The sun., 1897-02-14
CONSUL IASIGI ARRESTED.
TELEGRAM FROM BOsTON ACCUSES
HfM or EMBEzzLBMENT.

$3.50 oeo Said TO Be Invoived Sc. 600 speci-
hcd-Ho Is the Consui.G .Generni or Turkey
at Hoston - Arrested st tho Aibe esarIe
Irotsi-He Was Custodian ora Trust rund
Joseph A. IasiRi. the Turkish Consui-G General
at Boston. was arrested at the Albemarle Hotel
here at $3.50 o'clock last evening by Detectives
Reidy and Reilly of the Central once on re-
quest Of Chief Inspector Watts Of the Boston
police.
The Boston authorities had been keeping the
telegraph wires hot for twelve hours before
Tho arrest urging Capt O'Brien to fnd
the Consul-Genernl. who was wanted. they
said. FOR embezzlement. In q oase that Involved
s25o.00o. Early yesterday morning o'Brien
got the nrst message. which asked him TO arrest
1asiRl. who. It was thought. was about 70 leave
the country on steamship.
O'Bricn sent men TO every pier. but Insigi did
not attempt to sail and II was thought BY the
detectives that he might not be In town.
Whllo they were still at the water front.
another message came from Watts. saying that
ho had learned that Iasigi was at q hotel In the
city. The detectives were sent around TO the
hotsls.
Tho Consul General protested vehemently
against his arrest, which. he said. was illegal
and unwarranted. He said that the detectives
had no right to arrest him on q telegram, aud
he called their act an outrage. but Reidy and
Reilly took him To Police Headquarters. where
he was locked up. The Boston police wero
notified of his arrest. and In an hour Capt.
o'BrIcn received this despatch:
Hold joseph A. Iasigi for me. lie is wanted
for embezzling $1,000 here from Peter Charles
LcsrieuI. Copies OF the warrant and COM
plAnt were mailed to you tonight.
lad.
18th inst Two huDdred and fifty thousand dol.
lars Is involved against Iasigi. Inspector Col
Inns Of this ONCE will 20 to your city tonight on
the midnight train. Case against Iasigi is
strong. w. b. Watts"
IasigL. after recovering from the shock Of his
arrest asked for q messenger. and sent for
Charles Coudert the lawyer. Mr.. Coudert was
out OF town.
On learning this. Iasigi sent for Jane. Rich
ards OF % Riverside Drive. Later no sent
for ex-senator and ex-Park Commissioner
Robb, and q Mr.. Van Rensselaer,. who.
after talking to him. left Police Headquarters
to find q Magistrate.
The prisoner continued 10 protest that his ar
rect was an outrage and = mistake, and said
that, anyway, the matter was one for q civil
suit, and not for criminal action. None of his
friends would talk.
to Police Headquarters At 1880 A. NJ. but.
after learning the circumstances. he said that
he could not take bail. and he went away again.
Mr.. lasigi's friends also departed. probably In
quest Of one OF tho City Magistrates.
BOsToN. Feb. l3.-The news of the arrest OF
Mr.. lasigi. while It may shock the community
10 general. will not be much Of . surprise to the
social circles In which he was honored aud
respected.
Mr.. Iasigi was q man Of leisure, and he waa
known 70 have inherited . largo competency
from tho estate OF his father. who was ons of
Boston's most successful and solid old-time
merchants, aud was Consul General for Turkey
himself for many years. A brother OF Joseph
also held the Office.
The old Iasigi family mansion for many years
was the residence on the corner of Mount Yer
non and JOY streets, where Joseph aud his
brothers were born. or late years Joseph. with
his family, has lived at Pas Beacon street. 1t
was not until within q few months that any
anxiety was felt for Mr.. Iasigrs financial sta
bility.
Then 1t was that as the custodian Of q trust
fund OF some S250oo0 belonging to Peter
Charles Lesrieux and another. and both now
residing in France, he was asked tor certain In
IL 10 said that Mr.. lasigi was slow to respond
in answer to the inquiries made. and then when
importuns him for detailed status Of their
funds and income he gave them no satisfaction.
About q month ago Gen: Francis Peabody, Jr.
as counsel for the French benehUiaries. set about
TO get some light on the present condition OF tho
trust fund. Tho fund originally was in Govern
mont bonds aud tho choicest and best paying
railroad securities and stocks.
From what could be learned late tonight IL
appears that Gen. Peabody sought In every way
possible to have Mr.. Iasigi account for his trust
Mr. Iasigi 10 q member OF the Somerset, tho
Algonquin. and other leading social clubs. OF
which the General Is also member. They have
also moved In the Same social circles aud for
years have been intimate rs friends.
Gen. Peabody. about = fortnight ago, applied
to the Supreme Court, In equity. to compel Mr..
IAsigi. As trustee, to account In tho manner
sought by those Interested In the trust.
Issigi In court refused to explain in any way
specific his manner of handling tho trust left In
his charge. IL 10 said further that when asked
directly concerning tho Government bonds and
securities embracing the trust fund, he stolidly
refused to explain. And when he was ask cd TO
produce the bonds ami securities he refused to
do 30. His counsel is Moorheld Storey.
Another hearing was set for last Friday, when
Mr. Storey appeared and said that his client
assured the securities belonging TO the estate
were all right, and he asked for postponement
OF the case, which was granted:
II appears that Mr.. lasigl and his wife went
to New YORK last Wednesday morning to get
and bring back the securities belonging to the
estate and they were expected back Thursday
or Friday, but did not come.
The complanants have placed attachments
upon Mr.. lasigis property.