina
of real estate, loans and mortgages. Their
was no sign or advertisement that eithe
member OF the firm was acting as fence
for safe-bOwers, or that the office might b
found convenient point for the placing o
bonds which had been acquired in a manner
that would not bear the light OF day. but ii
way generally requiring favorable dark
ness That was where Mr. Keloggs bond
went to, and, it is believed by the police, othe
bonds which had been acquired in like man
ner from other so-called burglar-proof safes
Piessner is kept under lock and key. He
charged with having been implicated i
crooked work at South Bend, Ind; Indian
apolis and other places, but credited wit
always escaping punishment.
LATER Shaw was arrested at Glenwood
Ipd He made a full confession to BOnfelG
, and admitted that he knew the bonds wer
stolen One of the most sensational de
velopments yesterday was the STATE
, ment of C D. Taylor, who admitts
= that he wa brother Of Burt Taylo
i the notorious burglar who was shot an
= killed by an officer some eight years az
3 while in the act of committing a burglary
a AND was the husband of Molle Mott, tt
: woman who, with Dwyer Scaalan, nearl
e killed Off, Nolan last summer.
2 Ms kellogg's bonds were recovered an
; are now locked up N Inspector Bonfield
. safe The inspector says that the bono
stolen iron CABIN. WamPoi & Co will
recovered to-day
IS THE LATE RAILWAY AGREEMENT.
"a Mr. Depew Thinks IL Is Lasting One
- The Interstate commerce Bill,