New-York tribune., 1907-11-27
THREE JENKINSES HELD
THIRD DEGREE FORGERY.
Al Charged zcith Making Loans
to Dummies.

John G. Jenkins tr president and director Of
the Jenkins Trust Company; Frank Jenkins.
president and director of the Williamsburg
Trust Company. and Frederick Jenkins, director
OF the Jenkins Trust Company were arrested
yesterday charged with forgery in the third de-
gree.
The Kings County Grand Jury. which has
been investigating the affairs of the Borough
Bank of Brooklyn and the Jenkins Trust Com
pany, handed down five indictments yesterday,
as foretod yesterday in The Tribune. Three of
them-those against the Jenkins brothers-were
made public, but the remaining two were not,
and are held by the District Attorney.
The three prisoners were released on $4,000
bail each. Stephen Baldwin. their counsel, mado
q desperate effort TO prevent the police taking
his clients TO Headquarters and having them
photographed for the Rogues Gallery and meas
ured under the Bertillon system
John G.. Jenkins, jr., was the only to es-
cape this ordeal although the attempt to save
Frank Jenkins led to small riot in which Mr..
jenkins roughly handled by the detectives
who were taking him to Headquarters and
slugged by an irate depositor who managed to
strike him during the confusion attendant upon
Mr.. Baldwin's efforts TO serve the detectives
with writ of habeas corpus signed by Justice
Burr.
when he was seized by two detectives and
dragged off to Headquarters was handled with
what appeared TO be unnecessary and inexcus-
able roughness by several policemen. who had
come TO the assistance OF the detectives.
On Monday afternoon the grand jury began TO
investigate the affairs of the Jenkins Trust
Company. Mr.. Elder. the Assistant District
Attorney. who has prosecuted the bank investi-
cations, laid before the jurymen a mass Of evil
dence. The Jury acted quickly. By Monday
night it had prepared indictments against the
three Jenkins brothers
The indictments charge forgery in the third
degree. They read:
On October john G. jenkins Frank jenkins and
Frederick Jenkins did together wiirny and felonl.
ousiy enter into the loan book of the jenkins trust
a loan of $4,000 entered against Frederick {.
A loan Of s5S0OH entered against Z. c. Reuter-
A loan Of S62 600 entered against FREQ halseF' =,
A lo.n Of sl04,o0 entered against Waldo +.
Whereas none Of the loans were made to those
persons and whereas they actually had no ac
debted to it
Forgery in the third degree as charged in the
indictments comes under the first subdivision OF
Section 514 of the Penal Code, and may be
punished by five years in prison.
The prisoners were all released bail of
$4,000 each. John G. Jenkins. sr.. furnished
nished the bail for Frederick Jenkins. and Mrs.
Jenkins furnished bail for Frank jenkins
ONE INDICTMENT EXPECTED.
Mr. Baldwin evidently expected the indict-
ment Of John G. jenkins. jr., and had made
careful plans to prevent his being photographed.
He had also made arrangements for bail The
indictment OF the other two brothers was
somewhat unexpected.
After Frank Jenkins had been arraigned and
admitted to bail. he and Mrs. Jenkins walked
out Of the County Court building Hardly had
they reached the sidewalk when two big de-
tectives seized Mr.. Jenkins. I'VE want you.
you come with U.s." they said
81 am out on bail" shouted Mr. Jenkins, try
ing to break away from them. Just then a
photographer took a picture Of the struggling
mass
Mrs. Jenkins turned on him in a fash. You
brute! you brute" she exclaimed How dare
you do that?"
IN the mean time Mr.. Baldwin and one or two
of his assistants had seen the arrest and
rushed out, attempting TO shove the detectives
aside. The commotion that followed attracted
the attention OF passers- by, and a crowd quickly
collected. Mr.. Jenkins struggled hard to break
away, and several blows were exchanged
member OF the traffic squad rushed up. "Ar
rest these men" yelled Mr. Baldwin. pointinp
to the detectives. For a moment the policeman
did not recognize the detectives, and as he saw
them struggling with Jenkins he started for
them.
LAWYER THROWN INTO STREET.
81 arrest you in the name of the law" again
shouted Mr.. Baldwin, putting his hand on one
OF the detectives. BY that time several other
policemen had come up and quickly showed their
way through the crowd
Make them let him CO." Mrs. Jenkins asked
them; The is innocent" The policemen soon
recognized the detectives. and one of them. with
n vigorous shove, sent Mr.. Baldwin spinning
into the street, and others dragged and showed
Mrs. Jenkins back. Their treatment Of the
woman almost brutal!
Mr.. Baldwin rushed back and again asked
that the detectives be arrested for molest!ng
his client. Jaw gwan." replied another "ofl-
GER" and again gave him a vigorous push.
While all this was going on the detectives
were making some headway in getting their
prisoner TO Headquarters The crowd followed
among them being several depositors of the Jen-
kins and Williamsburg trust companies who
took advantage of the opportunity 10 revile the
prisoner
Mr Baldwin rushed back, and handing Justice
Burr of the Supreme Court q writ of habeas
corpus which he had prepared for just such an
emergency, got him TO sign it. The writ had
the name John G. Jenkins" inserted This Mr.
Baldwin had erased and the name Frank Jen-
kins' substituted. The erasure was made, how
ever before It was signed by Justice Burr II
demanded the police TO deliver the body of
Frank Jenkins forthwith" to the Justice Mr.
Burr. Mr.. WOODBURY. one OF Mr. Baldwin's
assistants, took the writ and rushed after the
detectives. He overlook them just as they had
got their prisoner within block Of Head