New-York tribune., 1898-10-06
ALLEGED SWTNDLERS CAUGHT.
CAPTAIN MCLUSKY BELIEVES HE HAS
BROKEN Up A BAD GANG


BROKEN Up A BAD GANG
Captain McCluskv. Of the Detective Bureau
thinks that ne has broken up a gang Of people he
believed TO he in the business OF wholesale swim
ding by the Of the following persons
Charles c. Spear. aac Cameron Spear twenty
years Old broker. living at No 154 West
Fifteenth-st. Joseph B. Hart alias Benjamin Hart
Of No. 3s3 West Forty -second-st: Alexander c. Nc
Cauley thirty eight years old, address refused.
broker. and Stephen T. Moen. thrty-one years old
OF No. 52S West One-hundred- and eighty second
ST., formerly in the bicycle business at No Bar
clay-st.
The Chief OF Detectives compares the operations
OF this company OF people with that of the notori-
Valentine Mclaughlin gang OF year or two
ago According to the police story. these men had
Offices under the name OF Norman. Spencer & Co
In the Bowling Green Building at No. II Broad
way. TO cover their operations. They also oper
ated under the name OF L. NJ. Marks. the same
building. and in the St. James Building. at Broad
way and Twenty-sxth-st. where the prisoner Nc
Cauley made his headquarters
Complaints Of the workings OF a gang OF sw!-
Clers had been received recently from many sources
at the Detective Bureau In nearly all of the cases
the persons being swlndled out OF deposits they
had made with the consplrators preliminary TO
forming a partnership. An advertisement in
morning paper. September % last. attracted the
notice OF the police. and Detective Sergeant Nc
Conville vert to INC Office OF the advertiser, at
No Il Broadway. where he saw Marks. represent
ing the Manhattan Business and Realty Company
The detective told Marks that he had $1,000 to in
vest In a profitable enterprise. and he in
formed that there vas an opportunity In a scheme
proposed that would net 500 a week. When Nc
Conville asked for a reference. he referred 10
McCauey. He saw McCauley subsequently. and
was referred TO Norman. Spencer & Co He was
also referred by McCauley TO n Mr.. Pinkey. OF No
10 FuIton-st.. who recommended McCaulcy trust
worthy.
Among the compainants against the prisoners
are H. II. Reiner Il Co. liquor dealers In Brook
I'm This firm sold 81 90 OF liquors to McCauley
10 stock a cafe which he had bought No. l76
Broadway taking notes drawn on Norman. Spencer
4 CO. and also advanced $3.50 in cash. Another
complainant is Frederick c. Fruhan. OF No 81
sullivan-st who deposited $50 for the privilege Of
becoming cashier In the cafe. \ third complainant
ashed a worthless check for McCauley.
Captain McCluskys men found large amount
OF documentary evidence I'm the office OF the myth
cal firm OF Norman. Spencer & Co. to show that
the concern ran n discretionary pool In wheat. and
hundreds Of letters were found from persons who
had lost money by the alleged operations OF the
Grm Smear Hart and McCauley were arrested on
TUESDAY I'm their Offices. and Moen caught yes
terday All OF the prisoners were arraigned In the
Centre-st. court yesterday. and were committed by
CITY Magistrate Cornell II IL expected that the
number OF complaints will be large Keiner & Co.
have already closed the cafe at No. l76 Broadway
by an attachment for their claim