New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-14
Under Third Degree. Club Mem.
berS Give C|ew Indicating That
Brokers Disappearance
Was Carefully Staged.
POSSIBLY WITH A WOMAN
One All Too Well Known in
Fashionable West End-Amer-
lean Had Reputation as Dar-
ing Gambler Murder The
ory Not Entirely Discarded.
fBy Cable 10 The Tribune.

ing gave the London police an oppor-
tunity TO subject 10 the third degree
two close associates Of the missing man
who previously had been extremely un-
willing TO talk.
These two club members when grlled
al Scotland Yard Yesterday by the
/ chief inspector reluctantly furnished a
clow that led the detectives to believe
Martin might be on the Continent ac-
companied by woman all too wei
known in tho fashionable West End,
and that the disappearance Was care
fully staged with the hat and wallet
used As properties. Continental cables
were ho. with police messages yester-
/ day and the answers from European
| capitals and resorts are expected to
throw valuable light on the situation
| to-day.
Martin. the police were told. was a
| regular frequentcr OF the West End
| gambling clubs that figured 20 promi-
| nontly in raids the winter past. lie
, was always known as a daring player
OF chomin dc fer in clubs At which
! Continental women and European
gamblers were picturesque igdrcs. he
never seemed 10 carry small sums OF
money. but usually had a packet ot
| English bankuotes which was "thich
as 4 Bath bun" as detective said last
| night. Besides. his credit was very
GOOD with camblcrs, - whom he was
very Wcll known.
/ T. Open Safe Deposit Boz.
! The police. however, a3 yet have ocen
unable TO find out where he kept MS
bank account in this city and how nc
rcplcnishcd the ample amount OF MONEY
seemingly alwa! IN the black morocco
wallet found torn and ripped open o.
! The Embanl ment. The police VIII cA-
amino at 1870 O'Clock this morning
safety deposit box the receipt Tor
which WAS found III the wallet. AMI
they hope by this means 70 discover thc
; condition of Martins business ahti 3
AT the time of his Disappearance. Tncy
! think the examination may substanli-
ate the theory that Martin really went
the Continent after staging his disap-
pcarancc.
r. Lochhart Anderson. with whom
| Martin lived in his Park Place apart
mont. denied last night that the .en-
ncsscean was a persistent player at
West End gambling places, although H.
! said he occasionally took huttcr Ht
! chcmin dc fer This did not dlssudhc
the detectives from adherence 10 the
! statement that the cotton broker vi.
q regular at the Grccu baize tables. ana
they said he undoubtedly bad bcc1
stccred againet crooked games by two
mon who later shared III the profits
from Martini money.
| While the Continental iliGht is now
considered by the police as highly PROC
able. they arc stil far from discardrs
! the theory that Martin WAS murdered,
! for the very fact that the mans big
wad Of moncy was famous III the West
End would give an excellent motive Tor
such A crime TO soldiers Of fortune AMI
! gentlemen adycnturcrs, as well as to
women more beautiful than Caesar.
wife but whose resemblance TO her
ended there. Detectives think plcniy
of men of uncertain incomes and pleas
ing manner who are moving in West
End circles are not at all incapable of
hiring thugs TO do the job.
1t may have been that Martin was
lured from the lights Of Piccadilly
Circus by frail denizcn, of Leicester
| Square TO the shadows of the Embank
ment, where, by prearranged plan,
men lcapcd upon him, took him by sur
prise, and, while trying 10 get his wal
let, either Intentionally or unnten-
tonally threw him into the Thames.
| The parapet Of Charing Cross bridge
is not more than hip high. and it would
take only a slight push TO send "A man
down into the sWirlinS river, especially
il he were slightly under the influence
of liquor The police say that if this
happencd. the fact that the pocketbook
was found two hundred feet away Is
,asily explained, as the hoolgans would
not have examined it on the bridge, but
would have taken the money out while
walking or running away, and then
have tossed the wallet aside.
Presumption Of Fake"
ON the other hand, the finding Of the
orera hat is considered by the police 10
l,crd weight 10 the theory of faxed"
d;sanncarance, for If Martin was hurled
into the Thames his assailants would
nrohabIv have pitched the hat in. too.
;notoad Of carrying it away to leave it
on the Embankment. The point where
,ho hat and wallet were found borders
a distrct on the south side of the
r,ror inhabited by low type of street
women.
message from the State Depart
nont at washington to the American
nonsulatc yesterday morning said to
snare no expense and to devote all en-
s-,os to discover Martins where
eu,s and the consul Immediately set
,,uderpround wires working.
tory that Martins disappearance
| .ht.H oa0e stYth roIuuuu.