The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-14
FREMONTS P%OLLYTECHNIC.
EMINENT MEN PAID 4 ExRENsrs
FOR FIVE YEARS,

pv,,man Car Porter was Principal, C,sn-roo-,
was stls Feet. ana ths Darby Hsuna.r
Has just Been Convicted o. svinaiinr-
Clersymen, Lawyers ana Pfnkertou vietin.-.
George wyman Fremont, q brigh~t-oyod-nenro
vho said that he was q member OF the wnsh-
lnston bar, was convicted yesterday before Re-
eordcr Goff in General Sessions Of swindlnR
the Rev. Dr.. Edward A. Bradley, vicar Of St.
ARnes's Chapel at Columbus avenue and Nine
tysccond street. Tho conviction breaks down
A scheme that Fremont and q confederate
worked successfully for nearly i've years, in
which time they got money from some Of the
most conspicuous citizens Of this city, Balti-
more, and Washington, nominally to carry on
the work Of an institution that had no exist.
encc except in . circular that Fremont drew MP.
The imaginary institution was called '"The Fro
mont Polytechnic School for the Education Of
Colorcd Children" and was represented by Fro
mont to be ct s22 North Columbus street.
Alexandria, Va. Fremont represented himself
as the President and Treasurer, and he had a
curriculum showing that everything from shoe
making and cooking to astronomy and pa
thology was taught.
He started tho scheme In 1895. representing
tho school to be an experiment in uplifting the
children Of his raoe. He travelled all over the
country collecting subscriptions. He has q
glib tongue and . voice that ho can break into
emotional qunvers at will, and he can shed tears
Ike q day in July in this climate.
District Attorney olcott had in court yester-
day a pile of letters received by tho Charity
Organization Society. Among those who said
they had given money to Fremont were DR..
Morgan Dix, DR.. Joseph d. Bryant ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland's physician; William B. Horn
blower, H. II. Cammann, George MacCulloch
Miller, Everett p. Wheeler. Reginald II. Sayro,
James c. Carter, and the Rev. Drs. Henry Van
Dyke, {. DIV. Bridgman, John Sabine Smith,
and r. Heber Newton. These are only q few
swindled., He got alleged Communications Of
the fictitious school from Gen. Mtzhugh Lao
got out a circular bearing the names Of ninety-one
most q wAe%, it K said; he got money. These
terbach, Charles, g; Beaman, the Rev: Dr.. John
ior, and Bishop StarkeS. He said that other
subscribers were Attorney General. Harmon,
and Irwin. He used the Endorsement Of Gen.
Leo and Senator Daniel Very effectively in
Fremont made his collecting tours in COM
pany with another colored man, John Cheshire,
IN the S's M alsHassa %'' eo @iR' IN GH' III, GH' s aisS. Ffs.
sssas,. sy T EsSo - 4; F p2sss, i rsaspi ,,s ana
III oo DAT 0NoEa tlilC
and got money from him for the, mythical
school They called together upon him early
and he wrote to the Charity organization socis..
ty, DR.; George B. shrady,. who had been visit
ed ed ,b had M s1sS g sFo HYs, sSsRliSio ,n n inquiries =, sent sent
H Ffas tnfFS; f ied to to the the a afis Q IF " tR RsT sSslPs wa ,s
Then the Roy. Vicar BRADLEY r. ono Of tho victims,
went before the Grand Jury and secured Ere
mons,s IND for r tTsSdalentHIE o sssdIaoSs
the sum Of IS, contributed on April 2s.
Aside from the evidence showing the number
William Villa ! +. F Fendlifr was MN brought apsStf on from lI Alexx:
had never existed .n" Then en' Albert 4. Lott s'W Who
sw 0 that he was principal Of the school IN
e essS; was , Saiiea to 10 a as%satiop 9a that caT no such oh
as the bogus circular stated. Lott said that he
was professor of music and geography. He tes.
e preacher. and then he became principal Of the
Greek, and the Poly was spelled the same as
I'M ney Eecs srpentsr Iaimed As oas { az h R1st the a A1sG,.
-oom and a class room sxle feet. Recorder Con
Witness didn't know kept The eourtr %@s' in sA q
Assistant District Attorney Carpenter asked,
to this schools"
Yes, SIR"
NO. sill" replied the defendant. he didn't
1T turned ont that Mr.. Carpenter is a con.
tributor to the funds Of the Charity Organize
ton Society.
Fremont swore that he was admitted to the
bar in Virginia, and had practised for years in
Pension Bureau business. He insisted that
there was no swtndle whatever in his transac-
tons with the distinguished persons from whom
he had got money. He said that he paid al
the salaries OF the tutors in the Polytechnic
i hS43sS EN- hi Gniftg. he n 1sgy get Sa th PSs g yeas IN md