Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30
A GREAT SWlNDLE
Brought Into Trouble by the New York
Polico-An Indictment Against its
Manager who is Missing.

dividends of ~ per cent a week. or $40 per
cent per annum and Cecil Leslie his Sec
rotary, were indicted by the Kings Coun-
ty grand jury this afternoon.
Bench warrants were issued for the ar
rest of these two men, but up to a late
hour tonight neither had been found the
police saying that they had disappeared in
the AFTERNOON.
Tonight the police under charge of capt
Reynolds, chief of detectives in Brooklyn;
Inspector Brennan and Police Captain Lee
raided the promises occupied by the
FRANK. In Syndicate on Floyd street. There
was Il great crowd of people around the
building and the police surrounded it. In
spector Brennan arrested Louis Miller. a
brother of the head of the syndicate and
the cashier of the concern aud took pos
session of $4,000 in cash. There were for
ty employees engaged at worl; in these Of
fees and these were allowed to go.
II was stated by Louis Miller to the po-
lice that the offices were then in the hands
of EX-Shcriff Daily, Of Richmond, 20
whom he said, the concern had assigned
| The charge upon which Miller was in
dictcd was that of conspring to defraud.
Inc district attorney office in Brooklyn
has been at work on the case for some
weeks so prominent have become Miller 5
operations in that time
Miller had ben engaged for the past two
years or so in offcrirg his glttcring in
nonev for bt,, -, t,,, ~.
bncn oni, u.t,I,t, ti,' tt -. 1 -
ovtnrsivH ,d,',,t,t,. i i ,'o,,.n ',',.' ny
other that he has managed to attract to
his office hundreds of people daily who
gathered in a long line or fought with ch
other for tho opportunity to hand out their
savings.
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hv mo nnlin, - ln,,,,.
mo onicrs ,,,rc ,,,Iitt,,,, A. 1o,,1si, ,1,0r.,,
with Tho Erortl,,, s,,,liioa,o
,rho -, ~ ~ 49,. ,i ,...,..
,vci,o,n+,,t W.. - H. 80
ncos tbo,, v.,,., irror,,o1 tha, ~ 9 a,c,onl,
tc.niobt thn co,rnrn ,od n,odo an o,sy',.r.
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III detectives Reynolds said that tn, po-
nee nc. were me 'HslsnG, now ana pay )",F
oii t"e P,Vn,'SeS' Nal'S "dS p'Vh III '"e en-
h'"S Vi MIL ioI SUM t'i"' past
~ the NI'op taken l'osSeSSlon al ny tue
ponce S"iiit'hh'S more IMAM H3'" lH C''H
Vas lo"nu III tlc ~ i'olV%t' 'I"VVS' rum
tho iecoru "hlch tho ponce hau "Hue CT
lo.uaN E'roSits II VIZ cT'"'ht lhat :
rorll"n VI tnc money Tau n'".i remover
lioii' u'c oiIlce9 ana houlS "IIiGr, inc
N''',''i' WV "'9 al t'"'Vu' was c'ic" up
VI" - "n"Ne an tAPIaHt'Ioh' ne at HtSI
80 ~ o' .T,"s nIS"te'lou W !le
49, 9'''U .'"' ms -Ai''iiV July %'l t'"-
house adjoining the office had been given
tho possession Of a large sum of money "A
the morning by the head of the firm.
The police went to the adjoinng house,
whore they placed Miss Cory under az
rest aud after an extended search they
found nearly 5000 concealed ia an oil
lounge in her apartments. Tho woman
then declared that she had this money in
inc he en,,lmvas % ,o gu, LII " P ,r;
~ t'c ''"P'VNe9 vi INC sN'u''"Le' ne
police. however took possession of the
money and gave Miss Cory her liberty
Then general orders Were sent ont and
search instituted for William +. Miller.
head of the syndicate, and his secretary,
Cecil Leslie, who have been missing since
noon.
HISTORY Ou, r,t1r, p1 ,cr
,..,.
. w LiH'm r. MIlIer began the Franklin
HEhulcatc II. Il very small way locating
MS OFFICES amongst the poorer classes in
the Horoush OF Brooklyn, and making enc
feature OF ms business the acceptance of
very small sums OIL money ana me alleged
investment OF them for the poor people.
lie claimed that by inside tips on the stock
market he was able to reap large ara
quick prolts. of which he was willing %
pay large percentage to his clients.
seeming he paid the interest on the prin-
cipal each week and his business incroas-
ed. Within the past few months he adj
Vortised extensively and in all parts of
Brook!yp could be found people who could
tell wonderful stories of the weekly divi-
dends Then some of the financial con-
Germs of New York began to look into the