Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-28
FRANKLIN SYNDICATE.
Temporary Receiver for Defunct
Concern Appointed
LETTERS FROM MANY POINTS
Writers All Want 10 Know How 10 Re-
cover Their Money.
ANOTHER "BLIND-PoOL" MAxAGERs
Uend of the "Vasbinston Syndicate"
I'm Custody on Charge VI vioiahAa
the Penal Code-Other
BEING Investigated.
ANOTHER "BLIxD-PooL" MANAGER
BEING Investigated.

NEW YORK, November T.--Hubere In
TAYLOR a lawyer. was appointed tempo
rarv receiver for tho defunct FrahNi'"
syndicate Bank to-day by Justice smith,
of the Supreme Court The appica,io"
,ras made by william o. Inglis, VINO
sta,ea that he held twelve shares In tina
company.
According TO Inglis the liabilities ex-
coed 5000 600, the assets being about WV
cash IN the hands OF the police. Taylor
was required 20 furnish a bond OF slS.oo"
HEARING OF LOUIS MILLER.
The hearing set for this afternoon IN
the case OF Louis Miller. brother OK the
missing president. did not take place ana
the matter was adjourned until Wednes'
day morning. Miller was released On
81 900 bail.
Lawyer Robert Ammon. OF NASSAU
street Manhattan. did not call on Dis
trlct-Attorney steele to-day to enlighten
him as 10 the whereabouts OF his former
client. William +. Miller. steele says ne
is positive that Ammon does not kno"
whore Miller is. and that he Is as 'gno-
rant of his hiding-piace az the police are
DUPEs EVERYWHERE
Letters poured i'm to-day from all parts
of tho country. written by persons VINO
said they had been deceived by literature
that had been sent broadcast py Niiiier
and his employees. All wanted inforha-
ton as TO the best way for them 70 re-
cover their money. Some or the writer's
I'm their letters stated that they had de-
posted from 800 10 $500.
Other syndicates conducted along lines
similar TO the Franklin syndicate are be-
ing Investigated by the police and by the
District Attorney Of Kings county. All
institutions conducted on tho blind poor
basis. which promise unusual profits, arc
under surveillance
ANOTHER MANAGER ARRESTED.
John G.. Agnew, who says he Is the man.
ager OF the Washington Syndicate, at NO.
II GreenpOlnt avenue. Brooklyn, wan
,ken into custody to-day by tho Brook
| lvn police. on a warrant charging Agnaw
| with violating section 60 OF tho penal
| Code which makes IL misdemeanor for
| a person 10 display "A bankers sign on MS
premises when he does not rate as snch.
Aguew also had printed on his billheads
private Banker" He was later idenu-
| fed "a 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 az $500. Agnew Will have
| n hearing In tho Police Court tomorrow
morning.
MILLER ON THE WAY TO MEXICO.
KANSAS CITY. MO. November IT,
William +. Miller the New York promo
ter Of the Franklin Syndicate. for whom
hundreds OF detectives all over the coun-
try are on the lookout. IS reported TO havo
passed through Kansas City last Satur-
dav en- route for Vera Cruz, Mex. Paul
]. Mas. a Chicago newspaper man. who
is visiting friends in this city, Is quoted
as having seen and talked to Miller on
an incoming Maple Leaf train. Miller
apparently took the first train south
west. No further trace Of him has been
secured.
NAIL FOR MILLER BARRED.
WASHINGTON. November H.-Tbe
Postmaster General to-day issued fraud
| order. barring tho mails against tho
Franklin Syndicate. OF No. IA Floyd
street. Brooklyn. Tho order is addressed
| against the syndicate named and also
specifically against william +. Miller.
president; Cecil Leslie. secretary, and
Louis H. NJ. Miller. cashier.