New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-07
SAY LEART GOT JEWELS
DEALERS CAUSE ARREST.
accused Man duplicates Goslin-
Hamilton Bank Certificates Used.

Hamilton Bank Certificates Used
The arrest of William Leary. Of No o7o PARK
place Brooklyn early yesterday morning aoueu
new feature 10 the alleged swindlng opera
Mons of John s White. Robert 9. RuxIon' Olyoe
rol- and Frederick Waugh, who have been heIu
FOR examination I'm this city on the charge Oh
usiDe the United States mails in the perpetra-
ZION Of frauds Incidentally some new light was
thrown on the methods by which the men Who
created and controlled the Imperial Trustee
rcmnsnv OF Jersey City, and the Hamilton
Bank Of Boston. had worked their alleged
schemes II pluuder
1es-v was accused yesterday Of swincl!ng
several jeyveI-y dealers in The Maiden Lane dis
-ric- BY passing bogus certificates purporting 10
show deposits of $1,000 each on the Hanover
Bank of Boston. He pr0fessed 10 be an inno-
csrt tool of the svindlers declaring that he had
rsssed the certificates believing them 70 5e genu-
10 and valuable. He was held in $1,000 bail
ts- examination tomorrow, and was locked up
.- the Tombs because the District Attorney de-
handed time fo- the examination OF the bail
osered
Lsa-y is about thirty years Old. He is said
% belong 70 a good family In Brooklyn and 10
ave been q player On Harvard's football team.
.utg. Two wears ago he was a member Of the
Orange Athletic Clubs football team. He has
been e!nploved n 2 brokers' Office in the financial
district al Intervals
In an alleged confession made at Police Head
quarters yesterday Leary said he knew that
Alfred z. Gosin was connected with the
sWinders in some way, as GOslin had some Of
the Hamilton Bank deposit certificates. Police
detectives failed To fnd Goslin yesterday.
Alfred 2 Goslin made his appearance in Wall
Street in 1900 in connection with the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit scandal. and that was the one
occasion on which the police We're able TO hold
him 10 The consequences Of his acts. But il
was not without hard fight that he was landed
behind the bars. He was arrested on March .,
1890, but got away 70 Philadelphia, and came
back only after eZtraditon proceedings. He was
convicted on July .. 1900 The next day he was
sentenced, but took an appeal and succeeded in
postponing serving his sentence for nearly two
years. / was not until april =, 1902, that his
conviction was confirmed, and then ne disap-
peaned But he came back in May and sur
rendered himself
since Me reaTUea~aace IN the financial district
MS name has been connected with many shady
affairs His last public performance was TO
announce the formation OF q company 10 build
Uo.iry Foad up the state. MS was IN Septen-
Der 1895, and he said then that the money 10
oack MS scheme 10 the extent Of $4,000 would
Of deposited with Wah street trust company
y" AaTch 5L I'm the mean time he said, he
"ouia accept subscriptions 10 the stock of the
company
Three diamond dealers appeared to press
enarges agalnst Leary in the Tombs police courl
Yesterday afternoon Louis j. F'oIkart. OF No. Ia
'oAn-st- SAID Leary was introduced to him by
jim. Nendes who said Leary wanted to buy
diamonds Tor H.s wife Leary selected several
gems and offered an alleged certificate Of de-
post Of $1,000 lu the Hamilton Bank. OF Boston,
saying he was iu 40 hurry for the diamonds. and
would leave The certificate with Folkart a few
GAYS for invest iqatfor FaIEart sent the certifi-
cate 10 the bank i'm Boston. asking TO be IN
Termed II ir was good. and n WAS returned TO
In stsmpe1 guaranteed 80 and accompanied by
ietler from Tie banks cashier declaring that
F" Vas above suspicion. Folkart accordingly
secepted the certificate and gave Lcary dia-
-onds worth $3.50 and $500 in cash
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