The record-union., 1899-11-25

member of Dr. Meredith's church, and
in this way became acquainted with
men belonging to the Sunday-school'
and congregation.
The police official to whom DR.. Mer-
edith complained is said to have told
the reporters investigating Miller and
his operations: IF you can catch M
Ter you will be the smoothest man in
this town. 1 never saw anything like
it. I have investigated the complaint
made by Miller's former pastor, for
Miller had been expelled from the
church to which he belonged, and | find
that his statement that half of the
young men and half of the young wom
en- in the congregation are in the
Franklin syndicate is true. But not
one can find who is willing to make
a complaint against the man or his
method. Would you make a complaint
yourself if you were getting the 10 per
cent. week, for Miller certainly pays
out every week, according to the prom
ises contained in his contract?
Besides" continued the police Off
cial. Il don't know that I would be
able to bring about the arrest Of the
man, provided 1 did get a complaint
Most Of my patrolmen, my inspectors
and detectives seem to be in it, and
was thinking seriously of going in it
next week myself" he concluded with a
laugh.
On Tuesday of this week Miller is
said to have taken in $4,000, and paid
out $31 600. The confidential represen-
tative of one of the banks who visited
off oh +; +l1r =
he never saw so much money scattered
around loose in his life He said that
it reminded one of tales of Monte
Cristo and Monte Carlo combined, but
that as an absolute fact Miller did no.
have facilities for taking care of all
OF the gold and greenbacks which
poured in upon him, and empty barrels
We're brought up from the basement
of the building in which he operated
and thousands and tens of thousands
OF dollars were dumped into these bar
rels by the employees and clerks en-
ployed by Miller in his establishment.
One of Miller's trusted employees is
responsible for the statement that the
Franklin syndicate man had taken in
over 81 00O, GOO. 1t is known that when
the bank shut down on him yesterday
and refused to accept his deposits any
longer he withdrew $150.0O0 from the
Wells-Fargo-Bank 1t is asserted to-
night that Miller deposited $10O,OUU
with the German Consul
Miller, who is very young man,
short, slight and insignificant in ap-
pearance, possesses two positive char
acteristics-his personal magnetism and
h
two or three days, when his every
movement has been watched by de-
uectiyes and reporters, while crowd
after crowd of eager depositors fiocked
to his establishment despite newspaper
exposures, he never for one moment
lost his quiet ways or became angry
He spent a few years with Haverin &
Co., Wall-street brokers, but never
achieved much of financial reputation
while there
His counsel, Colonel Robert Ammon,
claims that Miller, in all of his meth
DDS, has proceeded along lines strictly
legitimate. ~
To show the confidence the people OF
Brooklyn had in Miller and his syndi-
cate tonight, even after Miller had
been publicly denounced in the most
unmeasured terms, a crowd of prob
ably 1900 people were gathered at the
building about. The doors of the office
had been closed at q o'clock, but bus
ness was resumed few minutes before
8. The would-be depositors were
formed in a line by the police, reaching
down the high steps and fully 15U feet
into the street. Business was carried
on for thirty minutes. During that
time fifty persons deposited money, and
not one drew out. This showed the
confidence of Mr.. Miller's public in his
rocket, although the stick was in the
act Of falling.
Up to late hour Miller had not been
found