New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-14
WOULD KILL W00DENDS
THREATENER 4 PRISONER
Z. p. Good1ryn 1dmits Books Might
iSho1U He Ored Margin.

There were two DEVELOPMENTS yesterday in the
case Of DR.. ". E. Woodend. tire broker. the col
lapse OF whose business recently created a mo-
mentsry nutter in the stock market world. One
was the admission Of L. P. Goodwin, the COM
rlainant against DR.. Woodend. who charges
him with the larceny of $500, at the eXamina-
ton Of the defendant before Magistrate Breen,
that at the time when he declared his account
with tie WooGend firm closed the books
might have shown that he owned Wocdend
$1,000 on margins.
The other was the arrest OF who, ar
fist declaring that the woodend failure was
responsible for The loss of his savings, $3.50
wrote himself and delivered at Dr. Woodend's
house a note. in which he demanded $3.50,
saying:
shall XIII you at sight { shall shoot you and
your husband. and take the electric chair for you
this and you viii my family from restitution,
Goodwin testified that prior to April Is DR.,
woodead purchased for him $50 shares of Union
Pacific. 400 St Paul, 900 Copper, 10000 bushels
May wheat, 105GG0 July wheat. $40 shares
Louisville and Nashville, 30 Missouri Pacific and
100 Southern Pacific. On April 1G he telephoned
TO his Office in Pittsburg 10 have the stocks sold
for DR.. WoodenG. On that Gay he saw DR.. Wood
end and Mr.. Rurnley IT DR.. woodend's office.
Witness told Mn Runley ne wanted check
for the stocks sold Rumiey said there
$500 TO witnesses credit and that he would
ceive a check the following Monday. on
Monday when witness went to the office Rum
ley took him TO the office Of Mr.. Warner the
attorney for Woodend- Woodend was there.
Il haven't got the money. | had it," Or. Wood
end said, according to witness. "Reverses come
70 every one. / haven't got the money now"
He said that he had been under a great expense,
that ne mad lost a good deal of money on the
Patti tour. He said he would give witness
$1,000 on Friday. on Tuesday witness told DR..
Woodend ne wanted the money right away.
The cross-exanination of Mr.. Goodwin by Dr..
Wooodend's counsel was in part as follows:
settlement 81 The y9 odco Sa is IS due 66t Yo IS the net
eQ;moWas the account closed Saturday. April
els it nor q fact you had with woodend Co
1.750 barrels Of pork? Ayes a anu
Q;mAfter that date you continued to use your
Old you ever fail 10 respond to a demand for
margins? AYES. when there a variance Of
Q,-You had been requested both by letter and
wire 70 put up a margin of 5000? Ayes
Toode9d q Go s s on 3esls from or through
OILS Il not fact you owed the defendant 5000
ATbeSa sv when you say the account was closed?
might have resulted in this understanding
The examination was adjourned TO June /
Julius johnson. a Iongshoreman. of No 50
sdorton-st, was the arrested at Dr. Wood
eno's house while he was waiting for an answer
20 the threatening letter The longshoreman
bad called at DR.. Woodend's home earlier in the
fay and had been told TO return and get his
money at 3 o'clock. He had no weapon The
police believe he is demented as a result of
heavy losses at the racetracks. In his letter
johnson said he had invested all his money
with DR.. Woodend. and that his family was
penniless, and that he had lost his business.
The wife and business. il found later. were
myths. and after arrest Johnson told the police
that he had lost his money at the racetracks
He said a man named "A. Peters had given
him quarter TO deliver the letter.