New-York tribune., 1908-09-17
NOTE SW[NDLE ARREST
GEORGE n. NORTON HELD.
Wanted Here for Embezzling $780,
OOO-Found in Philadelphia.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Philadelphia, Sept. 16.-Wanted in New York
to answer charges of embezzlng 100000
George n. Morton. of that city, arrested at
the Colonnade Hotel here to-day, and held to
await extradtion The arrest made on In
formation contained in a telegram received from
the New York police three months ago. 1t was
stated then that Morton, who is an elderly man
of fine appearance was receiving mail at the
Colonnade. but the detectives were unable to
find him until to-day.
Morton appeared to be greatly surprised at his
arrest and called it a scheme" He asked that
the news of his arrest be kept from his wife and
eight children in New York. Morton said he
was willing to go to New York at once, and
asked that he be allowed to waive the forrnality
of requisitlon. He sent for an attorney and told
him he could not understand his arrest
At District Attorney Jeronses Office it was
said yesterday that already two formal COM
plants had been made against Morton, charg
ing him with the larceny of $4,000 from the
Hopper Morgan Company, Of Rochester. and
600 from Frank B. Burns, of this city, al
legged to have been obtained through the fraud
ulent discounting of notes. Morton was said TO
have been connected with E Elliott Trautwein.
who was arrested two months ago and released
on $4,000 bail Morton wanted at the time
District Attorney did not get an indictment
from the grand jury.
Yesterday afternoon the Deputy Assistant Dis
trict Attorney appeared before Magistrate Ker-
nochan in the Tombs court and asked that
warrant be drawn for Morton's arrest, but the
magistrate refused to issue one on the papers
presented. It will be necessary for the District
Attorney to call his witnesses. some of whom
are out of town. and get an indictment from the
grand Jury and forward it to Philadelphia be-
fore the police OF that city will surrender Nor
ton to the New York authorities
Mr. Kindleberger, the Deputy Assistant Dis
trict Attorney said that Morton was being held
in Philadelphia merely the request of the
New York Police Department, but he had re-
ceived word from District Attorney RotaE OF
Philadelphia that every effort would be made
TO hold Morton until the arrival of the extradi
ton papers which Will be OBTAINED When an IN
dictment is found.
The complaint of the Hopper-Morgan Com
nanv was)1nade by Roger Morgan, treasurer who
alleges that on May 5. 1905. in this city, he
gave Morton $4,000 worth Of notes for dis
count on the representation of Morton that he
was interested in several banks Morton, 1t IS
alleged, failed 10 pay the money on the notes,
and when they were returned the firm was com
PEELED to go into bankruptcy
Frank B. Burns, who dealt in novelties and
bad a factory in Newark y. J., alleges that on
March u 1905 he gave Trautwein ten notes
of $4,000 each and received a receipt signed
.rrhe Emerson Manufacturing Company, George
n Smith Manager" The notes were to be
discounted at per cent. Later he says he met
Morton, who told him that he had the notes
Helsaid according TO Burns, that he was presi-
dent of a shoe company controlled by the
Emerson firm, and that he was better able 10
handle the notes than Trautweln Subsequent
~ Burns says, he learned that neither Morton
nor Trautwefn was connected with any banks
and he believes that they raised the money
the notes and appropriated it to their