Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-26
CLAIM A SWINDLE
n. L. Dooley Commences Impor.
tant Criminal Action in
Peoria.
LOCAL CAPITALISTS VICTIMS
n. A. Suttle, Real Estate Agent, Charg.
ed With EmbezzIement of $14,-
900 in Mining Deal.

| An alleged Swindle, in which II. l..
Dooley of this city and others of Rock
Island and Moline were the victims
was brought to light in Peoria yester-
| day when Mr. Dooley began prOsecu
| ton of III. A. Suttle, a Peoria real es
| tate agent. The Peoria Herald-Trans
cript says of the affair that it uncovers
what is alleged to be one of the bold
est swindles in mining ventures brought
| TO light in Illinois in recent years.
The Peoria paper tells of the prosecu-
ton as follows:
On warrant sworn out by II. l..
Dooley, prominent business man of
Moline, H., charging the embezZlement
of $4,000 from the Cyprus Gold & Cop
per Mining company of Prescott, AriZ.,
officers yesterday afternoon began
lsearch for Suttle, only to find that he
had gone to Chicago, where he is now
conducting another scheme from offices
at 125 La Sale street
Subtle will return to Peoria tomor-
row to surrender himself to the sher-
if. His attorney, Walter II. Kirk, last
night agreed with the states attorney
to bring back his client within rs hours.
According to Dooley's story, four
business men of Moline and one of Pc
oria in 1903 employed H. y. Suttle as
agent to organize gold mining COM
pany and buy a property in Arizona.
A. T. McTlvaine of Moline, brother-in-
law of Suite, recommended him to his
victim, and in return got a part of the
swag
Acted As an Agent.
at is said that Suttle was agent for
stockholders and went to Arizona,
bought the Cyprus gold mine near
Prescott and reported that he had pur-
chased it for $21 900. The money, with
81 1000 additional, was paid over to
him Investigation showed that he
bought the mine for $1,000 and pocket
ed the balance. A part of this money
went to confederates.
ION being confronted with proof of
his perfidy Suttle gave a second mort
gage on his residence property on Bry-
an avenue for $4,000 in an effort to
settle. w. F. Bryan held first mort
gage of $1,000 on the property and the
Moline business men found themselves
with no margin. After various attempts
to settle criminal proceedings were be
gun yesterday.
1T came to light yesterday that Sut-
tie made a similar attempt to rob the
Monarch Mining company organized in
Peoria year ago and succeeded in
mulcting that concern for $4,000. He
was discovered and forced to repay the
entire sum, together with $4,000 short
age. while constable with warrant
for embezzlement stood outside his of
fee door waiting to arrest him.
"H. A Suttle now has an office at
125 La Sale street. Chicago, and is
disposing of stock in the McCabe Wa
ter, Light & Power company of Nc
Cabe, Ariz His family resides here
on Bryan avenue and Mr. Suite has
been prominent in real estate opera
tions in this city He is about 35 years
of age. His attorney, Walter H. Kirk,
declares he will arrive in the city by
Friday
''Mr. Dooley and his associates may
have a civil claim against Mr.. Suttle,
but | am sure that no criminal action
will succeed"
second Only to DouGherty.
The Peoria Journal yesterday. in an
account of the investigation, published
the following:
Just before noon today Mr.. Scholes
stated that the total theft would
amount to in the neighborhood of SOS,
900, and when the arrest is made, he
says, Peoria will experience a sensa
ton second only to the Dougherty
defalcation."
stock Held Here.
The stock of the mining company
was nearly all held in the three cities. |
The officers of the company are:
observation-disclosures w. Johnson, Mo
line.
Vice President--H. l.. Dooley. Rock
Island.
Secretary-C. H. Dooley, Rock Is
land.
Peter Henderson of Davenport. is one
of the directors of the company. Mr..
Dooley has returned from Peoria, and
when seen this afternoon said the affair
is a clear case of embezzlement. c. J.
Searle of this city has been retained to
assist in the prosecution. 1t is expect
ed that the preliminary hearing will be