The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-15
EARL" MADE DUPE
OF NEW WORKERS
Willoughby Middleton, Said Once
to Have Worked for J. J..
Hill, Flees.
Special to The Journal,

special TO Line journal -.. y
New York, June 15.-Willoughby
styled Earl of Inniskillen, president Of
the New York Realty corporation, by
some alleged to be an unfrocked priest,
is being searched for by creditors, en-
ployees, business associates and the de-
tective force.
The missing man is described as
most remarkable martial, athletic,
with smooth shaver face, clear-cut fea-
lures, black hair and an insinuating
personality. Altho he posed as sin
gle man, it is now asserted that he was
divorced. He is believed to have come
to America eight years ago as an en-
ployee Of the Hudson Bay company, and
was sent to Point Desolation, in the
arctic circle, where he drove a dog sled
and suffered many privations.
r. AS Envoy of j. j. Hill.
He finally reached Winnipeg, where
he obtained employment on the Cana
dian Pacifa t railway III; ana = (; became can NC &C.
Hill is represented to have sent Mid
dleton to- Chicago, where IN specula-
tive deal he cleared $4,000. A month
later, the story runs, he was penniless
and drifted to Richmond, Va, where he
embarked in a real estate scheme, but
left that city suddenly and bobbed up
in New York last fall without dollar.
He obtained employment as a salesman
with the New Netherland Realty com
pany, but had little success.
Middleton induced Horace Richmond,
builder, to join him, the latter head
ing the Manhattan Construction com:
pany, Middleton becoming president OF
the New York Realty corporation, with
offices in One Hundred and Twenty tn
street. Richmond was induced to supply
the money fol-. furnishing the Offices
buying typewriters and other neces:
saries, which Middleton is alleged to
have mortgaged almost at once: MID
dleton went to board with Richmond
and when the latter moved to White
Plains went with him. When the crash
came and the creditors and employees
sought to levy upon the office furnish
I ings they found them all mortgaged fol
more than they were worth.
| Warrant for Arrest.
Middleton s present flight was has
tened by knowledge that warrant fo1
his arrest upon charge Of grand lar
trate Wahle, upon the application Of
Samuel Kronberg, manager for Nine
Calves coming American tour, wh(
charges that Middleton sold him three
lots in White Plains for total o.
$3.50, to which Middleton had no title
Beautifully engraved and artistically
colored bonds to the amount Of ST. 800,
900 were printed by Middleton as presi
dent of the New York Realty company
These bonds, in amounts Of $500 AM
$1,000, may have been sold to larg
extent by the swindler before he fled
They are worthless.
"Trustee'' Denies Acting.
The Knickerbocker Trust company
named as trustee on the face OF tn
: bonds, and mention is made Of a dee
of trust to the company executed O
Feb. l last. No such deed is on record
William 3. Randall, trust officer o
the company, said today:
"We never heard of the New Yor
Realty company; never had any trans
actions with it; never heard of Mic
dleton as president, and have n
knowledge of the bonds.''
It is believed that Middleton ha
about $4,000 when he fed to Canad
, last Friday night, accompanied by
beautiful woman about whom there
much mystery. It is said she is wealthy