The Detroit times., 1910-08-16
MICH|GAh Man
DEFENDS SELF
Il Have Nothing To Fear" Says VIM.
7. wintemute, Arrested on
Fraud Charge.

HUDSON, Mich.s Aug. 16.-Fr1ends
of VIM. T. wintemute. surprised by
his arrest In New York on the charge
of using the mails to defraud In con-
Lection with the sale OF mining stock.
learned today with satisfaction that
he had issued denial. A telegram
from New York quotes him as saying
that he has violated no Law and tna1
he has nothing TO fear Wintemu'e
has many acQuaintances In the sec
ton where he formerly lived. and they
hope be win be able to prove his IN
nocence.
The New York dispatch says:
William T. Wintemute, banker and
promoter Of mining ventures, who II
Is said, duped the Countess OF Tan
kerville and an army OF other persons
here and abroad to the extent OF VI
100000, was locked UP In the Tomos
In default OF $4,000 bail. .
"'rhe specific charge against MN IL
fraudulent use Of the mails In conneo
ton with the sale Of stock In the Cold
Run Mining and Tunnel Company OF
Boulder, Col.
IT have nothing to fear" he said, as
United States Marshal Henkel took
him to prison; Il have not violated
any laws. AS to the Lady Tankerviiie
case. the truth has not been told. but
I cannot enter into 1t now, as my
lawyers have instructed me to keep
silent"
"Wintemute, who had spent the
night In q police headquarters CELL
WAS taken before United States Com
missioner Shields. Max Kohler and
Joseph M. Davis were his counsel
United States Assistant Distrtct-Attor>
pey Abel I. Smith asked that Dali Do
fred at $4,000, but Commissioner
Shields made It $4,000 and gave tne
defendant ample time to apply LOT
reduction.
The date for the formal arraignment
cas set for Oct. IL at IL o'clock
The complaint against Wintemute
was signed by Postoffice Inspector n
I, Kincaid, acting for Inspector DICK
SON. II alleges that Wintemute ON
Ian 10. 1909, mailed circular TO J..
A Collicott in Boston asserting tnal
the Gold Run Nine was producing ore
running $40 a pound and had shipped
| a. million dollars OF II.
Kincaid alleges that these state
ments were false.
I'VE did produce ore valued at $zO
pound, but did not say no" mucm, ~.
said wintemute In Henkefs once. ~
stands to reason that IL we were pro
ducing q great deal at tnat value We
should not want to sell stock.
Among persons In Europe VINO
were induced to purchase through the
persuasiveness OF the Rev. herman
Warszawiak, the converted Jew. VINO
was later rejected from the F1ltn-ave'
Presbyterian church and from the
field of Prophet Elijah Dowie, were
these persons: =.
aMrs. Jeanette Stopford, No. Ss
St John's-st., Oxford. $4,000; Ricnaru
Barrett, No. 1872 Bentick-st,. Ashton
under-Tyne, $4,000 Mrs. Mary M.
Theodyce, No. 26 Dalzell Drive, Gas
cow. $4,000; Robert X. Strong, Cath
cart, Glasgow, $1,000 William cog
hill, Royal Terrace, Glasgow, Sooo,
Robert Leitch Glasgow, $500; John
Forrest. No. 80 Lambeth Terrace,
Coatbridge, near Glasgow, $500; Alex
ander Rogert, Glenpark, Post, Gas
gov. $4,000; Mrs. Mary Roger, Glen
park. $4,000; Anderson Roger. Glen
park, Sc, 900; Miss Sophie Sinclair, NO.
20 Main-st., Blythwood Square, Glas-
gov $4,000: Mrs. w. 8. Crostwaithe,
No q Myrtle Park, Glasgow, $500;
Thomas NJ. Smith, Glasgow, $500; the
Rev Robert Henderson, Edinborough,
s2 900. Louise z. Elout, The Hague,
al 900: Adele NJ. Elout, Hague, $l,oOO;
Mary b. Jacob, London. $4,000, and
Anna Won Meliecka, Nottingham, Eng
land, $4,000.
"The extent to which Wintemute
onerated IL shown by the fact that
half ton of advertising pamphlets was
seized i'm his Office I'm the Whitehall
building. Similar quantities, IT Is be-
lieved, are stored I'm his ofhces In
philadelphia, Pittsburg and London.
ain Philadelphia Wintemute oper-
ated I'm the Bourse building from Feb.
1. 1908. until last January, when tne
Offices were sublet to j. II. Iayior.
Wintemute's mail was forwarded by
Taylor to this city.
.'Wintemute and his wife have
beautiful home at Summit, N. j. Ihey
took an unpretentious cottage four
years ago. Last year they moved 10
the estate in Hobartave. which ID val
ued at 100000.
ezra wintemute will stay In New
York until this trouble blows over,
said a relative. II do not believe she
knows much about her husbands bus
mess"
sWintemute and his wife never en-
tertained. and had few acquaintance
In Summit. In fact, their manner OF
living was 30 modest that the towns
folk were amazed when the Frank E.
Dillingham; estate was sold 10 winte-
mute. After the house had Deen re.
constructed a garage was puiit anu
wintemute no longer used the car
Rage that had carried him In days DE-
fore property came to him. -.