The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-01
NAN WHO SHOT Big NIT BILL
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EVANS PGNCHED AZ a BUNCH.

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Reaaaaeg Some ~ bIpeir Trade Names.
Thomas O'Connor. the eE-buckst shop
man n t~elegrapher, who shot william r.
Hennig. the former -buukst shop king on
lower Broadway on Dscernber 2 last and got
on freq because Big Mltt Ball wouldn't
make a complaint against him, was arrested
at ~ Wall street yesterday, along with a
woman who said abe was his wife and a man
who rave the name Of Gerald n. Evana.
Detectives McCoaviIle. Nelson. Egan. VIII
bur and Craig. who took the three prisoners
20 Police Headquarters. also rAided three
rooms In the TOntine- Taber Building. ex-
tending from - 70 80 Wall street, where all
three were doing business under different
names.
The woman said at Headquarters that she
was Frances Mclean O'Connor. Shs was
charged. ~ were the men. with doing BUSH
meas under q name other than her own
without registering the trade name.
OConnor described himself az a financial
writer and said he lived in Columbia street.
Brooklyn. Evans said he was a broker Of
4l8 Dean street, Brooklyn. The woman
wouldn't give her address. O'COnnor and
Evans managed to raise $500 between them
and gave IL to the woman to secure her re-
lease on cash bail.
OConnor adnsitted hat he paid the rent
for the three rooms used by the three diff
rerent concerns raided. The detectives
didn't find much in the three rooms except
a lot of literatura for attracting gudgeons.
The detectives had to call in a letter
- 4 - - A F.
thought was O'Connor's right hsnd man.
Evans. who was doing busines under
several names, had his Office in room Sit
on the third floor. and used the address
50 Wall street. O'Connor. who was running
the New York Telegraph Bureau. was in
room 2I6 on the second floor and used
the address ~ Wall Street. frances Nc
Lean. who was in a room adjoining
O'Connor's. which connected with il. had
her mail sent to 80 Wall street.
McConville and his men made several
trips 20 Evans's Office and failed to find
anybody in. Yesterday afternoon they
had a letter carrier deliver a registered
letter TO G. W. Evans & Co. in O'Connor's
Office. After the letter had been received
and signed for the detectives raided the
place and found all hands. They say that
O'ConnOr and the woman tore mp a lot Of
papers very hastily when informed that
they we're under arrest. h detectives
picked up the pieces but didn't have time
TO put them together last night.
Among the literature the detectives
found were alleged letters OF recommended
ton for O'Connor from we'll known Wall
Street firms. One purported TO be from
Charles c.. Gates h Co, and was signed
"A. MCArdle." This letter said:
I whom IL may concern-I can highly
recommend Mr.. Thomas O'Connor. with
whom l have had business dealings for the
last ten years. l know him to be one
Wall Street. Any information he NAV
have comes from the most reliable source"
The police first heard OF the OConnor-
Evans-McLean concern when a man in
Georgia wrote to Commissioner Bin CHAM
that he thought Frances Mclean OF 81
Wall street ought TO be looked after. The
Georgia man enclosed the following letter
from Frances NJ. Mclean:
II you will refer to my letter Of September
20. YOU will note my suggestion that you
send an account Of so or more to Messrs. !
Evans 4 Co. Of IS Wall street for me 10 operate
for a percentage Of the profits. | will not
speak OF my success in the past in stock
market affairs. but prefer to refer you to
clients for whom I have operated. and for
whom | am operating at present.
Ny advance OrmRt comes from the
most reliable sources in Wall street. These
are borne out by men OF the highest
standing In the commercial world. ! am
about to begin an operation in Amalgamated
Copper. The directors will meet on The 18th
and take action on the dividend. There will
be a wide movement when the decision is
made public. You will realize good profits
If Won follow my proposition. Remit $50
or more to the brokerage house OF &. W.
q Co.. IS Wall street. stating that II is
to be placed to your credit and used as mar
UiNa nm Nradaa mazda unlar v.xy AssaaVsoa I
! am confident that there will be 81 900 profit
for each person who follows my advice. |
will expect YOU to send your check for 20
per cent. Of the profits As my share.
Commissioner Bingham also heard from
a mar in Providence who got a letter from
the New York Telegraph Bureau. This
letter said that Thomas O'Connor. manager
OF the New York Telegraph Bureau. wanted
to make a practical demonstration OF the
value OF the information possessed byC tele-
graph operators in Wall Street as to what
was likely to happen to certain stocks.
letter advised the recipient 10 write
the New York Telegraph Bureau for in
formation.
Since the days when ne was in the bucket
shop business with Big Mitt Bill HenniE
in Chicago OConnor has been attracting
the attention Of the authorities. A Short
time ago he was running a race tipping
bureau in the Produce Exchange Building
under the name of o II. O'COnnor A
Bro. At that time OConnOr was tell
ing the green hat his brother. John H.,
owned a string Of racehorses and that ne
got his information through him. O'Con-
nor kept on doing business under that name
until he started the New York Telegraph
Bureau.
After his arrest for sho citing Hennig,
O'Connor was claimed in various parts Of
the country where indictments had been
returned against him for running a bucket
shop. He Is now out on bail on several
OF these indictments. From a memoran-
dunn book found in his Office Lieut.. Nc
%1s,onnars Tacs%Sv TSa go $50 some Il
headed Blacklist" and in il appears a
lot Of initials. with a record Of stocks bought
and sold for them. Opposite many of IN
initials il marked Checks protested"
The police don't know much about Evans