New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-14

NAN SAID TO BE ONE OF TIE LEADERS OF
THE VALENTINE CoNsPIRAToRs.
The Grand Jury in this city yesterday indicted
charles r McLaughlin and Daisy Hampton. who
nero arrested on Thursday evening al No 800 Hud-
son-st fiobokcn. where they had lived Tor week
as M. and Mis- Charles Waldring." They are in
djcred for grand larceny the complaint of Ray
mond W. Kenney. the furrier. at No. p East Twenty
,hrd-st Early last week they went TO Mr. kenney's
store and introduced themselves Mr.. and Mrs.
NcI,uchlin of No l.6S Mad.son-ave Mclaughlin
also said ne the manager of the Standard Coal
and OIL Company Of Virginia. with offices in the
Wool Exchange Building. at Beach-st. and West
Broadway.
After the young woman had looked at some costly
furs Mclaughlin said she had better have them
sent 10 the house in Madison-ave. for examination
before deciding which she would select Your mother
would want 10 them" he said. The salesman
agreed and took furs worth 500 TO the house on the
following morning. He was met al the door by the
Young woman. who took the furs 20 an upper room
in the house 'tC show them to mother. while ne
waited When returned to the parlor she selected
furs worth $3.50 which she KEPT. and told the sales
man 70 go TO her husba nd's office in the Wool FIX
change Building and get check from him In pay
ment The salesman went to Mcl>aughn's ONCE ana
received from Mclaughlin worthless cheek on
Behrens & Co. OF No. "A Soonest. As soon as Mr.
Ksnney discovered the worthless character of the
check ne made inquiry fer Mclaughlin. but the man
and woman had fed from the house in Madson-ave.
10 Hoboken by that time, and the man was not TO be
found at the Wool Exchange Building, either.
Detectives from the Central Office went TO the
house In Madison-ave with search warrant yester-
day afternoon and took away a trunk which Nc
I.aughiin and the woman had left there In the
Detective Bureau the trunk was opened and there
was careful examination of its contents. Tnere
were over five hundred unsigned $1,000 bonds or the
Standard Coal and OIL Company of West Virginia.
They looked II they were fresh off the press
There were also numerous bonds of the Selma Rome
and Dalton Railroad Company, Washington city
and Mining Company. Lapierre Phosphate Company.
the Manly Consolidated Mining and Milling Com
nanv the Schenectady Silver Mining Company and
the Wayne County Coal and Iron Company There
were certificates of shares Of the Garfield Gold ana
silver Mining Company. the Hydfo-Pneumatic ore
Mil Company and many others The trunk con-
tanned hundreds OF bonds of all kinds railroad GER
thcates notes and papers and a number OF pahk-
books There also number OF DIS ior soodS
purchased from various firms in this city, which
apparently had not been paid The DIS were all
made out 10 Chester Mclaughlin, No 10 WhitenaIl-
~, CAPTAIN O'Brien will try find out If any of the
bonds of value
THE GANGS STEAL1NGS.
Assistant Dstrict-Attorney Battle said yesterday
that Mclaughlin one of the leaders in the Nalen-
tire syndicate Of swnders From what ne had learned
Mr. Battle said he the extent of the syndi-
Gates operations had been greatly exaggerated and
the amount OF money obtained was much nearer
$4,000 than $500 900 Mclaughlin and the Hampton
woman will be brought TO this city for trial as soon
as the requisition formalites can be completed In
Hoboken yesterday they were arraigned before Re-
corder McDonough and remanded to await the ar
rival Of requisltion papers They were locked up In
the Hudson County Jail. Mclaughlin admitted tna'
ne Valentine, and in MS egerness 70 sniea 'ne
the character Of the check which MAS PAID Tor the
Among the documents which he had in his valise
when he was arrested were the articles or moor
poration issued by the West Virginia Legislature
- fbe United states Trust and Title Guarantee
COMPANY and the Standard Coal and Oil COMPANY
With paper Of these concerns Then there were
drafts notes and checks for various amounts hr ~
Drawn on Behrens Il Co. and Baker q Co.. other OF
the Valentine concerns .
With this assortment OF alleged hhshcia b paPer
there was box of silverware from me Whi'ihs
Manufacturing Company. 10y OF Jewery aiu ur yen
pawn,ckes These pawntickeis represenhte eir prop
erty worth several thousand dollars ana tne,i e..
value was about $500 The smallest was Tor e.;
q seaiskin coat pawned for 500 McLaughn's
handbook showed a balance OF U.s." III 'he r"S'
Mclaughlin was recognized by Detective Weller
of the men who were seen WIN and ,he
Wnate girl See there h bad .pnn Tg Some 30 &
AZ that resort He and the Hampton woman occn-
pied the Connolly cottage. and when they leit my
settled all sorts OF tradesmehs pis with "o'
checks and drafts
PETERS BROUGHT HERE
Csn,ral Office Detectives Valley and O'Connell
Yesterday arraigned before Judge Newburger. In
Part l. General Sessions Walter D. Peters, VINO
was arrested in Chicago and was brought mere
Peters is charged with forgery in connection with
w H. Connor Otto V. Thomas and KID smith
Thomas is now in the Tombs. Conner Is under ar
rest al Flint Mich. Smith is AT liberty. but may De
arrested. They charged with getting money py
means of forged drafts on various banks. ,os l.,
Assistant Dstrict-Attorney Davis said he had IN
his possession thirty of the alleged forged drafts
issued nv these men. Three of the drafts were Tor
t25 nurporting TO he issued by the Third Natonal
Pank of Buffalo on the Third National Bank OF tnls
lily The other twenty-seven drafts were Tor *ae
zach Peters is an engraver and photographer, ana
Is about twenty nine years old. He Is now under
81 00O bail for charge Of counterfeiting mace
against him in Chicago. Two OF his accomplices
were sent TO the Joliet 0ll) prison They iorgcd
noetage stamps Mr. Davis sari he expected TO try
peters in a week or So and would ask for the eH-
tradition Of Conner from Michigan; Judge New
burger committed Peters TO the Tonbs