The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-18
THE MYSTERY IS
SOLVED ] Y Ed AT LAST |. !
Harrison Wagner, Man Of Many
Mysterious Judgments, Lo-
Gated iii Washington.
HIS METHODS ARE EXPOSED Ed
When Arrested He Had Trunks
Full Of Judgments
and Seals.

harrison Wagner the elusive indvid-
,,al. who In some mysterious way sue
roeded In securing judgments against
many people in many places for sums
negregating more than six million uu!-
lars. has at last been run 10 ciitll !. , ii'c
8is8 now under arrest IN washington, MY NY
ing been located In u secluded ''oH It!o'i ~
that city. living a hermit-likc existence.
The apprehension of Wagner Is ING
continuation OF q long chase, IN when
tho government secret service nave peeh
long engaged. The man appeared 10 W
a myth but for the frequent ana NllsAp,o
evidences OF his handiwork when niaue
their appearance from time 10 tilile N
various Federal courts. Lawyers were were
found to take hold OF these apparently
4 genuine judgments. but IN each case INC
attorneys disclailned any knowledge Oh
{ Wagner and were apparently the lni1o-
< cent victims of this mysterious indlVidilal
s On December Cd, in the United states
4 Circuit Court of Appeals, II Washington
lawyer appeared with n bunch OF these,
old judgments for large sums. The court
appeared to be more familiar with the
spurious nature OF these alleged Juus-
nlents than did the attorney, and en-
deavored vainly to convince the attorney
that he was the victim of some one. and
that hundreds of such spurious judy
ments, obtained BY fraud. had been
thrown out Of court repeatedly. Win
bulldog tenacity the lawyer insisted that
these judgments We're genuine, and nc
Z submitted them in proof of his assertions
ITO tho scrutiny of the court. Judge Draw
Icy produced and read to the attorney
dipping from Baltimore paper detail
ing the exploits Of the Judgment fakir
I and finally advised the lawyer to inves-3
4{ttgate and ascertain whether or not the
X judgments he held were some of those
specifically pronounced fraudulent by the
i Circuit Court at Baltimore. 1t Is pre-
II sumcd that tho Washington attorney sat
isfied himself that he had been imposed
upon, for lie never afterwards brought
Y the subject up M
Secured Many Judgments.
Wagner went out to Dickinson county
and in some manner succeeded in sccu'-$
ing judgments to the amount of5sevcral
millions 1t seems that he had been SIM
ilarly successful in Maryland, These
judgments bore the seals and stamps OF
The courts. to all appearances, and it was
difficult to imagine how they had been,
secured without the collision of the court
Officers. This however, was not the case
The court Officers were MS much amazed
and puzzled us were the; Federal court
officials. III ". iJsS Il
man was located he was found to have
three trunks full Of Judgments in his pos
session, and along with them some spl-
rious court seals, tx he;smysteryl Was .eX-
splained Sat4lastl Just howf,t this man prof
gited by his shrewd work does not appear
for rs far as can be learned they were
never honored and yielded him nothing.
The case has notyct been tried, and some
interesting DEVELOPMENTS are expected
when hey do come up. n jj,-lS N .,ga
Whether the recent appearance Of the
Washington attorney in the court here
furnished the clue that led to the running
down of this maneis not yet known, but
that is probable. The lawyer was indig-
nant that he had been claiming that a
1'eputa bile attorney whom he named had
requested him to present hose Judgments
here, and that il they We're spurious he
had been imposed upon and intended to
reckon with those who had vctimiZed
him, f