New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-02
COT ALLEGED SW|ND[ER
THROUGH LONDON GIRL
Whitman Detective Lands with
ArnStein.Said To Be Head OF
"SiCk Engineer" Gang.
WRIT MEETS HIM AT PIER
Justice Dugro, However, Orders
Prisoner to Tombs-Specific
Charge Is $4,000 Theft
from Sprin. ,field Man.


Detective Bernard A. Flood. Of the
staff of District Attorney Whitman, ar
rived here yesterday on the American
liner St. Louis. from Southampton,
with an American prisoner for whom
he had not gone abroad. The man in
custody was Nicholas r. Arnstein,
charged with the larceny of So6,VO by
William j.. Sinks. Of Springfield.
Mass.
Flood went to London several months
ago with Detective Joseph p. Reilly 20
bring back 10 this country a. *. Mot
ley and Charles a. Miller. who, it was
alleged. had participated in litho-
graphing swindle. involving 100000.
On learning that they were wanted IN
New York, Motley and Miller returned
30 America voluntarily. and as the de-
tective was about To engage passage
the latter part Of June he received
word from MIR. Whitman that ArnsteiH
was in London.
Flood looked for his man several days
but was unable 10 find him. Although
he had never seen Arnstein he felt
confident he could identify him from
the description that had been cabled
TO him. On June 90 nc learned the
whereabouts Of Miss Jeanne McCor-
mick an old friend of Arnstein. Sew
eral days later he followed her from
her hotel to a hosiery in Kensinston,
-tAt,, limo
with him.
When tn, meal was over Flood ad-
dressed Arnstein quietly and informed
him that he was under arrest The
prisoner protested against Floods in
situation that he was swindler and
maintained that his name was James
Wilfred Adair. He denied having
worked the sick engineer swindle,
and professed ignorance of the many
subjects which Flood recalled TO him.
A scar on the left side of the mans
face convinced Flood that he had APP
pretended the right man, and later
Arnstein's woman companion admitted
his identity. Through the assistance
OF SCOtldnu 1dIu AiiStNih ""S
tanned in Brixton Prison until arrange
ments were made for his extrddition.
He was a cellmate with Norman Selby
c'Kid" Mccoy, the pugilist.
AS soon as the st. Louis locked rep
resentatives from Arnstein's counsel
were on the pier and served Detective
Flood with q writ OF habeas corpus,
which compelled him to take his pris-
oner before the first available justice
Flood hurried TO the Hotel Savoy,
where Arnstein had hearing before
Justice Dugro. The Justice, however.
refused TO accept bail and ordered
Flood to take his man to the Tombs
Joseph Du Vivier, who handled the
complaints against the Arnstein gang
for District Attorney Whitman. con-
siders their method Of procedure the
cleverest that has come under his no
tice. In almost every case the hoary
sick engineer" swindle was the basis
OF the proposition.
Stocks, however, were generally sub
stituted for the valuable mine" and
instead OF the "sick engineer there
was generally tight listed farmer
with a horror for stock gambling who
had invested in the stock and who was
ignorant Of the recent "manlpulations'
which made il worth much more than
ne had paid for it,
All of the characters in the little
play were worked out with the utmost
skill. and the farmer" was figure 10
arouse the cupidity Of the most con-
servative person. According to the In
formation given TO the District Attor-
ney by Persch, Arnstein was the man
who not only conceived the money
making plans but who elaborated the
artistic details which made success al
most certain.