Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-11-30
SEELY TO SURRENDER.
Lawyer Peshall Knows Where
the Missing Bookkeeper Is.
HE SAYS HE Is NOT IN CANADA.

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HE SAYS HE Is NOT IN CANADA.
1t Is Also Alleged That When He Docs
Surrender There VIII BE "a Number OF
Anxious Persons In New Work city lie
Was Connected with Poolrooms.
NEW YoHK. Nov. 80 --SaIuuel c. Scoly
the fugitive detaulting hook keeper of the
National shoe and Leather bank, Will
surrender himself to the fodesal authu-i,
ties within ~ hours at the utmost. &C
cording to Charles !. peshall. the Grim
inal lawyer of Jersey City. positive
and direct statement to this effect was
made last night to a reporter by Mr.. Pc
shall.
Mr. PeshalI. now Interested in the case
was interviewed at his residence on Der
gen Heights. Jersey City lie said:
''Scoly Will give himself up I'm ut lcast
| rs hours, perhaps sooner.
Has his bail been arranged was
asked
1t has practically been nxod, wa
| Mr.. Pcshall answer.
How much bail will be Eequrcd:''
About $50 co."
Will tho bail be forthcoming:
Yes. 1t will be given.
Mr.. Pcshall declined to say who would
como forward As bOndsmen. That WAS n
| privileged matter. about which, he said.
he was not at liberty to speak.
Where Is Sccly Mr. PeshAll WAS
asked
some OF the papers say he is in Can
ada. " rcplici Mr.. PCshall. with n smile.
is he III Canada:
IL think you can safely say he is not
and has not Eccn
| is he 81 far away that he cannot DO
produced in New York in less than -
hours
nc'> Not lar on.
No. said Mr.. Fcshall. lie Is not
and has never been lOA miles away from
! home No. not 30 miles Not even ~
miles. There. now. that is all can tell
! you. You must not ask mc too much. or
course it would not do for mo to indicate
| TO you just where he is
is Socly = BroOklyn:'
No he i not.
is he in New \ ork city
That ! will not say.
Mr.. Peshall intimated that Seely had
been in the hands Il his counsel ever since
no was announced as having disappeared
/ last Friday and was where he could 10
reached without trouble or delay nj any
! timC
1t would not have helped Scely to
! leave the country" said MIR. Peshall as
] ne NnIlsl bt EONAuI IASA rs RlulNkAN Oh u
! warrant for mIsdemcanOr as ON an indict
ment for felony
Mr Peshal held a conference last
night with Frank ". ANGEL. the personal
counsel of Sccly. The result OF the CON
ference was not disclosed but 1t was said
| to relate entirely tn the arrangement OF
| bail for Tho fugitive boOkkoeper
Mr. Poshall said that Secly had a good
case on which t. light when he surrcn-
dered.
You may look out Tor some very IN
teresting Developments he said There
Is n good deal OF this rauk robbery story
that has not yet been tul4. but it will all
como ont The bank has Not lost near
rs much money As has been represented
As having been stolen from it Scely and
| Baker werc both tools OF other persons.
but who they are l cannot tell at this
tImo- Seely's counsel will probably be-
| in position tomorrow to say something
! to the public of very definite nature
! There was another Development yCster-
day in the Shoe and Leather dcfa!CatiOn
OF scarcely less interest than Lawyer Pc
| shalIs announcements that ~cely was pgc-
pairing to surrender and that his bail had
practically bccn arranged
>rcIN a. a Bnokmakrr.
y we'll known poolrcom hacker. who
! was unwilling that his name be used.
said that Scciy Tor several years had been
! n partner with Peter DE Lacy and \ ndrCw
Boyd in tho racing 20 'lrOOm ut ~ Park
row. This pace has hccn closed for q
! year, and since then Andrew better
| known among tho sporting fraternity a.
| Andy Boyd. has been backing handbook
on the races in partnership. It is alleged.
with Secly.
The bOOkmaker who gave tho in(orma-
ton made the further statement THAI
Secly had been treated by the poolroom
| Mrs. Hermann. the leXow witness, was
| that is to sly. no won't into hiding with
| ahandsomo purse made up by number
! of the pOOirGom men.
What Lad the poolrCom backcrs to
fear through SrvlY arrest was asked
The pOOlrOuHn hacker shrugged his
shoulders. Go and ask De l.acy. ne said
Seely, said the reporters informant
has been known u the initiated rs a
bookmaker's partner for several years He
was understood 10 have an interest with
DE Lacy in - Park row bcEoro that place
was closed. end after that he went into
| partnership with Andy Boyd in u hand
book on the races Boyd was at the Wash
/ inGtOn track through the recent meeting
there. but came to New York TWO weeks
ago and has now loft | understand for
Chicago
tngcII says Canada.
Lawyer Frank AngclI. to whom Secly
first confessed his crime has made n par
tial admission that his client i in Can
ada, and with some show OF satisfaction
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