The sun., 1906-01-12


tons thus got on the trail. They found that
Seton had been introduced by Andrew d.
Mellow and they looked up Mel,y Meloy,
1t is said told them all he knew about Sc
ton They got on Seton's track at the
Waldorf. but he eluded them. On Monday.
According to the del ectives. they learned
that he had left for Philadelphia, taking
Humphreys with him. Dacctive McCon-
vile got n bench warrant and started after
Seton. In the meantime the Pinkertons
had looked up the District Attorney and
learned from him of the discoveries made
when Seton was arrested. but not Sup
posed at that time to be- important. ihis
pretty nearly cinched the case in their
minds On Wednesday the detectives
pickle d up Seton's trail in Philadelphia and
found that Humphreys had come back to
this city They got w"rf ~ IN rrHe sItnS ytown way
where relative Of his has farm me
detectives reached the place at O'Clock
Wednesday night. They divided and tool.
different roads to the farm. Seton had
reached there only that morning; When
the detectives drove up he was looking out
of window They covered the mouse and
McConville tried the front door. woman
opened it and Seton ran upstairs and locked
himself, in bedroom. The deiee'ives s
brushed by the woman, got upstairs ana
broke down the door.
what do you want me for ms tune!
eaid Seton, who was as cool as though his
certificates were real ones.
II guess you lSrow all right said Mc'o
vile, who had ar ,ested him before. Seton
said that he would go back without tight,
and the fuss was over. He didn't do any
talking on the WY back, however. Here
he was taken to the Criminal Courts build
ing. where he met his wife. Recorder Cor
had gone. so he was taken to Police Head
quarters after he mad had talk with As
sistant District At orney Garvan. So far
no charge has been made against seton IN
connection with he stock certificate case
According to the detectives Humphreys
han been associated with Seton for a long
time and was in his office in Exchange
place They say he was introduced to
Rarna rd 4 Cla rk as "Mr. Collins, the owner
of the certificates and Setons client. lhey
say, furthermore. that they have evidence
that Humphreys had isaen posing as Seton,s
client in negotiations with others in which
the bogus certificates figured. Whether or
not either of them is the "E. l.. Green
who sold the certificate through Duke q
Co. of Cleveland will be ascertained later.
representative of Duke will be here to-day
to look at the prisoners. Humphreys was
remanded in the Tombs court yesterday.
He is charged with being implicated IN
forgery. he detectives have several other
persons under suspicion.
II was learned yesterday that the first
information the railroad company had OF
the origin OF the bogus certificates came
on Tuesday when Mr.. Graves asked a repre-.
sentative of the Norfolk and Western and
a representative of the Qua ra.lty Trust
Company to come at once to his law office.
They found there the president of the bank
note concern and several directors in
great state of mind Mr. Graves informed
the railroad people that they had just
discovered that the certificates had been
made by the company and that they would
do anything to set the matter right. When
the railroad people prpfessed surprise that
the company should have done such
thing Mr.. Ora ves told them of that letter.
"Do you mean to say that you executed
such an order on such imsy thing as that
without calling up some responsible Off
cer?" asked the railroad people, who were
astonished.
made thai it had all been done by the ma ma
ger. Thomas. They were asked if the
company was accustomed to li'hograph
certificates for large railroad compa nies,
but the officers of the company pleaded
that the transaction was unknown to them.
At this conference several cert iticate were
shown as samples Of the ones they had
delivered to Seton. conling to one man
who was present. these samples had on
them the name of the makers. which isn't
on the certificate that has turned up and
which Mr.. Graves admitted had lseen left
of the certificates delivered to Seton. The
Hamilton Bank Note Company. through
MIR Graves. gave out typewritten state.
ment in the afternoon IN wflCh II was stated
that the officers Of the compa ny first lea rned
OF the fact that the company had made
the certificates on Monday and that the
informa ton came from an employee. The
statement went on
A thorough investigation was'at once made.
and il was found that two stock books. each
containing $50 certificates of common stock.
had been Autographed and delivered 10 c.
Augustus Seton at 80 Exchange place, New
l.Nlr mad
that he order for these was given by Seton,
who presented letter authorizing him to
have the cert tifcatcs made for the railway
company. which letter purported to come
from the railway company. The officers
of the Hamilton Bank Note Company gave
all the information they had to the railway
company and placed all their books and papers
relating to the transaction at its disposal and
actively assisted the company in the effort
TO bring the guilty parties to Justice. sam
ples of the certificates manufactured were
produced and the whole matter was reported
to the District Attorney by the hamilton
company on that day.
Mr.. Graves, after he had given this out
was asked if an order to lithograph certifi-
Gates of large railroad company stock
was not unusual.
Not at all. he said Business like that
fs done all the time by the bank note COM
panies. It's a legitimate transaction.
There iS strict rule OF the stock ES-
change requiring all certi licates that are
listed on the Exchange to be printed from
an engraved steel plate Norfolk and
Western certificates, of course, come under
this rule, as do those of practically every
railroad company,
The Hamilton Bank Note Company has
done little business that Wall Street knows
about part of its business, it is said,
has been that of making money for South
American countries.
Seton who is a good looking chap with
4 smooth face, is said to have a bad record
In Cleveland. He was arrested there, it
is said, in connection with his fathers
death The father was found dead in his
barn. Seton said that the old man had
accidentally got in the way of his gun
while he was trying to shoot a rat, Moth
ing could be proved against him and he
was released.
KNoXvILLE, Tenn, Jan. 1l.-C. B. North
rop, who has figured in the courts here for
a year past ard is now under arrest by the
Federal government in connection with his
schemes borrowed over $40, 900 on his per-
sonal note from DR.. J. F. Spence, S. c.
Williams Of the Unaka National Bank at
johnson City and the East Tennessee
National Bank of this city by giving as col
lateral several hundred shares of the re-
}rad stock of the Norfolk and Western