New-York tribune., 1903-03-28
FT,OWERS BAIL REDUCED.
Fonr More Indictments Found
Against Him.
EGEp sw1NDLER STILL IN JAIL.

ALLEGED SWINDL6h oAIAE IN "1AN
rour additional indictments against DR. H. VI
Flower on charges Of oefrauding people oy ME
v,InIax schemes were found by the gfaho jury
vsuterdsy They were on the cornPi3'iU0 oA
Herman A. Buttrick. a BroaoWay mercL0ii''
u-ho says Flower defrauded him out OF S0'o' n
co,r,ers nreaident of a national bank in South
Norwalk Conn, who says he lost Slow IN o tno
Flower mining schemes; S. W. Wooley, NO. 1oo '
Fifth-ave., $500. and H. B. Woodruff NO. 90
Broadway. $420.
Justice Greenbaum, in the Supreme court &C.
cided that the bail of $4,000 fixed by Judge
u-,+.r nm the indictment Of Flower for swim
ding Mrs abella Gray Taylor out OF sou was
.xcesstve and should be reduced to S5,OUo. Oh
the four additional indictments found yesterday
Judge Newburger fixed ball at $1oOOo. Ine
District Attorney would not accept DR.. Flow
er's bail without time to examine It. ana LII
Flower had to spend another night in the IornDs'
When Justice Greenbaum heard arguments
Yesterday on the application TO have the nrst
hail Of Dr. Flower reduced from $oo'OOo' e1-
Justice Fursman, arguing for Dr. FloWers sp-
nucatfon. said there never had been known a
case before in which man charged WIN stedI-
ing $500 had been required to give ball In one
hundred times that amount. He ADDED:
They are attempting to collect money on q criri-
nal cGSaree that they know they cannot collect by
q ciyi! Prosecution The object is to put in force
the ca. SnnaI sfr,c HttoFney Of NewYork Should not
lend Itself any such purpose II there are an
hailed on them but it is injustice to exact $SoVO
bail this charge
Assistant District Attorney Garvan said that
the case at hand was only one OF many in which
charges of swindling and theft were MADE
against Dr. Flower There are many other
transactions" he added. and more than 81
mo oOo Ia involved in this swindle. / have IN
INV possession many of the advertising circulars
sent out by Flower to prospective investors IN
the Arizona, Eastern and Montana Company
and they show clearly the false representations
and fraud This man is man OF great wealth.
and the amount of $4,000 bail asked is nothing
for him to give.
LAS to dropping the criminal proceedings on
naynnent of claims as Mr.. Fursman has inferred
the District Attorney has no thought OF oolhe
ANYTHING of the kind. ] have a letter "hlcn
was sent to Mrs. Taylor by Flowers lawyer, @ ol-
fering to settle her claim II s1e "outI ttdya ~
criminal proceedings. She refused to withora"
her complaint" , -o,.:.. A.
Mrs Cornelius storra went to the District At
torney's office in the afternoon, accompanied oy
Renisn7in Steinhardt of Flowers counsel. ana
offered to give bail for DR.. Flower IN S S-V,VVI;
but Assistant District Attorney Miner ueCIlliIu
to accept it before he had forty-elgnt
which to investigate the value of the security
offered Mr.. Steinhardt then took MIS-. Storrs
before Justice Davis in the criminal orahch oi
the Supreme Court, explained the case anu
added:
For some unaccountable reason Mr.. Miner re-
fused to accept the bail offered. and we wish
to request your honor to accept it. .,,o. ;.
Justice Davis refused the ground that II
would not he proper for him to interfere In
General Sessions case.
DR.. Flower appeared to be depressed in the
Tombs yesterday but he ate and slept we'll, MS
keepers said. He was visited in the prison early
In the afternoon by his wife and daughter.