New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-18
uOODY'S ALLEGED DOINGS HERE.
CAPTAIN MCLUSKY SAYS THE foUNf
MAN INDUCED THREE WOMEN To
PART WITH THEIR MONEY.


Two young women OF this city and an Australian
artist now in New-York. are the victims OF an
alleged swndler Arthur Blair Moody, OF New
Haven Conn., who was arrested yesterday IN mat
city and released on $500 ball. and Is now hsht-
ing the attempt to bring him to New-iorK on
reauIsition papers. He is n handsome man. twenty
eight years old His father is In the insurance
business I'm New Haven, and his mother Is n phy-
stefan.
CAPTAIN McClusky gives the following account or
Moodys operations IN this city: He stopped at
the Holland House for a long time. lie sild thdt
he came from Gladstone Terrace. NeW-haVch' anu
he cut a dash. 1t wasn't long before he was Sil"
In debt for his board but he managed to get Mt.
Bowman the proprietor. TO wait. Moody happened
to meet a clergyman, who took a fancy to him ana
introduced him 10 Miss Mary Van Buren, Wander
poel. of One-hundred- and-thirty-ninth-st ana SeV
enth-ave. who was also Impressed win MoouS
and introduced him to Miss Rosamond Il. owen
OF No Al East Fiftieth-st
Moody entertained them at the Holland House
and Il is alleged, unfoded a scheme OF mining. He
said that he had become interested In mines In the
West with his partner. j. TrowDridge Bdliey' Oh
No II Broadway. remarkably shrewd man IN
mining. few days later Moody called on MISS
Vanderpoel and said that his partner had told
him of a grand opportunity for some subscribed
mining stock and he (Moody) had managed 10 get
the chance for Miss Vanderpoe. She was delight
ed, but did not have the ready money, and recon-
mended her friend, Miss owen, who took 10 the
scheme and gave Moody 500. That was In March
last
on July Is Moody went to Miss owen and said
that Sl0D more was needed 10 run The mine. she
gave him a consolidated per cent gold bona OF
the 81 PAU, Minneapolis and Manitoba , haiiro ~;
market value SLID. She told Moody 10 dispose OF
Mr. Bowman. Of the Holland House, for board
III of NlO telling him that II he aid not redeem
the bond in thirty days he could sell II Moody
never redeemed IT. and IT sold. He did not
return E,,o to Miss owen ga
Nandcrpoel and told her that his partner. Bailey.
had told him Of another splendid opportunity f5r
ihaknE money. lie sd!d that ne was Inter,st'i u,
that he could use few thousand dollars. II she
give big returns Miss vandcrPpoel says she gave
Moody a N.OO United States gold bond without
getting any receipt or security for 1t. and she has
In the mean Time Moody had been a., work a.
Rowen. an artist in wat~r-colors Of Australia, and
a member OF the Royal Academy Of Australia Who
pressed with Moody. and showed him with mnch
pride a set OF 80 waier-coior paintings OF 10y
most complete set Of It's KIND IN ne world ana 50"
said the paintings gre easily worth 500 .. g..
came to nor Win srhsmc. II was that OF tho
Rnir company She alleges she gave him %. IN
nfty shares Of stock Of the company. Then De IN
diced her to 20 ~ me e h Ic XXX ,EFc h e p
ures as security n. wns 90 rails" n.p on ih"in:
the pictures to be placed IN sat'f"po.it vnu'i
asked him for tho pictures. lie gave back an.
She SAYS but thirty. ~" said that b." ga not
know where they were. Then b" told her tha, b"
could sell the pictures for her 10 George W. Ven
dcrbnt, who wanted 20 decoraic his country hou-I
I al Fillmore Ashcyille. y o. soon h!i'r""ri
@ebou; fw.1 months sgol o.. disappeared ~" owed
Mr. Euwnnnn 81 4Ol FOR board when %" l"ti
The police happened to hear - ~ mate anh
Moody was indicted IN tho case - MES anl't -
noel's 81 90 bond United states psttict-Aitorhry
Edward Mitchell had charge - the case. N" u,
dirtment was procured. and IN" detectives 'o""p
Moody IN New Haven. II,
captain McClusky ln giving out the story. sn, !.
,N.t No hrIIcrrE that Bailey. tho man whom 80,
represo nted as HE partner. g. not Cou,'In,p ." VIC
schemes ~ Nooay. and IS wholly bIihh'I'fN'
X.yuavon. Conn Nov Representatives OF
Arthur r Moody say. The polio" story printed VI
to-nirhrs papers IS misleading ard untrue. inc
mining operations IN which b" was 'hEAE'u W.
legitimate In all respects. Tho mines ana mining
companv which he represented were and ar" b'h"
ade investments The money! he received VIZ
M the developmcnt Of the mining pt"p't''A' II
no, on. cent was uecd 81 an Illegal mhhh't- -.
mia can and viii b. shown NJ the fop., nm
t9 , D'ar,ihie documentary evidence. Mr.. Moody
never used any money received from !hN's,"'r .-'
his personal expenses. bcyoni "A i'"'O''"'' ''
mission upon the securities SOFA