The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-22
LUCAS BROUGHT BACK.
The Young Huntington Operator
Landed in Jail Here.

w w Lowry of the law firm of Denny
e. Mcbride. representing the Indiana Mu-
tuaI Building and Loan Association, re-
turned Yesterday from Phoenix, A. T.,
where he went to arrest Fred l.. Lucas.
Lucas was member of the firm of Thos.
L. Lucas St Co., of Huntington, and is
charged with obtaining money under false
pretenses and perjury. He was taken be-
fore Magistrate Lockman, where he waived
preliminary examination and was sent to
Jail under a bond in the sum of $1,000.
Lucas and his father conducted a law,
loan and abstract business at Huntington
In December 1895, they borrowed S. 400
from the Indiana Mutual Building and
Loan Association, giving mortgages on
Huntington property. One day stranger
walked into the Office Of the building asso-
citation in this city and advised the officers
to look into the loans. Mr.. Lowry was sent
to Huntington, and soon learned enough to
cause him to swear out a warrant for the
arrest of Thomas L. Lucas. The son had
left the city in February. When officers
went to serve the warrant the elder Lucas
was gone. He has since eluded the officers
of the law.
The young man, Fred L. Lucas was
known to have located in Phoenix, A. T.,
and requisition was secured for his ar
rest Mr.. Lowry left this city last Wednes-
day and reached Phoenix Saturday night.
He found that young Lucas was boarding
at the Ford Hotel Lucas was engaged
with some other promoters in organizing a
telephone company. They had already OBJ
tanned franchise and were about to begin
work. When Lucas was arrested it pro-
duced profound sensation in Phoenix, for
the young man had made an excellent rep
utation for himself there, and was looked
upon as a sound business man and a
worthy recruit in the army of pilgrims to
that country.
Mr.. Lowry left with his prisoner for this
city Monday night and arrived here at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon. He had no as
slstance, and during the three nights on
the road was compelled to shacl<le his man
to the iron supports of the sleeping car
berth. Lucas behaved very we'll, however,
and Mr.. Lowry experienced no trouble with
him.
Lucas was seen yesterday after his com
mitment to Jail. He refused to discuss the
case. He has a gentlemanly bearing and
spoke courteously, but declined to be inter-
viewed. He is man about thirty years
old, of medium height and wears a dark
brown mustache He started once to dis
cuss the case with Mr.. Lowry on the train
but changed his mind and quit before COM
hitting himself.
Messrs. Mcbride & Denny claim that the
Indiana Mutual Building and Loan Asso-
citation will lose little through the dealings
of the Lucases. Two loans were made to
$500. The association will try to foreclose
the original mortgage in the first case
Fred Lucas made affidavit that Mrs Hold
croft had decided this property to him
when, in fact, it was in her name still. The
abstracts, prepared by Lucas 81 Co.. were
made to suit the case. 1t is the intention
TO try to foreclose a mortgage given by
Mrs. Holdcroft to the Lucases In the case
involving the larger loan, the abstracts
were made to show that the property be-
longed to Fred Lucas. The association has
mortgage, so that the association will prob
ably lose nothing