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W yet nNHf 10 me COUNTY, 'b HIfnu lH'll
dcclnlnr Years and so the business Wa, Of
fcrcd for s1le THIS was where the svindlerS
cane, IN here entered The, grocery s,of"
one day hluil 7ondy -haired p,tson win a
notc Of Introduction from "Nr Morthingt o.
banker, Introducing him. - VI IHe.lei.
direct from Denver. who desired 90 80 in,2
litilc business here for pn-time ana had
money 20 pend, irli no time 10 haEglc about
prize Mr. raedsr looked around the store
We'll. .aid lae~lo. presently, this place
suits me What your fgurel I'm blunt
man, ! am. 80 lrt@ get riHht down to bust
ness
,eilcrs' side They didn't expect to get It,
ord when the stranger said. Done, they
ives
Nov, ,,aid Iaeslcr, meet me .tQ-morrov
at my banker. Northington's. In Wall street
In the bankers" ilne ofics the next day
drawn no and signed, bu, when thc moment
"tr-my friend Taesler. said the banker.
thi, thing up now His remittance from
penver did not come TO hand ar eNpeGsd,
but rs all riah, You have my word for It
hesitaled Now here IL s?.OUI mortgage
on nineteen city lots AT Toms River. y J.
which yon may hayo u, security and Taesler
week HENCE here you are -.Itl,lactory.
isnt ~ Well. 70 make II aosolutely, sure.
The energetic banker" dashed Of a few
signed them, and handed over the papers
The sellers h"sitated then thought Of the
good price thes were getting Tor their store ore
auctioneer's red nag was out at the store
The, smiths telesTaphed anxious Inquiries
sersa te sH as to Esr ss u sb re-
and allowed the sale TO proceed The swind-
lers got the proceeds. and when, TOO late
found that the lots were in II swamp and
thc,r value was about IS But MI. oilhing-
had disappeared and there was nothing to
be done
There was something to be done. however
when the police eOt after the pair This
time the courts were strred up Iaesler
was sent 70 JalI for three years Morthington
like the smiths recoN cred not cent
After tne WorthinIton -winde came "
pemps 90 inere was respectable
sa shanse Sp place e'a Inks ra 'a' DamMr aiS Co
started business al 80 broadway. William
ince,. .crook was Demng, Herman l. Cohen,
Gen. farrlnGton. George har,in, alias Guy
NEltComo, Lu6o Gallagher and Richard
lr,ce. ali OF the sceiy gang wero hi~ Hlde-
See! =, ia tue pHcksroLnd. planned the scheme
kUth Howard. who later figured In the L 5
Dean bucketshop swlndle. was the buyer
Ihe old tricas were worked. Ihe gang got
OF II. Ihen they We're dlscOyercd and three
oI the gang were nabbed. Price aud Cohen
were cOuNltlfu. lnty served JUST SIX months
aud then came out TO enjoy their plunder
lac woman confessed and was released on
neT own feCo. enhance
Every lew months after that new fraud
came " lsht. apparently with new operators,
IN reality ~ ne police have since learned
6y pa,leat GLOWING or clues and piec.ns Of
new meinbers put to the front. Norman
Spencer q GO bankers ana brokers" the
American Trading Company OF Chicago aud
tnc Manhattan Business and Realty kx-
change. all with Oiiices IN the Bowling Green
iiuidiiS and connections in Chicago and
London. got sl5O.UVO OF the pubLc's good
money TINS sHindle extended TO Chicago.
where tlree Of the swindlers We're caught
ana tried None got more than a year in
-cheme samuel Davidov. escaped with three
months IN Joliet Penitenuary. This par
in the luion. In New York. August Moen.
one Of the swtndlers. was released for Lack
Of evidsnee Joseph MeAu!sy Jumped his
After this the gang turned their attention
10 drugs They TOOK the name OF James r
Branissn, a well known drug hrm and from
an once in Fourteenth street secured thou
sands OF dollars worth Of drugs. They went
into tho bicycle business and secured bioy-
equally large amount. d,spoeing of them for a
tnIrd of their value lney went into the
LUMBER business. too Gen Harrington
alias James. ferro. VINO figured prominently
In these swindles. is authority FOR the state
ment that every bit OF tine quarter million
dollars worth OF lumber used in constructing
the Speedway was stolen by the gang on
credit and sold AT the wharf to tlIe Innocent
contractor. WHO knew nothing except that
lie was getting a line lot oi lumber cheap
The price went into the gangs pockets.
1ney went into the silk business too. and
stocked the Mountain silk ill at Haledon.
y, j.. recently closed a. insolvent. with raw
silk Tor when not cent was paid They
went into the cigar and liquor business and
stocked a score of saloons and cigar stores
all over town. on credit. only 10 sell them ont
A. soon as stocked r.dwin + Stearus who
posed IN Wall street a. lawyer and whose
ls now awaiting trial for tho last swtndle
Charles +. Ackron Of the Tivoll was In this
too, and the police say that the Tivoli was
only one Of the resorts fitted up for nothing
In Brooklyn there was q profitable shoe
swindle. tue cuipriis in which are still untred
In Pecksiill there was a big dry goods swindle
The manager Of Il trade paper came on from
the West 10 denounce some of the gang who
ore nov awaiting trial. as produce swindlers
mining swinders wanted in Denver Luke
Gallagher and lgnaN kornfeldt got several
thousand dollars worth Of furniture. silver
nent dealers in the city. They were. caught
at i and are now awaiting trial with Seelis
But FOR the last two years Seelie the king
pin Of The gang, had been ou, q sight lie
f5 nSsf e hSc SroRPed Il hole and says
was all trace OF him lost In isas he, with
Gallagher. had been for brief time IN the
:" $500 and op East III india arr comp"ny p out out
OF $4,000 worth Of rugs and brio -brac. but
he had got ont on bail and that had been the
last secn Of him Since that time the police
had learned of the real part he had play ed in
the chain of swlndlos and they wanted badly
10 catch him
One man particularly had never given up
hope of getting him This man was D-tec-
tive Sergeant Bernard McConyile Back
in 1903 Met onvillc had once had Seeli IN his
hands lie was only Detective McConvillc.
attached To n police -titlOn, then. but he
sized up See IL AZ something like his real i'm
pOrtanCe In the criminal world Later, cant
McCluskv brought McConville up TO the
Central OflCo and gave him the job Of run
uiHg down some of See ig's associates. He
helped to run down " L Deming u Co.
the American Investors COMPANY, tho fake
banker and brokerage business Of tho gang
the drug ~windl"s, shoe swiHdlos and the
liuuor swindies and all the time he kept an
eve out for Seelig. without finding him any
where. though there wts plenty Of evidence
TINT his finger vas in every Die
Now MCConville ia "A hopeful man and he
went on hoping one night last week when
his work wa- donc he dropped into a Turkish
bath establishment in the Tenderloin He
wusn't thinking of swindles just then. but
there was stocky. clean-shaven mnn
in a sheet and not much Of anything .el.e
in the hot room. about whose face there
studied thai face, for he thought be had seen
.tinat" chin and keen. shiftv black ewes
on the ."ft check he caught II glimpse OF
scar Whore had he seen that head and that
scar' NCConville rackcd his memory, then
anh ha III ba1