The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-17
FOR CONVERTING BONDS.
INDREW T.. tn YLOR OF BROOKLYN
ARREGTED 1T LAKE MOHONK.

Mrs. Collins. n Niece OF Iletty Green. IL the
Complninnnt-Whnt she says became OF
Her supposed Investment In the American
Service Union. or which TnJlor II Treasurer.
KINGSTON, Aug. LEON Saturday sheriff
6chantz received n warrant for tho arrest OF
Andrew L. Taylor of Brooklyn on tho charge of
defrauding n woman. Mr.. Taylor left Now York
on Friday afternoon for Lake Mohonk, where
his family is spending the summer, and was
arrested there on Saturday afternoon and
brought to this city that night. The warrant
charges him with the conversion of four bonds,
valued at $t,4OO. left In his care by Mrs. Hattie
A. 7. Collins of New York in July. 1896.
Mrs. Collins is a niece of Hctty Green. Tho
Sheriff Of any county in the State was author.
ICED to arrest him, and the amount of bail on
which he might be released pending further ac-
ton OF the court was fixed by Judge Walter
Lloyd Smith of tho Supreme Court at
$1,000. Mr.. Taylor gave Under Sheriff
George Dumond his check for $1,000,
drawn on tho American Service Unio,
ofNew York. OF which he is Treasurer, and a
telegram was sent to New York to learn IL Mr..
Taylor was good for the amount. A s~atisfac-
tory reply was received, and Under Sheriff
Dumont and Mr.. Taylor left for Lake Mohonk
at noon to havo the bonds made out formally.
Mr.. Taylor's trouble with Mrs. Collins dates
back to June. 1895, when Frederick MclIenry
Kitching applied at the offices Of the American
Service Union, at 256 Broadway, for a posi-
ton. Mr.. Taylor is Treasurer Of this concern,
which reinsures policy holders in assessment
LIE insurance companies. II, for instance, q
man Is insured in tho Royal Arcanum at a rate
Of Sl.25 per assessment. which at the average
of sixteen assessments is $50 per year, the
American Service Union will for Sl2O per year
pay all his assessments, and give him, more
over. a paid-up policy for $4,000. on which he
can realize. at the end OF twenty. years. The
company Is incorporated under the laws OF West
I'm June. 1885," said Mrs. Collins, II went
TO see Mr.. Taylor at his office. Freddie kitch.
DO made Assistant Secretary of the American
Service Union at a salary OF 1928 a month II he
could induce some one to invest $4,000 In the
concern. / liked the young man. and l thought
that IL the company was a good one ! might
make a living. / saw Mr.. Taylor and explained
that had no ready cash at the moment, but
CATION. and on July II brought ten Des Moinos
each. He threw them in his safe as soon as he
had looked at them. and then gave me
the Union Company. whatever that is. i pro-
tested. and said l wanted to invest only In the
h H@ae abS.oa sSsEif iev HsiGp; sad IT. hheh lie enl Ea1 nst9r me- !
aside. and talked to me so vigorously that l
went away with the Union certificate. Whom I
y Cu III bShioSo n th1AO NAShA WI hhAA "
1had to pay 81. 600. The other four l mover re-
ceived. They are what / want now"
Mrs. Collins is the widow of the founder of
the Collins line of steamships, and she Is worth
nearly 81, 600, 900. She has no children. and
takes an exceptional interest in young Mr..
Kitching, who has had q meteoric ex-
perience in his twenty-five years OF life.
He came into public notice last June. when Mr..
Taylor had him arrested for stealing a 81 Q
bond. Strangely enough, the arrest was made
as kitching was going into the Court OF General
Sessions to testify for Mrs. Collins in a suit she
had begun against Mr.. Taylor.
At that time kitching had q small brokerage
office at 6 Wall street The belonged to no eN-
changeh. and WAS engaged in settling the
checks he gave to the Clergyman. organist,
Eiage day. March il. 1897: The checks
marked IN. G.," because. as kitching says, his
cashier stole all the money he left to meet the
checks. KitchinR was locked up all night on
Tayior's charge, and was bailed out in $500 next
day to await his trial next month.
Mr.. Kitching was with Mrs. Collins yesterday,
and expects to be the chief witness in her behalf
against Taylor. for whom, by the way, no
worked three months after the date of her in
vestment.
Mr.. Taylor. who is tall. spare. s!dewhiskered
and %austere. Is a member of the Holy Trinity
Episcopal Church in Brooklyn and also of tho
Hamilton Club.