New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-10
TO ACT If POLICE Do NOT
THINKS ABEEL An AGENT
Father of Miss anderson Hires
Lascgers and Detectives.

The police are still hunting for James Abeel
who. they declare, in the guise OF j. Ogden
Goelet" yyooed and won Miss Eleanor Anderson
7 am about through making statements
said Mr.. Anderson yesterday. but 1 VIII say
that IL this man is caught and the law doesn
make il hot for him. viii; don't care who he
turns out TO be. No matter il he is Goelet him
self I will attend to him II the law doesn't
have placed the matter in the hands OF my Jaw
yers. Stern g. Sporborg, No. CD Wall-st-' ana
you'll have TO talk 10 them now. This matter
viii be ali cleared up soon. II looks now as
though both civil and criminal proceedings
would be instituted against the man when ne Is
caught
Mr.. Anderson was asked If he thought Abeers
actions could be exclaimed on the ground OF
slight mental arrangement.
'elo. ! don't think so at all" he said, Win
emphasis THAT man. whoever he was. acted
altogether too cooily for crazy man. lie
knew Just what he was doing. He didn't act IN
sane"
The detectives now are thoroughly convinced
that Abeel alone is responsible for Miss Ander-
sons deception He alone IS being sought as
the impersonator Of Goelet. However, the girls
father is stin inclined TO the theory that Aoeel
VS. acting for some one else. This theory
gained some credencc yesterday in several
quarters in a somewhat modified form 1t was
su-nised that Abeel and the so-called "Goelet'
had Wagered a supper as to who should nrst
take the pretty telephone operator out TO din
ner. The other man accomplished his purpose
in the manner related. and Abeel lost. Hence
the mysterious telegraph messages. This theory
IS not entertained by the detectives and for
several reasons is held TO be untenable.
Superintendent wagenfuhr, Of the Mooney
& Boland detective agency. which is represent
ing the Goelets in the case. said:
We put no faith in that theory. Abeel and
Abel alore is the want. We are quite
certain that he is the impersonator. OF his
wherea bouts We only know that he was in the
city Saturday morning, in Poughkeepsie Satur-
DAY afternoon. and is not in Poughkeepsie now.
We think il very probable that he is in hiding
right here in New-York That telegram TO
Abel and telephone message to POughheepsie
were our original clews. but we have others
now"
Another thing which strengthens the case Of
the detectives is the fact that Abeel is said to
have shown a tendency to this sort Of escapade
before. AS TIE Of wealthy Texan, he
held a hgh social positition in Foughkeepsle,
where he attended school He made the most or
this prestige TO become popular with the young
women Of the city. and IL is reported that he
did not cease his attentions after his marriage
with Edith De Forest daughter Of a prominent
railroad man Of Springfield, Mass. POughkeep-
sic people say that he has recently been IN
that city passing unmarried and paying
court 10 young woman
There is a good dea. Of speculation as to the
charges that win be brought against Abeel If
he is apprehended Inspector McClusky said
Yesterday that he would he arrested on a charge
Cf violating Section 500 Of the Penal Code.
which makes Il a penal offence TO impersonate
another nan in proposing marriage, and also
wish forgery in having used the name Of J. b.
Van Every, ViCe-presioent OF the western Union
company.