The Washington herald., 1907-07-07

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Laura Carter. the woman with whom
NE had been living since he stole the
money. and who walked 10 a police sta
ton 70 tell where he could be found. was
held in $4,000 bail
The negress, Mary Duncan. who has
been acting as a servant for them in the
fat Runyan fitted up at 6l9 West 1Ath
street. was held in 500 bail
The energies Of the police and the
trust company representatives were di-
rected toward finding out what became Of
about $4,000 Of the S9600O
Runyan admits that he squandered S6,-
O0o in stock speculation, and says he gave
the woman Sl5.000. He accuses her of
having taken, without his consent. about
$1,000. although he says that he spent
few thousand on her and in furnishing
the fiat.
She denies that she has any Of the
money. She says that Runyan gave her
5000 but she gave it back to him. He
bought a few trinkets and things, late
suppers and wine, but she didn't get any
Of the money except what he gave her to
buy things with.
May Be In Storage Vault.
The trust company officials think they
may find some Of the money I'm a vault at
the Liberty Storage and Warehouse. in
West Sixty-f0urth street. As soon as Run
yan and the woman were arrested. Jordan
J. Rollins. counsel for the company, sent
around to the companies with vaults to find
out if any Of them had an account with
the woman. They learned from the Lib
ertv company that she had a vault there
under the name of Laura Bayne. That is
one of the many names she went under
in the TenderI0in and that branch Of It
which centers around Sixty-sixth street
1t is true that the woman had the vault
some time before she met Runyan, on
June Is. before he stole the money, but
the police think that if she has some Of
the SS50s0 left after Ruuyans stock spec
ulations it may be there
Il was late i'm the day when the Wind
sor Trust officials learned OF the vault.
and the storage company would not allow
any one % go near It. A Supreme Court
order will have 10 be granted before the
vault is entered. and Mr.. Rollins will
make application for one on Monday.
Police Not Confident.
The police are not very confident Of find
ing any of the money in the vault. how
ever They think that she has had
enough experience in the ways Of the /
underworld TO dispose Of the money in /
another way. Working on that theory |
q number of Central Office detectives /
spent to-day trying 10 find two men of |
the TenderloiR who were associates Of |
the woman. The detectives believe that /
if they can get the right man, they will /
md the missing money.
If Runyan stole the money for Laura /
Carter or any other old name she wanted
10 call herself as he says ne did. it is
hard to figure out what he saw in her. |
She is not a day under thirty-1ve. fat
and coarse looking.
For years she has walked the streets
Of the Ten6erloin She says she came
from Baltimore four years ago. but those
who know the district remember her be
yond that. She was young and not bad
looking then, and she made the Hay
Market her headquarters. Soon after
that she moved up to Molly Reardon's,
not quite so high I'm the social life Of the
reservation. Within the last year she has
been seen a good deal around the Sixty
sixth street neighbOrhood.
Has Many Names
A few Of the names she has been
known under. in addition to Laura Car
ter and Laura Bayne, are Kate Bayne, /
Laura Woods. Laura Isen, and Maggie .
Garter.
She was living i'm West Sixty-eighth +
street when Bunyan met her on the T.
street one night, about two weeks be
fore he departed with $4,000 in cash.
Up TO that time according to the books I.
of the Windsor Trust Company Runyan /
had been speculating in stocks and losing. /
He had not got away with the $4,000 he /.
lost in the stock market then. but within /.
a few days after meeting the Carter /.
woman DE was that deep.
At the same time he practically left his /
wife; that is, he didn't go home as often .
as he had. and spent most Of his time al /
the Carter fiat. in Siyty-eieslth street. /
They were noticed on the street. Before .
that she was seen with venerable old /
person, and IL may have been his picture
I'm the lOcket that she described when
arrested. as the old gazabo who pays
the bills The detectives tried to get
his name to-day, but she wouldn't give
90 up.
RunyaB Talked About.
Runyan is slim, sallow young man.
with a weak chin and a receding fore
head. and, coming after the old man. the
neighb0Ts talbad. He saws that when he
decided 20 walk off with the cash in a
bag. she had promised to hide him That
was the reason he got the fat in West
1+4th street, and his story. taken in con
junction Sith the woman's bears out
that explanation
He had figured out that saturday would
be a good day 70 take the money. and just
a week ago he iammed all the bills he
could put his hands on in a suit case.
picked up a number of $1,000 bills loose.
stuIed them in the pockets Of his trou-
ser and coat and walked out Of the trust
company. II was only a short walk over
u Broadway, where he took a Subway II
uain 20 the Grand Central There he got II
of and checked the suit case with the II
money He went out and had a drink or
two, and then decided that II would be
safer to have the suit case checked at a
hotel which he did.
Big Bills in Pockets.
With the loose s1,OC0 bills. he bought
jewelry and other presents for the woman
who had taken a fiat for him few days
before. Then he had more drinks. He
must have had a lot Of them. he says, for
he doesn't remember much OF what hap /
pened except that he had sense enough
to get the suit case with the cash and
take it 10 the 1Ath street fiat. 1t was
some time Sunday morning when hs
landed there