The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-07
GILDED $4,000 FLIMFLAM.
ron DEtD JOGkEH CANE
uDRkID ON AEu IORhER.

teal IN Pennsv lvan., e. horse ,Ce IN
p. lgu-tine. Fla a tight Yesterday in
i..' II the Hotel knick.rbp'ker az
..tway and Forty So. 1nd stTr,.i. over
O.. wrong prS aud ,uufhsr m the
ryu street station uf the subway
,,.r the night un. brought up for mo-
r.1t Iass night at PoliCr Headquarters
-. The loCking M 1T one John brown.
he. police Sty - SHOWN al-O ~
t..rs" e. Rockwell md, h--t oG al. -
e. Ius Patton. confidence man. The
G. .rllnAnt against brown ~ Henry
" .ner. president It IN" Henry Wagner
Ailsr Company. ma nufsctur~rs of
,ri tables az ~ Cooper square Mr.
v -uar hives 40 Mushrooms II",rhts. Y J
b.. .harge- Brown with he NJ Implicated
. 'ra larrsnv from him of SInUH Brown
a., I'D As fugitive from justice from ~
A4systine.
A,,orcinS to Detective Peabody. who
p 80 The arrest, Wagner called on In
o. .,'or Russell on Tuesday 81 this week
ard told him something ~ a story. This
: "a outline of lt
Flck IN March Wagner me, a ma n
i.-a n New \ ork whose name ~ got as
\ Studfnrd Slndford told of o, friend
D..1rEe Maxwell. who was -.s'r-tary 70 a
rY."her Of prominent r'llway men.
Wong the names 1t these men gwen to
" snar were Mr. MoTatr MIR Rogers.
VI Palmer and Mr. Marshall Through
- intimacy with the" men NJ Vwe
hi got wind of cert n tract ~ 2bO
acres Of land IA Pennsylvania which WIS
very rch in Coal Ma Nv'll was ANXIOUS
~ buy the land him~..f before these
oserl'ors could close their deal for IT,
tlt 10 couldn't very vel do Il m his own
p mo s,nrc . would show "a = h" had
to'rayed the confid"ncs rrpo-"i Ia HIM
- secretary He wanted S,ndford To
end some one 10 put the de, through
f0r him for "A Is per cent CommlssiO on on
the purchase price
II looked good to Wagner and no went
With Sanford 10 Baltimore. whore the
newt day arrived IN privat" car n party
q men understood NV Wagner to he the
r,,rnad men mentioned. With them
s-r7, ID Maxwell. who sid that the
parry was OH it's way 10 Florida 10 inspect
soma railroads and invited Sandford and
Wagner TO go along They went
The party reached ~. Augustine on
Narrh - and after Couiidenc" had le"n
earora,sly established Ma well told about
hugo Joke in the way "f "A hor-' rae"
hat WAS to he pulled ~ heiwsen hor-ss-
,Hn..d hv two ~ hi- friends in IN" priyat"
| car party. Maxwell aid H. knsW both
1 .u,s~y- well and had them hN'd. and In
Il tended 20 make quit" ri"''' ~ change
,.' Z the affair a. we'll a. having "A good
4 a.rN on his friend n this puint in
1 't... .puver-ation. the lpck"v- anpeared
4 and we're introduced ~ Wagner a. Walsh
4 AMI -Ohert- Maxwell handed each uf
thorn SJln and promised zach s. $50 mor''
a. he fni-h ~ the RAJ" Maxwell hen
slr" Wagner $3.50 IN good money 20
ia' for him on -Ftnauc" " ned Nv Mr
1 RHs.-- The other hnr-" Wa called
lam y or some -uch mann"
rlght after that Maxwell vent away
ar r-turn"d and handed Nagn"r 5000"
sri In apparent money tWtpi ~ which
4 rof -,.-..uted a side l@t and IN" other
i1DO vas the original -tAS''- MaEn"r
n e. ~ ass~d - at "a -tat"hrli"r lh.u
-. re-t - IN" pArty Appeared and o."
Il citing got Nri-s.r A,. rdIug 90 ~"
/ 'utsr-tandinC &C fh" t'''.'l.''- IVA,
Il ronov was handed ," the -'as"h''d"r.
Wagner IN SUM ranging iryVI - - o"
80 until. with what already had '-"u
II gwen him hS hal SiiG "" "i currency
Il longing 20 the uri' At" ar party IN
\ '#!onra was az q high W'"h
4u1FIt tins time Nagu-T- interest IN
4 '..., race Wa INTERRUPTED ~ Ma Nw"h VIII
4 % an,.d ~ rlt ~. land d"al through
L Wagner drew on N"W lurn Tor sl's-
and MaNN I'll hand-d him slo"" r,"r'
i 2 reimbur-e hir. frr 10" drdi' l''u
rnlw why. part ut ~" game.
/ no race was To- FOL. ran on April IN
L -'retch 81 country road sotE"N her"
s'vesn 81 Angus, %" nd Jt'E-"u'. ID"
fna party went ON iu the spot % auto
| '..t. - The horses md Jockeys VIZ"
'.rg ltt.a rGi.f Iunrl i'tf ~ i"ver
.-.,o oUt and one lot ~ Srs" a 4"
/ go made. ~ which M'NW"N hSNr'l
| 't s2ufsn VS. 10 ud.-d 20 W. .u"g md
| -. ..i' u with ~" r''..r n s-p Do" o' r., ed,
| .v ~ sItdOslt "a 90
Wen mo t.t rod hs.en made Ma we,l
| ...' bot % 'hn blizzard 'thle manu- o..
- o.. a
4 ..I .rrrow'd I.r.N tire par'ic',l tlnt.sl
L "A. ss.ouR,-d o. u -n-r
L Well the chlrp.r"r ot the prors'''iln-S
l .-u illustrated 10 -nT." recon =" o.
%. 49, N IpN. ! u'rr" throw MS
1 ~. who prpye.-isi .p,ss r"n,'v 2"
1 ..,I and de We u.i p.t'"r Kr' Ou'
/ u. .ar" wis the lnJur'f On 81 sod
1 "a Al hands piled M" ~" auto
1 80 and drov" hack pei mel for ~
..r -tfra Wagner turu.ai over ~"
- some one IN ~" prvnf" "'r
They didn't wait 2" 4 'Id" o. az
30" time Ia" party So li''r'-i ana
..r Sail tod Wagner 20 meet nm - ih''
"a Hotel IN Washington Ih~y
.. never met aRtln When b." got ra"N
.-v York Wagner found ~ b" bed
- .I 20 susIsrt would 70" ~" ~ 80. 'h.'
i-s I.s" dr ~ had fss.u pad
't" poles. her" Wagner described
.trl'tfzt- infinitely yesterday after
r.. bataotiv,-s Peabody and Me
.ru"y walking zap Broadway "alSht
n .
.....Hod 20 them 20 tally with the de
-. on Il SandfDrd They tr.aIled
Il fr. ,priul. 81 hlp"kE and stopped hum
l4dWay and Forty second stree,
.iy -kcd ham 4 he had res'ently
Toll. from the South and the man
.r.si r
ELECTIVES then suggested q visit
-....'rr Russell and the man was
wrath The DETECTIVES insisted.
...- -prns. loud talk and spring
. Brp.pdWav crowd Rath~fs-t.
....'.. thsrs. was - fight. Peabody
..I tua' h. wa a detective and
win hiz side partners help. got
10. man
.... sttu struggled in the subway
. they got Ia H~adqi iarter~. He
nd. Wa Joseph Powers. a travel
.fl.r LIVING AZ e65 West sixty
..' md that he didn't know what
scout ~ Al Wagner -sss Cs:slssi
sxr,-'-t with th" prisoner %"
-.-"u MIN Defor". ApOloRi~a
ytIrh Mr.. Powers did not ac-
Erst'l'. it.
..fr! t.Lr... man went on down
fssy rurUufe4 LATER in the