The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-03-20
TRUNK GAVE THEM .4WAi.
Burns Detectives Follow Clue Far.
ntshed by Hotel.

. The word that the William J. Burns
National Detective Agency received
yesterday from New Orleans was that
the MusiCa family had been caught
with $50 900 in cash. and that three paid
hp life insurance policies. for amounts
sotalling S2300O0. had been found on
Philip Mus!ca, president of the United
States Hair Comanpy. and a former in
mate of the Elmra Reformatory.
And there ends" said one OF the
operatives who has been working on
The case, "a wholesale larceny scheme,
uncovered through n bit OF cheapness
Sver n Sl2 trunk, and n second hand
pne Mt that"
Tho complete story of the chase Of
the SIX from New York to New orleans
will not he known before the return OF
William !. Burns But this is such Of
that story as could be gathered from
the men he put 10 work on the case:
! Philip Musica lived at the Knicker-
booker Hotel by Thursday evening
bvents had shaped themselves so that
Philip knew he would have to skip at
once. He sent word to his father. to
lis two brothers and his two sisters, TO
be on an early train leaving the
PENNSYLVANIA station for the South on
Friday morning.
He then sent a friend of his. named
Horst, 10 tho Knickerbocker TO get his
personal effects. His clothes were re-
moved in n trunk he borrowed frore
another friend; II trunlt so distinctive
that the hotel people could describe it
10 the Burns operatives.
Then Nj. Burns personally took Il
hand in the chase Under his direction
IriNrar It-hf, m
bered that he had taken a trunk such
as that described to the Pennsylvania
station. And among the baggagemen
one was found who remembered the
train on which the trunk left.
After the baggage of the Musicas had
left New York, tho tracing was easier,
as they had twelve pieces Of baggage
with them, including the distinctive
trunk. ON one occasion they got off
at a way station, placed all their bag
gage aboard "A wagon. and travelled
across country fifteen miles in their
effort to wipe ont "a trail.
The Stock Exchange yesterday posted
a notice TO the effect that the firm Of
Mitchell q CO.. AZ Exchange place. has
dissolved H. IL understood that the
officers Of the Exchange strongly inti-
mated TO the members Of the firm that
such q course would be desirable. The
firm was organized on February FL, to
take over the business OF Alexander &
90, FREDERICK Alexander, the floor mem
ber of the old ana the new firm, Is the
tennis player. and James w. Alexander.
president Of tho Equitable Life Assur-
ance Company during the insurance
investigations, was a silent partner.
The manipulation on the curb of United
States Hair Company stock has been
n. scandal for two months and several
Stock Exchange houses came into dis
favor because OF st. AS the story goes
in WAL Street. large owners OF the
stock made a pool. agreeing not to sell
their stock for n specified time The
stock was listed on the curb and one of
the members Of the pool thought he
could make some money out of II, &c
he gave a block OF 10000 shares to an
unnamed person and asked him 20 dis
pose of II. The unnamed gavo II TO a
Stock Exchange house, which in turn
wanted 10 make moro than commission
so the stock was washed up above par,
Then tho pool member wanted his
stock back, so he asked his intermedl-
ary. The intermediary demanded the
stock from the brokerage house, which
didnt have 1t and had 10 buy It in the
open market 1t Is understood that the
fathcr-in-law Of one Of the members OF
the firm put up $l5O,0O0 to save his
Son-ln-Iaw's company from open dis
grace,
House. Grossman & VOrhaus filed a
petition In bankruptcy against Antonio
.Nnd Philip Musica as individuals and
lncmhDr- Of Nh" lirm OF A. Musica q
Sons. Th" three names attached 10 the