St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-22
Sensational Charges Of Rob-
berry Against Supreme
Justice SomePby.
Much Of the Money Collected
Never Entered on the
Books.
Misrepresentation Of $4,000
600 of the Collections
80 Charged.
Somerby Charged With 8
g Lifelong Career Of
aos Swindling.

NEW York, Jan. 21.-In referring to
the Iron Hall order the Albany CORE
spOndent of the Herald says: A mem
Der of the Iron Hall residing in this
city recently wrote letter TO Judge j.
G. Young, of Kansas City, the chief at
torney for the general receiver of tie
order in the United States, and i'll his
reply Judge Young gives an extended
review of the financial condition of the
order and makes some very sensational
charges of embezzlement and robbery
against Supreme Justice Somerby and
other officers of the order. Among
other things Judge Young says:
ut ought TO be sufficient for the mem
berShlp to know that SOmerby and his
crowd collected over S1l ZOO, 900 from the
membership, eonceding the books to be
correct, though it is developing now
that much more has been collected than
has ever been entered OH the books.
Out of that $4,000, 900 have been paid on
matured claims; there is 81, 900. 900 i'll
the hands OF the receiver and 100000
they, to put it mildly, have mIsarpro-
priated; but the facts are that 81, 50O,0 900
has been
GdHDcELlcu
and the other $500, 900 disappeared with
out any possible excuse or explanation
that has ever yet been offered by the old
Somerby gang. The only explanation
that they offer is that it was necessary
to put Sl70,0U0 more into the worthless
bank in Philadelphia in order to save
the 100000 already there.
sit has been recently developed that
the first $4,000 taken from the bank at
Indianapolis ana carried to Phiiadel-
phia and there deposited. or assumed to
have been deposited. IN the Mutual
Banking, Trust and Safe Deposit COM
pany, did not remain there over night,
but was divided by the gang before it
left the office. and each one carried
home the money. They used it, how
ever, and never returned it. but subse-
quently placed fictitious securities and
pretended that the money was loaned.
The bank examiner made an eXamlna-
ton, which revealed the fact that there
was only $1,000 in the bank. He made.
ali assessment of $4,000, and gave
them fOrty-eight hours to get the money!.
Davis, who bad anticipated the trouble,
then took our Iron Hall
Choice Securities. r.
He went to New York and disposed of
them for loan of $4,000. drawing his
check for the amount. These securities
are still in the bands of that bank, and
we cannot get them without giving up
$4,000 of the money now i'll the hands
of the receivers. This money was taken
to the Philadelphia bank, but even that
did not save them, and the bank was
ordered closed"
Col. Young goes on at length. stating
that SOmerby began his career as
swindler by defrauding He. McGibbon,
of Kansas City, out of 5000 in 1664-66:
that he went to Detroit and swindled
the Chosen Friends society out of large
amount. afterward aIlying himself to
the Iron Hall, ingratiated himself into
the affections of credulouS women and
inexperienced men, and made himselfa
sort of demi-god. Col. Young further
states that he visited Somerby IN his
Philadelphia home and that his repre-
sensations of poverty are false. and that
he lived in the most luxurious manner.
He declares that he will prosecute
SoTuerhv until he lands him in iaiI