The sun., 1901-10-31
bob AMMoN GOT $4,000.
MILLER TURNED 1T OVER TO HTM
AND THEN SHIPPED.
W This He sar re Put sis0. 900 Into
seymour. Jshnson 4 Go. as an Invest-
mont sehlc-sinxrr Was the Real
nc-s. says Milicr. and Helped Himself

mont sthie>singcr Was the Real
ncss. says Miiier. and Helped Himself
! The hearing before Referee Robert y.
Tlncy In the United States District Court
In Brooklyn for the purpose of gaining
information that will lead 20 the recovery
Of the assets Of William +. Miller and tho
Franklin Syndicate was not concluded
yesterday and was adjourned 20 Nov. o.
Miller, the head of the $50 per cent. syn
dicaie, was brought to court from RAYMOND
Street Jail on n habcas corpus order granted
by Judge Thomas upon the application OF
John Il. Lord. the trustee In bankruptcy.
Lawyer Francis A. McCluskey, who was
associated with Trustee Lord, testified
that the Information he had received re-
garding the syndicates funds came from
] Alfred H. Goslin. Tho witness believed
there was now on deposit In the Marine
Bank, $500. He said that within twenty
four hours he had learned there was an
account IN the Franklin Savings Bank
and q bank for savings at Fourth avenue
and Twenty-fourth street lie said he
believed he could put witnesses on the stand
who would be able 10 show wher. siisooo
was
Joseph Il. Solomon testified that he had
been a clerk In Col Anmon's office and
had frequently talked with a man named
Seufed who said he knew where sii5.co
Of the Miller money was The witness
said Neufeld told him that ~ soon as Miller
Wa released from prison ho would be able
10 get the money William j Iippman.
counsel for Go-lin. testified that q oSlin
and solomon had told him about the $4,000
deposit.
Can you suggest any way 10 secure
this money!" ho was asked.
Subpoena Ncufeld- WAS the reply
Alfred X Goslin testified that Col Ammon
and n man named Morgan had told him
! about the s5O 90 Ia bouds. He said that
| Morgan was dead
-Wha, do you know Of the $4,000 de-
positl-
-Sorno time In February or later In 1900,
he said, 'Ammon told me there was an
! item Of NiSC IN deposit. 'Ammon said
/ that he had lsen "a th" hank and had pre-
| santed an Order signed with a fictitious
! name which Miller had giVea him, but
thar the order had been refused Ammon
raii that they told him they would only
! cash the order ~ the man who hI.d given
In the money or Of Edward Schl,--inger
Counsel tried 20 prove that Gu-ln was a
member q the firm Of Seymour, Johnson
a Co. He said that Ammon had put into
the firm about siJO,GD. but some of this
had been drawn out. The witness said
| Col Ammon told him that this money was
Franklin Syndicate money The witness
| said that while he WIS IN Col Ammon's
Office ho mot Polco Capt Reynolds there,
and that subsequently, Ammon told him
| be had thr"c days Ia which TO produce
| Miller or he would be indicted Ammou
said he had given Reynolds a note To Miller
IN Montreal and that Miller came back
with him.
sAmmon also told me, said the witness.
| that ha eNpected to buy up the Miller
| claims with Miller money. | expressed
surprise and he -aid h- did not eSpect any
| trouble beca,Ise he had hxcd one of the
lawyers
| Miller and Mrs Ammon were conducted
I tn another room while Robert A. Ammon
4 was testifying ~" said he had resolved
| money from Miller at the time Miller left
/ This W as given 20 the Court. A bout 81 70 co
I he Said was with Seymour, johnson Co
4 NJ. said he went 10 the Wells. Fargo Bank
with Miller on Nov. 2S. 1899 Miller left
4 checks with Instructions To turn over Ia
Ammon the total Miller account Of $3.50 90
OF this tsO. go was In bonds. and the witness
! instructed tho Wells, Fargo Bank To turn
/ them over to Mrs Ammou and subsequently,
! she reiurned them To the witness. He
! sad all his arrangements concerning the
| SIsOUD were made through Goelin of the
Arm of Seymour. johnson 4 Go. He said he
was induced to e. into the Seymour. John
! son 4 Co. concern because Goslin had ap-
p.als-d to him for money. All his work
with this concern was stFiCtly ia behalf
of Miller. He said he believed Schle~singcr
had .e~,ir.d III" $1,000 bonds
! ~. said he Rad hot gone 20 Europe with
/ Nillarz father for ~" purpose of finding
/ Schls--iu gor lie toph the trip simply
fst bis health OH the advice - physician.
/ IN ,puciu~iun D" -aid he did not hen"ve
/ Miller had dollar lu tho world at this time
William Mllcr testified that all his acts
~ manager of tho Franklin Syndicate,
l Ind bo"n subject 10 the orders and direc-
tion- 81 the missing Edv ard Shlessdn ger. In
fact. ho sald. lorsinger didn't allow
him even to count the money that came
into th" Office IN Floyd street. Schls-ssir 10
I grr. he said gave him hot 10 per ccut. On
Z ihe nr-' $40 lc had brought into "a" con
I C"rn and after that hc ~ pad IT, sums
I ranging from IS 60 slD In lump m
stead 81 stated salary He said be hal
| sigued n "puf'~-o. lot W. Hgdgshn ih
sing Sing la a." pr'ranco 81 Col Ammon.
! S'hl,~sing ger. ~" sait. Coucs!vcd th@ Idea
81 the Franklin syndicate Schlessin ger
hal shown him that %" hal been able 'o
make prof,s o. ioo1 Per cent weekly by
N" witness FUN oonnlr.cc m him Wit
| hess said be had turu-d over fo Ammuu
through tho Wells. Fargo Bank the sum
Of Sis0Oo and Ammou had informed him
! Of the tiOWO turned over 20 Seymour
johnson 4 CO. the idea hviug To- secure n
good income. The tlsO OOo was tp he only
"a loan RId ho wa positive that none of tie
money evcr r"aclo-i him thereafter. OF the
/ remaining 81 90. he said. he had paid
$1,000 to lbs lawyers while he VA Ia Can ada
He dd not kiuw what Ammon had done
with the balance % s25.G0o. but presumed
! be- had used lt for legal EXPENSES. IA.
testified that ~" r,-cdpts - ia" syndicai"
! ran a. high a. s'Op00 a day. Zach dav
I Schlc--ingpr turned over 10 the witness
! two-thirds 90 the dave recs.ip's for paw
4 ments on deposits on the following morning
3 Tho other one-thirl Schl"-sinRer re'Rinsd
I himself 20 pay ou' interest and princ.ra
| on afternoon transact. .ons. Mulln said
1 D.. l-iiev.d Schh.~lnger had taken with
him $1,000 worth of luuds which had b--on
J puTchaS.si Nv tho witness.
I Haven't you gut thos" bonds ot. deposit
/ Hon.whero now asked Mr HoigsSin.
y 1av~nf y singl" cent ~ Franklin Syndi-
I cate money or article anywhere that has
uuf b,-.n accounted fur 10 the c"uft-
! When tho COLLAPSE cam" S~hlv~Sinsvr
! told him. viiurs> aid. that u" would ~'-'
! him through hi- 'rsu D.. and all Miller had
T o. dp vas 20 kerp his mouh shut Miller
4 said th" tifoO1p turue~t over 20 Ammun
I o. rrgr riri o.. i-lpufiug 90 th" Franklin
1 Syildlo loai" ~ said he lid not know -
I any mooney or bsrts bDiiF ioiU'lv cr,siitvi
2 g. himself aT4 Senlr-~ihgvr ho was -
] D. utnnisu iha' SchlHsa urcr had the ten
3 up New Nufr tsg.fral lslfds o. hls Tus-