Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-03-09
BIC FRAUDS AIRED.
One Man Links Three Gil
gantic Swindles.
Startling Revelation Made by
New York Grand Jury.
Alfred Coslin, Chief of Anti-B.
r. T. Conspiracy, Figured In
Dean and Miller Frauds.

NEW 1ORN, Marcn u lie "oul no.
this afternoon says: The arrest OIL Aireu
Ranleigh Gosln in Philadelphia for con
cocting and circulating rumors affecting
the good name and credit of the Brook
lyp Rapid Transit railroad gives the pub
lie and the police another hint of the
head and front of the notorious syndi-
cate of swindlers which has long operat-
ed in this city and its environs
Whether bearing" reputable stock
ON the exchanges and raiding the market
after issuing false information, or work
ing Miller 500 per cent swindles or run
ming a bucket shop exchange. Goslin mas
always escaped trial and grown TAT or
purse and sleek of person.
The head of the Il. :. Dean II Co. con-
Germ was Alfred r. Goslin The brains
Of the Miller syndicate was Alfred X
Goslin.
The head of the gang which created the
panic in Brooklyn Rapid Transit stock
and caused that security to tumble from
S11Oto $50 per share was Alfred X. Cos
lin.
Perhaps Goslin has at last reached the
end of his rope. But he still snaps his
fingers at the law and, defiant as ever,
says:
"rhey can't touch me-"
But they have touched him, and today
he is under arrest to he brought back to
New York. which he left on Saturday
last for Philadelphia TO escape arrest on
an Indictment by the special grand jury.
How did Goslin get wind of the indict-
ment? Nobody will tell who knows the
facts. but he did learn Of il and fed.
Gosln. despite his palatial residence at
ca West End avenue. a house in which
IL L., Of Il
ask for in the way of luxury, and his
pretensons of style and effect, is an eX-
traordnary man with extraordinary
nerve.
The police fear him for some unexplain-
able reason. He was indicted for the
Dean swindle, but never brought to trial.
lie at one time went under the name of
Donald Beven. lie was sent to Elmira
reformatory in 1882 and ten years later
pleaded guilty to two indictments for for
gerry.
Later he was arrested charged with
swndling j. X. Willard X Co. of 81
Broadway out of $500. His picture in
the rogues' gallery is No. 1868.
The way Gosln worked the b. II. T.
game only GOslin could conceive. 1t was
an elaborate plan deliberately carried out.
At the time the raid was made on the
stock Goslin. through his connection with
Louis Powers of the Miller 52O per cent
syndicate, had Powers wire dispatches
from Boston, where Powers was running
the Miller game, stating that Brooklyn
Rapid Transit was going into the hands
of receiver.
These dispatches were sent through the
Boston agents Of prominent Wall street
| house. The tip spread. Goslin antci-
pated its effect. He told all his friends
to sell Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Among
those who took his advice was w. f.
Miller, now in the Raymond street Jail.
Every body made barrels of money but
Miller. who was not 'tippod' when t.
get ont of the Larllct. Miller lost all.
/ One Dearborn made pile. Mrs. Ilotch
made another. Schlcs,inger cleared hun
dredS of thousands of dollars. Ammou
protitcd through hi counsel fees, and the
/ syndicate was rolling in wealth.
/ Go>liu operated through half Il dozen
Consolidated Exchange books and one
big Stock Exchange hodsc.
! simultaneously advertisements appear.
! ed in certain newspapers attacking the
| stock The advertisements were signed
Truth Seeker" That was GoSlin.
( When the railroad company offered
.
! the one who started the false rumnrs,
! Go>ln stepped forward and declared that
/ the money would not and could not he
paid.
Goslin dealt largely with Henry \.
Seymour Of II broadway. When the
special grand jury called for the books OF
Seymour johnson X CO.. the head of the
! firm declared that the book, had been
burned in Elizahcth. ~ j. The junior
member of the firm would not deny the
| fact.
Goslin had private code and system
of telephones. Each one of those assist.
ing him in his vast syndicate operations
has telephone at his home. The ram
ihcations of the concerns in which he
was and is still the head and brains OPP
crate in Boston. Philadelphia, Cleveland
Baltimore and Indianapolis.
The New York Office of Goslin is at II
Broadway. When one place is closed by
the newspapers or the police he hobs ur
in another under a new name and with
| fresh assurance.
Five of Goslin's friends and copartners
are now under Indictment