The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-02-20
RECEIVER FOR ARNOLD
His String Of Race Horses MyS-
teriouSly Disappear.
Detectives Made a Raid on the Offices
of Burns, Wallace G. Co. and "Dan
Smith," New York-Two Ar
rests Were Made.

st. Louis, Feb. 1S-Circuit Attorney
Folk announced Tuesday that he
would tie up $4,000, which it has been
learned that l.. A. Gill, manager of the
E. J. Arnold Turf Investment Co., has
on deposit in bank at Hartford. CT,
where Gill's family resides. The in
formation that the money was there
was received in a telegram from the
chief of police of Vicksburg to Chief
of Police Kiely.
Orders were received at the post
office from R. j. Wynne, acting post
master general, to hold all mail ad-
dressed to E. ]. Arnold & Co., or L. A.
Gill, manager, or E. P. Faute Or G..
Faute, assistant managers in ST. Lou
is; the Christy Syndicate and Invest
ment Co.. or w. J. HOgue, president
and general manager, or Elias Silver
thorne, assistant manager National
Security Co. Thousands of dollars,
supposed to be in letters which have
come for Arnold & Co. since last
Thursday, will be returned to the per
sons who sent them. although they
will probably go through the dead let
ter office first.
st. Louis, Feb 19-The receiver for
Arnold & Co. has ascertained that
there is from $4,000 to $4,000 in the
BOatmens bank and that there are
horses at Memphis, New Orleans and
San Francisco belonging to Arnold.
1t is expected that legal complications
will arise in claiming property in diff
ferent places which has been attached
by individual creditors. but the receiv-
er will be able to get all the assets
without much trouble, it is claimed.
San Francisco. Feb. 19.-The string
of horses raced here by E. J. Arnold
e Co. since the opening of the season
has mysteriously disappeared. Tom
Kilrey, the trainer, left here suddenly
Tuesday evening, presumably for Mem
phis, with the string. Some days ago
Kilrey attached the horses for $500
and Tuesday they were taken from the
track at the request of the sheriff. Kill
reg paid the money to release the
string and left on an evening train.
New York, Feb. 19.-Detectives
made a raid on the offices of Burns,
Wallace C Co. and Dan Smith" Wed
nesday and arrested David G. Barnum.
a clerk, and Ernest Matthews. The
charge was suspicion of having COM
mitted a larceny. The two prisoners
were arraigned before a police magis-
trate and Barnum was discharged
Matthews was held in 81 500 bail for
examination Thursday. The detec-
tives say that the arrest was in con-
sequence of an advertisement which
appeared in a Sunday paper over the
names Of the firm, in which it was an
nounced that a number of prominent
horsemen had placed in their hands a
sum of $4,000 to be bet on a horse in
race to be run Wednesday.
st. Louis, Mo, Feb. 1S.-Raids were
made Tuesday on the Offices of the Ma
tiOnal Securities Co. and International
Investment Co. by officials. The secre.
tary and Charles II. Brook, supposedly
the manager of the National Securities
Co., were placed under arrest, and later
were released on bond.
New York Feb. 1.-THE police have
arrested three men, connected with
the firm Of Crawford & Co., for alleged
improper use Of the mails. Com
plants have been received by the po-
lice that money sent to this firm had
not been acknowledged, and, although
MANY letters had bpeO written no re-
ply was ever received. The firm pre-
tends to be a turf investment concern.
Commissioner Shields held them in
81 900 bail for each examination