New-York tribune., 1900-03-15
STATE TRUST CASE ARREST.
DANIEL a. SHEA LAYS A TRAP FOR a
MAN FROM BROOKLYN.
EE WANTED TO SELL AN ALLEGED DAM
AGING LETTER HE GOT THROUGH
A SIMILAR NAME.

An arrest which the attorneys for the State
Trust Company apparently believe to bear some
relation to the alleged conspiracy to wreck that
institution was made yesterday afternoon in
the office of Thomas F. Ryan, No. 100 Broad
way one OF the directors OF the trust company
Mr. Ryan's private secretary is Daniel H Shea,
who obtained the syndicate loan from the State
Trust Company about which a great deal has
been printed in the last two months Yesterday
morning there called on Mr.. Shea at his office
a young man who said that his name also was
Daniel H. Shea and that he lived at No 105
Eing-st Brooklyn. He had received certain
mail. he continued, which he believed had been
Intended for his hearer. and be intended to sell
It elsewhere unless the New-York Mr.. Shea
would pay him FOR il, accompanying this re-
mark with intimations about the damaging
character of the letter. He also caused it to be
inferred that he had other letters belonging to
Mr. Shea. Mr.. Shea told the man to return at
o'clock yesterday afternoon, when he would have
the money ready The fellow departed. and Mr..
Shea promptly called up Police Headquarters
the telephone and arranged with Captain Nc
Clusky to have a detective at No. IL Broadway
ct O'Clock.
The Brooklyn man returned at the hour set,
and upon payment of $500. which he demanded.
gave q letter to Mr.. Shea He then started to
leave the office with the money which was all
marked, when Detective Formosa arrested him
and took him TO Police Headquarters. The money
was found him. The money and the letter
are in the hands Of the police
De Lancey Nicoll. counsel for Mr.. Shea, said
yesterday afternoon that yet he knew no
more than the bare facts of the He added:
1.-THE looks if il had something to do
with the State Trust Company dealings. 1 sus-
pect, but Of not sure, that such is the
case. 1t looks 10 if some one interested in
damaging the State Trust Company had been
tapping Mr.. Shea's mail, and in the manner OF
the prisoner to-day, tried to sell letters for
money
When John d. Lindsay, the law partner of
De Lancey Nicoll, was seen at his home. No. AZ
West Ninth-st., last night he related the facts
surrounding the arrest of the man Shea sub
stantislly they have been described. He
added, however, that Shea intimated
further inducement why ne should be paid his
price for the letters that a morning newspaper
had offered him $500 for the documents.
After he had outlined these facts Mr.. Lindsey
was asked if the letters related in any way to
the affairs of the State Trust Company.
II not at liberty to say anything further
than i have already told you, but of course,
After he had outlined these facts Mr.. Lindsay
replied.
well, would one be wrong in surInising that
the correspondence did have something to do
with the State Trust matters?" The Tribune
reporter suggested.
THAT is a question I cannot answer. I have
told you all / can at the present time" Mr.
Lindsay responded.
In answer to another inquiry Mr.. Lindsay said
he did not know whether or not the contents of
the letters would be referred to when Shea is
arraigned to-day in the Centre-st. police court.
James r. Keene issued no statement yester-
day in reply to the charges made against him
by President Johnston of the State Trust Com
pany.
When Abram King was seen at his office yes
terday he declined to speak further upon the
charges contained in Mr.. Johnston's statement.
Il have nothing TO add to to quality what 1
said yesterday he stated. THE statement
which appeared in this mornings Tribune ex-
plains my position exactly. I do not feel that
there is anything more that 1 can say at