The sun., 1907-11-02

Dsxen. TRADE Names Property ftled-Hew
the scheme Jammed EveFybody's Peck
ets ExpIalnsd by &. W. Evans. WIeh
sideltEht On shooting 90 hllg NtItG ntII.
Tom O'Connor. the one time bucket shop
nan aad partner % Big Nntt Bill Hennig;
his wife, Frances Mclean O'Connor. and
Gerald w. Evans. who we're all arrested
or Thursday afternoon by Detective
McConvills and his staff in the Tontine-
Tabsr Building, at IS to ~ Wall street. we're
all discharged when arraigned before
Magistrate wahle in the Tombs police court
yesterday morning.
The prisoners had been ghsrped with
doing business under name other than
their own without registering their trade
names. When they were arraigned all
that Abe Levy their counsel. had TO do
was TO show their certificates OF registra-
tion issued by the County Clerk and the
case fell Hat. Counsellor Levy protested
against their arrest and Magistrate Wahle
had the detectives make affidavit that they
had no evidences against the prisoners.
The beautiful plan OF operation that
Tom oConnor had thought Out. In which
Gerald W. Evans and the woman were 10
bs his chief assistants. didn't come en-
tircly TO light until yesterday, when tho
detectives made "A search 0f fhe rec
ords'in tho County Clerks Oitice To see
whether the prisoners really did have
their business names Registered. The de-
tectivea found not only that all the trade
names weFe properly registered but dis.
covered that a lot more naUleS had been
registered by the same persons, and
was these additional names that disclosed
the Wholesale scheme OF operation that the
willy O'Connor had figured out.
The records show that Tom O'ConnOr
startet his game M far back as July II. 1907.
ON which day he fled u certificate that he
was do,ns business At ~ Wall street under
tho name OF the New York Telegraph Blu
re,.u. The object Of this concern was 90
pr,,tend that it's mana ger. Thomas OCOnnor.
was an expert Vail street telegTapher who.
R,v reason OF his occupation, was able 60
hand out a lot OF hot tips on tho stock
market
During the summer O'Connor decided
that the telegraph bureau" could bc made
an adjunct Of a very lucrative business, 30
on October 20. W. Evans made his ap-
pearance. ON that daY he tiled sx certif-
Gates giving as many different names under
which he was doing husiness, Ainong them
was the New York Commission Company, at
50 Wall street. which the detectives knew
about when they arrested Evans, Another
name was the Bankers and Brokers Mer-
camille gency Of ~ Wall street, which, Of
course, proved on Investigation 20 be In the
same oftico as tho New York Commission
Company
Evans also registered two other names
under which he was to do a brokerage busi-
ness These we're James II. Mcdonald a
90, Of 80 Broadway, which is connected
with old a by an Interior stairway, and
William Henry Smith a Co. Of ~ Broad
street The Financial Reporting Company
Of ~ Wall street and Frances M. NcL can Of
~ Wall street we're EVana's two other
names. These Wall street addresses are
all In the same building.
In view OF O'COnnor's admission when
ne was arrested that he was running the
Evans concerns a. well as his own. IL isn't
hard 70 appreciate the beauty of the scheme
In Ia. abilitN 20 hornswoggle the innocent In
vestors, even " some OF them should have
suspicions and want to do little Anvesti-
Frances M. Mclean. which was the name
given by the woman prisoner, who said
she was O'ConnOrs wife, was writing
around tho country telling about the dis
cretiOnary pool that she was getting up
In Amalgomated Copper and several other
stocks and asking the eesy ones TO send
$40 10 a. W. Evans A Co. for them 20 make
tI 600 profit for the investor on the Mclean
tipp. At the same time Otonnor's tele-
graph bureau was Offering tips and also
telIinR the suckers to send their money
20 the New York Commission Company,
which had the. same Office Us the Evans
company.
TO give the impression that they weren't
rartiai In distributing the brokerage busi-
ness that might result from their tips.
'J'ConnOr and Francee VI. Mclean were
telling other comeons that they could
send their money 70 James Il Mcdonald
A Co. Cr William Henry Smith Il Co. II
thew didn't want to patr0nlse G.. W. Evans
6Co. II ISN'T unlikely that II the post office
inspectors look up the matter they will
nnA/that ALI mall addressed TO Mcdonald
A Co. at 50 Broadway and Smith A. Co. at
Is Broad street went direct 10 Evans at se
Wall street.
When any one got Suspicious about
Frances NJ. Mclean, the Telegraph bureau.
an invitation was cordially extended TO
aak the Rankeus and Brokers Mercantile
Agency or the Financial Reporting Agency.
both OF which were run by Evans, az 10 the
reliability Of any of them. The reports
furnished by these alleged mercantile
agenoles' Of the concerns inquired about
was most satisfactory 10 the ooncerna.
Il will thus be seen that Tom OConnor's
scheme was sure to be a winner II the4potce
hadn't butted in before the returns from
the rural districts had begun TO come in
70 any extent, and that even II O'Connor
and HIS confederates couldn't be held on
the charge for which they were arrested,
maybe q lot of money has been saved for
somebody by police, interference.
Gerald W. Evans came 10 THE HuN ONCE
last night 10 draw attention TO the fact
made against him and Mr.. and Miro. Tom