The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-17

Gll1ldIe OIL the NuulCI Ol AlltIltit
president of the International Gold
and Silver Bullion company general
manager of the order of Minnehaha
"A mutual life insurance company Of
st. Paul; former candidate for mayor
of Camden, n. j., and former candi-
date for congress from the Camden
district are some of the appellations
that apply to n prisoner now occupy
ing a cell in the women's ward at po-
lice headquarters.
He is DR.. Samuel George Ginner and
is wanted in st. Paul, Mimi, for grand
larceny. His arrest was made yester-
day on the strength of the following
telegram received by Chief OF Police
Martin Gurrell:
ST Paul, Mimi, Feb II, 1S9S.
Chief of Police, Scranton, Pa.
Arrest and hold Samuel q. Ginner.
viii come with requisition papers. lie IS
under indictment for grand larceny, /
hold warrant for his arrest, lie re-
ceives mail box 139 Scranton. lie is
short heavy and smooth shaven, To
guard against assumed rame | have
mailed you photo. Wire answer or
other information.
John Wagner Sheriff
out of his connection with the Mime
haha Insurance company. The COM
pany was on its last legs in December
Of 1897 and has since failed. 1t had
about $3.50 in the Allemania bank, of
which SSS7.04 was in certified checks.
| The secretary, Andrew z. Swanstrom,
| before resigning his position on Nov.
| 10, 1897, certified to the insurance COM
mission that the company had this
! amount of credit in the bank.
IMPLICATED DIR. GINNER.
An investigation proved this to he
| erroneous. Mr.. Swanstrom was in
| dicted for embezzlement and perjury.
| At his examination last week
he implicated DR.. Ginner, alleg-
! ing that the doctor must pc
the one who had the missing cer-
titled checks. A warrant was there
upon sworn out for his arrest by the
creditors of the insurance company
and upon it being learned that he was
here the telegram was sent ordering
his arrest
He was taken into custody yester-
day morning by Detective Moir in the
post office corridor and escorted tC
! headquarters. Out of consideration fol
his cloth he was given the freedom OF
the corridor in the women's ward.
When seen by a Tribune reporter
yesterday afternoon he was paradine
the corridor, putting leieurely at the
butt of cigarette. In appearance he
fits any and all Of the titles he bears
He is primarily first class type Of 6
! bishop, the cigarette excepted. Ht
is short and plump, with large head
! scant white hair and rotund, pleasant
face. At present he wears a close.
| cropped mustache and a beard of abou
a months growth. He looks far more
refined and intelligent than his con
versation and general department in
dicate him to be. His attire was cler
ical in every respect, broadcloth Gu
Church of England fashion, white bow
tie and white cloth shirt studs
In the photograph forwarded from st
Paul he appears with clean shaver
face and attired in a bishops vest
ments.
He professcd to be unable to eX
plain the cause of his arrest. He un
derstood from articles in the st. Pau
papers and from letters received from
|
surance company had been indicted fol
embezzling the remaining funds of the
company, bur was at q loss to know
wherein he himself had been guilty o
any wrong doing.
HE CAME EAST.
after the failure of the company il
1896" DR.. Ginner went on to say, 4"
| left for the E1St i'm the interests a
my church. l heard of the trouble
about the accounts and hurried back t,
St. Paul. After an investigation salts
fled me that ! was in no wise concerned
in the difficulty, 1 left again and hav
since been travelling about working T.
establish missions of the Church o
America.
THAT l am not a fugitive is eviden
to any reasonable man. have traVeler
J constantly under my own name am
have my mail directed from st. Pau
; to wherever my address happens to b,
l am anxious to go back to St. Pau
and face my acCusers whoever the
may be and whatever may be thei
accusation"
He has been in this city for littl
over a week stopping at the West
, minister. He said that his purpose 1
? coming here was to establish a branc
> of his church in this city. Since com
ing here he grew to like the place an
was half inclined to settle down her
and practice medicine. He also state
tha he had registered as a practitiOne
, with Prothonotary Copeland.
Speaking further of himself, DR.. Gin
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