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MAYOR FLOOD Al
Elmira's Executive Accused Of Forgery
i by a Young Woman,
The IS HELD IN $4,000 BAIL

Miss Loonie, Who Has Been Convicted
and Sentenced For Forgery. Said to
Have Implicated DR.. Flood In Her
Crime--Alderman MoCann, tho Mayors
Political Enemy, Secured the Warrant
Elmira, N. Y. (SpeciaD.-Dr. Frank,
81. Flood, Mayor Of Elmira, a respect.
ed citizen, husband and father Of a
family, was arrested on a warrant
charging him with forgery. Mayor,
Floods arrest is the result Of the seD-ss
tence to Auburn Prison for four years
and nine months Of Miss Catherine
Loonie, a pretty and well-educatedS
young Elmira woman, whpstands cons
victed of offering for Etscsrd forged
deeds to property to which She had no
claim, knowing they we're forgeries.
Miss Loonie Las made a confession
duplicating Mayor Flood in her crimes
and declaring she was largely under
his influence at the time they were
committed. ejl5
4 The warrant for Mayor Floods ar-s
rest was issued by Recorder Michael
Danaher upon a complaint sworn to-,
by Alderman Francis McCann, of the
Fourth Ward. The warrant charges
forgery in the first degree. Mayor
Flood was arraigned before RecorderS
Danaher and upon waving examine
! ton, was held to await the action OF
the next Grand Jury. Bail was fixed
ot C10 mn Enr,Iar N, m 81 u
Flood, a cousin Of the Mayor; Judson
II. Clark and Fire Commissioner La
France signed the bail bond. =
The story Of Catherine Loonie and
her arrest and conviction is q singui8rs
one. The young woman is a lifelong
resident Of Elmira, and was graduateds
, from Notre Dame Academy. The deeds I
she has been convicted of forging,
transferred real estate in this city
owned by Miss Margaret G. Kennedy,
OF Binghamton, to Miss Loonie. sAfterS
they had been filed Miss Loonie oh ny
tanned loan Of $1,000 on the property
from the Elmira Savings Bank. al ~
The forgery was brought to light
when Miss Kennedy called at the Office
Of local insurance company to re-
new policies on the buildings. Then
she was told by the agent that she didg
not own the property, it having BEEN
transferred by her to Miss Loonie.
Miss Kennedy at once instituted an
Investigation, which resulted in Miss
Loonie's arrest. ~ ~ ~.
She. finally made confession to Dis-s
trict Attorney Aldridge. in which, ita
was said, she implicated Mayor Flood
in the crime. When brought into the:
County. Court she pleaded guilty. and
was sentenced to four years and ntne
months in Auburn prison. She was, t0'
have been taken there Monday, butt
J. J. Hassett. an attorney, acting fpr
Alderman Francis McCann, of the
Fourth Ward obtained from Judge
Charles R. Pratt, q writ Of habeas
corpus for Miss Loonie. She then n;WGS 2
taken before Recorder Danaher, AMI
was examined with regard to her az
adayit and confession in the hands s0f
the District Attorney. She reiterated (
this testimony, and signed each pages.
Of it. ''. IS
Flood is forty-nine years Of age, has
wife and two daughters, and is one:
Of the most successful physicians Int
the city. He was at the last munis
election, elected Mayor over formers5
City Chamberlain F. e. Bundy, who
is now. serving sentence in Auburn
prison for embezzling about $50, 600 OF
the city's funds. .#fz