The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-15
A PRISONER STILL.
,rnKIsH coNsUL-eBSEnAL HELD
~ DEFA ULT OF 10000.

u..s0etartre ACCUSE ~ ~
,o.epb A. IasigI. the Turkish Consul-Genera
:, po.ton. who was arrested on Saturday NJ
~. .lbermarle Hotel here for the Boston po-
lice on q charge Of embezslement' was 'aken 70
~. Csutr. Street Police Court from Police
.dnn.,,ers Yesterday morning. and was ar
l.I.rsd before Magistrate Cornell. who held
IT,. In $4,000 bail until to-day for exami-
H"uon James Richards Of the firm Of Coudert
p,o,h.r, appeared for Mr.. Iasiri.
,~n.n.ctor ]. J. Collins of the Boston police wal
4. oonrt hut Potor Charles Desrieux, who. with
rh.rles Armand dc IL villardiere. is named AZ
AZ. complainant. was not present Collins told
- N,gisr rate that he had tclsphoned to
n..,I,uI TO come on from Boston yesterday. and
.,,,oted to have him appear in court to-day.
Collins had q copy Of the complaint and war
ami ayain.t Iasigi. and asked that tho prisoner
:. Mid until e1tradition papers could DO got.
Nr Richards asked for h., clients discharge
s,., because the complainant was not In court.
,.ssIs,ra,e Cornell said that the arrest had
...n made In accordance with the forms Of law.
I'd that he believed that the complainant
-ou,d sppear as soon as he could. Mr.. Richards
,h.n made the point that IasiRi. as Consul Of n
,o,,lsn power. was exempt from arrest. Magis-
,,.,, Cornell said that ho had nothing to do
18th that. a. he was only a committing maeis-
rate. and that II tho arrest was Illegal the
,.m,dy lay In n higher court on habeas corpus
proceedings.
Then Mr.. Richards moved for the discharge Of
the prisoner on the ground that the afidavit on
which he was arraiCned was made on informa-
,,on and belief. In refusing this motion the
Mssistrate said that anldavits were drawn In
,h.t form always when persons were arrested as
f%uritIves from Justice.
Defeated In his e%ffortsto procure the discharge
efhis client, MIR. Richards asked that the bail be
made as low as possible. To this Magistrate
Cornell sad that as tho charge was q serious
one. the amount alleged to have bocn ombezzlod
b,pg S., 900. he could not make the bail less
than $4,000. He set the examination. for 9
o'clock this afternoon. There was no bondsman
The detectives requested that Iasigi be sent
10 Police Headquarters again and not to the
s sShg orsfeTred IL. hc was taken back to Mulberry
street. where. IL IL said. Capt. O'Brien's private
Office was put at his disposal.
Throughout the court proceedings MIR. lasigt
behaved as though the disposition OF his case
was a matter over which, he did not, intend TO
worry. He frequently laughed. lie Is well
built and di.ting uished looking. He refused to
discuss the. case. and referred every one who
KIie6aTds said that his client came TO New York
70 get the very securities that II 10 charged he
sm6szzled. and that be was Mt the offices Of
Coudert Brothers In connection with the mat.
Ter on Saturday af,ernoen. At that time. said
Mr.. Ricbards, lasigi expected to return to Bos:
ton last night or tnls mOTuluk,h m never uAu
no contemplated ieavins the country. Mr..
Richards was confident that lasigi would prove
himself sns,rs H,n S's ~ peiss. 10 s ins %asfts; a, II
throughout the day, going away At s o'clock.
snsrs friends made every effort 10 nnd = bonds
man for him. The confinement told on the pris-
sner. who became nervous and respondent dur
4. W. sargent of Boston. a friend OF Mr.:
lasisi. arrived here on Saturday night and
Al. n th. lkaV artA Iat.l nat asaR
ing he called on the Consul At Police HeadQuar-
tiers and brought hin a bundle OF clo,hing. Mr.;
lliri aud could not talk about his case.
BosIoN, feo. Tbs story OF the French.
men. claims. a. tod TUE svs correspondent by
French woman. whom n i sist met in her
i.isi was aeqaalntef " ne fathers OF tho
two men who have go. their case in the
r. Ss0S had o, come men fW " N erd ssrw m asa'
sad they were swr~, ,the Ior,uns-to them
innen.e-tha, he - accomplished in such
ashort time. VII, &. Eat con .dencc in his abil-
ny IS well as his opportunities. they gave tho
elder IasiEi $40, 900 % invest Tor them in Amer.
were booming. They promised big returns. and
this money was pot in Chicago, Burlington aud
held by many wealthy Bostonians. During tho
few ysars that fol!owe ed the Investment the stock
, Tsi,. VI TO si ", gI,i, the t ;lsrr ,a; ,S, was va s abe TO
ereased their original $4,000 to $3.50. 600. and
he stated that he would send the money over
withdraw their money from . concern that was
capable OF paying such returns upon capital In
You keep the money and take care OF 1t
Tor u.s. was the reply sent to the elder Iasigi.
30 he placed the money IN what he deemed the
best securities in the country. Just where lie
was putting his own accumuiations At the
.sme time they knew that they had $3.50. 900.
,ha they received the dividends regularly upon
The elder la,iGi died. and. althoughIabout this
Time some Of the Western roads had gone down,
Iet lie had a substantial fortune-nearlya mil
hon. After his death. In looking over his prop
! srty In addition TO the stock that he held in his
own name. there WAS this $3.50. 900 which
SSs,ar owned BY joseph Ia usi.''t tsu.ts as
fathers estate be knew that this item referred
@the Investment that had loen made for the
umnsnehnen. There was nothing to show that
shey had an interest In II, however. moro than
We Of. eentleman's word. Oscar Iasigi had tho
Tu,t conveyed TO him by the French capitalists.
:,ssl q the City O? Columbus. The IasiSi
a%iiy had guarded the trust so wisely and so
ths management handed down TO the other
5I ossns IN this way It came into the hands OF
There !. one thing that may be made an
interesting feature Of the case II Mr.. Iasigi con-
sssis u 10 New York and even when the civil
the older lasigi $40, 900. and i heard II stated
claim ,S somerset Club to-day that he could
which was due them e's Ms, an sba, ts sr pr,ne'p pa
aek saha NJ LNo
time ~ time when Joseph A. Iasigi assumed
Me tust ire men whose trustee he was had
0en informed by his father that they were
-ylsn seoO,OOO. and that this amount had been
ts.hvested here, so you see upon this basis Mr..
isssI When he assumed the trust along about
tSos, must have acknowledged that lie held
Sao n amount for them, and could not claim that
s1o,ooO was all he had.
about year ago ono OF the young men who
repIeeehted as one OF the complaInants in
w action against Mr.. Iasigi was about TO come
Msse' ana I've wrote 10 Mr.. Iasigi and asked for
H. seeouhllig OF the trust. He did not receive
accounting from MIR. las ri. and lie wrote
betso,.. perhaps a little more peremptorily than
,he only effect this HAD was to stop the pay
Sien.Iv Of interest and dividends. which had pre-
,s.1,a sy come punctually. The French in
IN ~ maao several m ! am told,
ss Sstsure a statement from MIR. Iasigi, out
Gan y nht satisfy them. Then they engaged
assooay 10 investigate. Gen. Peabody held
ellsn,",e OF attorney to act for his French
R.ntI. men he approached Mr.. Iasigi that
snd sohash admitted that he had the property,
under n 'nat ne was managing the Investment
Peabodss power OF attorney. or course Gen.
euritisa' maze II courteous demand for the Sc.
turnat Mr. laslRl assured HIM they would be
trnnsr.o'er 70 him, and promised TO make the
him ~ ne did not do IL. but kept putting
I'VE on" excuse or another.
M Inn,. Monrield story became counsel for
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