The morning times., 1896-12-03
FORGERY TO Be THE CHARGE.
Evidence Is Piling Up Against
the Directory Swindlers.
VICTIMS POUR IN COMPLAINTS
several Real Estate Men state That
Bateman and Bowen Got Money
from Them-Sample of the Bogus
Directory Found in the Prisoners
Baggage.


Directory Found in the Prisoners
Baggage.
william II. Bateman n and A. A Bowen, the
alleged directory swindlers, were unable
to secure bail yesterday, and still occupy
cells at the First and Sixth precinct
stations.
Lawyer shillington, who has been retain-
ed by the prisoners, used every effort to
obtain bondsmen, but WAS unsuccessful.
The men will he brought into court this
morning and given preliminary hearing.
They will be accused of forgery, OF obtain
ing money under false pretenses, but last
night the exact charge had not been de-
cided upon.
the arrests, are still working On the case,
and yesterday secured further evidence
against them.
Late yesterday afternoon Mr.. Robert o.
UoltZman, real estate broker, with offices
at Tenth and F streets northwest. notified
police headquarters that he had been
victimized by the swindlers, and expressed
q desire to appear in court against them
Ar. iioltLman Informed the detectives
that Bateman and Bowen had called on
HIM and secured his advertisement in their
directory. They exhibited a copy Of the
alleged edition for 1867, and said that
the book would be circulated in New York,
Baltimore, New orleans, Pittsburg, st.
| Louis, and Washington.
The charge was $l5, and this sum Mr..
| Holtzman paid. Mr.. Hoffman said he
| would be in police court to prosecute the
case this morning, and would use every ef-
fort in his power To convict the swindlers.
A SAMPLE DIRECTORY"
AT the time of Ratcman's capture a small
| hand satchel was found in his possession.
| II contained u sample" ccpy of the di-
| rectory and IL small account book. Thebouk
purporfed to he n business directory 0fNew
| York, Baltimore, Pittshurg and Allegheny
| City, New Orleans, st Louis and Washing
| ton.
The police claim that 1t was used by
| Rateman as a blind to catch the advertise
ments of business men They consider It
an important piece al evidence and it viii
| be brought into court this morning.
When subjected to close examination
| the book is easily seen to be full OF errors
which are evident to the most casual
observer.
| Mr.. Andrew Boyd, publisher Gr the local
| directory, was seen last night and asked
| concerning the Trades Publishing Com
| pany' which Ratenan claims to represent
| lie said there was no such company to his
| knowledge and that should concern
OF that name be dcing the extensive busi-
| ness the men under arrest claim he would
undoubtedly know OF it.
| When shown the sample directory
Mr. Boyd at once pronounced IL rank
swindle.
I, ~ Is nothing but a pack Of lies from
| cover Ia cover" he said The scheme is
an old one" he continued, "and it is
rarely week passes that ! am not in
| formed OF the operations of these men in
| some large city. There are three men
| slpbi f,r
| ing tie same game and IL Is very probable
| that these fellows belong TO the same
| gang.
Why, Just glance at this book is
| enough to convince one that the whole
| affair is n cheat.
VIEWED BY AN EXPERT.
Look here, on the cover and title page
| is given the name of the firm which they
| claim publishes the book No address
however be yond New York city, is printed
Even the nam. OF the printer does not az
| pear, and the entire volume from cover
| To cover shows On every page that it
| is swinde"
Mr.. Boyd hastily ran over the pages of
that section of the directory devoted to
Washington and smiled grimly.
They have advertisements here from
business men whom know from personal
| experience never advertise in a directory.
Here" he continued. right here is the
very hest evidence that this thing is false.
Here is an advertisement in big type from
I. H. Watson & Co. patent attorneys, at
| No. 1US Il street northwest. Mr.. Watson
| was my brother-n-law. and he has been
| in bis grave for over nine years. Mind you.
this, the 1857 issue OF this sC-caiIed
directory, and yet they advertise firm
when has been out Of existence since sS7.
Men who publish directories don't in
scrt advertisements for nothing just to fill
| nd t,-in l,.. no.
paid anything for that ad.''
Mr.. Boyd pointed out that the folio num-
hers were hopelessly mixed, and many
pages throughout the volume numbered
wrong He informed the detectives that
he would appear in court this morning to
testify to what he knew concerning tue
operations OF the gang in other cities.
Detectives Horne and weedon also lcarucd d
yesterday that Bowen had been working
business men. and they obtaincd evidence
that entirely refutcs his story that lie
was merely travelling companion of
! Ba tcman.
PILING UP EVIDENCE.
Mr.. Lloyd r. Wight, a real estate broker
called at police headquarters and told the
officers that he had been approached by
the swindlers on the day they We're ar
rested. He said that shortly after
o'clock. on Tuesday, a tail. Handsomely
dressed man called at his office and pre-
scnting Il sample directory. asked him
10 renew his advertisement.
Mr.. Wight's description exactly talli.s
with Bowen. and as Pateman was then
under lock and key at the New Jersey
avenue station, the police think they have
good case against his partner.
Among Il. o,ner rconipiaints eivcd since
the publication ofthe swindle was on. from
The Terra Gotta Brick Company. The con-
cern has offices in the kellogg Building, at
No. 1416 F street, and yesterday the
manager informed the authorities that his
firm had also been victimized
In the telegram sent to New York by
Inspector HollinEergcr, Batcman was re-
ferred to as Wcse, the police at that time
not being aware OF his correct name The
reply from Capt. O'Brien OF the New York
detective force stated that wese was not
known i'll that city, but that a firm known
as the Trades Publishing Company had Of
fices at No. 621 Broadway
A telegram was sent Capt O'Brien yes
| terday by The Times inQuirng III Eateman
was known a that place. reply was re-
ceived last night which stated that no
one by the name of W. H. Bateman was
employed by that ompany The dispatch
stated further that the main offices of
the concern were at No. l13 North Twelfth
street, Philadelphia. John Hendricks is
the manager, but he could not De found.
FAXED SAMPLE ADS.
In that portion of the book devoted to
Washington there are considerably over a
thousand names representing almost every
kind of business. The classification is
very complete, and includes claim agents,
patent attorneys, accountants, architects,
bankers and brokers, bicycles, banks,
building mat erials, hardwa are, printers,
trust companies, real estate agents, loan
brokers, commission merchants, ,auctioneers,
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