New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-06
THINK HE HELPED MILLER
POLICE BELIEVE HIS ESCAPE PLANNED
BY A MAN WHO FOOLED
THEM REFORE.

, ,,,or that was circulated In Brooklyn last
,ht with reference 10 the escape of William r.
Miller, OF the Franklin Syndicate. Is believed 70 Do
more Trustworthy than the many "h'ch "a,e
kept the police guessing for the last week, ~ was
that Miller was aided In his escape from Broon'y"
on n Ward Line boat and that he was assisted III
hIs eecape by Edward Crawford. alleged 10 nav
been a clerk in his office, who In 1917 roooe. ~.
American Exchange National Bark IN l'foau"Sy q;
of about $40 900 I'm mutiated currency, and mace ms
escape TO Honduras where he was located se'e'"
months afterward by Pinkerton men. -
Crawford IL is alleged has been In brooklyn iol
the last wear and got acquainted with Miller ai'er
becoming a patron OF the Franklin syndicate' iio
Is now about thirty-one years Ola ana uh"s"a'''
adroIt He worked his way into the position Vi
messenger In the bank by a chance Acquaintance
he made with the presidents son while ne Cra"-
ford was a conductor Broadway car O"e
dav ne took leather bag full OF mutiiated cur
rency 10 the Adams Express Companys once Ior
shipment to Washington. where 1t was 10 ne re-
deemed Between the bank and the express ONCE
he substituted package Of brown paper lor 'no
hills and the trick not discovered th 'ne
packace was opened In Washington the next Jay
crawford got out of the city disguised, and was
found on the coffee plantation OF red"'e III
Honduras several months afterward
The bank got the greater part OF the money
back and Crawford was not extraditeu' MS VS.
cape frcm the city with his plumber was s''''
CT nrtse In the detective fraternity, ana III Is De
ueved in Drooklvn that Crawford has worked inc
same trick again In company with Miller HOW
ever there was nothing last night to back up the
Glory that Miller is with Crawford more than the
mere circumstance that Crawford was said 10
have been seen at the syndicate headquarters IN
Floyd-st , -
Colonel" Robert A. Ammon. Mulers COUNSEL Nv
longer asserts that he can produce Miller wheh lie
&c wanted When seen last night az MS ONCE
ils before starting for his home on Staten lsaho'
he said: -,
"I am not saving any more that Miller Is close
AZ hand AS to the report that woman nanheu
shaw has got the syndlcate's money and Is hidlhs
somewhere near the city, know nothing y
Mr. House. of the firm of House GloSSiiu" "
vorhaus counsel for the fugitive, said yesterday
that he had no knowledge of Miller Pie'e''
whereabouts. and he denounced as false the ruinCl
that n woman nomed Shaw had the syhu'ca'e >
money. 49,. no .trev,
"ColoneT' Ammon said yesterday that ne nj. NJ
where Captain Reynolds, OF the Brooklyn De,eo.'se
Bureau. had been during his mysterious "oSe"
from the city. $500 Aouao on Staten Island
shooting cranes" said Mr. Ammon' ana '"e' ~
laughed long and loud , ,o.aottye Ru-
CAPTAIN McClusky, OF the local syom Montreal
root sad that ne had had word from nio on va
re an1 other place to the effect that Mlilei We"
under arrest or likely to be. 49,, .,dtcate's Of
Another box Of papers from the o' NnIberry-st
nv 5uarters Yesterday. COmmisslohtIS .UaS
n qd SEXTON Yesterday continued their N b
tgation into the escape or Miller iRr6okiyn de
fore them for crosse ~ the brooklyn of
dce visited chief Devery ye Steiruay ca az
nv taa,,, With him about the Miller case