The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-15

Ihe men who are being traled uy
the detectives and who are believed -
be the ringleaders in the amazing
series of swindles are:
Frank c. Helm, of philadelphia,
whom the police have now traced TO
Chicago, and whose arrest is momen-
tarily expected
Donald c. Mcdonald, of sos Beacon
street, Boston, who now holds two Of
the Blue Ridge Company's notes for
$500 each.
Mike Hayes and Robert s. Brown.
Of 20 State street, Boston, who has a
note for $1,000.
One Man Held in New York.
The police of New York have I'M
earthed, from information furnished by
the Newark sleuths a gang of swind-.
lers whose operations in that city are
said to run into hundreds of thousands
of dollars. One of the gang, Henry
Hosler. of the brokerage" firm of
Henry j. Rodman q Co, of L West
Thirty-third street. was held yesterday
for the grand jury by Magistrate Moss.
of the Tombs Court, New York The
New York detectives have six more
members of the same crowd who obs
tained the Blue Ridge Company's note
in Jail. but the men higher up have
escaped to Chicago and Boston, where
their arrest is expected today.
Whelplcy induced the brick companS
to give him $4,000 in promissory notes
to negotiate, on the strength of refer
ences which were afterwards found 10
he vouched for by his confederates
They We're stolen from him by Charles
H. Gardiner. He endeavored to dis
count the notes at several places, and
in his efforts distributed them among
his pals in nine different cities All
of the notes have been found by the
two Newark detectives, after following
dozens of clues which opened into a
maze of crime almost unparalleled in
history.
Gardiner disposed of $4,000 worth Of
the notes TO L. A. Tininghast and John
S. Lynch, of Boston. These were re-
covered by Tuite and Horter in Proyl-
denCe, after a chase through Hartford,
Springfield, Norwich Norwalk and
Poughkeepsie, where other evidences OF
the gangs operations were found.
William II. Vile, of Philadelphia, an
accomplice, held one for $500, which
has been recovered. J. J. Campbell, a
New York lawyer, the holder of a $1.500
note was sent to Sing Sing on Monday
for his part in the transaction, and Jay
Strickland, of % Broad street. New
York, gave up another note for S1,500,
making a total of S15,500 of the notes
which have been recovered.
Holding the balance 49, 500, in notes,
are Donald Mcdonald, of Boston.
who has two notes for $500 each.
which he claims to have bought for
$50 from Harry l. Bagley another OF
Gardinor's accompices. and Mike
Hayes. still another; Robert S. Brown.
of Boston, a confederate, has a $4,000
note, which he declares was sold him
by Mike Hayes for 5000, and Michael
G. Clarke, of Is School street, Boston,
who holds the last 81. 500 note, which
he says was sold him by Hayes for
s24O, complete the isue of $25 GOO.
District Attorney Jerome of New
York, says that the complaints which
have poured into his office lately tn-
dicate that the swinders have been
operating all over the country.
Other victims besides the Blue Ridge
Company are:
The British-American Manufacturing
Company. of New york, S25O,0oo.
sherman u Co, of New York. $780,
900.
The DcIhi SOAP Company. of New
York, 100000.
Gaynor Grocery Company, of Key
port. n. j.. $4,000.
RUSSELL Card aud Paper Company. Of
New York. $4,000.
Alfred sIocum * Co., of rbiladeIphiu,
$4,000.
Liebermann Company. of New Yorls'
100000.
sewers, House & Co, of New York
$1,000.
Hopper-Morsan Company. Of New
| York, 100000.
Alfred vischer & Co.. of New York