New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26

Displayed in these windows are Advertising signs
n. such well known institutions the Title
Guarantee and Trust Company and the New-York
Life Insurance Company. for which Agnew de-
A door in the wood and glass partition, which is
carefully guarded by an once boy, leads INTO a
Agnew's private office is in the rear. here the
re mensseT PROSPECTIVE ps ii investors ese
Agnew is pompous looking Individual WITH an
air OF importance and a self-possessed manner
He was at one time streetcar conductor. ana al,
terward went into the real estate business IN ana
machine and other ventures. His place OF business
was at No. 1sS Broadway until be opened UP In
Agnew loudly protests that his concern Is a a
legitimate one ana says ma ne WI ~ NiIers FRANK.
en- az neonIs nrofess 10 know nothing. He
reyers 70 his hackers and says that he IS only on
salary and is in way responsible for me WORK
i IN 70 Oh he made 10 earn egi:imaely $40 per cent
year Agnew speaks Of James Lamont T,,s az me me
Yamont" lives somewhere in Macon-st. according
10 Agnew, but where IN Maeon ia astIv that he
did not know. no James Lamont can be found IN
the Brooklyn directory. and II was impossio'e "
locate such man.
..ycv go. have implicit confidence in our pres.
dent" said Mr.. Agnew. HE mas ways n, tnow men
s SaR m make as cent Toh, S day In
dealings in Wall Street can b Bsy so per cent Is not
Sann ~ 20 say-tnat is the companys business
believe that Mr.. Lamont has "a, wS way cnntrarts of
the Washington Syndicate ,-,.,,. c,.us,....
''Yas,erdav morning after the Franklin synolce."
collapse became known, several OF Agnews oei
postors 70 the Office In Greenpo' AZ ,ha
asked 10 get their money back AgneW saio ina
In order allay all fear ne Wouio Pass otet ~. ~.
The rule which forbids the Withdrawn OF the
daoos,t as long as the interest is paid regularly
During the day numerous depositors called ana
withdrew their deposits The mana b, %oua nos
alone saw depositors who had several hundfed
dollars returned to them Agnew had ,he m sa.E
and declared that ne would pay back every de-
positor that desired the money. 49,. -.
sra tion which Is more than a block away
from ne headquarters OF the Washington syndi.
cate had long talk with Aghe" yes.s.,oay' ~, uus
could not get any satisfactory Information from
him az 10 how A legitimate concern can pay oivi-
denas OF so per cent year IL was known, how
ever that Captain Reardon was far from sdtaneo
win what he learned OF the enterprise. TWO de-
Donlon and George BenienLwere
watching the place al gay, Ihey "gre Is Iikeiy
that District Attorney Steele Will give some AZ
tention this week to John G. Agnew and his Wasn-
tngton Syndicate.
PENNSYLVANIA TOWN LOST OVER NSm
Greensburg. Penn. Nov 25-The fall Of the
Franklin Syndicate makes many Greensourgers
mourn. as II takes from $1,000 TO $1,000 OF cash
from this place One citizen on WEDNESDAY SoE-
warded 500 10 Miller.
DENIED BY THE GERMAN CONSUL.
The report that Miller had placed large sum Of
money with the German Consul was laughed ~
by the Consul when ne regarding tho
matter Yesterday He said that the had not
been there at all and that he had never seen NIL
Ter 49,. ,.,n.v from him, {" thu coasuI
declared