The evening world., 1913-09-18
WA|TEDE|GHT YEARS
FOR Man WANTED
ON INDICTMENT
Inspector Cortclyou Meets Fur
maid on Steamer and
Springs Surprise.
TRAVELLED As BANKER.
Busy Once as Marriage Pro.
motcr-FaceS Charges At
Trenton, n. J.
TRAVELLED AS BANKER.

trenton, y. j.
when the Waite star liner Majestic /
drew near Quarantine this morning.
ending her voyage from Southampton. n
short chunky man. dark. clean shaver
and attired In q family striped blue |
suit. . dark.gray cap and q PHO which |
throughout the voyage seemed TO have !
left his lips only At meal times, stood |
at the rail gazing on the staten Island |
shore On the passenger list he was
put down a. James schroeder In the
smoking room the few men who had
struck up a conversation with him knew
him as Q london banker. But for the
most part he had kept 70 himself and
tho majority Of the passengers had &C.
| cepted the name by which Miss Agnes
Meredith. an actress. had dubbed him ~
tho start of the voyage--ths Mysterious
Man.
The Mysterious Man was alone whom
| the revenue cutter draw alongside and
three msn sprang up the ladder and ap-
preached him. In the lead was Post.
Once Inspector J. T. Cortelyou. and he
FASTENED toward the Mysterious Man.
extending his hand and sxciAlming:
We'll. we'll, Furnaid! How are you
| this morning. lts years since we've
met"
"W'hat?" answered the other. MY
names Schroeder You have tho advan.
tags OF me-"
ASKED INSPECTOR TO De QUIET
ABOUT IT.
You bet I have" gioated Cortelyou.
and I've waited eight years to get It
You're under arrest"
IAN right. all right" admitted the
Mysterious Man. ~ guess you've got
me. but keep II quiet hero. won't you?"
And % none OF the passengers who
had specuAted a. to the Mysterious
Mans Identity throughout the voyage
knew that he was under arrest Al Wal.
ter q. FurnAld. who. the poat-offics
men said. was an International swim.
! der. He stood at the rail putting his
pips and chatting with the inspectors
, As though they had been old friends
come down the bay TO greet him, and
at the pier no took courteous leave OF
the few whose acquaintance he had
d made on the trip over promising "a
;, look up some of them who were coins
a tn stay In New York. When the last
n OF them were gone Furnald and his
= captors marched to the Federal Build
ing.
q ONCE PROMOTER OF MArRiMo
., NAL AFFAiRe.
According to Cortelyou. Furnald made
!. a reputation hers . dozen yeara ago by
: conducting fake matrimonial schemes
y and other swindlinG plans by which he
t and several confederates cleaned W
thousands Of dollars. II was aghi
$ years ago that he got into the trouble
d which sent him skipping to Europe
= Then. according to the posi- office mon
, he and three utheN inserted advertise
ments In tho newspaper saying tina,
. they had &300. 00 to invest and whom thii
halt was taken they told the needy In
It ventors or manufacturers who sought
v. aid that thsy first must submit 10 ar
X Investigation by the Imperial Investing
4 Company. they to pay tho necessar,
fees. In this way several concerns wer,
swindled, for, after making the invsst
CATION and collecting the fees. tho I'm
" perial Investing Company. which con
" sisted Of Furnald and his companions
always decided that tho time was no
ripe for the Investment OF any none!
/" In tho businesses they investigates.
= Furnald was indicted In Trenton, N
j.. the headquarters Of the band. an
Ned to Europe. There Cortelyou say
70 he married and now has two children
N Legitimate business enterprises in Whic
he Invested his iii-Eotten gains brough
P him back here again. according TO tn
- pOst-office men, and. warned by agent
=. In ENGLAND. they were on the watch 10
for him. They say he has served tim