New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26
ANMON'S CONNECTION WITH 1T.
ONLY THAT OF LEGAL ADVIsER-THINKs
MILLER Is "sQUARE"-THE E. S.
DEAN COMPANY.

1,Lr. Amman counsel for Miller had a lot
Of callers yesterday at his Office in the Bennett
Puilding No 20 Nassau-st. Some OF them were
angry men and women who had invested their
money in the Franklin Syndicate and wanted 10
lnour II Ammon was going 70 do aything for them
Aurnon denied all responsibility for Millers meth
DDS He declared hat his only connection win
Miller had been that Of counsel 10 client When ne
was applied 70 for legal advice in incorporating tne
syndicate He did say that he still believed Miller
10 be a square man and felt sure that ne would
turn un and give bail as soon as he learned that
he notice wanted him Ammon thought that Mil
lar's sudden disappearance might be due TO MS
habit Of always going TO the country to spend
Sunday
Mr.. Ammon was attorney OF record for Alfred X
Goslin alleged 10 be a member OF the notorious
= Dean company. Mr.. Ammon declares Gosln
-as only a bookkeeper. The lawyer has had a
liyel, career and Is no stranger 70 the feeling OF
baing arrested He was a brakeman in 1871 ana
leader OF the strikers at Pittsburg IN that year
He became attorney in 1897 for the Yukon-hlondKe
Gold Mining and Trading Company. ana was at
one time president Of the Mining Exchange. In
A,ru 1897 he was arrested a charge concerning
80, r,a+te-s but was released and exonerated
nv the complainant. He was again arrested IN
August Of that year in raid on bucket shop'
but was released on his representations that ne
r,as there only in the interests OF client In
ro,.a,,ber he was arrested third time on a
charge Of extortion brought by the mead OF the
man company but released
The e. s Dean Company 70 which so many ref
o-orces have been made since the Franklin Syndi-
oo+e has been attracting public attention came 10
,ref IN April 1897 The concern occupied offices at
No * broadway, this city, and conducted a big
business throughout the United States, few Of It's
customers being NEWCOMERS II not mem
her Of any exchange but was discretionary or
der concern. which professed TO operate on
"svstenn" in the New-York markets and the Chi
cogo BOARD OF Trade dealing in stocks. grain and
provisions Its mail remlttances were reported 10
run "a high as $4,000 to $1,000 daily. The com
nanv's PROMISES were only a little less glowing
than were those OF the Franklin Syndicate. Il
guaranteed 10 return profits 10 its customers. and
one Of its Advertisements set forth Inducements as
follows:
These earnings, less commission we divide
pro rata among customers on the LIST ana
18th OF each month, averaging in cash DIVIDENDS
between 800 and 40 per cent per annum.
ON April s. 1897 the Offices were closed by the
sheriff on an attachment issued against the COM
many for 81 e05 deposited in September. 1895 and
the Deputy Sheriff who served the attachment
found the safe open and empty. and also discov-
cred that all the books Of the company were miss
ing 4 dav or two later the Postmaster General
issued a fraud order against the Dean Company
mail Several alleged employees Of the company
were arrested in May. Samuel Keller one OF them
said 10 have been the manager. was indlc'eo oy
tho Federal Grand Jury in June