Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-26
PLAN TO HOLD
UP TRUST co.
Douglass Last Haul Said to Have
Been a Huge One.

Douglass was arrested before he had had
| an opportunity to get out of town. How
the trust company recovered the big batch
OF bonds which Douglass took as his fare
| well haul has not been explained, but that
| 1t has recovered the securities is evident
| from statements which representatives of
! the company have made. They have said
| that the total loss of the company cannot
exceed $4,000, and this statement was re-
! peated yesterday by President Thorne, Will
| liam F. Sheehan, the comranys counsel,
and several directors.
| AS no official statement has been made
| of the amount of bonds found between
the mattresses of benefits bed in the
Manhattan Club 1t may be that more than
$4,000 was found there The story which
came out yesterday explains in a general
way the failure of the officers of the COM
pany to make public the exact amount Of
the bonds that were taken. They have
coAtented themselves all along with tell
ing merely what the maximum loss to the
company would be- The story also throws
some light on the developments which &C.
CURED Immediately following the arrest
OF Douglass The police and private de-
tectives had bennett under surveillance as
early as Sunday, but they did not arrest
him until Tuesday In the meantime
Douglass, 1T is understood, was holding out
Tor immunity In return for any informa-
tion which he might give.
oincers or the trust company were lust
as close mouthed yesterday about the case
as they nave been on other days since
II became public. The officers of other
financial institutions who are usually able
10 get inside information in regard to any
inert or defalcation in Wall street adj
mltted yesterday that they had not been
able to get any light on the Douglass
Deiiiet' case except as it appeared in the
newspapers.
"Hilam r. Sheehan, the companv's
couhsel, said he understood that bennett
had said that he consulted ex-Mayor
quincy IN regard to the bonds about q
week ago and that the ex-mayor had re-
lused 10 nave anything to do with the case
Inc district attorneys office got busy in
the case again yesterday. Daniel F Mr.
phy, one OF Mr.. Jerome's assistants visited
behnetts offices at 40 Wall street and
made a further search for papers He
louhd desk in an anteroom, which he
hadh | touched on the first ransacking of
the oflces He returned to the criminal
courts building with a good-sized armful
OF papers. Soon after he arrived President
Ihorne of the trust company put in an
appearance, and few minutes later Dis
trict Attorney Jerome Joined them. 1t
looked as though Mr. Murphy had hit upon
some interesting papers in Dennett's office
and had sent for the head of the trust COM
pany to have him go over them.
Mr.. Jerome refused to say anything about
the conference. He denied printed stories
that securities had been found under the
floor of Dement'S offices. Mr. Murphy
made a thorough search, but he didn't go
so far as to rip up flooring which is laid
on concrete.
Mrs. Douglass, wife of the former loan
clerk, visited her husband in the Tombs
yesterday. She said this among other
things to the reporters:
IN stick to VIII through thick and thin.
He is no criminal. He has simply been used
by those who made him their dupe. When
he tells all he knows it will cause a sensa-
ton in this city"