New-York tribune., 1910-08-28
SUMMONS MANY BROKERS
Nineteen Firms Subp9naed for
Grand Jury in Connolly Case.
HYPNOTISM STORY DOUBTED
Three Other Arrests Expected in
Theft if Clerks Statement
Can Be Verified.

A strenuous effort will be made to-mor-
row by Assistant District Attorney La
velle and the grand jury to solve the
mystery surrounding the arrest of Alfred
J. Connolly formerly secretary and treas
urer of the brokerage firm of c. n Nor
gan e. Co
To this end suhppnas were served yes
terday upon nineteen brokerage and other
concerns doing business in the financial
district requiring them to appear before
the grand jury tomorrow morning. Al
though Connolly is held on the specific
charge of stealing s26 from the firms cash
box. he has asserted that he took several
thousand dollars altogether in securities and
cash. The names of the firms Subpoenaed
were mentioned by him in his confession
1t is thought by the District Attorney s
Office that some of the securities may have
been disposed of through some of these
firms.
In view of Connelly's statement that he
committed the thefts at the instigation or
under the dominating personality of q
member of the firm, examination of repre-
sentatives of the firms is deemed necessary
by the grand jury to determine whether
or not Connolly is telling the truth. mat
ter about which some of the officials con
nected with the investigation are growing
somewhat skeptical Following Is a list
of the firms subpnnaed
B H. Sheftels & Co. No. AZ Broad street
]. Thomas Reinhard, No. IS Broad street:
H a. Brown & Co. No - Broadway.
James ". Ball & Co. No. 20 Broad street;
E. E Pugh & Co. No. 78 Broad street
Fred R. Jones & Co, No, IS Broad street
William H. Herbst, No. % Broad street .
Charles Barring. No. q New street: L. r
Latrohe, No. 50 Wall street; Wagner
Warns Company George Stewart Smith,
No. IS Broadway; John Kennedy. No. "A
Broadway: The Information Club. "G p.
O. Box 76S New York; Harvey w Willis,
No. ~ Broadway: the Gin aphone Company,
No. l Madison avenue. the Yellow Leaf
George Bunker, No 40 Stone street: Ma
than Davis &, Co, No. 20 Broad street: L.
L. Winkelman, No. - Broad street; Charles
A. Stoneham & Co. No 81 Broad street
and ?. c. kullman & Co, No 60 Wall
street
J. J. Bamberger. the member of the firm
of g. p. Morgan & Co accused by Con-
nelly, has been found by the District At
torney in Jersey City, and it is said he
will be hand in case he is wanted as
the result of the grand jury's investigation
Mr.. Lavelle said last night that there
was a prospect, as the result of his ex-
animation of Connolly. of at least three
other persons being taken into custody
next week. He intimated. however, that
the whole case depended upon whether or
not the statements of Connolly could be
verified.
AS the matter stands now, there is prac-
tically no confederation Of his story that
Bamberger hypnotized him and forced him
against his Will to turn over the concerns S
cash and securities. to the value OF $500
/. W. Lindsey. an uncle of Connolly
who secured his release yesterday after
noon on the $3.50 bail in which he was
held by Judge O'SulIivan on Friday in Cen
eral Sessions, ridicued the suggestion that
Connolly had been hypnotized.
Il am surprised at such a suggestion"
he said, when he visited acting District
Attorney Moss yesterday, 'even though
it is made by the boy himself. Although
he is only boy. twenty-six years old
he always has been a level headed young
business man. and at one time conducted
a successful real estate business I do not
understand the suggestion that anybody
compelled him to act against his will
There is something about the whole thing
that puzzles me"
Several persons. whose names Mr.. La
Velle withheld. and who saw they made
investments through the c. d Morgan
company. called a the District Attorneys :
office yesterday to ask what would become
OF balances which they declared they had
the firms books. The books are in such
tangle that Mr.. LaveIle frankly told them
they would have to wait until things were
Strengthened out