Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24

! 81, 800. From there they conveyed me to
the Central station, where 1 was locked up
That afternoon the broker, Nelson, was
brought in by Roger O'Mara. l was taken
from the cell and was confronted by him,
and he was asked if he recognized me as
one of the men who had sold him the bonds
This he denied Later in the day he was
brought in a second time, when he said 1
was one of the men who had sold him the
bonds
As for the bond transaction that had pre-
viouslv taken place, here is statement of
the facts as published in the Pittsburg Iele-
graph of July %, 1881:
On the 2Sth day of July, 1881, George w.
Nelson, a land broker, with office at No. 11S
Smithfield street, inquired of OHM &
South, brokers in the same building, if they
could dispose of some bonds, producing a
81, 600 Allegheny Valley Railroad 7-30
bond; four $1,000 Brandy's Bend bridge
bonds, three 500 per cent Allegheny
Valley Income bonds. Mr.. South visited
Mr.. George l. Whitney at the Fifth Ma
tional Bank on Sixth street, about 8 o'clock
in the afternoon. Mr.. Wilson, the cashier
of the bank, informed him that Mr.. Whitney
was not in, but as he was notary for the
bank, he would probably be there about
o'clock, as that was his usual time for
HahInB MS ROUNDS. oouIh calieu a6
o'clock and Mr. Whitney bid 1 % for the
7-3O bond, 80 for the Brady's Bend Bridge
Company bond and So for the Income bond.
The Bonds That Were Sold.
On the morning of the Goth Mr.. South
stated Nelson came into his Office and
handed him a package of bonds about
O'Clock. South examined the bundle and
found more bonds than he had seen on the
Allegheny Valley Railroad 80, two 81 900
Brady's Bend Bridge Company bonds, and
four 500 in per cent Allegheny Valley In
come bonds South went to Mr. George L.
Whitney Office and sold the bonds, receiv-
ing certified check on the Fifth National
Bank, on Sixth street, for s., ,361 10, which
included unpaid coupons on the 7-30,
amounting to S109 So Returning toward
his office he met Nelson, who had declined,
for no reason assigned at the time, to go to
the bank, but said he would meet Mr.. South
on his return. Mr.. South, after receiving
the certified check from Mr.. George l. Whit
ney, had stopped at the paving teller's
desk and had the check cashed,
receiving the money in $1,000
bills for the main figures, and in
smaller denominations for the balance.
This circumstance somewhat aroused Mr..
Whitney's suspicious when it came to his
notice. South. passing out of the bank
after having his check cashed, met Nelson
at the corner of Sixth street and Penn ave-
nue., and the money was paid over on the
sidewalk as informally as though it was a
transaction at peanut stand, and the
amount involved cents.
The Discovery of the Cashier.
BY the time the 7:30 bonds, which had
been purchased by Mr.. Whitney for the
Citizens National Bank, were delivered,
Cashier Wilson, on examination and COM
parison with the list of stolen bonds, found
these same bonds were part of the plunder
the robbers had captured, and telephoned to
Mr.. Whitney to that effect. Mr.. Whitney
telephoned to the Mayors office to arrest
Mr.. South, and started off himself for the
same purpose. The officers were immedi-
ately sent to South's office on Smithfield
street. and it was fortunate this was done
with promptness, for within short time
after the check had been paid, man had
come into the Fifth National Bank who |
had some large bills and wanted change.
He was introduced to Mr.. Wilson by |
Thomas Gamble, proprietor of the Red |
Lion Hotel, as Mr.. Miller
There was no suspicion at the time on the |
part of the bank officials, but he was OBJ
served to go across the street to the Red |
Lion Hotel. When the Mayors officers |
arrested Nelson they secured information |
from him which enabled them to effect the |
arrest of Miller. He was arrested at the |
Red Lion Hotel, while at dinner with the |
proprietor, and taken across the way to the |
bank. Mr.. Whitney had returned in the |
from fruitless search for South, |
md was very much surprised to find the |
man Miller connected with the case.
Whitney Refused the Money.
The officers searched Miller in the bank |
md found on him about 81, 500; this they |
-endered to Mr.. Whitney, believing it to |
be part of the money received on the bond /
transaction and asked him to receipt for the |
same. This Mr.. Whitney refused to do; |
that is, he refused either to receive the |
money or give q receipt, saying that he |
knew nothing about Miller, that he had |
bought the bonds in open market, and that |
was all he claimed, and that was what he |
to hold. In the searching of |
Miller receipt for telegraphic order for
800, sent to Thomas Rowland. of Cleve-
and, was found. Nelson was placed in the
Central station; at first he had nothing to |
saw; later he claimed that he had received |
she bonds from Miller. South was also ar
rested that evening, but subsequently re-
leased. The prisoner, Miller, was as close |
noutbed as a clam and declined to state |
lught with reference to the robbery.
Last Saturday THE DISPATCH reporter
visited George 1. Whitney and asked him
% make an affidavit to the following.
The above statement Is substantially cor
rect in this, that on the evening of the 2Sth |
Law of July, 1881, the broker South called |
It the Fifth National Bank, and offered for |
sale some 7:30 A. V. r. r. bonds, some |
Brady's Bend Bridge Company bonds, and |
some Allegheny Valley Income bonds, for |
which quoted 1.23 for the 7;30 bonds, 80 (
or the Brady's Bend Bridge Company
,onds. and so for the Income bonds. |
Mr.. South returned the next morning, and, |
being known by me as broker in |
rood standing, L bought from him three |
i, 900 a. V r. r. 7:30 bonds, two 81 200 |
Brady's Bend Bridge Company bonds, and |
our 500 in per cent Allegheny Valley In
,ome bonds, paying therefor the total sum
If IS, ,361 10. l never had
Any Transaction With James W. Miller
IN regard to the purchasing of these bonds,
nor did l ever purchase any bonds from the
,aid Miller, nor did 1 know that the said |
James w. Miller was in any way connected
With the bonds, until the said James w.
Miller was brought into my office in the
ear of Fifth National Bank on Sixth street
,y the officers of the law and searched there
~ them, they taking from his person about
Il, 800 in money, which they claimed
,hould receive and give receipt for. This
[, George ]. Whitney, declined to do.
Neither do 1 know that this money was any
part of the money paid for the bonds, nor
nave l ever claimed that it was, and as far
I is known to me personally, James w.
Miller was innocent of any part in transact
ng the sale of the bonds.
Mr.. Whitney admitted that the state
nents were exact and true, and stated that
he facts as set forth in the affidavit were
rue in every narticular hut that as he had |