The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-11
UNDER HEAVY BONDS
Ward and West Have Eleven Counts and Are Still in
 Lookup,
WORKED WELL-KM0WN MEN
Collection Game as Played Brought $5, $i0 and S20 Contribu-
 tions.

Under bonds of s1,OOO, which had not been furnished late last night William w. Ward of this city and William West of Boston, he claims are held by the police charged with obtaining money under false pretens- es. Eleven counts are now held against each man and 1t Is believed that others will develop. Some of the most prominent of the citizens of New Haven were victimIzed by the scheme which was worked
 The men under arrest were author l2ed by the Jocelyn Spanish War Vet eran Memorial association of this city to secure advertisements on behalf of tho association for memorial book which 1t plans to issue. The ncn, ac- cording to the committee of the Jocc- lyn association were sent out with ex- press instructions that they were not to receive any money but were to se- cure the contracts and later collac- tor would go around with them when the book had actually appeared.
 But the men. 1t seems. decided up- on a different scheme and by t work ed some hundred prominent citizens for sums of s5, s10 and in some cases s20. They would go to the telephone and call up m intended victim. and using the name of Terence Kelly. for mer superintendent of parks, an nounce that representatives were about 10 call upon them and asking that they give them every considera- ton possible as their object was q worthy one. They pretended that they were calling up from Wlnches- ter's shop. Then they went and fir many cases they secured a gooC amount of money, Instead of saying | they wanted the sum for book which was 10 be issued they stated that tho fund which they were taking money for was to bring back to this countr. the bodies of dead soldiers who wer, buried in the Philippines, In makini their canvass they used voting list which they cut up and canvassed yer. thoroughly in tho district where tn, most wealthy New Haveners dwell.
 A peculiar thing about the arrests was the fact that while they had ob tained considerable money they diC not have any money at all and seemed to be on the verge of want. The strongly insisted that things were al right at first but weakened in thei | n,,t Ia, arrested in Crown street Saturday after the police had been working ol the cases for couple of weeks. l seems that the men left the city Apri 2S and could not be found until 10 cated in this city Saturday, by Detec tive Sergeant Dennehy and Detectiv, Dorman.
 Among those whom the men ar, accused of working for cash are Prof Benjamin Jepson, Prof. Harry B Jepson. Edward F. Hall, Rev. Johi A. Timm, George W. Robinson, Fred erick Easterbrook, jr., Nathan Easter brook, ex-President Timothy Dwigh of Yale, Prof, Yandell Henderson Samuel II. Kirby. Samuel A. York Joseph Porter Louis F. Stoddard Charles II. Nettleton. Mrs Mary Els worth. Miss Susan V. Hotchkiss George D. Seymour Mrs. J. Mason Hoppin, Samuel K. Page, John J. II Downes, Mss F. F. Morris, Sarah A Manning, Thomas Hooker, Henry L Eotchkiss, A. B. Wylie, Fredericl Ward Abner Hendee, and such bank and business houses as The First Ma tlonal bank, The NationaI New IIa ven bank, F. C. Bushnell Co. Bau mann Rubber Co.,, T, sonnenberg S O., Mayo Radiator Co, Curtiss S Bradley, S. S. Thompson Co.,, Tn, Greist Mfg. Co.,, Geometric Tool Co. l. Newman & Sons, New Haven Up 'holstery Co. and others.