The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-06
WESTERN UNION INDICTED.
ACCUSED or AIDING GREEN Go0DS.
MEN IN JERSEY CITE.

Chief of Police Murphy and Postal In
spectorA Appear ms Witnesses Before
the Grand Jury - Manager John n.
BertholT Also Individually Indicted,
The Hudson County. n. j.. Grand Jury has
found indictments against the Western Unlon
Telegraph Company as a CORPORATION aud John
b. Bertholf. its Jersey City manager. indt-
vidua'ly. for aiding and abetting green goods
swindlers by knowingly permitting them to
carry on their business over the companv's
lines. At the opening OF the December term
Of court Justice Lippiucott directed the ate L
lion OF the Grand Jury to charges made by
Chief OF Police Murphy that the operations OF
the green goods swindlers we're being faciii-
tated by the company and its Jersey City man,
ager, and suggested that a thorough %lnvesti-
cation be made. Manager Beitholf had pre-
viously heen arrested and held In $500 bonds
to await the action of the Grand jury. Among
the witnesses called to testify at the investiRa-
ton were Chief Murphy, United States Postal
Inspectors Boyle. Fisher and MeGuinness.
Jonn Beldcn OF New Britain. Conn. and ON
GERS Doyle. Robinson and Snifren OF the Jer-
sey City Police Department.
Chief Murphy told tho Grand Jury that as
long ago az 1893 he had laid evidence before
the Grand Jury conce rning the Western Union
Company'S association with green goods men
and an indictment was found. but was after
ward reconsidered The jury. however. made
q strong presentment to the court. He testi-
fed on Wednesday that in October last he re-
celved a number of letters from people In the
West who had received green goods circulars
with instructions to telegraph 10 b. L. Fulton.
as Montgomery street Jersey City. The Vest
ern Union office is at that number and the
Chief called on Manager Bertholf and asked
him who D.. +. Fulton was. Bertholf asked tho
Chlet Tor twenty-fout hours IN which to an,
Chief Murphy that the kilograms for Fulton
We're forwarded 10 i6l Howard place. Brook
who is a friend OF Chief Murphy. forwarded to
him some circulars he had received. The in
strueGtions in the circular we're to telegraph by
RomeIy street. Jersey City. At the Chiefs re:
guest Belden teleGraphed as instructed and
dress. which is tho Pennsylvania House. TO as
certain whu received the telegram. Gar
gram was not called for. Several other de-
s%patches were sent to the place and after they
being called Tor a Western Union me ssenSer
took them back to the Office at as Montgomery
street Chief Murphy says that he then visit.
whom the dispatches had been delivered.
Bertholt said he had no rinht to give the name
under the law regulating common carrier SER
rested.
Guinness testified that they had been %investi-
eating the green goods business and that Jer-
s Sssd S1iS Is S" OF 1h s' b SHGn n sae f they Ea a t%e
come convinced. however. that the city was
merely used as a ...throw-ofr, and that the
swindlers did not turn off the trick. there.
The other witnesses corroborated the story
which had been told by Chief Murrny.,
The indictments will be handed up in court
to Justice Linpincott to-day and Manager
Bertholi, will be required to give bail to await
trial: The officers and directors Of the West
plead to the Indictment. but will probably not
be required TO appear in person. Counsel f..
will enter a plea for them. The officers and di.
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Chief Murphy tells an amusing story. about
an experience he had with a prospective ZONE;
the t ff2% M A5dTisIne him in s snat h the wh tstts scbs sale
was operated. / asked him to send me ali the
to strengthen my case against the Western
Union. His reply astonished me. With the
utmost sincerity ne wrote hat Vas mistaken
cular represented them, to, be. He wrote:
They sent me a one;d3llar bill as a SAMPLE.
ployed and they cashed it at once, T,hev, could
not tell it from a genuine bill. I told my
n ne snNG al abo naw It. H T6e he lets ssld c, tse p Mjt Ea q p 1ps.
buy $4,000 Of the, stuff. he agreeing to work
$4,000 apiece on the SPECULATION would not
be surprised If that Michigan jay came on and
made his purchase. as | wrote him that l was
too busy lust now to engage in the enterprise"