The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
His Body Attached by the Peo- ple's Bank and Trust Com pany and He Cannot
 Get Bail.
IS ARRESTED FOR FRAUD
Such al Least is the Charge Made bs the Banll-Cumming a Unique Character in Political and
 Yale Circles.

Alexander Cumming, erstwhie poll tician and lawyer, is in the tolls of the criminal law His body was attached by Consta ble Peter McNerney yester- day on Church street and at o'clock yesterday afternoon he was lodged in the county jail on Whalley avenue. unable to get anyone to go his bail. His body was attached on papers made out by The Peoples Bank and Trust company through it's attorney, Ernest J lsbell, of lsbell & Booth, charging him with obtaining money from the bank through fraudulent misrepresentations MT. Cummings present troubles, coming as they do after his bankruptcy proceedings of d month or more ago, seem to cap the climax
 The case is the continuation of a long standing trouble Mir Cumming went to The Peoples Bank and Trust company little over year ago to obtain funds. At that time he made out papers and signed them which purported to show that he was worth s5,000 in various assets, all of which he listed Upon this assertion he was loaned considerable amount of money. Since that time he has paid back to the bank in one way or an other all hut si00 of the sum so that lthe present proceedings concern that amount only
 The later part of December Mr. Cumming went into involuntary bank ruptcy with a long list of creditors at his heels ready to dun him. The case came up before Referee in Bankrupt cy Newton, and at this hearing he was cross examined pretty thoroughly hy Attorney Isbell MT Cumming made the assertion then that his assets were | nil and claimed that he had q private l allowance, but he did not disclose 1 from where 1t came or how great it was.
 The contention of the bank in the present action is that, if MT Cum ming's statements at the bankruptcy 1 proceeding that he had no assets are true, then it was the victim of fraudp l lent Misrepresentation al the time he came to 1t to borrow funds.
 MT Cumming was seen hy the Journal Courier representative last evening at the jail Al the time he was behind the bars and feverishly pouring over a telephone directory in l his endeavor evidently to get some of l his friends to come to his rescue and l go on his bail He was asked if he had anything to say in the affair and | he replied with an entreaty that 'mud" should not be thrown at him this morning in the paper
 Al the Union League club, where Mir Cumming stayed up to his recent | troubles 1t was stated last evening that he had not lived there for the i last two months The club was one of the creditors at the time of the bankruptcy proceedings to an amount l of about $500
 MT Cumming has had varying career of ups and downs in the politi- cal and university circles of the city i He is a graduate of Michigan univer- sity with the degree of Ph R., and oi the Harvard law school with the de gree of LL B. and NJ. A. He came to New Haven about three years agC to take two years course in the Yale law school in its graduate de partment leading mp to the degree o master of laws This degree he ob l tained in June of last year While a tho law school he was the founder anC the president of the Yale Law Schoo Political club and under his guidance the club arose to some prominence i Upon its invitation Secretary Shaw Curtis Guild. the governor of Massa chusetts, Charles Emory smith. Car ter Harison mayor of Chicago, ant \ many others came to New Haven t' speak It was on his invitation tha Senator Beveridge came to New lla ven to speak recently. But just he fore the senator came Mr. Cumming troubles began and the political clul ran into decline. which finally re suited in it's reorganization under tn name of The Forum. If was under tn auspices of The Forum then that tn senator spoke in College street nrt,
 fortnight ago,
 At the time of the visit of Hol William Jennings Bryan here for th dedication of the Bennett memoria fountain Cumming secured Mir. Rrya to deliver an address in Woolsey hal He also paid a recent visit to Wash ington and while there had a persona interview with President Roosevelt.
 Mir Cumming showed his organiza f ton abilities in another way. He wa the founder of the Yaie Repuhlica club and the last of it's four member to survive in the university.
 This last year Mr Cumming hg been working in the law school f. the degree of doctor of laws and 2 the same time running q law office the city. in company with R. ! Woot ruff. in the Exchange building.
 Mir. Cumming is one of tho few Ne Haven lawyers who have ever had tl
 right to appear as attorney before tn supreme court of the United State To be able to do this he took exam nations and obtained a certificat 2 which he is always glad to show ar who are interested
 ? He is also a member of Troop : in connection with which he has con
 into no little prominence as a sharl
 shooter of no little ability
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