The Detroit times., 1910-08-15
|Ds0N Man TAKEN
no CUSTODY ON
FRAUD cHARGE
:, wintsmuts, Arrested in New
III, Iprmsrly Lived in Lenawee
County-Is Accused of Using
Nails 70 ;Defraud.
eliah Countess and Seven Hundred
others Said TO Have Bought
Mining Stock.

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s. HUDSON, Mich, Aug. 1s.-W. T.
Cvlnrsmute, who has been arrested
- New YORK on charge OF using the
rhnils for fraudulent purposes In con-
nsofion with the sale OF about $780,
100 worth of stock OF the Gold Run
11in1ng 4 Milling Tunnel Co., OF
Bouldor. Colo, Is wei known In Lena
yoo county. He was born in Rollin
md later worked In the Office OF the
& IIudoon Gazette. He afterwards went
~ Illinois,, where he engaged In the
.nrlnt<ng business, and from there
\ 1>ont TO st. Louis. He went TO Cuba
"a uR1th the National Guard and finally
y nntered the brokerage business In
New York.
a Gtspatch from New York tells OF
3 yyintemute's arrest.
NJ, 10 = alleged the Countess OF Tank
N orv1Yie. one Of Eng1and's best known
& poorosses, and her friend, Miss Hen
& Y1otta Eaout, of Tunbridge Wells, Eng
bought $4,000 worth OF the
4 oompany's stock.
The original complaint against
q Wintemute was Francis j. HOFFMAN,
\ - this city. He was followed by
John A. Collicott. of Boston, and later
Efon By about TOO other persons In the
" United States, principally ministers
d and medical men. Each Of these de-
olared he had been swindled and ask
"a the postal authorities to look into
4 the matter.
The officers raided wintemutefs
luxur1ous suite OF Offices In the White
\ hall building, New York. More than
half q ton of literature was seized. IT
n consists of circulars, booklets, pros
pectuses and other documents in
which the merits OF the gold mine
were set forth in glowing terms.
The raid on Wintemute's Offices was
ordered by Chief Postoffice Inspector
g dickson because of Information that
I>ho had received that the banker was
about to sail for Europe.
Girl stenographers and clerks In the
ofaces were panic-stricken by the ap-
pearance Of the police and postofiice
& inspectors.
Other documentary evidence seized
leads TO the suspicion that Wintemute's
Il agent IN London and the man who In
daced the Countess Of TankerviIle and
y her friend, Miss Henrietta Elout, OF
Tunbrfdge Wells, England. to inyest
Z. $50. 900, 81 stock of the Gold Rum Min
ing y Tunnel company was no less
"a person that the Rev. Herman
NarsgWiak.
X Warsswiak was converted to Chris
tianity by the late Rev. Or. John
Hail Of the Fifth Avenue Presbyter-
B ian church, 'ut was elected from that
\ church on charges brought by An
Z thony Comstock-
Among the documents seized in the
raid were correspondence and copies
of letters between Wintemute. Warsx-
Wiak, the Countess of Tankerville and
4 Miss Elout One written by Warsz-
\ Wiak to Miss Elout evidently was in
I tended to reassure her In connection
with the investment of $4,000, In ad-
dition to the $4,000 she and Lady
Tankerville had already invested In
the Gold Run Mining company, and
which $4,000. II appears, she had sent
In mistake or overpayment. That let
ter IL dated New York, Aug, 1909.
II II AZ follows:
Dear Miss Elout--you are prob
ably wondering why you did not
hear from me since I last saw
you? The fact IL have been trav-
cling. and as you know am UNI
der orders, and must always do
a. am told.
Now am back in New York,
a. you see, and to my surprise
am ordered to go out to the mines
on special misHion. How long
shall remain in the west do not
know, but I wish to reassure you
that 1t will be much to your in
terest to hold on to your shares
and in due time you will certainly
reap q harvest.
You would be surprised II you
knew the details of the big strike
recently at the mines, and IL the
dividends are delayed little you
must not feel bit discouraged.
but hold on till January, 1910, at
least.
Secretary La Rose said he had
received an additional check for
$1,000 from you and had ordered
$500 shares for IL. / hope you
will hold on to these shares, as
wen as the rest, but IL you do re-
sell them, do not do 80 before
January. 1910, when I know from
Inside information that the shares
will advance. ! remain your dear
friend.
fSfgned) III. WARSZWIAK.
Il was the keeping of this extra
b2.5OO Miss Elout and Lady Tanker
Vile had sent in mistake that caused
The women apparently to suspect
Warsswiak and his principal,
In all, Il Is estimated that White
mute got rid OF about 100000 share!
OF the Gold Run Mining q Tune
3 company, for the majority OF which
he received 81 q share, the par value
" - fho sfccL and for which ha haf
paid not moro than i've cents a share
II was his last circular letter to hi
alleged victims that got him into trou
BILE. In Il be had declared the mines
had produced many tons of ore valued
At $40 pound. This the postal au
thorfties declared TO be false and OF
II they obtained warrants for his ar
rest.