New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-27

| gave the following list or the several pieces Oh
! No p West Seventieth-st. this city. bought by
! Mr. Baker in December last. and afterward decided
TO his wife: actual consideration s6 1888; consldera
| tion mentioned in deed; $500 r,-,.-
sSS5 !" MIS- BAKER ""'"e consideration" S'' Of
/ Baker and Merritt; now held by Florence and
George Baker; children of deceased as. Baker and
them these were bought in 1889 for s2l,5oo cash.
No. ~ West Eleventh,st., bought by Eaker and
Nos 6 and 60 sherin-st this city. bought by
Baker and Merritt; now held by Florence and Fred
erick Baker price, $4,000 each.
now held by Mrs. BoEer: the grantors traded for
1t No. 1000 Ffrst-ave, which they had bought in
Nos l6i Delaney and l05-lO7i. Clinton-st. which
adjoin, bought by Baker and Merritt; now In Mrs.
Bakers name consideration not stated; estimated
no 2ss Avenue b beush, By Baker ard NJ, Merritt
P p9@ in na ihe s nae OF Frederick r. haNer the
No Is st. Marks Place Brooklyn bought by Mr.
named. $500; part thereof paid not known.
Sands Point farm. bought by. Baker; row owned
| by his wife: consideration paid not known: est
mated value. $4,000 believed to be free from In
| cumbrances.
The present value of the property is believed
to be about 100000. AS the claim will be made
that most OF the property had been bought with
money stolen from the National Shoe and
Leather Bank, suits will doubtless be brought
by the bank to recover the money. Lawyers
said yesterday that a long legal fight in the
courts might be expected. while the titles to
the property were in dispute.
sEELY a FREQUENTER OF POOLROOMs.
Merritt said yesterdy that he knew seely
we'll, and knew that Secly had been betting
heavily on the races. Il met Seely in num-
Der Of pooirooms in the city" he said. and he
seemed to have passion for playing the races
| He able to bet 500 when | could bet only
| ST. and sometimes | knew that he lost his
money. He once asked me not to let Baker
know that he was playing the races. ! knew
| that he and Baker had business relations, as
| saw them together frequently.
| When the pOolrooms were open. Seely was a
familiar figure in those located between Cortlandt
and Chambers SITS. in the vicinity of the City
! Hall The statement Of r. b. Merritt that ne
was heavy plunger on the races is not borne
out by those familiar with Seely's investments in
| the chances OF horse racing He was what Is
| commonly known as the dope hend' and was
often seen in a quiet place in a pooroom. running
! over the pages Of the book which he carried and
| in which printed the results OF the races
published in the various newspapers lie was eN-
| tremey quiet and gentlcmanly in his manners
! He rarely bet more than s. or $40 on race re
| was not given 10 playing tips. and the men
| who were employed as cashiers In the poolro'ns
say he often appeared before their windows WIN
| winning tickets To- he cashed since the poor
! rooms have been closed. Seely has occasionally
| bet money on the races in the West AT Nara
ganseti Park ana 81. Asaph. He would frequent
| ~ play as many as six races. but he very seldom
bet more than 81 or each race. II j. possible tnat
through the years If the swlndlins operations IN
the bank Soely could have lost $4,000 or 5000
| but his friends say he could hardly have lost
| more even II he never cashcd a ticket sat
urday was his favorte day for speculation ana
that probably on account OF the bank CLOS,
ing early. Seely had peculiar cast IN one OF
| his eyes and many superstitious race-players al
| WAYS considered II a bad omen II he looked Al
them. believing that a cross-eyei man ia the
worse "hoodoo' in the world Seely was not
| cross-eyed. hui seeing him made certain betting
| men think that the failure OF many faVoilte
was due to his unlucky influence
Scely was not we'll known on the racetracks'
| and IL may be possible that he bet with greater
| freedom when on the tracks. where he could Sc"
| the races than he did in the city rooms sew,
| eral bookmakers agree, however. that II ne had
| lost anything like the amount OF money the
| bank has been robbed of Seely would have been
| known to every man IN the betting ring az
well as 'Plunger" Walton Was or Michaei r.
| Dryer is at the present time; and Seely was
| not known in the betting-ring at all People
who knew Seely are positive that his specuia-
tons were of modest. temperate Kind. hoe
| calculated to ruin any man on saidI! VI - ''V
| or s., 900 year.
| FRANK W. ANGELS HOUSE SEARCHED.
Frank w. Angel the lawyer. at.No. los Full
| ton-st who was Seely's counsel. said yester-
day that he had been advised by prominent
LAWYER OF the city that he should not reveal
! ANYTHING more about his absent client because
| Seely's communications had been privileged.
| He declared however. that he did not kno"
| where Seely was. and that ne had not had any
| communication with him since Seely ran away.
| Early yesterday morning detectives went 10
Mr.. Angels house in Jersey City and said they
thought that Seey was hiding IN the mouse.
Mr. Angel permitted them 10 search the house
, from top to bottom.
| 1t was reported yesterday at tho Offices Of sew
! eral steamship companies that on saturday
| morning last before the fact Of Secly's big de-
falcation had been published, n United States
| Secret Service detective had made the rounds
| Of the Offices and of piers with 4 picture OF the
| missing defaulter In his possession
| PcpRIN1; PEOPLE FOR YEARS
Evidence that Frederick Baker had been un-
| faithful to trusts and had been robbing other
people for years before it was discovered that
ne had aided in robbng the National Shoe and
Leather Bank was accommodating yesterday:
There was a sensation at the oi'ice OF the dead
| lawyer early in the day. when Augustus kagcl'
| of No 80 Taylor-st. West New Brighton :. J.,
| appeared and declared that Baker had trans
ferred some funds OF the estate Of Gottlieb kagel
| The estate had consisted Of the house t.No
! % Mott-st., In ais city: a house on Jersey city
| Heights. sixty five shares Of Chatham National
Bank stock. mortgage for $1,000 ana other Sc
| curities kagel said. Having read OF Baker,
| death and connection with the bank robbery,
! Kagel was concerned about the safety Of his
fathers estate. Baker had been the trustee Of
| the estate since the death of kageIs father
| Robert b. Merritt who had been associated with
| Baker In req, estate transactions. advised Kagel
to go to the Chatham National Bank ana IN
| ouire about the bank stock which had been
| owned By Kagers father Kagel went to the
bank and was told by the president that The
stock had been transferred by Baker several
| wears ago The transfer had been regular. as
Baker had had the right. as trustee. 10 transfer
| the stock which had been in the name Of Gott-
lieb Kagel. The assistant cashier OF the bank
said later that the value OF the stock AT the time
! OF the transfer was about $1,000 He declined
to tell to whom the stock had been transferred.
| Il am in a fix now" Kagel said. II trusted
| Mr. Baker implicitly and he has been paying
| to me the dividend on the stock regularly, al
though the stock was transferred by him with
! out my knowledge fifteen years ago. The stock
e not in the name Of the estate now. and can
| not find out what has become OF II. Mr.. Baker
| was the sole trustee OF the estate Some time
| after the death of my father the income from
| the estate began to fall off. ] asked Mr Baker
| about It, and he said that the low rents were