The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-06
A SLICK IMPOSTER CAUGHT
HE TRIED TO YLCTTNIZE PRESI-
DENT HADLEY YESIERDAY.
Represented Himself to be Alfred Par
SONS the Famous English Artist and
Showed N Letter OF Introduction Al
legged to be from Ambassador White
He Wanted SI0O Check CasIled Bee
Iieved to be "a Dangerous Rascal.

AeSeu TO be from Ambassador WHIT
He Wanted S10O Check Cashed-Se~
lievcd to he "a Dangerous Atascal.
A man who represented himself to be
Alfred Parsons, the famous EnGllsh
painter, and who attempted 10 victim
ize President Hadley, Of Yale unlyer-
sity, yesterday afternoon, was arrested
by Detectives McGrath and Daily ana
locked up on the charge OF idleness.
The fellow went to President Hadley' $
residence shortly after noon yesterday,
and, introducing himself as Alfred Par
sons presented to Dr. Hadley letter
purporting to have been written ana
signed by Andrew D. White United
States ambassador to Germany, and In
PRODUCING and recommending the bear
er as personal friend After conVers-
ing with DIR. Hadley a few minutes the
pseudo Parsons remarked that he want
ed some ready money, but knew no one
in New Haven and asked DR.. Hadley
to cash $100 check for him. DR.. Had
ley told him that he did not have the
amount in ready money and the fellow
then asked the president to go down to
the bank and identify him.
They then walked down to the First
National bank where he told the cash
ier that he did not know the man. The
alleged Parsons said that he desired to
draw the check on the Chemical bank,
of New York, and the cashier suggested
that he call up the Chemical bank by
telephone. This, however, did not suit
the fellows plans and he told the cash
Ter not to bother to telephone, but said
that he would go out and telegraph,
which he said could be done more quick
ly than telephoning. He left the bank,
saying that he would be right back.
President Hadley waited for half an
hour, and as the stranger had not re-
turned by that time the detective bu-
reau was notified. McGrath and DAILY
were detailed to capture the man, and
they caught him not long after just as
he was about to board car at the cor
ner of Chapel and Temple streets. The
First National bank authorities COM
municated with the Chemical bank in
New York and ascertained that no man
of the name of Alfred Parsons was
known there, and that no man or that
name had an account there.
The fellow is a man about forty years
of age, of rather distinguished appear
ance, very we'll dressed and weighs
about 225 pounds. When searched at
police headouarters he had less than
one dollar in change in his pocket. He
had in one pocket a small book entitled
who's Who?" which contained short
biographical sketches of the college
presidents and college professors of the
present day. He said that he came
from Dublin, that he was an electrician
by trade, and that he had been in this
country only about three weeks.
Captain Cowles, of the local detective
bureau, yesterday received a letter
signed w H Beebe, secretary of CO.
fumbia college, in which the writer
stated that man representing himself
to be DR., John E. Sandys, Of Cam
bridge university, England, had called
at Columbia college and asked to have
a check cashed In the letter it was
stated that he had shown a card of in
purporting to be from Pres
ident Gilman, of Johns Hopkins univer-
sity. 1t was further stated in the letter
that the Columbia college authorities
had learned that the man was an I'M |
poster, but hadn't been able to catch him
and so had sent out the circular as a
being of the opinion that he I
was working" college professors.
Captain Cowles thinks that the man
here who attempted to defraud |
President Hadley is the same man de-
scribed in the letter from Columbia. In
the who's Who?" book found on his I
person are short sketches concerning |
Alfred Parsons and DR.. Sandys, both of |
whom he is thought to have attempted |
to impersonate. His case will be further
by the detectives.