The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-04
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at 81 pine Street. The name is not on
the door now.
The next stage saw the visitors IN
the Office of the Broadway lawyer, &C
companied by Colt and Thorman. me
lawyer was most decisive. Ihe nioneS
would come forth the minute the VS.
itors proved they were responsible.
The visitors said they did not want
any bonds underwritten. they wanted
cash. The lawyer frowned. he turned
to the telephone and said:
Give ME j. p Morgan & Co.'s Office"
There was wait.
rs that ]. p. Morgan & Co.? want
to talk to Mr.. Wilson, the cashier.
That you Wilson? This is Blank; yes.
Blank. Say, do you people want to
put up $4,000 on gilt-edge Vtr-
ginia coal proposition-yo 90. II II
is all right? Well, this is first-class;
you can take my word for It,"
There was more conversation, ana
finally the lawyer repeated Mr.. VIII
sons acceptance of the proposition.
provided the lawyers and the en-
| gineers approved of the scheme. That
was good enough for the visitors Then
| they were told for the deal to get
! through 1t was necessary to retain
! the lawyer in question. His ices
would be inconsiderable. He wouid
| incorporate the company, attend 70
| the payment of taxes, and arrange the
preliminaries. They gave him Sboo TO
| start with, the next day gave him
| $1,000 more.
| They Immediately went to the elao-
crate offices of tho engineers, wnere
| they were told that an examination
would be made of the property for
| 81 1900 which was paid. The examiha-
1 NEt G.
Call for More Money.
| The party returned to New YORK
where they were Informed that they
! must pay the lawyer $1,000 more rol
searching the title and a further fee OF
$4,000 for his work. They had begun
| to smell a mouse by this time, and OBJ
jected Whereupon they We're IN
formed that the deal was all off. When
| they protested they We're laughed at
and they have vainly fought for thell
money ever since. They have mass
OF documentary promises and repre-.
! sentations which they are saving FOL
the authorities.
It was the same way with the bricl
men, the whiskey men and all the oth
ers. They were asked to put up money
for EXPENSES until they had no NOR
or refused. Then they We're told tina
it was all over. In every case y.
Thorman appeared as the representative
of foreign capitalists, with the "Banqu
of the Antilles" as his principal. Tn
bank in question is not registered u
any of the blue books that come y
Wall Street, and private detective re
ports received show that famlla
person about the institution is Gosllr
Cecilius Swenson, William Fillmor
Leland and other officers of the Alaska
Northwestern Railroad appeared aghas
to- day to know that they had eve
had business dealings with such per
son as Thorman. They claimed the
cid not know he was such person
He had been director for shol
time, they admitted, and he had cai
ried cards showing he was us ger
eral manager" but they had got ri
of him months ago. Now they we.
] simply waiting until the S4o,ooo,oC
! bonds could be underwritten, whe
\ work would be begun upon the $3.50
\ miles of road from the Behring Sc
I to Vancouver.
4 eve are not selling stock now
I said swenson. ANY one trying to &
K III acts without authority II there
J any written agreement of T., =. Tho,
d man & Co. shown, 1t is unauthorize
! we did sell some stock around 100
y but not recently, We are legitima,
corporation, and we, never knew sue
n a man as Gosl!n was in existence"