The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-27
RYAN is ARRESTED
At BRIGHTON BEACH
Get-Rich-Quick Man Is Again
Wanted in St.
Louis

NEW YORK. July 26.-John J. RYAN. a
race horse owner, whose horses Reliable
and Moneter, won the first and third races
at Brighton Beach today was arrested at
the Brighton track this afternoon on a
warrant charging him with larceny by
means of an alleged get-rich-uuick
scheme of which it is said he was the
head. The amount involved is said to be
100000. The warrant for Ryan's arrest
was issued in st. Louis and the arrest
was made by New York central Office
detective who was accompanied by ST.
Louis detective and George Fickesson, as
sistant to Circuit Attorney Folk. of ST.
Louis
Ryan took his arrest coo1ly and induced
the detectives to remain with him at the
track until the end of the third race, on
which he told them he had few hun
dreds placed"
why didn't those fellows in St Louis
let me know they wanted me? I'd have
gone on he said.
At police headquarters he gave his age
as thirty-nine years and his occupation
horse. racing. He was taken at once be-
fore Supreme Court Justice Amend, in
chambers, and bail was fixed at $1,000.
Congressman Timothy D. Sullivan, of this
city, signed the bond.
representative of the circuit attor-
ney's Office in ST. Louis was indignant
when he learned that bail had been fixed
at $1,000. 'ti2
I'VE are framing a strong case against
Ryan" he said. 'apd it is tough to have
any judge let the man out on such small
bail. But well get Ryan. We have five
St Louis detectives watching him and he
can't get out OF the state. We were go
ing to take him to st. Louis tonight but
were frustrated j y, ,.
AS accounting for. the amount of the
bail it was said thes warrant contained
two specific complaints smentioning sew
eral hundred dollars only.
Detective KilIian, of st. Louis, said to-
night that Ryan was indicted by the
grand jury after several hundred witness
es had appeared. He declared that there
probably would be over 1000 complaints
against Ryan when he comes to trial.
New indictments Found
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 26.-New indict-
ments have been found against John j.
Ryan, operator of an alleged get-rich
quick race concern and Lumpkin A. Gill;
manager of the Arnold company, by the
grand jury, which recently heard consid-
cradle additional evidence against the
men in question There are seven of the
new indictments. Four are against Ryan,
three charging grand larceny and one
charging embezzlement, and three against
Gill, two charging grand larceny and one
charging embeZzlement. The particular
cases on which these indictments are re-
turned are yet a secret of the grand jury
room.
1t is stated that the charges are similar
to those, returned some months ago and
thrown out of 5copE st-oFaz2a. demurrer. 1t
was then held -h5sss-zuffne court that Ryan,
the only defendant who went to trial, was
acting as trustee for the depositors and
was not subject to indictment for en-
bezzlement When this ruling was made
the cases against Gill and Arnold Were
discontinued Since then Mr.. Folk and
his assistants have been conducting a
systematic and thorough search of the
me&t could be drawn that would with
stand the technical objection of the de-
Tense and they believe that they have
found the way.
Some of Ryan's History
CINCINNATI, Ohio July 26.-The an
arrested at Brighton Beach caused a
great sensation here. where Ryan has
been conspicuous figure at the races
for years. f,gs
sion houses here and at ST. Louis for
placing bets On the races. he charged that
D. v. Miller of Terre Haute, then attor-
ington. solicited brides from him through
Joseph J. Johnson. of Rockville, Ind, for
favorable orders from the poStoff1ce de-
partment for the use of the mails in his
et-rich-quick schemes. Miller and Johns
were acquitted after two noted trials here,
in which Ryan was the prosecuting wit
ness. Ryan testified that he gave Johns
at one time $4,000 and that Johns said the
amount was small considering the fact
that it had to be divided.
Johns testified that he never solicited
a bride, but that he received the money
SOI6IV legal revision
of RyanS advertising literature so it
would mass fhrollerh the mails