The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-27
WILL RUSH CASE
TO GRAND JURY
GET-RICH IRIsHMES MUST SOON
FACE A COURT
TRIAL.
WOMAN WITNESS HIDING
FIAGG, CHIEF PROMOTER, Is SAID
by RELATIVES TO ne
GIVEN TO MUCH
TALK.
WOMAN WITNESS HIDING

NEW YORK, Sept Embellishments
are expected to lie returned tomorrow
! by the federal grand jury against
Jared Ilagg. the fifty-tw per cent
a-year broker" and some Of his as
sociates in his get rich quick swindle,
including, perhaps. Daniel ~ Morgan,
the former treasurer Of the United
States.
/ United States District Attorney
Wise. who Is to prosecute the cases,
+ decided to-day thai 1t would be bet
ter for the government not to go
through with a preliminary hearing
OF the nine prisoners, which was sche-
duled to be held by Commissioner Gill
christ tomorrow afternoon. II thel,,
was hearing, the government wou/
nave 10 show its hand, at least dis
play part of its evidence. That wou1u
/ give the defense chance to combat
! that evidence
SO, to avoid having hearing, Mr..
4 Wise rushed the get-rch quick mat
ter. before the grand jury. The first
witness was a heavily yelled woman
/ in black, whose identity at first was
/ much OF mystery, But It became
known that she was a woman employ
ed by q newspaper to get evidence
against F9agg, and ii also becaIn.
! known that she had been working in
the promoters Fortieth street ONCE
since August 1. and had copied off
/ hundreds OF pages of his books show
| ing alleged stock transactions mace
for customers. This won,,,as name
! was not revealed
Then about thirty Young girl clerks
from Fiagg's Office appeared before
/ the grand Jurors. They could merely
tell that they didn't know anything
about the business, were employed
only TO write down names in a card
index system; and We're paid SIS a
week They We're all pretty and under
twenty years of age. flagg himself
most of them said, had hired them
Kept Herself in Hiding.
The most important woman Witness
Madeline Russo, aged 10 whose letters
indicated that she consulted FlagR
about buying her hats and gowns, and
about the affairs of his apartment, did
not appear to-day she telephones
that she would appear with bonds
man tomorrow at the federal build
ing, ard would give herself up Postal
inspectors were unable 10 locate rae
girl to- day.
Belle Russo, her sister who was one
of the many So a week copyists WAS
before the grand jury for moment.
She said she didn't know where her
sister was hiding.
kflagg made a legal effort. through
Attorney Rooert G Beattie. to regain
possession Of the books and papers
seized In Saturdays raid upon his Of
fees. The papers are held BY the
postofiice officials. The lawyer was IN
formed that he would have to sue out
q writ OF repievfn for them
This effort to get the documents
having failed. tlagg issued s,gneu
statement declaring that he had in
tended to lay the books open to exam
iuation by any certified public ac-
countant, and he was sure that such
an examination would prove that he
had conducted every stock transa ction
lor his customers that their invest
ments justttied or their profit receipts
indicated.
May Bring Civil Suit.
Flagg declined to make public GER
tain affdayits which he said on the
previous day ne had. showing that the
charges against him were part of Il
cor piracy engineered by rival brok-
ers.
Ernest Flags. the architect, broth
or of Jared, then issued a lengthy
statement declaring that the Flagg
family believed implicitly In the hon
| estly of the accused man, and that his
only fault was apparently an uncon-
trollable habit Of eXagseration"
lie tdSb = since Ip0A nave poti
honorable records in this country. The
architect declared.
civil salt~the hrst--may be
brought Tomorrow against the get
rich-quick men. John J. Cushing, Il
lawyer. made a formal demand upon
fNlagg for 5000 cash. deposited by six
investors" as specializing funds. Il
This MONEY Is not returned, Attorney
Gushing ain begin action to. recover
it. He would not say who hts clients
We're.
Most Of Flagg's Investors how
ever. are sticking to him, An effort
was made to- day to get three of them
out OF the several hundred residing
IN and about New York--to sign a
paper demanding that his concern be
Placed in tho hands of receiver. But
those VIII" tried to bring about this
FACTION could get only two signatures,
after visiting more than nifty custom
ers OF the accused man.
Elbridge G, Sewall. cashier and
Henry A. Jackson, So called "eapper,"
OF the hurried riches concern. were re-
leased from the tombs on ball to- day.
The only one now remaining there is
/ r, Ternyson Neeley. the literary EN-
tertaineE at tie Saturday eve ming
hanuilets Ellpv used ia piye In his