Evening journal., 1894-11-30
SEELY TO SURRENDER.
Lawyer Peshall Knows Where
the Missing BooIskeeper Is.
HE SAYS He Is NOT IN CANADA

II Is Also Alleged That when lie Does
Surrender There WHl De a Number Of
Anxious Persons In New York city-He
was Connected with PooIrooms.
NEW York, Nov. 80. Samuel c. seely.
the fugitive defautine bookkeeper OF the
National Shoe and Leather bank, Will
surrender himself to tho federal authori-
tics within as hours at tho utmost, ac-
cording TO Charles J. peshall. tho Grim
ina lawyer of Jersey City. a positive
and direct statement DO this effect was
mado last night TO reporter by Mr. Pc
shul.
Mr. Poshal, now Interested in the case.
was interviewed at his residence on Ber-
gen Heights Jersey City He said.
Seoly viii give himself up in at least
Is hours, perhaps sooner
Has his bail been arranged" WINS
asked
1T has practically been liked, was
Mr. poshall anawer
How much bail win be requiredg'
About $50 600.
.Wiil tho bail ho forthcomingPn
Yes, 1t viii be given.
Mr. peshnll declined 20 say who would
come forward as bondsmen. That was
privileged matter, about which, no said
he was not at liberty to speak
Where Is Seoly"' MIR. Peshall was
asked
Some Of tho papers say no is in Cam
ada replied Mr.. Poshall, with a smile.
lis he ia Canaday'
II think you can safely say he is not
and has not boon
is he SO far away that he cannot be
produced in New York in less than ls
hours?"
Hes Not Far oa.
ono, " said Mr. Peahall "He IS not
ard has never been 100 miles away from
homo. No not 80 miles Not even 20
miles. There, now, that Is oil / can tell
you. You must not ask mo too much. OF
course 1t would not do for me to indicate
TO you just where no 49,
lis Seely in BrooklynW
mo, ho Is not.
els he in New York oity?"
tThat ] Will not say
Mr. peshall intimated that Seely had
been in the hands of his counsel evor since
he was announced as having disappeared
last Friday and was where he could be
reached without trouble or delay at any
time.
1T would not have helped Seely TO
leave the country, said Mr.. Peshall, .as
no could DO brought back as quickly on a
warrant for misdemeanor as on an indlct
ment for felony
Mr.. Peshall held a conference last
night with Frank W. Angel, the personal
counsel of Seely. Tho result Of the con
ference was not disclosed, but 1t was said
to relate entirely Go tho arrangement OF
bail for the fugitive hosSkeaper.
Mr.. Poshall said thnt Saely had q good
case on which to fight whom lie surren-
dered.
You may look out for some very in-
teresting Developments, he said. .Ihero
Is good deal Of this bank robbery story
that has not yet been told, but II viii all
como ous Tho bank has not lost near
as much money as has been represented
as having been stolen from it eeely ana
Baker were both tools Of other persons,
but who they are l cannot tell at this
time Seely's counsel will probably be
III position tomorrow 70 say something
to tho public Of q very definite nature
There was another development yestor.
day Ia the Shoe and Leather Gefalcation
of scarcely less interest than Lawyer Pc
shall's announcement that seoly was pre-
pairing to surrender and that his bail had
practically been arranged.
seely as "a BooIsmaker.
A well known poolroom hacker, who
was unwilling that his name bo used.
said that Seoly for several years had been
a partner with Peter De Lacy and Andrew
Boyd in the racing poolroom at 88 Park
row. This place has been closed FOR a
year, and since then Andrew, bettor
known among the sporting fraternity a.
Andy Boyd, has been backing a handbook
On the races IN partnership, IL is alIeged,
with Seeiy.
Iho baokmakur who gave tho informa-
tion made tho further statement thaf
Sooly had been treated by tho poulroom
hackers in the same Peasant way that
Mrs Hermann, the LeX0w witness was
treated by tho police captains syndicate
that is TO say, lie went into hiding with
ahandsome pu1se made up by q number
OF tho poolrOom mon.
What had the poolroom baokers Ia
foar through Seely's arrastH was asked.
The poolroom baUker shrugged his
shoulders. Go and ask Dc Lacy, K he said.
Seely, said the reporters informant,
"has been known TO the initiated as a
bookmakur' partner for several years. H.
was understood TO have an interest with
I De Lacy in 33 Park row before that place
was closed, ana after that he won't into
partnership with Andy Boyd in q hand.
book On tho raoas. Boyd was at tile Wash
ington track through The recent neetinp
there, but came Go New York two weeks
ago and has now left, / understand for
| Chicago
Angeii says Canada.
Lawyer Frank Angoll. ta whom sesly
! FIRST confessed bis crime has made par.
tial admission that bis client rs III Can
ada, and with some show Of satisfaction
added that according to tho revised stat
utes Of the United States. no cannot be
/ oxtradited from chat country
Mr. Angel did not say in so many
words that Seoly IS In Canada, but no On
! oouraged all inference in that direction
| y was said that be had received letter
from seoly postmarkaa Canada, but ths
| lawyer declined to confirm or deny tht
truth Of this run.or
Tho only color that Is giycn to the stor,
/ that Seely Is IN Canada lies in the faet
that on Wednesday United States Dis
triet Attorney MacFarlano had consul
tation with President Crane Of the Shot
and Leather bank, Ia which "a was ar
ranged to have Seely indicted hy th,
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