The sun., 1901-08-17
new Case AGAINST KELLOGG.
DEAN SWINDLER STILL FLEECED
WHILE UNDER SENTENCE.
Creditor. whe D,dnt Get Rich Quics WIN
Richard Berry 60" Have Him
Arrested tu q tt,ii Action Alleging
Fraud-The stun Tie Pooled Them With.

frnud-The stun We tooicd Ineni VIM
Jane. n. Kellogg. promoter Of tho =. $.
Dean syndicate ~windle. who h. already
under santenca 20 two terms Of imprison-
nent for cheating crsdulo,s spectators.
was arrested yesterday by Deputy Sheriff
Ahearn upon the complaint of creditors,
whose combined claims amount to $500.
TINT he obtained their money 10y fraud,
decet and t,onvsrsion.- In May. 1890,
while he was under indictment for running
tho frauciulen, Dean company. Kellogg
operated another blind pool under the siylo
~ Richard &. Berry A Co. NJ - Broadway.
Initiating the methods he followed IN tho
Dean scheme he sant out wagon loads of
circulars all over the country. writing people
20 send money to him for stock speculation.
lie got many thousands of dollars in return
from innocent persons. whose cupidrtv
ovcroame their discretion. and II l. some
81 thcse fecccd lambs who are now on his
trail
LAWYER Reno X Ellington of - Broadway,
whom the lamt- have rrtained. brought
about the Identification of Kellogg ~
Berry 4 Co" but evidence In support Of
what had hitherto been only surmlse
wns not obtained by MIR Ellington and
his clients until the investigation they
instituted had spread over several months.
AffidaViis of men who were employed 10y
B~rry A Co, which Mr. Ellington has In
he possession. GO To show that Kellogg and
Richard & Berry were one and the sam"
person
Kellogg was sentenced to seven yenrs
imprisonment In April last y-Rr for his
coh"eciion with tho y. =. Dean fraud-
and las MAY In th. United States DiStric'
Court Was sentenced 10 eighteen months
q a..
~ $50 for using tho mails illegally in CON
nection With the same scheme Ha ap-
pealed against both sentences and II now
on hail pending the hearing Of the ap-
peals Meantime Richard 9 Berry
Co. came into existence.
Samuel 4. Scott. to whOni IN" Berry
creditors have assigned their claims.
relates In an affidavit which II among the
papor~ In the case. how Kellogg did u
In one ~ the circulars with which b"
flooded the country he told how John
Grucn. a poor waiter Of BrOoklyn,- had
Tcratcd together n Few dollar. handed
them over 10 Berry A Go. for -investmen'
and IN thr-" months had won sioo,cD,
while again Daniel = Peters Of Staten
Island. "a mer- lad had borrowed 5000
for Investment ard IN few months was
tsOOD richer Incidentally Kellogg
mentioned tha, the -m~rr lad forgot all
about his borrowed g., 600 until one fateful
morning when he wa spprised hy Berry
4 90 that he had ssoo"o TO his credit All
this. of course, was fiction. Kellogg de-
-crilsd " AZ happening IN April. 1880
Berry \ 60. did not come into existence
until the following May.
Kellogg circulars t"emed with vivid
descriptions ~ spacious ofhces, huStling
clerks. uniformed me--eng-rS, corp of
telegraph operators and steel deposit
vaults lie had IN reality two small rooms
a. " Broadway Upon the day when
Admiral Dewey ~as welcomed home
Kellogg sent out this imaginative effort
out ~ the numerous crowds that MI
our hotels clubs and lodging houses u
H..srn- that NOR than our sharr Of Gus
TONERS have arrived on this beautiful morn
ing They have mad" money and have
come to New York Ia enjoy this week
offices hook this morning like Dewey
recepsion rooms. Crowds Of men are
Intervening our Mr. Berry and faces that
we have never seen before are herr, but
nothing but words Of prslse and substantial
with the statement at the time Of writing
our Mr. Berry has decided Ia Accept IN"
mana cement Of a SioO.oJ0 pool for thirty
days AZ the solicitation of these old Gus
TONERS and callers Mr. Ellington said
last might that u was wonderful com
mentsry upon the credulfty of human
natuc that many people were persuaded
20 part with their money 10y this -or; OF
rubbish
IN tne hrnusNi'r -Nut"u Nv IhNN"I
Ellington II " brought out that Kellogg
was allied with Lewis q. Tewkcsburv. the
DEF eiaultins broker who fed 20 Mexico last
year Herny Strithers Of 100 Kingston
avenue. BROOKLYN, who was Kellogg book
keeper. depo-ee that Trwke-bury was
kellogg's banker aud that checks wer-
drawn upon the Te~keShury firm.
Str,itherS s~ears hIrth her that Kellogg
wa- IN" firm Of Richard Berry 4 Go, that
be- opened all correspondence, dictated
all replies and took possession Of all the
receipts StiutherS saws that, obeying
Kelloggs Instructions. he wrote the sigma
turp of Berry A Go. 10 all letters. There II
real Richard Berry He IL member
Of the Consolidated Exchange and highly
reputable stock broker.
Cash hail 81 s2ooo vas deposited for
Kellogg last night and he was released