The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-18

NEW YORK. Nov. l7.-Three young
women, two of them helresses of this
city, and the other a famous Austria
llan artist, temporarily here. are said to
be the victims of an alleged swell swim
dler, Arthur Blair Moody. OF New Ha-
ven, Conn.,, who was yesterday arrested
at that city.
Moody Ia now on bail and Is fighting
the attempt to extradIte him to New
York. He is twenty-elght years of age,
and has always been a favorlto with
women.
Moody comes OF n good family. His
father is In the insurance business in
New Haven and his mother is a doctor.
Moody stopped for q long time at the
Holland House and cut quite q dash.
When he left the Holland, he was $l.lO0
IN debt 10 Proprietor Baumann for his
board. Moody happened to meet the
Rev Dr. DeLeon Nichol. who took q
fancy TO him and introduced him to
Miss Mary Van Buren, Vanderpool, who
In turn introduced him to her friend.
Miss Rosamond II. owen. Both ladies'
hold high positions In New York socl-
ETY.. As soon as Moody felt that he
had gained the confidence OF the wo-
men, he dlned them at the Holland
House. There. II Is alleged, ne unfold
ed a great mining scheme.
A few DAYS later Moody called on
Miss Vonderpool and said that his part
ner had told him OF a grand opportu-
nifty for some subscribed mining stock.
One OF the men who had put down his
name for some OF the stock had failed to
get the money. and although the mayor
OF New Haven had tried TO get In, he
(Moody) had managed to get the chance
for Miss Vanderpool. The latter was
delighted. but she did not have the ready
money and she recommended her friend
Miss Owen. The latter took TO the
scheme and gave Moody $1,000 That
was In March. last
On July 10 Moody went 10 Miss owen
and said that $1,000 more was needed,
and she gave him consolidated 9 per
cent gold bond Of the st. Paul, Mime
apois h Manitoba railroad, market
value Sl75. She told Moody to dis
pose OF II and return the sl75 to her.
He gave the bond to Proprietor Bau-
mann, Of the Holland House for q
board bill OF Sl,l70, telling him that It
the bond was not redeemed in thirty
days he might sell II, Moody never
redeemed II and II was sold. He did
not return the Sl75 to Miss Owen. Later
in July Moody went once more to Miss
VanderpOol and told her OF another
splendid opportunity for making mo-
ney Miss Vanderpool says she gave
Moody O $1,000 United States gold bond
without getting any receipt or security
for 1t, and she has not since heard OF
him
Meantime Moody had been at work at
the buckingham hotel. There he met
Miss Ellis Rowen, an artist In water
colors, from Australia. She was also
impressed with Moody and ahowed him
q set OF one hundred and Atty water
color paintings OF the fora Of Austria
liza. which she said was worth $4,000.
Moody broached his latest scheme to
the artist and got $3.50 from her on the
security OF fifty shares OF the stock OF
his company. Then he wanted more
money for the scheme aud she let him
take the pictures as security. He was
to raise Rl,5OO on them, the pictures to
be placed In safe deposit vault as Sc
curltg.
After n time she became anxious and
asked for the pictures. He gave back,
she says, all but thirty and said that
he did not know where the others
were. He then told her he could sell
the pictures to George Vanderbilt, who
wanted to decorate his house at Bllt-
more. N. c. About two months ago
he disappeared. He owed Proprietor
Baumann n Si,40O board bill when he
left, The police happened to hear OF
the matter and Moody was indicted in
the case of Miss Vanderpool's $1,000
bond.