Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16
FUGITIVE WALTER cUMMINs
lie was Not seen In Philadelphia by r.
y. b. miller Week Ago-Thc Rascal
Planned Carefully.

Z ~" was Not seen In Philadelphia by r.
! y. b. Miller a Week Ago The Rascal
Planned Carefully.
II is over two weeks since Walter
Cummins was missed from this commu
nifty. His friends then assured persons
Interested that he would return in about
ten days. He was due according
TO these friends week AFRO
to-day. He is still missing
Every Evening published report few
days ago That Cummins had been seen by
I. y +. Miller, councilman in Phila-
deiphia on the day set by Cummins's
friends for his return home The report
seemed reasonable, but the EVEN
iNa JOURNAL had good reasons
to doubt the report Mr. Miller is
q hard man to find He wos heard from,
however, last evening, aud his answer TO
the question as 10 whether no had met
Cummins on August was by no means
a surprise He had been "a Philadelphia
that dry attending a funeral. but had not
met Cummius. Ind moi spoken with him
had not heard If him and had not even
thought Of him Mr. Miller IS disguised
that he should have been connected with
Cummins In such rcprehensible manner.
as if he were ola friendly and intimate
terms with SO notorious q swindler. Mr.
Miller, while i'm Council led the first
movement which brought the delinuuent
judge OF the Municipal Court d account
He never regarded Cummins with friendly
favor
a friend Of Mr. Miller said Yesterday
that Every Evening should have kept
itself accurately informed as to Cum
minss movements Ia view Of the fact
that the fugitive's senior counsel is the
directing mind. II not purse. or that
Journal lie even went SO far as To- snv
which is a triile unjust however. that a
lawyer in such case should be held
responsible for his clients whereabouts
A moral responsibility at least attached
itself. he thought 70 the attorney In a
case Of such peculiar conditions ms this.
AZ amy rate he should not permit his
organ TO impose upon others aud entirely
innocent persons the charge of having
had friendly intercourse with the Thief.
There is no doubt that Cummins laid
his plans carefully He used all his old
time influence ON his creditors when the
EVENING JOURNAL laid bare his thefts.
TO have them hold of He worked on
their cupidity by telling them oriental
tales of coming wealth through
the the same channels which
carried of their money, namely. the
stock brokers officers lie would realize
heavily In confidence he would tell them
how much-$ $50 900 whispered and when
il came he would pay all his obligations.
Levi Il. Miller was So confident of the
realization of this cunning falsehood Chat
he became very angry at the JOURNAL
for publishing what lie had nncondition.
ally stated 10 two of it's reporters Other
creditors of tho Judge were eounllv
hopeful BY the end Of the month
tjuly) lll fX il an right said IN. was the
explanation Of tehse persons. and they
half believed I'll Their faith gave him
time TO complete his arrangements.
When he got ready he left, trunks ana
ALL
Tho notion IS growing that by the time
the Lichienstein affair Is probed to the
bottom it viii be found that this gilt
edged rascal is TO blame for the old mans
fall. Lichtenstein dishonest operations
cannot be probed in any direction but
what Cumminss fine hand is disclosed
BY those interested the question is asked
more and more frequently as he remains
away, Where is Cummms2"