New-York tribune., 1906-12-03
CHESS PLAYER IN TOLLS
HELD as Il FUGITIVE.
Naum Jasnogrodsky an Trouble
OUer Money! BOrrOzCed to Wed,

Naum Jasnogrodsky, the Polish chess player
who said he numbered District Attorney Jerome
among his pupils and friends. was sent TO the
Tombs yesterday by Magistrate Whitman with
out bail a charge of being a fugitive from
justice. Superintendent of Police NJ. W. Murphy
Of Bay City Mich, and j. Orr Brake, the Dis
trict Attorney of Bay County, that state, ap-
peared against him. They charged that he got
$4,000 from NJ Simpler, of Bay City, in April
last, to his wedding expenses
Samuel Koenig appeared for Jasnogrodsky and
asked that he be admitted to bail. The District
Attorney of Bay County objected. whereupon
Jasnogrodsky began a long speech. giving his
reasons why he should not be sent to the Tombs
The District Attorney said there We're six or
seven other complaints against him and that
there were no grand juries or indictments in his
county but that the 'infornation' had been
made against the prisoner. which was equivalent
to an Indictment in New York.
The magistrate then ordered Jasnogrodsky TO
the Tombs for forty-eight hours. He remarked
that his acquaintance with Jerome ought to save
him from the disgrace of tho Tombs. !asto-
grodsky is big, well dressed man and had a
generous supply of diamonds He was arrested
Saturday night at No. 6S West 11Ith street
In spea King about himself he said he had been
a general agent of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company IN CdndQd anu idl bSOAi 81 9"NN0NSi"i "i
that he was authorized to write up high poll
cies" AS chesI player he said he had taught
some of the leaders of the social world
Jesnogrods<y said that the transaction on
which the information issued was per-
sonsl one OF the type known in commercial cir
oles as an exchange of notes. He admitted
the transaction named, but declared that the
payrnent had been held upon account or a dls-
pute over the interest payments.
"I ar, financially able and responsible, and L
an, abe 20 meet my obligations" he told the
,,sgystrate This transaction was one in which
| gave a note in exchange for a check
II was about to be married to the daughter or
4 nroninent and wealthy rabbi of Bay CITY, and
| needed a good deal Of ready money TO pay the
Wedding expenses. I am accustomed TO dealing
in big amounts and l write big insurance pol
tcies running we'll up into the thousands l can
got any amount Of bail that is needed within a
short time if | can be admitted to bail.
When seen later in his cell in the Tombs
Jasnogrodsky talked freely about his case. He
said the wedding took place in April at the
Frazier Hotel, in Bay City. and that his wife
was a daughter of Rabbi Landau, deceased
His wife was wealthy, he said, but he would not
allow her to pay his debts
81 have often drawn much as $4,000 in
advance yearly from the Mutual Life" he said
a
up to six weeks ago. my period of financial en-
barrassment extending over five months When
The insurance investigation began 1 found that.
although I Of the best insurance sohc,-
TORS in the world could not make my living at
the business.
.During tie last six weeks ! have been selling
mining stocks for a well known house in Wall
Street and have been making S40o and $500 a
week In that time l have paid a couple OF
thousand dollars toward my debts.
Jasnogrodsky said that he got his present job
through letter from w, n. Amory He adj
,nitted owing bill of $3.50 to the Frazier Hotel
for cab hire flowers and wine, This was con-
tracted he said a. thu time of his wedding. He
left a trunk containing clothes. he said, valued
al more than $500
Mutual Life officials said last night that. Jas
nosrodsky had never been the COmpanys gen.
era1 agent in Canada All that they recalled of
him was that about three years ago f. f, Keefe,
the Mutual Life's Boston manager, employed
him, for six months on a commission basis.
They next heard of him in 1905 when f. O.
paige. the company's Detroit manager, engaged
hin, in the came capacity for few months.
Earlv this wear Jasnogrodsly visited the COM
.p,-,s hesdauarters ct No So Nassau street.
opd sought employment This the company re-
fused Some of the officials said that he had
+l ranutation of being a champion chess
nlavcr." and obtained certain percentage Of
,i business as the result os mis- chess bouts at
small German CLUBS -
= ie eaid rescued mis- wife from burning build
; the woman dying, however rev Gays
iafer from her injuries
,rJrVTNEERS SENTENCED.