The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-07
Detectives Add This Charge
to Others They Make
AGAINST H. BLACKBURN
He Tries to Protect woman--Declares
Edna Smith, Who is Under Arrest
With Him, Is Only His
Stenographer.

New York, Feb. Horace A. Black
muir, jr., who with his stenographcr
Edna Smith, was held in the Tomb
poliee court yesterday in $500 bail d
a technical charge Of swindling, is saic
by the Pinkerton detective agency /,
have obtained BY fraudulent means IN
ward Of $4,000 from William i. Walker
The absconding treasurer of the Saving,
| Bank Of New Britain. Walker. VIC
deiaulted IN three quarters Of a million
dollars and disappeared nearly wear
ago + now on bis way here from Texas
a prisoner with two Pinherton men.
/ Norman /. Bailey, assistant superin.
tendent OF the Pinkerton agency. who
had charge OF the Walker case. found in
the defaulting bank Treasures home
certain papers which led him to 4 brol.
erage firm in the lower part Of Wall
street AT the address given. after 4
rev days watching, be found q man
and 2 woman in room in which there
was no furniture but a chair without
a back and an old bench. The man had
Pile Of letters on his knees. and as
he took out cheek after check he handed
them over to the woman.
i recognized the man as Blackburn. z
says Bailey for | had him before. and
the woman was the same old stenog
rapher that has been with him ii every
case
The woman's real name is Margaret
Won Eldan, according to Assistant Su-
perintendent Bailey.
The transactions with Walker show.
ed said Bailey, that this fellow had
got into Walker to the extent of $4,000.
have had him several times. but he
mas been able to get away on technical
ties, The last time had Blackburn was
IN connestion with the West End Trust
company Of Philadelphia He Is under
bond IN that case. | arrested him here.
but he would have slipped ME again ii
a Philadelphia man haa not been Oh
hand, and be took him TO the ferry
without. giving him chance on techni.
ealitiesn
In the Philadelphia case, BIackmur,
according to Bailey, posed as Charles
y. Munro. 1t is charged that he called
upon J e. Richards, president Of the
West End Trust company, AZ Broad and
South Penn streets, and told him he
wished TO open an account He repre-
sented himself as broker from New
York who was opening branch in the
Belts building. Richards was wiIlinv
and Munro, It is charged, deposited 5000
IN cash and two cheeks for Ss75, drawn
on the lnterboro bank, and bearing the
name Of Charles r. Walker, one Of tile
officials Of that institution.
The day following a young woman
said to be the same Edna Smith on
Margaret Won Eden, called at the bank
and presented check for $3.50 and an.
other for S575s She represented herself
as Monro's typewriter, and was given
the money A few days later it was
found that Munro had no account at
the interhpro bank. and, although he had
paid deposit on the room ia the Belts
building, be had not entered into oeem-
patton. safs.
They are the sliclcest pair / know
of " said Assistant Superintendent Bail
ey, and he always works the game to
get her Of that she II merely 4 type
writer and stenographer. His wife now
is suing for divorce
In the police court yesterday Black
muir made the same plea for his com.
panion
Judge" he said. addressing Magis-
trate Corrigan, why hold this girlY She /
IS innocent, anyway. She is only poor
typewriter Don't hold her.
Il must hold both OF you in $500 I
bail each, said the magistrate,
She has nothing to do with ii. Let 4
her 80 or make the bail only $500. You
Fan do it."
4 can" said the magistrate; but / I
won't
Blackburn and the woman were ar
rested by Detectives MeConyille aud
Nelson in room 4, Produce Exchange
building occupied, according to the name
on the door, BY "a. X Hubbard 4
GO"
Both were held at the instance Of
Edward A. Brown, a lawyer Of 1873
Broadway.