New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-18
CLEW TO mr.. GREEN
NAY. BE KID MURRAY.
Seller of Bogus Stock Thought To
Be Indicted Nan.


The mysterious Mr.. Green, of Pittsburg. who
sold tire bogus Norfolk and Western stock GER
tiflce1e TO William Duke & Co.. Of Cleveland. is
believed BY the police and the Pinkertons to %
identical with Charley, alias kid, Murray. alias
Colonel = {. P. Calmey, who is wanted also IN
connection with the swindling of Charles P, Bu-
chanau. the tobacco manufacturer out OF s4o'-
600 by bogus stock OF the Horseshoe Mining
Company Murray is out on $1,000 bail now In
the latter transaction. and was to come 10 trlai
yesterday but when his case was called IN Judge
Fosters court there was no response from the
defendant Assistant District Attorney Iralh'
who had charge Of the case. then explained lh0'
Murray was wanted in connection with the Nor
folk and Western swindle. and later 1t was
learned 4Joat he was believed to pe Green A rep
resenfstsve Of Samuel Kahn, of No 14S BowerS.
who is or M,1rrays bond asked that the time De
extended until Mondsy. and this request was
complied with by Judge Foster. Murray was
indicted Jointly with Larry Summerfeld' no" in
prison.
Seton az before Recorder Golf yesterday IN
the Houston and Galveston Electric Railway
case He was out on 5000 bail on the charge
of fofnins with Harrison MCKINNEY ana
Robert q. waldron in swindlins the promoters
of the Texas road out of $3.50 in connection
road when he was arrested in Turkeytown. Nd
IN The Norfolk and Western case. The Texas
rss. Was 70 come to trial Monday and the
men from the Lone Star State, William b. Slos-
rou W E Scott, NJ c. Abbott and O. N WHIT
comb. were here. but the trial was put off untl
Yesterday because Mr.. GaTvan had TO go TO Al
ps-y IN the Patrick case. Not much progress
We. made yesterday Seton was so par
,tcu1ar about the men who sat in Judgment on
Iy-~ VOC
but Seton passed on the tales1nen and only
ssven satisfied his scrutiny. Mrs. Seton was in
court also, aud after the adjournment held quite
q 1ong conversation with her husband at one
eide of the room She left the building I'M
accompanied after the prisoner was taken back
10 the Tombs.
Yet another man mentioned in the Norfolk
end Western case appeared on the court RECORDS
yesterday This was Andrew D. Meloy, manager
Of Barnard & Clark. through whom seton nrst
.rfed to float bis stock in this city Though they
subsequently denied 1t. Barnard & Clark at first
said that Il was Meloy who introduced Seton to
Them Justice Mccarthy, of the City Court, yes
terday appointed Robert Fletcher receiver IN
supplementary proceedings for Meloy in suit
brought by AIesmore Kendall, a judgment creditor.
Fletcher was required TO give bond of Sl0o.
The search for the missing S4,900,000 worth Of
bogus bonds has not yet been rewarded Va
destroyed, but no positive proof. and until it is
known beyond doubt that they no longer in
existence Wal Street will not breathe easy. Il
was said yesterday at the Guaranty Trust Com
pany that It was hoped soon TO make the an
nouncement of the destruction OF the stock. but
that as yet It was not known where the bonds
were
It is now said that there is another engraving
company that is equally responsible with the
Hamilton Bank Note Company for the exis
tence Of the bogus certificates. If the Hamilton
company was lax in its methods of printing the
certificates on the order that was presented to
It the other company is held even more respon-
sibIe in making 1t possible for the model TO be
taken to the Hamilton company. It is said that
Seton was able TO get his sample through th$S
custom of engraving companies of giving out -
examples of their work blank certificates of stock
that they have printed-sfo for -'oEious companies.
Seton. il is said, throu, broker with whom
this engraving house, obtained blank Norfolk
and Western certificate.
The members OF the Stock Exchange are deep
" incensed that this firm should have given out
the certificate, and talking of taking some
action against it. II is likely that the broker
also viii be disciplined, though he is not him
self e member OF the exchange. This would
mean it is said. that action would be taken
against his firm
Before Seton began his Norfolk and Western
career he victim himself TO the extent Of
several hundred dollars OF gang of smooth
fougued swindlers posing newspaper men. 1t
thus he met Humphreys. or, rather, Humph-
rvs met him. for the acquaintance began from
Humphreys end. These fellows offered to write
q price, and it is said that for several months
he was always considered good for q touch" of
$50 In this way Altogether he gave up about
$500 HUMPHREYS represented himself 1t is said,
one OF the most Influential newspaper men in
the city. and thus, when Seton needed help he
suggested that Humphreys would be the man to