The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-26
SOMETHING GOOD IN MEXICO.
ED GILMORE GETS A UNION Lacquer
INTO THE TONES.
Was II . Mexican Monte Carlo that Young
Mr.. Collins Was Raising tho Wind For
Gilmore Put In $4,000 and Then Found
Dut that E1o HAD No String On II.

Gilmore Put In $4,000 and Then Found
Out that He Had No String On 1t.
Frank s. Collins. man-about-town and men,
Der of the Union League Club. was arrested
yesterday afternoon on charge OF grand
larceny. In default OF s.. 900 bail for examina-
ton no passed the night In the Tombs prison.
Tho complaint was made by Edward @. Gil
moro Of Niblo's Garden and tho Academyof
Music. and It says that Gilmore gave Collins
$1,000 to purchase share in a certain enter
prise and that Collins failed to purchase the
share or to account for the $4,000.
When Collins. was arraignod before Justice
Smith In tho Tombs Court his lawyer. Herman
Aaron. denounced the arrest as an outrage.
and said that Manager Gilmore was using a
police court as collection agency and trying
to bluff Collins into giving him $5.O0Oto which
he was not entitled. In Gilmore's absence
Judge Smith refused to hear any argument
until Monday. and sent the defendant to prison
in default OF bail.
Collins is 81 years old. He Is little man.
with clothes fitting to perfection. and neatly
waxed moustache He lives with his mother
ut 65 East Sixty sixth street. and is the eldest
son OF Sheldon Collins. tho founder Of the firm
OF Collins. Bouden 4 Jenkins. brokers. OF 70
Pine street. which went out Of business short
time ago. some years after the death OF Mr..
Collins.
Gilmore says that he wants his money. He
complains that Collins hos refused to explain
what has become OF the 81. 900. and that he In
structcd the servants OF the Union League Club
to deny him to Mr.. Gilmore. going so FIR q 81, to-
tell the porter to say to any one who called that
~ Thrss. s years s ago" M. Gilmore said last
night. Mr. Collins was introduced to mo by =
scheme to suggest. I'm ways ready to taskie
q good scheme. and said 80. Collins told me
that no wanted to raise, money to ,pur..
f bas wanted for tie
and concessions necessary to work 1t.
to put up. The Scheme Was to build Gasno
on the plan Of the old Casino at Baden Baden.
be hS the @ to produce
estss ts s psia onis
men Interested and handed him a check for
S o on f tsenssfS shSro to Of mf hs pSs
the, affair, was not brought to a focus
after that, and he told me things were pro-
sdos ws hS he hSd ssR
would endorse President Diaz, in granting
the franchise and concessions. I lost sight Of
nsred him could not get . straight answer at
H.. v.
CAUGHT him once Int Se nleadad an
imnortant enrapement' and anreed To
meet ma next day. was al the an
nointad Mace Init he wasn't Then I ralIed
At his club half n dozen times. hut the
servant always told ma he was away, even
when / knew he had lust gone up stairs /
learned the other day that he had given Orders
that IL anyone called for Mr. Collins he was out,
huf II any nno nsk ad fnr Nj Sfainfo h ha w
IN I an,nnvad a man r. watch tha ant ra N "a
tn<ha Tnf.,, -. 800 III, - t,s NJ. rSlIi,a
to tell him that he must come and see me-
II he wished to avoid unpleasantness The
story he told about Sending my check 10
Mexico was untrue He cashed Il himself
within an hour OF my having signed it. / did
not advance him the money gave it to him
to purchase for me a twentieth share In a fran
chise. He did not do so and has not returned
NV money, and no has made no explanation In
three wears / am not persecutinv him. hut
I'm going to get that S5, DOC"
LAWYER Herman Aaron tells different story.
| collins and Gilmore were talking about the
scbeme la savsl and Gimore said he'T IiE =
to have some OIL. Collins wanted money. be-
to franc With, and told Gilmore that tp II
he had 10000 to spare he could come in.
Gilmore said he'd risk $1,000 for u TWEEN.
that amount on Sept. 10, 1883. Nothing was
said OF any time limit. Gilmore knew. as
every one knows. that the franchise Tor a big
inntba tbtn1 nnI smmn9se Nv tb;s nH, 70 m mU