The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-09
". T. MILLER'S TWO BOSSES.
DEsCRIPTfON or THE NEW VINO
OWNED THE SYNDICATE.

One Of Them Got the Idoa From n Man
VINO Conducts n Business In Fulton
Street and II. Took In n Friend who
Wa, Bookmaker with Capital.
Nearly everybody who knew anything about
william +. Miller's connection with the
Franklin Syndicate" cams to the conclusion.
even before the syndicate" was put out
Of business. that Miller was a mere figure
head. the tool OF the real proprietors.
Tur SuS learned yesterday that this concu-
sion was well founded Instead OF the men
behind Miller being members OF that choice
cotere which swinded under the name Of tho
l. 4 Dean Company. IL now appears that all OF
the men who divided the profits OF the concern
made their debut as swindlers with the
Franklin Syndicate"
Nf'or Miller eluded the Brooklyn police Capt.
McCusky, chief OF detectives. made IL his par
tculnr business to get to the bottom OF the
franklin Syndicate" Hnd out who WINS be-
hind IL. how much money had been taken In
AMI who got It. From what The Sun learned
yesterday Capt McClusky has practically ac-
complished his task
The idea OF the FRANKLIN Syndicate" so tho
police are informed. was conceived by q man
who conducts nominally reputable BUSH
moss in Fulton street. Manhattan. This
man has business relations with many
shady financial concerns in the Wall Street
district Tho more concerns like the Frank
lin Syndicate" there are doing business In
this Immediate vicinity the more money
this man Is able TO mako, owing to the con-
rection he is able to establish with nearly all
Of them, This man suggested the starting OF
the Franklin Syndicate" to man, who first
became known NJ the "Syndicate's head
quarters, IA Floyd street. Brooklyn. about
ten days before the headquarters were raided
~ the police.
The man to whom the scheme was suggested
liked IT, lie sought friend OF his who has
long been a bookmaker. The office OF the
lookmake r Is in Broadway When the scheme
was outlined tn him. he also liked II, and the
two agreed to go into the thing. providing they
could lind the proper man to act as tile osten-
The bookmaker. according to the ntcrma-
ton in the possession OF the police, agreed 10
friend needed any. to start the enterprise.
and he further agreed 10 furnish the
among bookmnkers' sheet writer's ami cashiers
oi his acquaintance Just as these details had
book tsrTs net William Miller H whom he
had known as a small hettoT At the rncetrSeSs.
II occurred u the bookmaSer that Miller
as the ostenstble prnnprtetor and Miller
agreed 70 do so InSn s she ,,e question
man ma Mn in Fulton street, ifa. very busipe;sliEe
middle name and the word "syndtcate.",
Thus. as the police are informed; the Frank
In at ia That sfs% SSas
Sscsusc soss i fad sG wH sFees and OP S
frst I suggested. knew the character Of
G las n people IL W n a iSs
'Svndcats" with some business from the
start
cu"tIy Tor several mon.ht At first Miller was
gbe to attend TO a tr money that came IN.
rrct ITS began TO increase and a man.
whose regular business is TINT OF book; ;
to Brdosryn by the bcoknaker in Manhattan to
look after a certain number OF books which
The books SCI? scai By z he G pooe are
SAID 70 have, been chiefly dummy books.
Judged from the way they ,hsy
%erc viiiiSs to take almost any kind 9i an az
counting Of the concerns receipts and expen-
that th. sheet writer was able AZ he CLOSE o
bea paid p out and "a" %ha 'fn had BEEN PAID
Abou, Oct. l tho business o; tho concern be-
sn to DS boom ON. and large sums Of money In
on the ,racetracks as the. "outsids man
ach asss ass,s e 10 4. Oh, se Su Il ,Ss 2,
hoosmqker in Mar haitian. from where they
were taken to q bank aud deposited. Its said
small as compared with the amount, divided
between the b2,okpskeT and his friend. 49,.
as the real manager OF the business, appro-
and he took III. money with him The police nrs
ini9rmed that the ho3E mekor sailed for Euroro
sheet writer Disappeared tout the same t time
% tow. + ,s": y%S Eaexs %sSa r. r.
bookmskers outside man." who is said to
sen, 70 he 'front.' BY the principals. It NAV 30
and j. as comiorta6e as he can be in Tht,
circumstances. He l. not in Montreal or any
we-s NJ outslv necessary for his family. Tor
instance. 10 see him. they might meet him at
Sm end ii o Civ Hh ns hG pnce rnSsy
icsi sorry - ft Tor Cecil Leslie, Thee the alleged ir
a nS. "a, agent Of the syndica,ci who was
with Miller. They feel satisfied now that Les
j, IL. t hadn't really any more to do with
70 the South Sen Islands. To have heard Les
lie tax. however. especially after taking three
that nobody but he had anything to say about
the syndicate or its business
x ha H% ang D9nnss2o o
the treatment received at the hands Of the
ton, Col Ammon was just buncoed in
tho old fashioned way by the man who got
most Of the money. The Inter. as the story
goes. left. without 90 much ms thanking Col
AAmm r Tor what he did ior the "syndicate."
rs nearly as the police cnn learn. Col.
ammon got. Al told. something less than
$1,000 out Of Miller and those associated with
him for all his legal services. Two OF the men,
the rrnclpals are thought TO have divided
about 100000. which il less. by nearly two
have made
John L. Daley tho assignee OF Miller. ap-
Eled TO Supreme Court Justice Gaynor In
brooklyn yesterday for n writ Of ,peremptory
man anus To compel Property Clerk Batch-
fora at Police Headquarters TO give him all the
money and property in his possession. which
me police found at IA Floyd street. Justice
Gaynor denied the application.
LAWYER John B, Lord qualified yesterday as
recall er Of the Franklin Syndicate nv Ming a
pond with the County Clerk for $4,000. Nj.
Lord was appointed by Supreme Court Justice
Smth upon the application OF William o.