Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-16
SET QUA[EY SNARE
Woman Detective Proposed to
Produce Bogus Client.
TELLS OF PROMISED BONUS
Coolly Admits 0fenses Lawyer Ac-
cuses Her Of.
OTHER WITNESSES ARE HEARD
Charge Swindle Against Defendant.
Case Is Taken Before
Grand Jury.
OTHER WITNESSES ARE HEARD

| surgeon; the second Mrs. Ellen Dunlap
Hopkins. the woman of many enterprises.
and then young. black-eyed Mrs. Qualey.
wife Of the promoter. who, admitted by
Qualey's lawyers. has managed to ac-
| quire a snug fortune In spite of the col
lapses Of her husbands schemes.
The fourth woman is Mrs. Naomi s.
Boiler. She was a different witness from
the excitable and chatty Mrs. Bull with
her emotional fan. Mrs Boiler looked
out with a cold, blue eye. her regular
features immobile and answered ques-
tons with precision.
Her testimony came as the climax OF
the afternoon hearing before Magistrate
Krotel, which was held In the library
room of the grand jury suite. A few
hours before the grand jury itself had
listened to witness against Qualey and
Corbett.
Mrs. Boiler was attired completely in
black, her large black hat swathed in a
veil.
What She Told Corbett.
Il went to see Mr.. Corbett in the course
of an effort to serve a subpoena In q
suit brought against Qualey by Judge
Lent of westchester county to recover
counsel fees she testified. Il had also
been asked to see what I could discover
about Qualey and his partner and stheir
schemes ).
$50 / chatted with Corbett and told
him l had a woman client that / thought
he could sell stock to. The upshot OF
this talk was that Corbett took me down
to see the Newark plant. The few work
men there suddenly became very active
when / arrived
ION the return laughed with Mr.. Cor
bett and told him the woman client |
had got her fortune by trickery herself.
so that / would not have any conscience
| about letting her invest in a concern
even IL l knew she was bound to lose
her money. Corbett told me Immediately
that the company paid very large COM
missions to those who sold stock for
them. He offered to give me a stock
bonus IL l would secure my woman client
to invest. But 1 told him that / wouldn't
take such commission as that. / wanted
cash. He said that would be all right"
What's your business?" asked Lawyer
Mcintyre.
AN investigator for attorneys"
"A private detective?"
Yes; you may call it So
Are you licensed or have you ever
applied for license?"
Mr.. Mcintyre asked q question as to
the time of her interview with Corbett.
| to which were added other details that
| made Mr.. Craig, Mrs. Bulls counsel.
because he thought 1t would be hard for
| the witness to understand him.
Il rather think not" said Mr.. Nc
Insyre vigorously; You've got = clever
then to Mrs. Boiler, he asked:
Calmly Admits She Lied.
And you said you had 100000 to in
vest for woman client. and there was
no 100000 and no client?''
Precisely. Mr.. Mcintyre"
Then you deliberately lied?"
YES" $780,
your method was to try and inveigle
Corbett in order to get evidence for
Judge Lent?"
Il use any methods to attain my pur-
pose"
"Willing to lie deliberately stormed
The witness bowed calmly in assent
Would you follow instructions to lie
in giving testimony"
NO. indeed" said Mrs. Boiler with
cold sharpness. That's very different.
To lie outside Is one matter; to lie In
court is altogether another"
You are willing to lie when not under
oath?'
Yes
do you shadow in divorce suitsr'
II have In one or two"
I'm New York; -
"Yes-the Charles X. Junger suit about
You gave evidence Of spying on q
couple in a room?"
Yes" :
Mr.. Mcintyre was at the end Of his
tether. Some Of his questions must have
bitten in hard. But Mrs. Boiler left the
witness stand as placidly as she had as
sumed IL.
Doesn't Expect Any Pay.
She was formerly the wife OF william
Newbold Boiler. member OF a prominent
family. In an accident on horseback
she was thrown some years ago and sus-
tanned a broken neck. Her case Is a fa-
nous one among surgeons.
She told a newspaper man that she had
done detective work since she was a
Qualey's lawyer took a parting ding at
Mrs Boiler.
And all you told Corbett at this time
were untruths?"
YES"
Have you been paid for this work."
mo: I expect no compensation in this
particular case"
When the witness left the stand Nc
Intyre threw up his hands.
''She lied for nothing" he observed.
Clarence B. Browning OF Brooklyn told
Of his purchase Of a tweive-thousand-five-
hundred dollar mortgage on the Newark
plant for $500. This IL one Of three
mortgages aggregating $4,000 raised on
the Magnesia Company's bond issue Of
$4,000 back in 1906
Browning said he made three visits to
the plant, one in March, the next In April
and the third July %. He said he saw
four or Ave two-story buildings, some
machinery and about four men working
leisurely on each occasion. On the last
Visit he said he did observe moro machin-
cry and several moro workmen. He de-
cIared, however, that the real property
alone made the mortgage worth what he
had paid for 1t.
Leo Dresser. who charges Qualey and
Corbett with obtaining 5000 from him
by fraud in getting him to invest In the
plant. told OF his visit to II. He said
he had been promised the place Of chief
engineer at 500 q week, but after three
weeks work was told to quit.
The hearing went over until Friday
afternoon.