The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-30
.DR. MACCRACKEN
 Is HOODWINKED Werner ThuIi Poses As Son of
 Swiss Educator
GETS AN INTRODUCTION
Under Guise of Son of President of University of Zurich, Touches Several Prominent Men of
 New York.

New York, December 29-(Special. )-Po- lice headquarters last night took in a ! clever swindler who so fooled Chancellor Henry M. MacCracken of New York uni- versity that he gave. the man card in- troducing him into the Students club, thus making his work easy for him. The prisoner is Werner Thuli, 19 years old, and he says he Is the son of the presi- dent of the University of Zurich, Switzer- land. The university has rector, whose term of office is a year, and who Is elected from the faculty.
 Thuli was graduated from Oxford, Eng land, last year and came then to this country, according to his story. On De- cember 21 he called upon Chancellor MacCracken at his home and presented his card.
 You ought to know my father" the young man said to the chancellor.
 Why, yes," answered Chancellor Mac Cracken; T met your father several years ago."
 Thul then told Chancellor MacCracken that he had been i'll in Bellevue hospital for several months and was out of a place
  cellor MacCracken if he would not help him get a place.
 Chancellor MacCracken gave Thuli letter to Thomas E. Robbins, who lives at the Students club at BPS West Fifty sixth street, and asked MT. Roberts to see that Thuli was taken care of at tine club and that any expense incurred at the club would be paid by the chancel- Tor. Chancellor MacCracken then told the young man that when he had gst work and got himself into better physical shape to come and see him.
 Goes to the Club.
 Thul went to the club on the night of the Fist and was made welcome as a friend of the chancellor's. He remained there until December 23 when he was seen to comS in with a new suit case.
 Apparently he went direct to the room of MT. Robbins and there took a new fur overcoat valued at s200 and diamond stickpn valued at s6O and disappeared from the club The Students club at once notified Chancellor MacCracken and he in turn called in the aid of the de- tectiVe bureau.
 IHe ITsl iHiuB lle poliCc itdi Aou was that the Swiss Benevolent society in this city was very anxious to find the young man, as he had been swlndling members of that society in the name of his father. They also learned that the Charities Or ganization society wanted to interview the young man about several matters.
 From a Mrs. Wadleigh, who represents the Charities Organization society at Bellevue hospital, the detectives learned hul ha nat hos pital for many months Mrs. Wadleigh told the police that she held $10 which had been sent to Thul at the hospital by some friend, but that he never had called for the money.
 Calls on Consul.
 Detective Flynn called upon H. H. Berntchan who Is banker at IS Ex- change place, and also the Swiss consul in this city. When Flynn mentioned Thulis name the consul became greatly excited and said that no one was more anxious to see him than he was.
 According to the story told by the con suh young ThuA-.had forged the name or the consul in a letter to his father in Zurich. in which the consul said that he was financially embarrassed and in need of aid and asked President Thuh to lend him some money. The police say that they have also unearthed several other queer transactions of the young man of similar character.
 Last night a member of the Charities Organization society was on southbound Broadway car when he spotted young Thuli He spoke to the young man and after talking some time to him told him in casual way that MT. Hatton, liv- ing at 16 West Fifty-first street, wanted to see him very much and that MT. Hat ton had something for him.
 Thuli said he would go there at once, and the other man at once notified Gal lagher and Flynn, the two detectives on the case, who hurried to the address and had just arrived when Thuli came along and was arrested.
 At police headquarters Thuli refused to say anything at all concerning himself. He had In his possession two pawn tick cts for the overcoats and the stickpin.