The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-24
GAMBLERS TIP TO
WOMEN ABOUT BIG BIG
WAD OF A BANKER
May Dispose Of His Magazine
and Retire to Shades Of
Private Life.

New York, Feb. 22.-Vigorous state
ments have come from both sides yes
terday in the still mysterious case OF
Warner NJ. Van Norden. the wealthy
banker n publisher, who charges that
two women robbed him Of $4,000 in
East Th1rty-thfrd street, near the
Waldorf-Astoria.
The Van Norden family. for example,
denied that the report that the finan-
cter is not ill, but simply staying at
home in order to avoid publicity and
further questioning concerning his
unqualifedly false. That Mr.. Van
Norden is sick was admitted by War
ner Van Norden. his father, who
added:
My sons ailment is purely physical.
True, he has worried some over the
do; but at the present time he Is suf-
fering from gastritis, an old trouble, OF
which he has had sporadic attacks for
years. In this instance the stomach
trouble is no doubt aggravated by
worry, but that cannot be regarded as
in any way unusual"
Report Of Gambling Denied.
Friends of the banker also denied the
story that he had won the $2S, 900 at
faro in a gambling house run by Kenny
in Fortieth street. They said there
was absolutely no truth In the report
that Mr.. Van Norden, On the afternoon
preceding the robbery, left the Van
Norden Trust company's office with a
large amount of money, which later he
was induced to stake in q game in
which half a dozen other millionaires
took a hand.
This story also relates that after
leaving the Fortieth street resort Mr..
Van Norden was followed by two wom-
en-. who are said to be only a part OF
the squad which makes a business OF
watching the doors Of gambling houses
for the purpose of touching winners
These women are said to have re-
ceived a tip from a man inside the
house, by a code OF signals which the
police are likely to make public when
the case comes to trial.
Trail Their Victim.
Taking UP such a clew, May Mitchell
n her companion, Kitty Dowdell, arc
said to have followed Mr.. a Norder
for seven blocks south in Fifth avenue
The direction he took was directly
away from his residence at No. Z Yves,
Fifty-seventh ST., out Mr.. Van Ncrder
has explained that he was bound fol
the Waldorf, where he wanted to write
a number Of letters. He said he wen
to the hotel from an after theater din.
ner party.
Detectives are working on the theor.
house, who is in the habit of tipping
off "trailers" Gas women watching tn,
doors of such places are called), alst
know where part, If not all, of tn
lost $4,000 is concealed at the pres
ent time. The man, Who on thi
theory they suspect, at all events lef
town Immediately after the robbery
and is now believed to be in hiding il
Chicago. A New York detective ha
been sent to Chicago to look UP a sol
of Kitty Dowdell, who is also believe,
to know where some of the money is
Family Positively Denies It..
All the reports relating TIC a visit to
gambling house by Mr.. Van Norden, o
his being followed by two women VIII
were tipped off by someone inside sucl
a resort, are stamped as u~nuualifedl
false by the Van Norden family. Rela
tives of the banker also deny wit
vigor that he lost heavily in Wall stree
recently, and that these reverses ha
also preyed OF his mind.
Concerning the rumor that the Va,
Norden magazine might be sold as tn
result Of the bankers desire to get ri
of the worries Of a publisher, the eide
a Norden said:
II do not know if there will be sue
a sale. However, it is possible that lie
g%otiations are afoot for a consolidate
of Van Norden's with another maya
zine"
Mr.. Van Norden would not say
Hampton's was the publication t
which he referred.