Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-14
GIRLS CAUSE BOY
F|NANC|ER'S 8
DOWNFALL
Six Of Them Figure in Young
BroyIes' Meteoric Career as
Junior WaIIingford.

/ E<N ANCiiIVS ina I<llAC4 SOAt III ~ .Ne7f
the 17-year-old stenographer charged
with swindIing schemes that wou,d
have done credit TO a veteran, Law
ished much Of mis- plunder on gay
parties and flowers for half dozen
| young women kho were attracted 0y
his dashing. debonair manner AMI
/ the fine clothes which abled him t.
cut a considerable figure until his
downfall, came to light Tuesday.
Piled up in the drawers of his desk
in the office OF Logan I. Williamson,
brokere in the Gambler Building. t)r
whom he worked. were found bills
from florists, tailors haberdashers.
| jewelers. and other merchants. and
garnishments from number OF Al
lanta firms
The names Of the young women n
volved in the case are being guarded
as it is evident to the police that they
merely were duped by his suavity.
Girl Makes Complaint
| One OF them, Miss Lundy. living
| at the home of j. VI. Karwisch on
/ Roswell road. was one Of the com
plainants against him when he was
! taken to the police station Monday
| after his arrest Al Marietta.
! She charged that Broyles obtained
/ possession of Ia vallere belonging
to her on pretext of having it fixed
| and that he never returned il. II was
| said Tuesday that the piece OF jew
| elry would be recovered.
1t developed Tuesday that Broyles
was arrested only after he had been
| taken lAst Wednesday on complaint Of
| j. Eiseman & Sons and released on
/ the pleadings OF his mother. He tele-
! phoned his employer that he would
| be at the office the next day, but in
stead started for Knoxville. where he
| was located by detectives working for
/ the Southeastern Passenger Associa-
| ton, from whom he admits taking S22
! in clergy money made up Of the
81 deposits which the ministers send
| in to the association when they pur-
| chase their railroad rate mileage.
! After he left town he is said to
have been kept informed by woman
| of every move that was made by the
| detectives Only when he was told
| that the net was closing about him
! did he return to Georgia.
Employer Makes Statement.
Mr.. Williamson, in discussing the
! case Tuesday, said:
4 employed Emerson Broyles as
| stenogra pher the last of May. being
! informed by him that he was then
employed by the Southeastern Pas
| senger Association IS q stenogra pner,
| but desired different than railroad
| work
! AS near as I can learn. his only
| forgery against me is that of forging
my Endorsement on check for $685.
mailed me by my stepfather, T.. G.
Andrews, Of St. Louis, the letter and
check reaching my office while I was
| out of the city.
Got Bill From Eiseman.
The only other criminal act COM
mitted against me, as far as | am
| now able to determine, was his OBJ
| tanning merchandise to the amount
| of $3.50 from Messrs ]. Eiseman IL
| Sons by impersonating me while l
was out of the city, the matter COM
/ ing to light by the bill being present
| ed to me and my positive knowledge
| that had never bought any article,
! cash or open terms, from Messrs. }.
| Eiseman & Sons.
The facts regarding the garnish-
ments are that in a very accidental
| way found in the drg Ter of his desk
| six garnishments served on my firm
and office in the cases Of merchants
| here versus A. f. Broyles.'
Broyles trial on the charges pre-
| ferred By Williamson probably VIII
| be called Wednesday afternoon.
| A SIS income and a 5000 taste is
1 declared by Broyles TO have caused
! his downfall.
Young Broyles Tuesday told with
pride of the ease with which he
swindled a score of leading Atlanta
| merchants. as well as his employer
| Logan T. Williamson. broker in the
! Gambler Building, and also the South
| eastern Passenger Association OF
| hundreds of dollars.
A girl on whom he lavished most
| Of the money is declared by the plum
ger to have betrayed him to the po-
! lice.
The young man admitted to De-
| tective Rosser that he issued at least
| 40 fraudulent checks which have not
| yet been accounted for.
Il am a stenographer, and a good
| one, if | do say it myself" said
| Broyles in his cell Tuesday. Il can
make SIS month any time, but who
wants to live on a salary like that?
y didn't, and so | started out to get
more money the best way | could. At
| first ! used to go over 70 the South
eastern Passenger Association Offices
where my mother worked. and take
! letters containing money That was
! crude WORK. though ! would get only
few dollars at a time, and | needed
more.
Il knew girl out on West Peach
| tree street and so | had TO dress up
| went around to Peachtree street
| merchants and gave my check for
! clothes. | always bought the best.
Last Christmas ] sent a girl S19i
/ bouquet OF flowers for which I gave
a check.
Asks Uncle for Money.
Every time Mr.. Williamson went
out of town | would take charge OF
his office and run things for my bene-
| At. I got money this way
Last week things began to get
pretty hot, SO I thought I would go up
to Knoxville. where a rich uncle of
mine lives, and see if I could get
some money to straighten my ac-
counts out. No one but my girl knew
that l was going there and she is the
only one who could have told the po-
lice. ! was betrayed"
Young Broyles was taken into Gus
tody at Marietta Monday upon mis-
return from Knoxville