New-York tribune., 1908-03-04
SLEUTHS CATCH BROKER
HELD as SUINDLER.
Ne7c EngIander Alleges He Vas
Trained Through advertisement.

After waiting and watching for. several weeks
Y,etectives McConville and Nelson Of the Central
Office yesterday arrested Peter Whitney. broker
o. No 100 Broadway. on charges OF cchoucu"s
SSns.eeare swindling schemes and violating sec
zion OF the United States postal laws and resula-
-sions.
The arrest was made during the evening rush
hours and Broadway packed when the patroi
wagon backed up in front of the American surety
Corpanv's building where Whitney had his of
fees II was finally necessary 10 call out the re-
serves from the John street station and summon
squad of mounted policemen take charge Of the
great crowd.
The detectives say they have evidence which Will
fasten proof upon Whitney of swindling many per-
sons out Of thousands OF dollars. The complainant
Is X . Atwood Of No. 90 Monmouth street
Springfield Mass He is represented here by Reno
r. Ellington OF No ~ Broadway Atwood alleges
that on March 26. 1907. he sent thousand shares
O. Bay stock and 800 in cash 10 W hitney
in exchange for five hundred shares of Cobalt
Bullion mining stock, which is said TO have been
advertised by Whitney. The complaint alleges that
according the agreement between Whitney and
Atwood. the former sell the Bay State Gas
stock and with the money purchase Cobalt stock
and send il 10 Atwood
Mr. Ellington. counsel for Atwood says his
client has receipt for the registered letter, and
that il signed for Whitney, per J. ". Ros-
cum After trying repeatedly TO get settlement
the complainant says that he placed the matter In
the hands OF his counsel, and Ar- BiInSlon ldue
e complaint the police a week ago
Detective McConville says that he has been
watching Whitney for several years. He said that
The first complaint against him reached the police
when he CNcConvie) received personal letter
from c " F. Runl OF No. Rue de Grasse1
Cannes France. The writer said in this letter.
according to McConville that he had often heard
how the detective had arrested get-rich-quick
operators and that he believed he could tell him OF
another. The letter dated January :. 1903. The
FrenchmaR said he had sent SCI TO Whitney, for
which he had received return.
The case was put the hands OF Detectives Nc
Corpille and Nelson. and they had been looking
for Whitney for several days They say he has
another Office advertised in the Beacon Building,
Boston. but that this is merely depot for his
mail which is received there by a named
Thorp and forwarded 10 New York Yesterday
the detectives learned that Whitney in his
Office and they walked in Unexpectedly and ar
rested him
In the Office with Whitney. according 10 the
detectives. were an aged man and two boys. They
said that the man at first refused TO give his
name and said he a vagrant, but under
threat of arrest admitted that his name was
John II. Hall and that he lived at the Broadway
Central Hotel The boys said they stenog-
raphers and gave their names and addresses as
Ioseph Hirsch, Of No. 225 West 4th street, and
Joseph Roskam. Of No $50 Kosciusko street.
Brooklyn. The detectives took their names SO
summon them witnesses.
f,1ously furnished and that he had papers and
files enough fill the patrol wagon. They seized
sIl the papers
Among the papers one showing that Jo-
seph McAIurray. of AIcAIurray & Co, contractors
and builders. of No 2415 Ridge avenue, Phila-
delphia. had sent Whitney $1,000 for Cobalt
Bullion stock" said Detective MeConville last
night Other papers and letters indicate that
rIcAurray never received the stock. Several let
ters from McMurray asking for settlement are
among the papers.
Nc,onviIe alleges there were many similar let
Iars among those seized
When Whitney searched al Headquarters the
detectives say they found several papers in his
pockets. One of these a summons to appear on
1Tarcn :. 1902 10 the complaint of Daniel
il Napes. The summons states that Mapes Is 10
appear against Peter Whitney and John Cornell
10 sue for note $50 which Whitney had
promised to pay Cornell $500 Cornell had indorsed
the note. il seems. and for value received had de-
lIvered the complainant, hapes-" On Whit
rav's person found certincatae signed by
Justice Dowling. the Supreme Court, showing
that Whitney had served juror in the court
for nine days during February
The detectives that among the papers in the
Office which showed that Whitney was
boosting the wes1moreland Automatic Shoe Clean
ing Company. Of New York