The evening world., 1904-04-30
Man at Horseman's House Calls
Up The Evening World by
Phone and Denies that He
Had Fled.
WAS UNDER ARREST
ONCE FOR 81 xH0URS.
The Broker Was In Custody of
the Sheriff last Tuesday, but
Wife Raised Money on Mort
gage and He Was Released.

The Evening World was called Zip on
the telephone this afternoon, and q
voice very like that of DR.. W. e. Wood
end spoke in a demonstrating tone
about the story that he had fed from
the wrath OF his creditors
The voice said:
This Is DR.. Woodend. wish to en-
ter a denial to reports that I have left
the city. I am stlll in New York. I am
now at telephone near my house. /
can be found at my house at any time.
I have been at my house at stated In
tervals ever since this trouble began.
III you care 20 call on my attorney
Mr.. ]. Arnold Warner. I think he will
corrooorate all that have said. have
been inconsuitation with him to-day"
Then the voice refused to be inter
viewed further and 'hung up"
The Evening World called up DR..
woodend's house, No. rs West Seventy
first street, but got the usual answer
from a voice like that OF maid. She
really didn't know whether Dr. Wood
end was at home or not. andiwould not
inquire. 49,
DR.. Woodend was under arrest II
this city for six hours last Tuesday.
He was held a prisoner in the Sheriff g
office in the Stewart Building while q
lawyer went to his house and compciled
his wife to sign second mortgage
for 50, 500 on her property, under threat
of putting him into jail and Keeping
him there.
This action showed DR.. Woodend that
he was at the end of his rope and on
Thursday he fled. The mortgage trans
action is what Mrs. Woodend referred
TO when she told detective yesterday
that she had been practically forced TO
sign a second mortgage at the point OF
4 pistol.
The arrest OF woodend on Tuesday
WAS caused by Lawyer A. X. Latson'
of the firm OF Latson &c Bonynse. NO.
i4l broadway, ON Complaint OIL George
Acafullen g. Co.. bankers, OF Pittsours'
An order of arrest was secured IN eN
narte proceedings from Justice Sie-
xerich. in the Supreme Court. on thu'
day and the Sheriff was direcleu "
take Woodend into CUSTODY
WINS In sherifrs Custody.
panuty Sheriffs Porges and Metzser
went TO the office of DIR. Woodend at
o'clock in the afternoon. placed hlm
I'm custody and took him to the Sherht
oa,ce He was told that McMullen q
20. had claimed that he had wrongtully
,opverted s9,37S.43, and right there tne
rroceedings took on peculiar aspect
II Is asserted by friend OF Woodeno
that hS was informed that Justice
Giegerich had fixed bail at s5ooo ana
that unless n bond for that sum was
signed he would have to go to LUDLOW
Street Jail. There was a way. Wooaend
was told, according to his friend' 10
get out of either giving bond or goihs
to Jail, and that was by satisfying the
cluim of McNiullen & Co.
woodend protested, his friend says
against the Supreme Court and the
Sheriff's office being made a collection
agency. but 1t was late in the afternoon,
his credit was gone. he would have
difficulty In getting bondsman, and he
did not want to go to Jail. Finally. his
friends assert, Mrs. Woodend gave a
mortgage on her house, the claim ol
McMullen & Co. was satisfied. and
Woodend was released from custody In
the Sheriffs Office at IL o'clock p. NJ
He went to his home and did not ap-
pear again at his Office.
Sheriff Mitchell Erlanger. when asked
about the assertion of Woodend's FRIEND
that Woodend was kept in custody IL
the Sheriff's office while settlement
was forced from his wife. said:
IT have no personal knowledge Of tn,
case 1t is not unusual for mar
brought in on process to settle Will,
In the custody of the Sheriff and be
fore he is locked up in jail. In such I
case the attorney for the plaintiff in
dorses ON the warrant an order d.
recting the deputy sheriff to releas,
the prisoner"
Abraham Gruber. temporary receiver
of the Arm of w. E. Woodend & Co.
and Irving L. Ernst, of his firm, wen
to tho Woodend offices. in the Broat
Exchange Building. to-day and tool
charge. All they found was the furni
ture locked safe, piles of stationer!
and some colored chalk in the custom
ers' room.