The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01
THE WHEREABOUTS OF ITS PRESIDENT
NOT UT KNOWN.
REPORTED GONE 10 MEXICO.
Appointed for the Concern.
It's Assets $4,000 and Liabilities
5000. OOO-Owner of a Similar Estab-
lishment Arrested and Others Under
Police surveillance - Letters from
Mfller's Victims Pouring In from All
Quarters-His Mail BIack-Lfsted.

New York, November 27.-Hubert G..
Taylor, a lawyer, was appointed tenn
porary receiver for the defunct Frank
lin syndicate bank today by Justice
Smith, of the supreme court. The ap-
plisation was made by William Q.
Inglis, who stated that he held twelve
shares in the company. According to
Inglis, the liabilities exceed 5000 900. the
assets being about 50, 900 cash in the
hands of the police. Taylor was re-
quired to furnish a bond of SIS. 600.
The hearing set for this afternoon in
the case of Louis H. Miller, brother
Of the missing man, did not take place,
owing to the district attorney not being
ready to proceed, and the matter was
adjourned until Wednesday morning.
Miller was released on $1,000 bail.
Lawyer Robert Ammon, of Nassau
street, Manhattan, did not call on
District Attorney Steele today to en-
tighten him as to the whereabouts of
his former client, William F. Miller.
Steele says he is positive that Ammon
does not know where Miller is and that
he is as much in the dark regarding
his hiding place as the police are. The
police officials have found no trace of
the missing man.
Letters poured in today from all
parts of the country written by per-
sons who said they a been deceived
by literature that had beer sent
broadcast by Miller and his employees.
All wanted information as to the best
way for them to recover their money.
Some of the writer's in their letters
stated that they had deposited from
5000 to $500. Other syndicates conduct
ed along ines similar to the Franklin
syndicate are being investigated by the
police and by the district attorney of
Kings county. All institutions on
Quoted on the blind pool basis,
which promise must profits, are un-
der surveillance.
John G. Agnew, who says he is the
manager of the Washington syndicate
at No. 81 Green Point avenue, Brook
Ign, was k into custody today by
the Brooklyn police on a warrant
charging him with violating Section
600 of the penal code, which makes it
a misdeneanor for a person to display
a bankers sign on his premises when
he does not act as such. AgneW also
had printed on his bill heads Private
Banker" He was, later, identified as
a person who o years 6 was ar
rested for running policy shops in the
DOTOuSn u bIOOklyH. IL lIluICtIIiCII
found against him is still pending. Bail
was fixed at $500. Agnew will have
a hearing in police court tomorrow
morning.
MILLER GONE TO MEXICO.
Kansas City, Mo, November T.
William F. Miller, the new York pro-
moter of the Franklin syndicate, for
wronI hundreds of detectives all over
the country are on the looEOEt, IL rs
ported tc lave passed through Kansas
CITY last SatI rday en- route to Vera
Graz. Me yicO. Paul ]. Mas, 4 Chicago
Newspaper man who is visiting fricn!s
il this city, is quoted as ma Wig s'"n
ana talkon With Miller on an inco'rins
NJ pie Leaf train. Miller aCo;reLflE
iCOk lie fist train southwest. No fun
the" trace &C him has beer secured.
Washington, November 27-The post
master general today issued a fraud
order barring the mails against the
Franklin syndicate, of No. LA Floyd
street, Brooklyn. The order is ad-
dressed against the syndicate named
and also specifically against William
F. Miller, president; Cecil Leslie, sec
FOUL PLAY FEARED.
Pensacola, Fla, November 27.-The
family and friends of Judge L. M.
Brooks, of this city, are very uneasy
about his unexplained absence from
home. Two weeks ago he left on a
business trip to Alabama, expecting to
return in three days. He has not been
heard of since. and foul play is feared.
Judge Brooks is one of the incorpora-
tors of an industrial insurance COM
pany in Pensacola. 1t is thought he had
considerable money in his possession
collected during his visit to