The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-12
MASTERS OF FINANCE.
Chicago swindlers Establish a
Bank in London.
Big INTEREST ON DEPOSITS.
Wives Of Members o. the Firm Gross to
New York with the Funds. ana Go
70 JAN wearing Diamonds.

NEW YORK, Oct 11.-[Special. 1.-Two de-
tective ser9eants attached to Inspector
Byrnes' bureau went to the Fifth Avenue
hotel this morning and caused sensation.
They pofed over the pages Of the hotel
register for several minutes, and then went
up to the elegant rooms occupied By Mrs.
COrnelia v. r. Miller and Priscilla Field,
two fine-lo0king and fashiOnably- attired
women who have been guests 1t the hotel
for several weeks. The ladies were placed
under arrest. although they protested that
they were ignorant Of any charge against
them. Attorney William F. Howe gave
the following account of the proceedings:
Mrs. Field and Mrs. Miller are the wives
Of Messrs. Field and Miller, who until re-
Gently did very large banking and stock
broking business in London. They failed
. month ago for 1000, and a receiver
who took possession of their books ascer-
tanned that the firm had received q draft
on America for $4,000 through Brown,
Shipley Il Co., and that during the past
two months they have turned $50 900 into
American currency. The ladies have been
stopping at the Fifth Avenue hotel and
have large sum Of money with them.
This morning two of Byrnes' men arrested
them at the hotel. They had no warrant
or other authority and gave the women no
reason for making them prisoners, except
that they said they were suspected of hav-
ing fed from England with some assets Of
the banking firm of Field & Co.
The ladies remain in cell at police
headquarters They are elegantly attired
and wear very valuable jewelry. Mrs.
Fields little daughter. q pretty child of
years. who wears Kate Grecnaway gown,
was staying at the Fifth Avenue hotel
with her mother and Mrs. Miller She
went to the police headquarters along with
them.
The Arm name was James H. Field a.
Co. They are said to have done large
business, paying % per cent. on all moneys
left with them. The door of the institu-
ton was closed the latter part of August,
and soon thereafter the wives of two men,
bers of the firm sailed for this country, ar
irving here September 80. They had drafts
on the clearinghouse of Brown Bros. Il
Co, for $96 900. which they cashed. An
other draft Of SIS. coo and others for smaller
amounts followed the 1900 one, but
Brown Bros. & Co. refused to honor them,
having received . cablegram from London
advising them that the drafts Mrs. Miller
was presenting were the proceeds of stu
pendous fraud.
Today Inspector Byrnes, on the strength
Of . cablegram received by the British con-
sui. arrested the women. The cable read
as follows:
'.Those people are supposed to b. Americans
from Chicago. warrants for their arrest have
been granted. Apply to the authorities for ar
rest The necessary documents win b sent =
SOON - possible"
A writ Of habeas corpus has been OBJ
tanned by the women's counsel, returnable
Monday. When the writ il disposed Of
the women will be Immediately arrested by
the United States authorities on warrants
charging them with bringing stolen money
into this country"