The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-21
GOLD BRICK man
IS IN new YORK
sJohn Edward Roy SwindIed
Wellington Man
WAS INDICTED AT TOPEKA
Eastern Officers Fail to Make
Arrest
WAS INDICTED AT TOPEKA

John Edward Roy, the man who
worked the gold brick game on ]. II.
Allen of Wellington in this city, and who
vas indicted by the last federal grand
Jury in Topeka has been located in New
York City. Allen refuses to prosecute
the case. so It is reported and it may
be that Roy will evade the law on this
account
While ii is reported that Roy is in New
York, the federal officers here seem at i
loss to understand how the eastern Off
GERS are acquainted with the fact and
have not arrested him. He probably has
been arrested.
Roy and his partner, Jerome, worked
the game on Allen together, and it is
supposed that jerome was indicted by
the grand jury at the same time that an
Indictment was returned against Roy.
The charge against them is impersonating
q government assayer 1t is because the
men represented themselves as govern
ment officers that they got into the tolls
Of the federal court. 1t is the first time
they have monkeyed with Uncle Sam.
Roy has worked the gold brick game all
gold brick man 1t is known that he is
wanted in several places, but no case has
been made against him excepting in To-
peka. He is also known as Armstrong,
Stone. and by half dozen other names.
The amount of money obtained from j.
II. Allen by Roy and Jerome was $4,000.
There was an Indian in the deal, but the
Indian did not have much to do with the
steal.
John Norris the detective from Ohio,
who was in Topeka during the time the
grand jury was in session. is evidently
mixed up in the case. 1t is known that
Norris had a contract with Allen to get
his money back for one-fourth the amount
taken from him. 1t is thought by the
officers that it is owing to some deal
with Norris that Allen refuses to prose-
cute OF course. if he got his money
back he would be glad TO let the matter
drop.
Norris makes a business of fixing up
deals between people who have been
robbed. as Mr. Allen was and the men
who do the robbing. Norris is ac-
quainted with all of the men in the coun-
try who rank high as counterfeiters and
=
and where they are likely to be. OF
course he does not know the small fry.
He will trace a man who commits
crime where a good sum of money is in
volved and will arrest the men, or tell
the officers so they can arrest him, unless
the man digs. He must pay both Norris
and the man robbed a big per cent Of
the i'll gotten gains or he will go to Jail.
Ia the latter case Norris gets the ordin-
airy reward offered in such cases. 1t is
this man who the officers are inclined to
believe may have influenced Allen, by the
return of part of the money, &c refrain
from prosecuting.
The story of the way in which Roy and
Jerome worked Allen reads like all of the
gold brick stories with few variations.
A Mr. Allen lived at wellington, Kan.
lone day man who said his name was
Armstrong appeared at Mr.. Aliens house
and after looking at Mr.. Allen for some
time said: NO, you are not the Allen |
am looking for. 1 have been all over the
country looking for certain Jack Allen,
and | have met five or six men by that
name. but l have not found the right
man. / am sorry, but will continue my
eearch.''
The man was evidently an ignorant
man and said he could not read or write.
He had a paper which told the story of
why he wanted to ind Jack Allen. Mr..
Allen read the story in the paper aloud.
1t told Of the finding Of 4 mine of fabu
Ious wealth I'm Sonora. Mexico. The mine
had been located long ago by Jack Allen.
Armstrong. an Indian man and an old
<pl
while and then left it, hut retained the
title in a mixed sort of way
Mr. Allen became interested and talked