The Washington herald., 1907-04-27

New York, April 26.-The total amount
of the bonds which Clerk ". o. Douglas
stole from the Trust Company Of America
Is close to $500,0o0. He walked out with
S40o.O00 of the bonds on Friday of last
week. II appears now that he returned to
the Offices Of the company on Saturday
morning and made a farewell haul OF
$4,000 more. These two big touches were
made. it has been said. for the purpose Of
eoercing the trust company into giving
him immunity for the smaller thefts
which had extended over a period Of sew
eraI months. These smaller peculations,
It is estimated did not amount to more
than $4,000
Developments in the case to-day indi-
Gated that Douglas and his broker friend,
Oliver N. bennett, took no unnecessary
chances in this immunity game. 1t looks
as though they put the greater part Of
the $4,000 of securities up as collateral
foT the floans within a few hours after
they had got them.
Find $4,000 for Quincy.
The company's officers have said that
81 viii cost them $4,000 to recover pos
session Of ali the bonds that We're stolen.
It is understood that a good deal Of the
mystery that has enveloped the case has
been due to the efforts on the part of the
trust company officers to locate and re-
cover the cash which the Douglas-Den-
nett combination raised on the securities.
and in this they have been unsuccessful
Josiah Quincy, former mayer of Bos-
ton, issued statement to-day in regard
TO the efforts which had been made TO get
him to act as counsel for Douglas ia
enecting a settlement with the trust COM
pany. In the statement Mr.. Quincy said
he refused TO accept a retainer in the
case, and had no information to impart
about it. Alr bennett apparently had
pretty strong hopes at some time or other
that Alr. Quincy would take the case II
was learned to-day that when the detec-
tiVes searched his room in the Manhattan
Club. on last Monday. they found. besides
the S200lo Of stolen bonds, an envelope
containing twenty-five nice bright S101
gold certificates. On the outside of the
envelope vas written:
Retainer Tor Josiah Quincy"
This envelope and the money Is now
in the nands Of District Attorney Jerome.
along with other things that were found
n Dennetts room.
Dennett Makes Fun Confession.
Broker bennett this afternoon dictated
a comprehensive statement in the dis
trict attorneys Office. in which, it is said,
he revealed The whole workings Of the
alleged syndicate
Mr.. Jerome announced that absolutely
nothing would be given out in reference
TO the statement The matter ne said.
was in such shape that no one in his office
could talk. and if there happened TO be a
leak some Gne would get into trouble
He was asked if he anticipated that an
other arrest would come as result Of
Dennett's statement, and answered sue
cinctly. Ne
Tries to Get Douglas Out of Jail.
Early this afternoon "a man called at
the district attorneys office and said ne
was ]. J. Brindel, "a cigar dealer of At
lantic avenue, Brooklyn, and friend of
Douglas. He told Mir Miner, the bond
clerk, that he wanted TO give bail for
Douglas. The bond fixed for Douglas is
$4,000. ana it developed that BrindeI could
only swear to the valuation of $4,000 for
the property he had to offer, and as the
law requires property to be worth double
the amount, the security could not be ac-
cepted.
Brindel left with the announcement that
he was going to see if he couldn't find
some of his friends who would Join him
In balling out Douglas. He declared that
he believed Douglas TO be an innocent
man, and that il was a shame the way
he had been treated since his arrest, and
he was going 10 have him out of Jail at
once.