The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-03

BY permitting Miller to continue the
policemen who were then in the gamble
have Melted something more than so
per cent If a policeman had 500 on
deposit for that length OF time he has
drawn out $500 in dividends. If 800
policemen were on the rolls, and this is
a low estimate. the amount distributed
among the force in that period was
$4,000. ,g "a.
1t was said yesterday that there had
been no such shadoWing Of Miller as
that described at police headquarters
in Brooklyn, and that the young Ma
poleon had been permitted to walk
away.
1t was also said that Miller was just
as free from danger of arrest if he re-
manned in Brooklyn as he would he
if he were hiding in Canada. All the
shall remain out of sight and not go
walking around police headquarters
Captain Reynolds estimates that
Miller had only 100000 in his posses
sion when he went away. This amount
is much smaller than was generally be-
lieved from the volume of business the
syndicate has been doing. The police
removed the books and papers yester-
day to the Vernon avenue station.
Three thousand checks for dividends
We're found ready for mailing. the re-
suit of Fridays work in the bank.
are true he is one of the most remark
able men that ever lived. He is said to
have been a manipulation of races. He
is reported to have had the secretaries
of all the railroad presidents in the
country in his syndicate, and thus pos
sessed the secrets of all the trunk lines,
He is said to have the support of all the
big Brooklyn politicians. Finally, he is
said to be a former convict. This last
story is that he was convicted of forg-
cry in Lynn, Mass, and served year
in a reformatory. This last report
seems. however without foundation. A
special dispatch to the Herald last night
said:
State officer George c. Neal of
Lynn, says he arrested a young man
named William F. Miller, September
20, 1896, who served 10 months in the
Concord reformatory for the forgery
of a note for 500. From the pictures
and descriptions he has seen of Miller
the head of the Franklin syndicate
Officer Neal thinks it impossible that
he is the same Miller who was arrested
in Lynn and whose picture is in the
Rogues' gallery"
Captain Lees of the Vernon avenue
station said last night that he did not
expect the assignee, Mr.. Daley, to
qualify. Mr. Daley said on Saturday
that he did not want to get mixed up
in the affair for $400. which his fees
WOulu amount 10. his WOulQ lnQlCdIS
that the only asset of the concern is
the money in hand when the police
took possession.
In addition to those depositors whose
funds intrusted to the Franklin syndi-
cate have not been returned to them,
there are others to mourn the absence
of Miller. The syndicate was only one
of several brands of golden bait which
he successfully dangled within reach
of the public. Another of his pet
schemes was the Paris Exposition
club which is said to have Melted him
several thousands of dollars.
Membership in the Paris Exposition
club cost 500, and though it's prom
ises were brilliant, there now seems lit
tie probability of any of them ever be-
ing made good It's circulars were sent
broadcast all oVersthe country. Miller
using the machinery of the Franklin
syndicate to do this, and the responses
were quick 1t is said that more than
100 members were obtained on Long
Island. while many more sent in $100
each from New England and the CEN
trail states. r