New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27
CLEVER NEGRO SWINDLERS.
THE LIST OF THEIR ALLEGED VlCIlM'
INC1rrDES MANY PROMINENT PEOPLE.

INc1rrDEs MANY PROMINENT PEOPLE
According TO the Rev. Edward A. Bradley. vicar
., c, Apnes's Chapel Ninety-second-st. ana o.
Iumbus-ave and the Rev. John p. Peters OF NJ
22i West Ninety -ninth-st, some OF the mus p
inent men Of this city have been swihoieu Wy w.
well-educated colored rogues who nave LOT se'V a.
years been obtaining subscriptions from chari,aDE
inclined persons for school Tor coioreu o"'''
existing only the imagination OF the co'''e"
swindlers.
The Rev. Edward A. Bradley appeared In Harlem
Court Yesterday morning and caused the issua"oe
OF a summons for George w. Fremont ana JONI.
Cheshire. both living at No. 2o5 West 1hir's -'l'iu
ST. who he declared, had obtained H'one' 80
him for several years on false pretences Inc clef
gvman told Magistrate Flammer that the '"o M"
named had called on him several years aeo a"u
represented themselves solicitors for the rfe
mont Polytechnic School. In Alexandra. va
They displayed a charter. brilliantly prepared
prospectus and number Of letters from proii''l.e
people One was an autograph letter from eNc oh-
gresham Meredith Of Virginia, informing theih
that their charter had been granted; another was
from United States Senator John W. Daniel WHICH
read. "Mr Fremont I regard as engaged IN
worthy enterprise, and is worthy OF ehcou'ae
and support take pleasure in recommending
him." Other letters were from ex-Postmas'ei
eral William l.. Wilson and Generai r"%hue"
The school Fremont and Cheshire pretehdeo "
represent had forty-fve pupils and three tu'ois
Iemuel Ely Quigg was named In the prospectus a'
sp.cial lecturer. The trustee OF the schoo' was
represented to be the National Safe Deposit odV-
ings and Trust Company. Of the District OF Coiu"-
They also displayed list Of subscribers, wii ara
Tho complainant believes Is bona hde tere d. =
some OF the names: j. Frederic kernochdnn A. re n
Rev DR. D. Parker Morgan, the Kew; ~; o.
Ueher Newton Joseph H. Choate, noIoheei p ~
c'rrrer General O. O. Howard william NJ; EVat ~
Edward Lauterbach. Bishop Thomas a. Srai H.
NJ Newark: the Right Rev Wiliiam lak'C GL .u.o
scnary Bishop of the Methodist Eplscopdi Enu II IL
r a Preston Of Philadelphia; Admlra JoiI n , ~
win Admiral F. r. Calhoun. the Kew. ~. Sonh
r. Greer the Rev DIT. Morgan Din ex-Judge , tkoa
Davis W. Bayard Cutting ana WiiHa" I ii
blower. 49,, ho bas given $40
IN ali 10 the alleged school. The Rev Mr., te.eos
gave S8 The latter wrote to the pos inas.v' ~
Alexandria Va some time ago, inauirins aoout ,,n
ecbcol Mir Peters informed that 10 NJ
schooi existed but that about hve years as9 ~. n
Erar,ont the wife Of one Of the men accuse1' Mu'
IN charge OF a small kindergarten for coioreo c"i
dren which not a success . .,or p p
several DAYS ago another colored man, ~, ia
pob,nson president of the John Hay lndust ira,
Ti T., alexandria Va called on DR.. Bradley
and sked for aid for his school " btae 2nort
formed Mr.. Robinson that he could NOT supp et
TOO schools in one city. and showed RIM leJerP ~
For his subscriptions to the Fremont Iom IN
ScbooI President Robinson then in1orIHaeu -, r,
bradley that ne had been the vc.lmn Vi ''o'@'
rneues and that no such school existed ora
WaCistrate Flammer issued the SUMMONS. anu .n
,ha case will come up in the Harlem court 'o