The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-18
FROM NEW YORKS 400
FORK OVER FUNDS TO THE FAS
CINATING MIR. MOODY.
TAXING A FLYER IN A NINE sDHEMt
Misses VanderpooI and Gwen Of New York anC
Miss Rowen an Australian AruSt Uuped
10 the Iune IT Severed Ihous-
aud Dollars.

New York, Nov. 1I.-Three yodns
cay aud TIE other Il famous AustraiEtI
artist, lempurarl! ner>, aIe salu ~ he
tne victims uI AN alleged swell sNlnulrl, /,
Arthur Dialr MUuut, oi New LldEeh,
Conn.,, who was yesterday arrested at
that city. Moody is NOW out un Ddli ami
is lighting the attempt to cAtrad.te hlm
10 New \ Urk. lie is % years old and has
Always been laNor.te Win women.
Moody comes of good family. Hls
lalher is in the insurance business III
New Haven and his mUtLer Is doctor.
Moody stopped for long time ut the
Holland house and cut quite Il dash.
When he left the Holland he was ST.
lUU in debt to proprietor Bauman torI
lis board. Moody Lalp,hed 10 meet the
isev. Dr. DeLe0n NlchUl, who took al
fancy to him an! introduced him to Miss
Mary Van Buren Nanderpool, who mi
turn introduced IN to her friend Miss
Rosamond Ill. owen. Both ladies hold
nigh positions in New York society. As
soon as Moody felt that he had gained
the confidence of the women he dnedI
them at the Holland House. There, it
is alleged, he unfolded Il great mining
I'd ON Miss NanderpOo, and said that
his partner had told him of a grand op-
portunity for some subscribed mining
stocks. One OF the men who had put
,iown his name for some of the stock had
failed to get the money. and although
the Mayor of New Haven had tried
10 get in, he MOODY had managed TO
get the chance for Miss Nandcrpool. The
latter was delighted, but she did not
have the ready money and she recon-
men her friend Miss Owen. Tue
latter took to the scheme and gave
Moouy $1,000. That was in March, last.
On July Is, Moody went to Miss Owen
and said that $1,000 was needed and
she gave him Consolidated six per cent
golu bond of the st. Paul, Minneapolis
and Man; toba Railroad. market value
.l15. She told Moody to dispose Of
ii and return the $li5 10 her. He gave
the bond to Proprietor Bauman of the
Holland House for board bill of 81
10. telling him that If the bond was
not redeemed in 80 days he might sell
it. Moody never redeemed it, and ii WAS
sold. He did not return the $175 to
Miss Owen. Later in July Moody went
once more to Miss VanderpOol and told
her of another splendid opportunity for
making money. Miss Vanderpool says
she gave Moody a $1,000 United States
gold bond without getting any receipt
or security for it and she has not since
heard of it.
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 showed him
set of $50 water color paintings of the
Flora of Australia, which she said was
worth 5000 pounds sterling. Moody
broached his latest scheme to the artist
and got $3.50 from her on the security
of SO shares Of the stock of his company.
Then he wanted more money for the
scheme and she let him take the pict-
ures as security. He was to raise 1900
pounds sterling on them, the pictures
to be placed in safe deposit vaul: asI
security. After time she became anx-
ions and asked for the pictures. He
gave back. she says all but 30 and said
that he did not know where the others
were. Then he told her he could sell
the pictures to George Vanderbilt, who
wanted 10 decorate his house at Bit
more. n. G. About two months ago he
disappeared. He owed Proprietor Bau-
man S1.400 board bill when he left
The police happened to hear of the mat
ter and Moody was indicted in the case
Of Miss VanderpooPs $1,000 bond.