New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-19
scoI," COLMEY CAUGHT.
IDENTIFIED as MOORE.
po,;ce Think Prisoner Negotiated
pouus NorfoM and Western Stock.

uo.,o,eT" T. c. P. Colmey, who is under sS'00O
.srytd'' Murray, indicted for aiding LaTrS
p 1 In the swindlins OF Chsrles
Sue. nv the sale OF bogus mining STOCK '"o
01e- .so was caught by a ruse yesterday anu
80 Police Headquarters last night accuseu
an aid of Charles Augustus seton III
o. $50. 70 float bogus Norfolk and western
took certificates. ,.s
:. NOW said that when Seton trleo 10 ia.S'
= -, an. Of the certificates at the ohio'
-a-,.-d & Clark, at No. 20 Broao-sl' 80
.,snst. ne not only introduced Sa.N"e.
lss' - as q customer named Collins Out
1N..osrcad Colmey as E. 1. Moore west
a1'0 -;r.ss man. who wanted TO raise n'oheS
eH ,<,,,, and Western stock. 1t is peheNou'
V -. r,oIn1ey was the "E. L Green VINO So
wv q the bogus certificates to WiIila'h ""N0
i. IN in Cleveland. o-.s
c.,,,av was lured TO the Criminal -
-.,u5ire Yesterday by a notice serVeo ".
-. Mcnfanus his counsel that lhe
en0e - been called for trial. He appeared III
T,dza Fosters part Of General Sessions -
..s handy who had just emerged from 'a
IKE 60 .+ocba c,,rIed and whiskers cut IN
-. oON sty,Ie. In court Mr.. McManus was to-0
fIel.,. Ht,,rrav case had been put over 10 10
tDS' T., cha corridor CoImey was served WIN
1hrfpn
- Golf in the trial OF Seton
ooiu0 ,Ia1,o,,,,s protested that trick hao oee4A
t,,+ be agreed to have Colmey III NC
80 c,offs court at 4 o'clock ana Coilho'
-, When the Seton trial was ao1ouEieu
nv DIV Colmev went up TO the enclosure
40 Assistant District Attorney GarFah "nN
- o,5 asked the meaning Of the suopoeiiA
go, or the same time allowed TO en'eF INC
.,os,,rs for a brief talk with his WiTe' anu tte
s,.,os+ ran against Colney- The TWO lleN A0
~ anpesr to recognize each other.
.1 can't imagine what have TO 90 Win liii'
- CoInev said Ioftily. They'll be trying
=. oonnect me with the Patrick case next may We
Ne was taken up TO Mr.. Caravans once Oh 'ne
toI,rtb floor of the building by Detective ser
r.ent McConville and presently Anore" ~
WsIo, was summoned from the office OF Bar
,ard & Clark Three Or four men were stahohls
q, line with Colmey when Meloy was asked IL
he could pick out e. L Moore, VINO was III
Barnard & Clark's office in connection with the
attempted Norfolk and Western certificate sale
81 recognize him as the man with whiskers
and a silk hat" said Meloy.
WHO introduced him to your
Seton"
when was that"
about August % last"
did this man wear a beard then?
No he wore only mustache.
Colmey then was informed that ne was uhaer
arrest He smiled and said: That's all right
I can prove that wore a beard as long ago as
After Colmey was locked up at Police Head
quarters last night his friends were trying 10
get hail for him having been informed that
Mr. Caravan would require S5uOO bail In the
new case against him. 1t said at Mr.. Gar
vans Office that Colney was believed TO nave
raised money On several of the bogus Norfolk
and Western certificates IN the West last fall.
Detectives at work the Seton case heaLd
yesterday that two men, one answering nearly
20 the description of Colmey. went TO q bank
II this city last September and asked Tor
loan on Norfolk and Western STOCK, leaving
several certificates at the bank as security Tor
the loan Before anybody in the bank hao e&-
smned the certificates. however, the men re-
turned and said they had decided not 10 get
loan and wanted the certificates back.
The clerk who delivered the certificates TO the
men looked at the certificates then for the first
tine and thought they differed somewhat from
other certificates of Norfolk and Western stock
he had seen. He made inquiry at the ONCE
Of the Guaranty Trust Company, It is said, and
was told that the certificates were bad.
Mrs. Seton sat beside her husband in Recorder
COTS court yesterday when the jury box was
being filled for Seton's trial on the charge OF
Evindling promoters Of the Houston and Gal
weston Electric Railway out Of $500 She re-
manned TO hear the prosecution opened by Mr..
Garvan and TO hear William B. Sosson, one Of
The complaining witnesses, testify Slosson told
OF coming tC this city in July, 1904. and meet
ing Seton in his Wall-st. Office. He said Seton
tod him the capital stock Of the company would
nave TO be increased from S250,000 to S3, 600 900
70 put through the bond deal The case will go
On to-day.
-. IN opening the prosecution Mr.. Garvan said
tst harry Thomas. manager Of the Hamilton
odhk Note Engraving and Printing Company,
-laoe an agreement 10 print the bonds Of the
fraiWay company for s.. 545, and later wrote to
r seson. charging $500 for the work By cor
.optas thomas, Mr.. Garvan said Seton OBJ
TTsS 9,VVO Tor printing that cost only 81, 545.
to Tplnas later printed for Seton the bogus Nor
,Uta ahc western certificates He Is to be
''Nless against Seton in the present trial.
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