Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-08-12
SUMMIT PROMOTER
HELD IN $4,000
COLO NINE FRAUD
Vim. T. Wintermute Accused by
Federal AuthOrities--COuntess
of Tankeryille Bought Stock.

| NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-William t
wintermute, mining stock broker
was arrested yesterday afternoon a
his office in the Whitehall build
| ing on evidence secured by Post
office Inspectors e. L. Kincaid and t.
M. Reddy. According to their state
ments last night, the postoffice depart
ment has been after Wintermute for
several months, and hearing that he
was about to depart for Europe within
few days, made the arrest.
Among the alleged victims of Winter
mute are the Countess Of Tankervllle
and Miss Henrietta Flout, of Glendale,
England. According to the inspectors,
these women jointly invested $4,000 in
the Gold Run Mining and Tunnel Com
pany, of Boulder, Colo. Numerous min
listers and doctors. they say, also
bought some of the 1,250,0oO shares of
which Wintermute disposed.
Herman Warsznwiale Figures.
An interesting feature of the trans
action with the English women is that
1t brings into public view once more
Herman Warszawiak, who several
years ago figured prominently because
of the row he occasioned by his dis
missal from the Fifth Avenue Presby-
terian Church. where the Rev. DR.. John
Hall had been his sponsor. Anthony
Comstock was among his prosecutors,
and the New York Presbytery came
near having a serious split over the
question as to whether Warszawiak
should be dismissed or not
Warszawiak, 1t is said, introduced the
English women to Wintermute's scheme
and later implored them by letter to
hold their stock for a big increase.
Last night the postoffice officials said
that they could not get trace of Wars
zawial. but they believe he is In Lon
DON
1t is believed that Warszawiak be-
came acquainted with Lady Tanker
Vile and Miss F1out through his mis-
sionary work. Lady Tankerville is
much interested in slum work, and
Warszawiak has always posed as a
mission, Y. M. c. A. and church worker.
Wintermute is SO years old and has
been in the promoting business for sew
eral years. The postoffice inspectors
says he owns a $4,000 home at 1873
Hobart avenue, Summit, N. ]. He has
Offices in Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Lon
don and Manhattan. His offices in the
Whitehall building consist of suite OF
six rooms. all elaborately furnished.
When he was arrested yesterday there
were two girl stenographers at work
and two men clerks.
Fraud by Mail Alleged.
Wintermute is charged with using the
malls fraudulently, in that he repre-
sented to John A. Collicott, of Boston,
that the ore produced at the mine in
question was worth $50 pound
For some time the Federal officials
have had Wintermute under observa-
tion. When Inspector Dickson tooh
office recently he insisted that his men
secure evidence against Wintermute.
Consequently the warrant for his arrest
was issued yesterday by United States
Commissioner Shields and he was
locked up at police headquarters with.
out bail
Lady Tankerville. whose name ap-
pears among the purchasers of Winter
mute's stock, was formerly Miss Leon
ora Van Marter, a New York State
girl. She is one of the few American
girls who have made happy foreign
marriages. She and Lord Tankerville
have always been in accord and are
jointly interested in many philan-
thropies
The Gold Run Company was pro-
NOTED in 1906