The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-27
THE "WAsnIyarov SYNDICATE"
Previous business Career OF John q
AInrw Who Manages II.

Previous business Career OF John q.
AInrw Who Manages II.
Detectives lotercd around the Washington
Syndicate Company's" .StnbIis hmcnt at 81
Grecnpont avenue. brooklyn. on saturday
night until John q. Agnew. the rcI u;cd mana.
ger. closed II up. Every person who entered
was watched. Detectives will be ut the syn
dcate's" Office again to-day
This Is tho concern. that. like the Franklin
Syndicate" offers 10 pay dcpostors M cIorh-
tant interest.
Detectives Donlon and Bch'ca spent much
time yesterday In looking up AGnew's ante
cedents. He Is more than 80 years old and
is a native OF England lie was formerly car
conductor In Brooklyn and later n driver.
Then he had something to do with scwin! ma
chimes and afterward was employed IN spring
bed factory. About seven years ago he be-
came Interested in policy playing and for u long
time conducted several establishments IN " i
liamsbuig According to the detectives, Asnew
known at that time a. the policy Einc" Tue
two hai some business trout les aud separated
or S5OO. Anerwafd he was IN In, real
es'Ate and insurance, business In thu. UPPER
part Of broadway. Wi liamshurg. While no
was 80 engaged Ia lew weeks ago the ~ ASH
fnRton syndicate" with Agnew as us manager.
was sprunG o. the public. nctective Don on
man. A that tine Nj ers sSnd.caie was N
full sw ne and there had htcn no interruption
Agnew to ii the detective h. expected 10 do
well IN he new venture n he hal good back
ing Ne didn,t teI. WHO his tackrrS We're
When Miller, of III" 'fTHnh Tia ~yuu cat" MAS
put cut OF business the pc ice turned thcjr at
tcntluu TO AgUeNs Cuur,ru. I.n,On and
B"hen subjected AEnew TO sharp questioning
Agurw toll them that man OF the name Of
Lamont, who lives in Macon street. FroOklyu.
was AZ the head OF tho con 'crn The police
We're not ah,o t. irI sucn u man. but be-
came convinced that u man uHmcd De.a-
mater was one OF ths m'n behind Aguaw
the detectives Ms 20 whore h. de, Ostirt
the money received from patrons. Asr, " said
h. had no bank tor d"io-t. AGp"w aided
that three times u day an agent tor the back
ers" came to him and took away the money.
Agnew declared he hadn't the r-mulc-t idea
a. TO who the agent was: that the agent -tmp'y
chmo to ih. syniicats's Office. received the
money and departed.
After The detectives hal left tho place they
saw AGnew leave and board n, car. Acnew
returned two hours liter He had "a che
and whan the detect YES oIlrw'i Inn into his
ONCE they found thai the satcnrl contained
money. Agnsw declined to toll whcr' tho
money WAS obtained. H. SAL h. didut pro-
pose to reveal too much abpu, ne syn lea, v
The detectives sui mittei the result 81 their
Investigate on to Deputy ,bi"f Hiachel ar. and
under Instructions from him went 10 tho
before that oncial, What a.-rd between
District Attoi ncy steele and the d,tcct YES Is
not known. but later DonI"n M Byhlsn nn-
Gates" office aud gave warning to persons " no
came 10 make deposits.
:, One man who agrcsTcd told thu detectives
desired to get It back This man made u de-
mand Tor the. money in the prrNenc" o; the de-
VIII" GsSanded s26 ' tecevsd 1t Without INN" nny
uuestionlngs. IL was said NJ the Grcrrpoiut
avenue station last n ight hat Pc icemrn would
its doors.