The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-09
has WEINSEIMER'S OFFICE
CHtRLES kNIGHTLI'S NIME
vow ON THE DOOR
Diamond PhIi's saee~SsOr AstoaIzhesI
That Any Oae should Mistake Hahn for
sharieS '. knightIy, Alias %. %.
Rogers, Who Did Time In Prnnsy B, anita

That Ans One should Mistake Him fOF
aharieS '. knIghID, Alias %. o.
Rogers. Who Did Time In Prnnsy !, anita
Diamond Phil weinSaimar. tn. labor
leader who did twenty months IN sing
sing for grating and who Opened an
oriCe at NJ Wall street several months
ago under the name Of the Seaboard
. Underwriters A~aoCiatio ion. has gone away
b from there and the former renting agent
who let HIM have years Lease ON two
rooms has gone with him
IN" name Of the Seaboard Underwriters
Association has heen erased from the door
Of Suite 1906 and tho offica Is now occupied
nv Charles knightly, who had business
relationstwith Weinssimar
Beside knightlys desk hangs n list of
the telephone calls for various banks.
trust COMPANIES and banking firms. which
the visitor is at liberty To believe are
doing business with knightly constantly.
one has o.,ly To ask Knightly about his
antec''dents in order to learn that he was
close friend Of the late T. II. Hartman.
and that he H. "A corporation lawyer OF
wide experience He expresses indigna-
ton when one asks him II his middle name
isn't Valentine and he declares that ne
never heard Of Charles V. Knightly. alias
II. Rogers He il surprised when the
question il put TO him. and insists that
since he is doing an honest business any
such line Of inquiry il unjust In this he
IL supported by the statements Of Dia-
mond Phil. who told a SUS reporter that
KnlShtlv was a corporation lawyer who
came here from California and had had
dealings with Mr. Hartman and other
fnAncierS Diamond Phil declared that
knightly impressed him as a man % in
tegrity
Charles V Knightly. alias " II Rogers.
got ont of jail IN Pennsylvania about the
tlms that Charles knIghtlV turned up
here and th" descriptions Of the two are
-tr1klngly similar Charles hnightlv IN
SIsted. however. when looking at Treas
urN Department photograph ~ Charles
knightly. that the points ~ resemblance
are not strong
Charles V Knighflv appeared IN PhilA-
delphla IN the summer ~ 1877 and under
the name 81 II Rogers advertised that
hc was national hank examiner AMI
wanted "a engage "A few Htenographsrs
S'~rr"t serNiTs man went up Ia ss-e
knightly and was engaged and knIghtly /
was drT"stet. convicted and on IpeCsmher
II. 1875, WAS sentenced Ia three years i'm |
pr1sonrn"nt The secret service depart !
m"ut description " knightly says Of him, 7
-Lrgitimat" occupation. lawyer criminal /
occupation, crook
Charles knightly Diamond Pills /
succ"ssnr. had AN Office IN the suit" nCcu- |
pied hv th'. lnt"rstat" Land and Building |
Cooperative Association a. esI Broadway b
t"turr he moved down 20 Wall street
and j Anderson. president 81 IN. con /
corn. had something To say concerning :
bun Yesterday. This COMPANY ~ selling .
first mortgage gold bonds upon which .
: TOR cent interest Is guaranteed
W" first heard 1T HIM through an
--,id Mr. Anderson He .
cam" h"r" and told such plausible story .
about what ha could do In the way ~
selling our bonds that gave him "A room
here 10 ID his ~prk m. He had a letter
fr,m the Saahnard Underwriters AssO.
rlatl on, which said that the company could
handle $50 "n worth nf our bonds for
IN" Van Du-sn estate. me ~ Its hest
,,Isto'n.rs Ne sad that the fact that
Thomas =. Ryan Was hack 81 the sea-
board Underwriters was ASSURANCE of
- financial standing
W" didn hAy" the $50 On worth
II bonds ready fur nm Just then heCa,I-.
v" bad ~ finish % ln' = HOUSES before
49, could get mortgages a. security for
N" bonds When th. bonds wsr,. finally
ready for delivery kniGhtly sad h. would
AXE them down To- The. S.,ai,o ard 'pdar-
Sriter~ "ffice and send hack the concerns
heck for them | sad - him. IA
II John u RpCA"fsll"r came down
IHr" for some ~ ihe-.. bonds h., would
Iay" ." hand over the money h-fur.
- got IN" bonds Knightly didn't have
h" money 80 h" didn get tho bonds
"lnlaly ! told HIM he would have o. got
'u'. and have the satisfaction 0f know
ng that nur company didn't rty him
cont
The agent ~ the rontine- Tabor build
ng SiId Yesterday that he asked knightIy
Shv b" kept m. door - his offiC.. locked
omeiIrn"z when h" was inside. and that
Nmghtly replied that nrwspap"rtn.n
we're always prying about there and
na' b." had 10 lock himself m - keep
HON from annoying hun
Il '"lt hnIghtlv ~ looked queer 80 I
av" m" door locked said the agent
II" has a year lease on tho rooms bat
mar won't bother - n W. C.cid. ".
""d IN" rooms The agent who LEI Wein-
elmer m -aid that hrs references wor, Z
: good a. gold and VI. had no idea who .
b" w.i- until We read tho newspsD cr d
rtI'ie- The agent went pretty Iuick }
hon We found ont I
hnIghtly went - well known unysi-
ian and was accepted - a lat Ieut not ,
ing ,Ggu on IN" strength II Thomas p
vans name aud IN" statement that he ,
As counsel for an estate with god o.
il knick"rhoCk"r name. Tn" phvsicIan
a. SnC" had some q fiCUliy m finding
u ghtly To- send him a htIl 4