The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-25
SYNDICATE" MILLER GONE
HIS MOTHER, LOUIS n. MILLER.
PUT UNDER ARRksE

siRnmont OF the "Frankiin syndioste,s
Property to E1-sherin DALEY Who Was
In His Empioy-The Police Take Posses.
sion of tho BROOKLYN House-They find
ss,oo0-How Miller EIuded tho Po,ioc.
The Franklin Syndicate" has been put ONT
OF business and william r. Miller. the qen.
orally supposed founder and man ager OF tho
syndicate reported to have been Indicted
oy the Grand Jury OF Kings county Yesterday
afternoon on charge Of conspiracy. Ia wanted
W the police, but he couldn't be found
up to midnight last night His brother. IouI.
n MlIier. who was employed as a clerk al
the offices NJ the Syndicate. !" la Floyd stree.-
brooklyn was arrested last night on the
charge OF stealing $500 belonging 70 tho
creditors OF the syndicate. and was locked I'm
IN the (ompkins avenue police station Cecil
Leslie. the advertising agent OF the Frank.
i'm syndicate.' also reported to have been in-
oicted ny the Kings County Grand Jury yester-
gay. Is wanted by he police. but. like his chief
couldn I be found M to midnight last night.
these things happened to the Franklin
syndicate between X and IL o'clock last eye-
hinH and iolloweda premature publication In
the brooklyn Eagle yester lay afternoon
.hat miller had been indicted Had II not
been for this publication. according 10
District Attorney Steele OF BROOKLYN. thu
founder and manager OF the FRANKLIN
oyndicate' would now DO under arrest, as
wen as MS advertising agent. and the men and
women who put money into the concern would
now stand much better chance OF getting
some OF their money back
ihe nehuquarters OF the syndicate" opened
.or 'usihess as usual yesterday morning.
Every one OF the forty-nve clerks was at his or
her desk and the manage, was In hi,
usual place at desk in the front
room on the first floor overlooking
the street. Tho morning mails were
unusually heavy. When the l.tters were
opened. II was found that many OF The enyel-
opes contained notices Of a desire on the part
OF depoSitors 10 withdraw their accounts.
Other letter.. and these were in the majority.
contained the money or it's euuiy,Ient n, nav
del ositors. When the mail was assorted and
the deposits entered. It was found that nearly
sl3.opp had been received.
Nh'le the mail was being examined in tina
basement personal deposits were being mad,
by new depositors upstairs One soune won,,
had s4OO which she deposited There wera
many others with derosits ranging from slO 10
800 In another line there were men and wo-
men who hal come to tell Miller or his repre-
sentative that they had received all the diyi.
dends they cared to receive from him and that
"""'u '"e'' money ~ IS TACT. however.
'hnt the iepositors exceeded those who desired
to close out their accoun,s
Whit o., ,o.o,,,a,,' ..,
,,an "o "a. ,, toienooh business was being
transacted Miller sat at his desk. He was az
uniemonstrative as usual. AMI there wa,
nothing which seemed TO desturb him About
CLOCK IN the afternoon, a. nearly a. those
who saw him 90 out can remomh,r
he left Ia pl.cs u, hr.,,aa IT,, -
p"'o Vi BUSINESS lhat was
the 'hs' thht was seen OF him In the
neighborhood OF l4t Flovd street CLERKS who
wan,aJ n copsul, 9Th hi,, -, ,.,.,,,r
- -. - - ''',' y" '''''''- VI ""s'-
ness were toIn that he mad Hon" out. but that
he would be back at 1880 o'clock in the ey.n-
ing 10 close nm IN. d,v,s husir,.. no ,,s,,a,
l., = 80, 49,, ~ , o"',r''' ~ usual.
~ y sa'u tha' "hen ne e't MS Office he carried
with him the satche which h. uSually carried
when ne left Fioyd stree, st ,hn, nonr - ~
d. ~ "' VI va"
oaI'
II Is known that on other day he carrioi
AWAY in tina, sa,rbeI n Inrgo ,,or,,,,, -, a.,
~ 49, '"'Nv r''''" VI 'ho
m"h"S or It's e l'a'eht' winch came in by
mail or in personal ieposlts up to nool Iii.
not known. however what hn ever diI Win
,ht, 49, 80, ~ .h ~. '''' VIZ wy"
'h's money on any OF the days on which ho
took II away.
Wha, becnmo az MiIlor affair Ia I,t, HE ,,,o,,
, " "'''.' So "o ,e'' us p'a''