The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-29
lNvENTS new SWINOLE
Nephew of Packer Nelson Morris
Placed Under Arrest.

Chicago. Nov. 29.-samuel n. Honhei-
Tner, a nephew of Nelson Morris, the nil
lionaire packer, has been arrested mere
charged with having swindled 5 ";
Strauss & Co, mortgage brokers at ia
La Sale streeth out of $3.50 D00- Being IN
able to furnish bonds fixed at Sl0O,OOO by
Justice Cochrane. who issued the war
rants for his arrest, Hoffheimer was ia
ken to the Cook county jail
The alleged SWindle operated by HOn-
heimeF extends over a period of eighteen
months. His relations with the Morris
family, It is said, made it possible for
HoNheimer to carry out the scheme Tor
such long period without detection Two
years ago, while the young man was car
rying on a small commission business, buy
ing and selling cattle feed, it is alleged
he went to S w Strauss & Co. and eX-
planned that he was buying large Quant-
ties of cotton seed which he disposed OF
to Nelson Morris & Co In order to carry
on the business it is alleged, he explain
ed that q large amount of money was
necessary to take up the drafts which
were made daily on him for the feed and
to take up the bills of Iading made with
the shipments. He, it is said, requested
S. w Strauss & Co. to finance the deals
which they agreed to do
From that time on, it is alleged, Hoff-
heiner delivered lists to Strauss & Co
daily Of car loads of cattle feed which he
said he had bought of various concerns
and had sold to Nelson Morris & Co, he
would obtain checks for the amount OF
and at the same time he would deliver to
the bankers q draft on Nelson Morris &
W. AOA Tic AMOUNT AOE WHICH Tic Ld4 III
formed them he had sold the feed to the
packing company. The draft taken by the
bankers was deposited in their banks in
the usual course of their business.
At the beginning according to the bank
ers. HOffheimer carried on only small
sales. but the amounts of the transac-
tons grew so that sales to Nelson Morris
& Co, as reported by Hoffheimer, amount
ed to more than $3.50. 900 a day. Until the
first of this month the supposed sales
continued. and then It was learned, it is
said. that all the sales were fictitious IN
stead of taking Up the drafts which he
had said were made out against him
when he bought the supposed feed, IIoff-
heimer took up the drafts which he gave
to s. w. Strauss & Co. against Nelson
Morris & Co, and in that way he contin-
ued from day to day increasing his sup
posed sales and taking up the larger
drafts against the packing company with
the larger check given him by the bank
ers each following day. making small
gain each day on the use of the bankers
money
Knowledge of the drafts did not reach
the packing company until November 1,
when Nelson Morris accidentally discov-
cred one check while it was in the bank
at the stock yards An investigation fol-
lowed and HOffheimer is alleged to have
made 2 complete confession to Strauss of
his operations. admitting that for eight
cen months he had been carrying on the
scheme which had made him a living and
amount of the check received from the
banking concern to take care of the day s
business. HOffbeimer declares he has lost
the money In investments. He will be
given q hearing before Justice Cochrane
December ).