Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-29
AOA|ED STOLEN BOND
Arrest at Cedar Rapids Recalls
the Sensational Manhattan
Bank Robbery
S. W.. MILLER is THE ACCUSED
United States Authorities Have Him
Arrested for Alleged Implication in
Floating of United States Bond
Stolen Many Years Aso-An Inter-
esting Case.


Cedar Rapids, April 29.-An echo Of
the famous and sensational Manhattan
bank robbery in New York, spread ovec
the city yesterday when Samuel W..
Miller was arrested by Deputy United
States Marshal M. l.. Healy on u
charge of being implicated in the float
ing Of one Of the $4,000 United States
bonds which were distracted from the
New York institution. Mr.. Miller was
arraigned before United States Com
missioner J. o. tSewart and released
on $500 bonds, the preliminary hear
| ing being set for Monday morning at
| 10 o'clock. 1t is positively asserted
| that Mr.. Miller is the victim of the
Vaccinations of n scapeg goat nephew
and that he will establish his innocence
| in due time, although he may be put
to the trouble of going to New York
| A secret service official has been
here for several weeks at work on the
case in connection with Deputy United
States Marshal Healy and Police Cap
tain Mcguire. Friday Mr.. Miller was
arrested in his office and taken before
United. States Commissioner j. O..
Stewart He stated that the matter
was blank to him and that he has
not figured in any attempt to defraud
anyone.
History of Case.
On October 81, 1878. thirty United
states government bonds of $4,000
denomination each were stolen from
Hoy, IL S,
of these bonds. it is claimed, was
found in the possession of a DR.. Lew
is O. Wilcoxen, who is nephew of Mr..
Miller. The bond was placed I'M cir
culation by an endorsement of Mr..
Miller's name. The federal grand jury
in New York has indicted DR.. Will
coxen and Samuel Y. Miller upon a
charge Of fraudulently floating the
bond. A copy Of the Indictment will
arrive here Monday and be used as
evidence in the preliminary hearing.
Wilcoxen was formerly resident Of
Belle Plaine and is we'll known in this
city. He has had a checkeref career
and is considered as gay sport. Some
time ago he was in Alaska, and came
home with numerous nuggets, giving
out the impression that he had struck
it ricn. A short time ago he was ar
rested in New York on the charge of
floating the bond before referred to,
and Immediately wired Mr.. Miller for
1000 addressing the message to
Samuel Winfield Miller. The sigma
ture to the bond which was offered for
sale was Samuel Warren Miller
Samuel Winfield Miller has lived In
Cedar Rapids for about twenty years
and is regarded as man of unim.
peachable character. He stated that
he has never been in New York and
that he has absolutely no knowledge
of his scape- goat nephew's operations.
Mr.. Miller's standing here is evidenced
by the fact that one of his acquaint-
ances today offered to sign his bond
for $4,000, If required.
Concerning Wilcoxen's first arrest,
about ten days ago, the New York
Herald says:
Omitted States Commissioner Ridge
way handed down an opinion yester-
day discharging DR.. Lewis o. Wilcox
EN-, Klondike promoter and miner,
from custody on the charge made by
secret service agents of having in his
possession a stolen $4,000 bond OF
the United States. The bond in ques-
ton was one of thirty stolen October
81, 1878, in the Manhattan bank rob-
berry, when the notorious Jimmy"
Hope obtained from than 100000 in
cash and securities.
DR.. wilcoxen's arrest followed an at
tempt by Smith to obtain loan on
the $4,000 bond, which he had receiv-
ed from Taylor, to whom Wilcoxen
gave it to be used as collateral for
loan. The sub-treasury officials rec
ognized the security as one Of the sto-
lent Manhattan bonds. DR.. Wilcoxen,
who was living at the Waldorf-Astor-
ia, alleged that he had received the
bond from one Samuel Warren Miller.
whom he had known in the Klondike.
as first payment of 100000 for cop
per mine owned by Wilcoxen in Alas
ka.