The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-28
MILLER IS STILL MISSING
A Receiver Appoin ted for the
Defunct Institution.
LIST OF DUPES INCREASES
Liabilities Are 100000 With Assets or
yoOo-People in All Parts of the
Country Taken in by the S.
ductive Promises.


lawyer, was appointed temporary re-
ceiver for the defunct Franklin syEdi-
cate bank to-day by Justice Smith of
the supreme court. The application
was made by William o. Inglis. who
stated that he held IL shares az the
company. According to Inglis the la
bilities exceed s200,000 the assets being
about $4,000 cash in the hands OF the
police. Taylor was required to furnish
a bond of $4,000.
The hearing set down for this af;er-
noon in the case of Louis Fl, M lier,
brother of the missing man, did not
take place, owing to the district after
ney not being ready to pro..ei, and the
matter was adjourned until "Wednesday
morning Several witnesses who in
tend to testify in Milers behalf were
in court. including Miss Gorrie, the
young woman in whose house the
money which was found BY the police
is alleged to have been secra.ad. Mil
Ter was released on $1,000 bail.
John A. Daley, the assignee appoint
ed for the bank by William Miller Re
fore the latter left the city callci at
a demand upon Captain Reynolds foc
$500, taken from the Floyd street
house. The captain referred him to
Property Clerk Blatchford. The latter
refused to turn the money over, tell
ing Mr.. Daley that he would keep it
in his possession until ordered to turn
it over to the courts.
Lawyer Robert Ammon of Nassau
street, Manhattan, did not call On Dis
trict Attorney Steele to-day to en-
tighten him as to the whereabouts of
his former client, William F. Miller.
Mr.. Steele says he is positive that Am
mon does not know where Miller is.
and that he is as much in the dark re-
garding his hiding place as the police
are.
The police officials nave found no
trace of the missing man. Letters
poured in to-day from all parts Of the
country, written by persons who said
they had been deceived by literature
that had been sent broadcast b. Mil
Ter and his employees. All wanted in
formation as to the best way for them
to recover their money. Some OF the
writer's, in their letters, stated they
had deposited from 5000 to $500.
Other syndicates conducted along
lines similar to the Franklin syndicate
are being investigated by the police
and by the district attorney of Kings
county. All institutions conducted on
the blind pool basis which promise
unusual profits are under surveillance.
The police are still in the dark as
to the whereabouts of the missing Mil
Ter According to one report he sue
ceeded in making his way to Hoboken
on the day that he escaped from the
Brooklyn police, and he is said to have
been seen on Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western train, presumably en- route
for Canada. Other reports have it
that be is still in hiding in New York
city, while many persons believe he es-
capped on an outward bound ship.
J. G. Agnew. who says he is the man.
ager of the Washington syndicate at
81 Green Point avenue, Brooklyn, was
taken in custody by the Brooklyn po-
lice on warrant charging Agnew with
violating section 609 of the penal code,
which says it is misdemeanor for a
person to display bankers sign on his
premises when he does not rate as
such. Agnew also had printed on his
billheads, Private Banker"
He was later identified as a person
who four years ago was arrested for
running policy shops in the borough
of Brooklyn. The Indictment found
against him is still pending. Bail was
fixed at $500 Agnew will have hear
Ing in police court tomorrow morning