The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-18
WAGON WHEAT, 92C
ACME MILLING CO.,
Old 352 West Washington st.
THREE WOMEN FLEECED
TWO HEIRESsES OF NEW YORK AND
AN AUSTRALIAN ARTIST.
They Are Alleged to Have Been Swim
died Out of Large Sums of Money
by a New Haven Heart Smasher.

NEW YORK, Nov 17-Three young
women, two of them heiresses of this city,
and the other a famous Australian artist
temporarily here are said to be the victims
Of an alleged swell swindler, Arthur Blair
Moody, of New Haven, Conn.,, who was
yesterday arrested at that city. Moody is
now out on bail and is fighting the attempt
to extradte him to New York He is
twenty-eight years old and has always been
a favorite with women. Moody comes of
good family His father is in the insurance
business in New Haven and his mother is a
doctor Moody stopped for a long time at
the Holland House and cut quite a dash.
When he left the Holland he was $1,100 in
debt to Proprietor Baumann for his board.
Moody happened to meet the Rev. Dr. De
Leon Nicholi, who took a fancy to him and
introduced him to Miss Mary Van Buren,
Vanderpoo who in turn introduced him to
her friend, Miss Rosamond H. Owen. Both
ladies hold high positions In New York So
ciety. AS soon as Moody felt that he had
gained the confidence of the women he
dined them at the Holland House. There,
it is alleged, he unfolded a great mining
scheme A few days later Moody called on
Miss Vanderpool and said that his partner
had told him of grand opportunity for
some subscribed mining stock One of the
men who had put down his name for some
of the stock had failed to get the money
and although the mayor of New Haven had
tried to get in, he (Moody) had managed to
get the chance for Miss Vanderpool The
latter was delighted, but she did not have
the ready money and she recommended her
friend, Miss Owen. The latter took to the
scheme and gave Moody $1,000. That was
in March last. On July Is Moody went to
Miss Owen and said that $1,000 more was
needed and she gave him a consolidated 6
per cent. gold bond of the st. Paul. Mime
apolis & Manitoba Railroad, market value
s1.175. She told Moody to dispose of it and
return the $175 to her. He gave the bond to
proprietor Baumann, of the Holland House.
for board bill of $l,170, telling him that
II the bond was not redeemed in thirty days
he might sell it. Moody never redeemed it
and 1T was sold. he did not return the
$l75 to Miss Owen. Later in July Moody
went once moro to Miss Vanderpool and
told her of another splendid opportunity for
making money. Miss Vanderpool says she
gave Moody $1,000 United States gold bond
without getting any receipt or security for
Mean+ina Moodv had been mearu 81 unr Ul It. +bo
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 $4,000. Moody
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and got $3.50 from her on the security of
fifty shares of the stock of his company
Then he wanted more money for the
scheme and she let him take the pictures
as security. He was to raise e1,5OO on
them, the pictures to be placed in safe
deposit vault as security. After a time she
became anxious and asked for the pictures
He gave back, she says, all but thirty 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
to decorate his house at Biltmore, N. c.
About two months ago he disappeared He
owed Proprietor Baumann a 81, 400 board bill
when he left The police happened to hear
of the matter and Moody was indicted in
the case of Miss Vanderpool's 81, 900 bond