Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-19
FUGITIVE BROKER
BROUGHT SOUTH
HARRY D. BROWN IS RETURNED
BY DETECTIVE
SAYS REPORTS OF PROFITS WERE
EXAGGERATED
Prisoner First Exposed by The Herald
Seems to Have Jared Badly
During Northern
Flight
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nation and had otherwise assisted
your"
"There is nothing to it," said Brown
Indignantly. He seemed nervous and
turned as If to end the interview, but
changed his mind, faced about in
defiant manner and awaited the next
question.
Twill your friends assist you in your
fight against the felony charge against
your"
mo. None has been here to see me,
and l will have to fight the charges by
myself"
When asked If his private secretary,
thinner, had been to visit him or II
he would appear in his behalf, Brown
scowled and replied that he did not
know.
How about the ignorant Japanese
laborers and servants whom you are
said to have swindled out of amounts
approximating $4,000 by means of an
alluring advertisement printed in
local Japanese newspaper"
"There is nothing to the story print
ed in The Herald that my investments
were fraudulent" Brown declared,
with heat.
Despite his denial of the truth of the
exposure of his methods in dealing
with foreigners Brown threatened all
manner of dire consequences soon after
the story was published in The Herald
March and z.
Doesn't Like Apartment
Brown admitted that his present
quarters in the tanks at the city jail
are decidedly in contrast to his former
luxurious offices in the Union Trust
building and to his elegantly furnished
home in a fashionable residence dis
trict of this city.
Among those Brown is said to have
fieeced is Harry w. Ramsay, proprie-
tor of the Arizona saloon, who is said
to have lost $4100 on worthless checks
which he cashed for the broker.
thinner, Browns confidential man.
has made much complaint about his
former employer, and with much
crashing of the teeth has declared that
he is the biggest victim of all and that
Brown has ruined him..
When Brown was questioned in the
city Jail yesterday as to whether he
had ever been in similar trouble be-
fore he replied emphatically that he
had not The police tell a different
story, however, and say they have in
their possession rogues gallery pic
lures of Brown, taken in New York
city in 1908, when the corpulent broker
is said to have been sent to Blackwells
island penitentiary December II of that
year to serve sentence of six months
for grand larceny.
Has Long Record
The police also declare that Brown
was arrested in the metropolis twice.
The broker was taken into custody in
Chicago May 20, 1896, it is said, for
attempting to pass a bogus check
According to information received by
the eastern police departments Brown
is well known to the authorities in a
number of states east of the Missis-
sippi river.
In his recent operations he offered
his clients promises of quick returns
and large profits. He declared that by
reason of his acquaintance with east
ern brokers he was enabled to place
investments where the returns would
be enormous. He had different sys-
TENS for the different classes of GUS
toners. To the Japanese servants and
laborers he would promise an income
of 6 per cent a week on investments
of $780, To others he varied his meth
DDS. He employed telegraph oper-
ator and represented to the better class
of clients that he had a direct wire to
the eastern exchanges. The wire is
said to have been connected with sew
eral cells of battery in the office and
was strung short distance in the city.
While there are but three charges
filed against Brown so far it is be-
lieved other victims will appear and
swear to complaints against him.
The wife of the imprisoned broker,
dressed in a handsome suit, wearing
a stylish hat and adorned with jewelry,
visited the city Jail yesterday after
noon and held a long conversation with
her husband
The couple were compelled to talk
to each other through a heavy screen,
behind which the prisoners are placed
when they receive visitors. They sat
close to the wire netting and conversed
in low tones.
1t is probable that Brown will be
arraigned in police court this morning
and the date for his preliminary hear
ings set.