The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-27
COTTON SVINDLE STORY TOLD.
"HANDSOME HARKY" LATTIMER
TURNS STATES EVIDENCE.
One sr thes storey Cotton CO. and ProyIdent
Investment Regues Takes Revenge on
the Others VINO Told Him "a walk
Home'' From Paris Get Immunity.

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PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2o.-By turning
States evidence against Frank C. Marin,
or Judge Stone, the man who, ne says,
ensnared him in the Provident Invest
ment Bureau swindle, William H. Lattimer,
known az Handsome Harry, to-day
gained immunity for his own part in the
conspiracy to get millions from the people
OF this country and Europe.
On the HOS train from Broad Street
Station he and his wife and child went
speeding toward Calgary, Canada, where,
he declares, he will begin life anew, holding
himself in readiness to return to this city to
aid the Government in righting the wrong
lone TO the thousands Of customers OF
the Provident Investment Bureau and
Storey Cotton Company.
Lattimer testified for three hours against
the men who, he says induced him to enter
into the get rich quick schemes. He
swore that not only Stanley Francis but
Frank Marin, alias Judge Franklin
Stone, were his partners in the Provident
Investment Bureau. As q result OF his
statements si0O, 900 worth OF property in
Juc udIuc Vi NldIIlh Will Dt FOIu ny w
OF the United States District Court for tho
benefit Of the dupes OF the concern.
Unquestionably there was a strong de-
sire for revenge on Lattimer's part. IL
was about a year since he and Marin had
met. The last time was when Lattimer
hurried to Paris after the crash OF the Storey
Cotton Company and the Provident In
vestment Bureau to warn his old friends
Of what had happened.
He was without money and he appealed
to Marvin, then plentifully supplied, to
paw his way back to America.
Walk back" was the lsconio answer
he says he received.
When the two men met in Referee William
+. Honmann's Office to-day Marin started
from his chair. white with surprise aud
chagrn.
You see" said Lattimer. smiling at him,
Il walked back"
Later, when Handsome Harry arraigned
Marin As the real mead and front Of the
Provident swindle, the latter seemed TO be
devoutly wishing thai he had paid his way
from Paris.
All three attorneys representing the
creditors and the receiver Of the Invest
ment Bureau said that Lattimer had gone
TO Canada, that he had been told to get out
Of the courts jurisdiction and that he would
not be molested.
Lattimer turned over all the property he
had received from the Provident swindle to
the receiver. This amounts to nearly
sac. 900.
Marin had not the faintest suspicion Of
Lattimer's intentions and during the whole
hearing sat with hate marked on his face.
At times he had to be restrained by force
from jumping up and throttling his old
employee. This was particularly so when
Lattimer was describing how dividends
were paid to the dupes Of the Provid ent
Bureau ont of the very money they had
sent for investment.
Il was only a gambler when Marin in
duced me to go into the thing" said L4atti-
mer. Il didn't know anything about the
business, | never had much education, and
took what they gave me, We had three
brokerage account All of these we're on
margins and we lost steadily on all Of them.
That is the only kind of investments we
ever made. We paid our dividends each
month out of the money that kept coming
In TO us.
Altogether, l should say that four mill
ions would be a small figure for what Stone
and Francis and the others got from all
parts of the country.
when | went over 20 warn Stone that
things were looking bad. he had almost
completed arrangements tn work the game
over all Europe"
Stone had been released from the county
prison by United States Judge Holland.
so he might attend the hearing. During
it's progress Marin said he had spent
exactly $751;, 900 while in Paris; but it's the
simple life now for a while, he added.