Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-10
RECEIVER HOLDS TONGUE
With Counsel and Others Interested
Silently Awaiting Arrest.
MANY HEAVY LOSSES CERTAIN
Seven Suits Started in Pittsburg,
Where Serious Charges Are Made
Against Funding Head.

| NEW YORK, December 1O.-Thomas +.
Gilroy. jr.. state receiver of the wrecked
| Fidelity Funding Company, and others
| engaged in the effort to untangle its
complex affairs adopted a policy of 81
lence yesterday. deciding to await the
| arrest of Patrick j. Kieran, former head
of the concern, and the developments that
are expected to follow.
Although an order ,of arrest was sent
out from Pittsbnrg early Tuesday night,
kieran contrived to evade detectives who
were looking for him in half a dozen
eastern cities. and those supposed to be in
touch with him declined to give any in
formation concerning his whereabouts or
his intentions.
cambridge Colby, Kieran's lawyer.
after denying himself to reporters all
day. was found last night, but held up
his hands with a gesture that he had lost
the power of speech-especially upon all
points concerning his client. He was ask
ed where kieran was, if he intended to
surrender himself to the police and a
score of questions of similar nature, to
all of which he shook his head.
William Nelson Cromwell, who said
Tuesday that he had been urged by large
number of Catholic dignitaries to look
after their interests acting for them witt
power Oh attorney, III ike MANNER utCilH-
ed to make any further statements as to
his intended course.
Mr. GilrOy. as receiver was not quite
so reticent as the others, but declared he
was as much in the dark ever upon
the important points involved. and that
he was chiefly concerned in having Kieran
and his private books and accounts
brought before him.
More Priests Heard From.
Meanwhile letters and kilograms contin-
ued to pour into Mr.. Gilroy's office from
Catholic clergymen and nuns in every part
of the country. making anxious inquiries
about their affairs with Kieran and the
funding company and begging to know If
their property was Imperfect. Many
priests called at the Office bearing bundles
of official documents which told over
again the story of kieranS methods of do
ing business.
"There is nothing for me to do now
said Mr.. Gilroy, but to wait for the po-
lice to produce kieran. l am more inter-
ested in the private books and records he
took away with him than l am in kieran
himself, because when / am able to exam
Inc them 1 can tell more definitely to what
extent many of these Catholic institutions
are involved"
AS the hundreds of institutions are
heard from In all parts of the country it
becomes evident that kieran's operations
covered a wider field and were more eX-
tensive than was at first revealed by the
records of the Fidelity Funding Company.
which were turned over to the receiver.
Reports from Pittsburg and various locali-
ties in Pennsylvania yesterday showed
that scores of institutions now find them
selves liable for notes aggregating many
times the amount lent to them for build
ing purposes.
While the evidence continues to accumu-
late that hundreds of institutions have
been embarrassed, Mr.. Gilroy said he
agreed with the statement made Tuesday
by Judge Morgan ]. O'Brien that only two.
ST. Mary's Academy in NauvOO and st.
Joseph's College in Chicago, would be
forced to lose their property.
$50 far as ST. Mary's Academy. is con-
cerned." said he. Il cannot see how it is
going to escape