The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-14
dan O'REILLY NOW ACCUSED
or RECEIVING THE SECURITIES
STOLEN FROM BANCROFT.
Piass. VINO Returned Some Of Them for
sS.OOO. says That O'ReiIly was the
Third Man In the Taxicab In which
the Transfer for Cash was Made.

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Third Man In the Taxlcab In which
the Transfer for Cash was Made.
Daniel O'Reilly. who was formerly an
District Attorney and who
was counsel for the defence in both the
Thaw trials. was accused yesterday
Of receiving stolen goods. namely the
securities stolen from Aaron Bancroft.
1t ia alleged by Frank Plass, the young
jeweller who was arrested last Sunday
for being concerned in the theft OF the
SIS, 900 worth OF securities, that O'Reilly
was the man who made the final arrange.
ments for returning the stolen property.
Since Plass's arrest he and his wife.
with John W. Hart. his counsel. Aaron
Bancroft. his son George and his counsel
William NJ. Sullivan. have been holding
daily conferences in the Office OF Assistant
District Attorney Buckner Inspector
Russell of the detective bureau. George
s. Dougherty, superintendent Of the Pin
kertone, Detective Armstrong. who ar
rested Plass, and stenographer we're also
present.
Yesterday morning Aaron Bancroft
and his lawyer went with Plass before
the Grand Jury and Detectives Thomas
and Leigh we're sent out to get O'Reilly.
They did not find him at his office in the
Pulitzer Building and continued their
search uptown.
Aaron Bancroft Of the firm Of George
Bancroft h Son Of 10 Beaver street, who
is we'll on in years. went on March 2 to
his safety box in the Produce Exchange
vaults with an envelope containing the
securities. In the corridor two men
bumped into him and he dropped the
envelope. The men hastened to steady
him on his feet again and one Of them
showed into his hand an envelope which
he supposed to be the one he had been
carrying. On March o. when his son
took the envelope from the vault. it was
discovered that an envelope Of imitation
morocco similar to Mr.. Banoroft's had
been substituted for the one Mr.. Ban
croft had been carrying and that 1t con-
tanned pieces Of newspaper.
On March -. in response to message
which Plass says came from O'Reilly
Mr.. Sullivan. MIR. Bancroft's attorney
met O'Reilly and Plass at the Hotel Astor
and all three. Plass says. left the Astor
in a taxioab on the understanding that
IS 900 cash was TO he handed over In
1.-THE cab for the securities. Plass says
THAT he himself was not one Of the thieves
but that he had agreed to help the Others
dispose Of the property. At first they
demanded SIC, 900 reward but Mr.. Sui
lvan finally beat them down to 5000.
They drove through Central Park
Behind them was another taxicab ir
which were several detectives. Wher
the money had been passed Mr.. Sullivan
Jumped out and gave the signal 10 tho
police 20 speed up and arrest those in thu
cab The second taxi, how,ver. was ou
of sight around a curve. and before i
arrived the first taxi with the two mel
and the IS 600 was gone. There was I
story at the time about pistol beins
used in the cab to enforce payment OF tn
cash.
/. When the env velope which had beer
given to Mr. Sullivan was opened it wa
found that 800 shares of Smelters stool
we're missing and that the value OF m
, securities returned was about s5S,ooo in
stead OF 5000. In his confession Plas
saws that when the envelope was givel
TO him to hand over TO Mr.. Sullivan h
believed that It contained all the stole
property. Plass said that the 5000 re
ward was split six ways.
Plass's confession, it is said, impli
Gates three other men. One OF them
crook whose record the police have
The second is a man whom the polio
, believe he picked up as a partner and tn
third in said 10 be an employee Of MI
Bancroft. who gave the others the neoes
sary information as to just what kin
of an envelope Mr. Bancroft was accus
toned to use when he carried valuable
to his vault and what day he would TAX
a valuable lot of stocks to place in III
u vault. Plass says that when the poesibi
ity of the robbery was first discussed /
was invited to be one OF the active pal
ticipants. He refused, he said, althoue
! he made himself liable later when h
= agreed to aid in disposing OF the stole
!. property.
Daniel Reilly was born in New Yor
,. and after going TO school here was graz
;. uated from Columbia University. Hema
I ried Marie F. Meakim. He was appointe
an Assistant District Attorney and ol
,; tanned the first trial conviction OF DR.. San
y uel j. Kennedy. who was charged with Il
. murder of Dolly Reynolds, He was ali
in the Olga Nethersole "Sappho' case ar
:, in the Nan Patterson case.
- On May 20, 1909, he appeared In II
v City Court for examination in regard
. a Judgment obtained against him by
n milliner for hats sold to his wife. He sa
l. then that he had no means TO pay Il
bill, which was for 81 800. Although Harl
Thaw, he said, had paid him $4,000 f
t. his services Thaw still owed him $2s OK
=, He had no jewelry. he said, and had new.
owned a watch. The Hains trial, in whi,
he was counsel for the defence, he sci
'e had netted him less than 81 900.
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