Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-22

TEASTUS WIMAN.
Indictment contains two counts. The to-
tai amount involved in the alleged forgeries
is 500 900.
The complainant against him is Il. &.
Dun, president of the Mercantile Agency
association of 3l4 Broadway. One of the
charges is for forging an Endorsement of r.
w. Bulliuger to a check for 5000, which
was drawn to Bullinger's order by X. q.
Dun x Co.
The other is for forging the Endorsement
of Ogden Brewer to IA check, also drawn
by X. Ci. Dun x Co, for -, $50. The checks
are said to have been forged respectively
on Jan. 20, 1898, and Feb, 6, 1898,
Could Not Get Bail.
Mr.. Wiman WAS arrested by Detective
Sergeants Won Gerichten and Reilly in his
Office on the sixth floor of the Field build
ing at ! Broadway He was perfectly cool
and was accompanied by his son-in-law,
Norman 5. Walker, Jr. Mr. Wiman SID
that General Tracy was his counsel and
that he had been in consultation with the
general nearly all of the afternoon. He
was not, he said, prepared to give bail at
once.
Accompanied by Reilly and Won Gerich-
ten, Mr. Wiman started out in search of
bondsmen. He called upon several of his
friends along Broadway without avail, and
finally he asked to be taken to the law of
flee of Tracy Boardman & Plat. There
he remained closcted with General Tracy
for long time, and when he reappeared
he was in tears. Mr.. Wiman was very
much broken down and appeared to lose
all hopes after his failure to secure bonds
men.
General Tracy, his counsel, called at the
ToInbs and was in consultation with his
client for nearly an hour. General Tracy,
when seen at his residence, said: 81 haven t
much to say about Mr. Wiman's arrest.
do not even know definitely the complaint
against him and have decided not to begin
Investigations until tomorrow. l want to
see these charges that they say are so nu-
merOus."
When asked about the possibility of Mr..
Wiman's securing bail, Mr.. Tracy replied:
He will have to stay in the Tombs until
Friday. Tomorrow is a holiday, and
don't think we can get bail until the next
day. We will have it Friday, though, and
Mr.. Wimau will be released. That's all. "
The complaint containing the charges
against Erastu> Wiman was drawn up by
former District Attorney Delaney Nicoll
and forwarded to District Attorney Eel
lows who has had it in his possession for
some days. Attached to the complaint
was Il letter written bv Mr. Wiman to Mr..
IL q. Dun. This is referred to in the bill
of complaint containing PiIeCuS appeals
for consideration, and according to officials
of the district attorneys Office it is more
than a partial confession on the part of
Wiman. This letter, however, mysterious
| ~ disappeared just after Wiman' 5 arraign-
ment before Judge MARITIME and it is now
in the possession of the district attorney,
who refuses to make it public. 1t is said
that this will be made one of the strongest
points in the court inquiry into the alleged
forgery and enlightenment.
General Tracy Reticent.
In regard to this letter General Tracy
was very reticent when seen. He said that
the business relations between his client
| and Mr.. Dun had formerly been very close
| and that while he had not seen the letter
IN question he believed that there was no
! ground for concern i'll regard to its CON
| tents. General Tracy said that he had not
! had time for lengthy conference with Mr.
Wiman, and consequently he had not learn
ed sufficient of the details of the case to
make a statement
The greatest dread of publicity was eX-
hibited by Mr.. WimaD himself. His arrest
was so entirely unexpected that he was not
prepared in any way for it. He has been
cognizant of the fact that for the past year
his affairs have been subjected to the strict
! est investigation, but he had received init
nations that the difficulty which had
arisen would be amicably settled.
Considerable correspondence has passed
! between the firm of r. G.. Dun & Co. and
| Mr.. Wiman during that time, with the re-
suit that the most open letter he had pre-
| pared was included in the complaint filed
| against him. This, too, was placed in the
hands of the grand jury, and when the in
| dictments were found by them the authori-
sites had everything ready for the springing
| of the trap.
| The distressing news was not long in
reaching the home of Mr.. Wiman, which
is situated ON Tompkins avenue, or, as is
better known, the Upper Terrace, St.
| George, Staten Island. When she heard of
the arrest, Mrs Wiman, although shocked,
bore up with greater calmness than was
| expected. This was due to her implicit be-
lief in the thorough honesty of her hus
| band and her confidence in his ability to
| prove his innocence.