New-York tribune., 1908-12-05
BROKER ARRESTED In
BOND FORGERY CASE
7. NONTEFIORE MEYERS
GIVES INFORMATION.
Securities He Has ETtrddited For
Called Bogus Samuel j.
BiddisOH Held.

ueI ] Bfddison a broker with Offices at No 116
Nassau street. the police and the District At
torney's Office believe they have Unearthed 4
series OF swindling operations which will rival
those carried on by Colonel T. P. c Colnney,
of Nevada" alias kid" Murray. and Charles
Augustus Seton. who were sentenced 70 Sing
Sing in the latter part Of 1905 In fact. ths
name Of Colonel COlmey.r SetOn's associate
who is now with him in Sing Sing. was found
in an address book which the police recovered
while ransacking Biddison's office after his ar
rest.
The complainant against Biddison is j. A. P.
GIore, who alleges that the broker forged his
name to some three hundred bonds Of the Cen
trail Coal. Lumber and Construction Company.
but the who gave the information leading
to the arrest is j. MontehOre Meyers Meyers
it will be remembered, while representing him
self to be an agent Of the Rothschilds. vas ar
rested a few days ago in Pittsburg, charged
with stealing five of the bonds of the Central
Coal Lumber and Construction Company
Biddison was the complainant against him.
having obtained A warrant against him in this
city as far back July. 1901 Meyers vas
brought TO New York and committed to ths
Tombs in default Of $4,000 bail. although hs,
had Just been asserting to wealthy Pfttsburgsrs
that he represented S1T5OOoOOO Of capital and
had been introduced by David BeIascO as his
hacker in a scheme TO build 100000 theatrs
in Pittsburg Meyers was induced to make
confession concerning the bonds TO his counsel
who informed Assistant District Attorney Kin
dleherger.
Biddison was arrested by Detectives McCon-
willie and Nelson. of the Central Office, and later
committed the Tombs in default Of $4,000
bail by Magistrate Steinert, who held him for
examination on December IL
EXPERT SAYS THEY WERE FORGED
The bonds in question bear the names of J. r
Polk and c P Wilcox two officers Of the Cen
traI Coal. Lumber and Construction Company,
who. it is alleged. do not exist. and that Of J.
A P Glore as trustee. At the arraignment Of
BiddisCn in the TOmbs police court David r
Carvalho. the handwriting expert. testified that
in his opinion all three of these names had been
forged by Biddison. 1t appears however. that
on mortgage for 100000 six hundred Of these
bonds have been issued Of par value OF $1,000
each. and that three hundred Of them Glors
actually signed his name As complainant he
charges BiddisOn with forging his name 10 the
other three hundred
There was submitted in evidence before Nag
istrae Stelnsrt yesterday an affidavit from King
& Co. photographers. declaring that in April.
1906 BfddisOn ordered from them six hundred
bonds of the Central Coal. Lumber and Con-
struction Company for $1,000 each, with coupons
attached. three hundred Of them to be brown n
color and three hundred to be yellow Glore-
IT is said. through friendship for Biddison. vas
signed the three hundred brown certificates.
which so far as he knew comprised the entire
amount Of bonds. as they naturally should havs
done under the mortgage. II is on the yellow
certificates alone that it is alleged. Biddison
signed the trustees name
The Central Coal Lumber and Construction
Company is listed as incorporated IN the Dis
trfct of Columbia, with a capital of S5OOOp:
Charles p Wilcox, president; James R. Polk.
secretary; directors. Charles P Wilcox and
lanes r Polk. The address given is No. 116
Nassau street Room 1,OO6. It has been found
that this company was actually incorporates
in 1904 but it is said. has discovered
that it has ever done any real business. 4
statement received through the mail recently by
Mr. Mendes, known the Father Of tbs
Curb" who runs the Curb Agency. gives the
gross receipts Of the company for 1908 S61O.-
GOO 1t is signed by &C. P. Wilson" Mr.. Mem
dels has turned this document over to Mr.
KindIeberger. II is dated at No. 116 Nassau
street Bfddsons address and the address OF thsi
office of the company.
DIRECTORS CAN'T BE FOUND.
The janitor and other attendants at No 118.
Nassau street told the police yesterday that =
large number Of letters had been received there
for both Wilcox and Polk that men answering
to these names had never been seen on the
premises. and that all these letters had been
that letters addressed TO Wilcox and Polk xers
found in Biddison's inside pocket when he was
searched after his arrest
II is alleged that according Meyerss con-
fessOn. Biddison employed him and others 20
sell the bonds of the Central Coal Lumber and
Construction Company under ironclsd truA
agreement. that in case Of a sale he should re-
ceive A commission Of 10 per cent Of their par
value from them. and that if they did not sell
them they should return them to him He
threatened 10 have them arrested II they did
not comply with these conditions
In his complaint against Meyers. BiddsOn al
legged that he gave the former FIVE Cf these
bonds TO sell, but that Meyers kept them and
refused 10 give them up or their value In money
Biddison was complainant also against A Regu-
lus ShIppey. VINO tried and convicted Of
having stolen three of the bonds Shippey was
sentenced to from one 20 three years in Sing
Sing and is now serving his sentence
In case the bonds prove to be forgeries and
worthless Assistant District Attorney Kin
dleberger will have the of Shippey re-
opened since he could not then be properly
held for grand larceny. The charge against
Mevers will also fall fat He VIII be taken to
wilkes Barre, Penn. where ne Is wanted for
the alleged swiDdling of certain persons CUT
Of S3.OOO. John FitzPatrick. OF New York. and
w A Fitzpatrick. a. brother. alleged accom-
pIices of Meyers. are being held there pres
ent under the same charge. The case OF Bid
olson against Meyers will come up IN ths
Tombs court on Monday
CHAMP CLARK MINORITY LEADER.
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