The sun., 1903-11-12
SEEKING TO INDICT ABEEL.
ROBERT GOELET'S LAWYER SUG-
GESTS FORGERY CHARGE.
The Young Man VIII Get No Lenity From
the Goelets n They Find Him-Appeal
OF His Fathers Friend--Niiss Ander.
son Said Still to Believe in Her W0Oer.


Delaney Nicoll, counsel for Robert
Goelet confirms what THE SUN said yes
terday, that the Goelet family has no inten-
ton Of letting up on James Abeel, who,
posing as u. Ogden Goelet," courted and
promised to marry Miss Eleanor Anderson,
formerly telegraph operator at the Grand
Hotel. Mr.. Nicoll said yesterday that MIR.
Goelet was not inspired by any feeling Of
bitterness in the matter, but that he thought
an example ought to be made Of man
who used a well known name for the pur-
pose of deceivinG an innocent girl, and the
detectives would keep after Abeel.
MIR. Nicoll called up District Attorney
Jerome on the telephone yesterday after
noon, and asked him If he had considered
the possibility of indicting Abeel for signing
the name of j. B. Van Every, vice-presi
dent of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, to the letter of introduction through
which he made the acquaintance of Miss
Anderson. Mr.. Jerome said he hadn't
given the matter any thought at all, where
upon Mr.. Nicoll made an appointment to
see him to-day.
Mr.. Nicoll will try to convince Mr.. Jerome
that under paragraph of section 5l4 of the
Penal Code, Abeel is guilty OF forgery in
the third degree in having signed the name
of Mr., Van Every. This section is. in part.
as follows:
to the uttering of any letter pur-
porting to hsye been written or by
tie person .utterIns the same shall
know to be false. forged or oounterfeited,
and by the utterance Of which the entiments,
opinions. conduct. character, prospects. in
terests or rights OF such other person shall
be misrepresented or otherwise intuIiously
fhe otser person IN this case IS Mr.
Van Every, not Miss Anderson. The letter
from f. 7. Slayden asking for lenity for
Abeel was made public yesterday 1t is
as follows:
DEAR SIR: see by the. papers that son
of an old friend of mine is in trouble. wherein
it is clg.med he used your name in an un-
years My "G?d "%d c"pt %os 4 Abse "@i cf
James Abeel /. q long time friend OF mine
the satisfaction OF all concerned, Capt
rd d nR G1 NINE Il. seap' ev wa sods she He
! was on the other side, He came to Texas
soon after the war and married a Southern
people If the young man has been guilty
of any foolish ndiscretion he has already
ana now ,Snt h w aP ps psress
appreciated by the mother of the, young
man if YOU will aid me to prevent the COM
will be glad to call on you and discuss
the matter i: 1t meets your appreciation.
ours. very truly. +. /. SLAYpES
William Anderson, the father OF Miss
Anderson, and his lawyer called on Mr..
Nicol yesterday morning. Mr.. Nicoll agreed
with Anderson that his daughter was en-
titled to some substantial money compen-
sation from Abeel for his treatment of her.
But the young woman, it is said, still be-
lievcs in her lover. She was in Long
Branch yesterday morning. but when her
father went there to see her she and her
mother had left. 1t was said that they
had gone to Spring Lake TO escape annoy
anCe
Inspector McClusky believes that Abeel
is either in New Jersey or Pennsylvania
SPRINGF IELD. Mass. Nov. li.-Edward
L. Deforest. father-in-law of James Abel,
SAYS that he does not believe that Abeel
was alone in the plot against Miss Anderson
He thinks il likely that Abeel is mentally
unbalanced. Abecl had a great deal of
trouble with his head after his marriage
and was for time almost totally blind.