The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-14
A CHAMPION PAKBR.
Count MarScha11 Turns Up
in Chicago as Head of
the Alaska Guide
Company.
CHIEF MURPHY on his TRAIL
Wanted Here to Account for Mrs.
Dimock's 100000 -Crook's
Remarkable Career.

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Remarkable Career.
Count Ernst v. Marshall, who is want
ed in New York City for the alleged
swindling of Mrs. Mary Dimock out of
10000, and who is charged with having
mulcted a dozen Of the ablest lawyers AMI
politicians in New Jersey, was arrested in
Chicago early this morning by order of
Chief of Police Murphy Of this city, who
| has been on his track since February 4.
MarschaI is said by the police to be one
of the most remarkable fake promoters OF
the day. The police have been looking
for him for over d year, and nave
searched the country over without finding
a trace of him. 1t was by chance that
Chief of Police Murphy got on his trail.
On February / Chief Murphy received a
letter from Miss ". E. Boyd, of No. 4,oi5
Emerald avenue. Chicago, asking II as a
favor he would tell her the character OF q
certain lady in Jersey City Whose name
the Chief refuses to divulge). She sald
that her reason for desiring the Informal
ton was that she had had an offer to ac-
company a party to the gold fields OF
Alaska as companion to the woman men
toned, who was represented as being the
sister of the president of the syndicate
which was organizing the expedition. Miss
Boyd wanted to know If the Jersey City
woman was a proper person for her to
travel with.
Chief Murphy replied by asking Miss
Boyd what inducements had been offered
her to make the trip, and asked her to
forward him full particulars and all in
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might possess. He stated that he recog-
nized from her inquiry the possibility Of
a swindle. as he thought he saw the hand
of a person we'll known to him in the
transaction. AS soon as Miss Boyd's first
letter reached him, Chief Murphy sus-
pected that Marshall was interested in
the scheme, as the woman mentioned was
associated with him in Jersey City.
Miss Boyd's second letter contained a
circular setting forth in glowing terms
the prospects of the Alaska Guide and
Information Company"
The circular was ten by fourteen inches
and was printed on pink paper. 1t was
ornamented With pictures of miners pick
ing up huge nuggets of gold. 1t set forth
that the company had already secured
claims of great value which would be
worked with great profit by the party
which was being organized in Chicago
to go to the gold fields. Each person in
vesting and joining the party would be-
come a millionaire in a year. The circu-
lar concluded by stating that further in
formation would be furnished those liv-
ing out of Chicago for one dollar. All
communications were to be addressed to
c.. Holt.
Chief Murphy was sure of his man
when he received this circular. 1t was in
nearly all respects similar to the one
which was, bitten at by capitalists in
Jersey City. With the exception of one
word the title of the concern was the
same. Chief Murphy telegraphed Miss
Boyd to make no further move until she
heard from him as it was possible that
the company was a swindle. He also
wrote particulars to Miss Boyd and wrote
the Chicago police telling them that Holt
and Marschall were undoubtedly the same
person and asked them to arrest him if
the description of Marschall he sent tai
lied with that of Holt. Early this morn
ing Chief Murphy received the following
telegram from Chicago
On account of Miss Boyd. Holt, alias
Marschall, is in arrest. Do you want
him? L. P. COLLERAN,
Chief of Detectives.
Chief Murphy answered at once that he
did. AS soon as was possible he notified
Bishop & Pftney, of New York, counsel
for Mrs. Dimock, who. is is alleged. was
swindled out of $4,000 by M%arschall.
Bishop & Pitney win take steps at once
to have Marshall extradfted to New
York.
Count Ernst Marshall first appeared in
Jersey City two and one-half years ago
! when ne got into trouble over a note, and
was defended by ex-Judge William Hoff-
man. He was acquitted and Hoffman,
who thought hinl a bright fellow employed
him in his Office. He remained there a
year and then organized the United States
Guide and Information Company, with
city. His scheme appeared so plausible
that he got such capitalists as Major An
derson. former Comptroller of New Jer-
sey; Charles B. Thurston. of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad and the Consolidated Trac-
ton Companies. and Colonel John j. Tof-
Allan McDermott, William Hoffman, Will
lam Speer, Jr., and others equally well
known. The company ~actually did bust
ness. MarschaH hired the son of Mrs.
Dimock to work in the office with him,
and in this manner got her to buy s30,9 900
not worth as many cents. Then he skipped
and the United States Guide and Informal
tion Company went into the hands of a
| receiver. Its affairs are still before the
Court of Chancery, When Marschall left
it is alleged he took the whole of Mrs.
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