The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-02-01
TELLS HOW COLEMAN
LOST BANKS SSS5O,OOO
Biz Bill kplihpr Makes Full Con.
feSsiOn Of LOOtin" Of
Cambridge Concern.
NAMES II DGE AND BANKER
one Lost Sl2O.OOO in Brace
Faro Gamp-Wherr Dead
Pals Loot l..
NAMES II DGE AND BANKER

EuS7uN. Jan 81 William j k"Ihe:,
who Is now serving q sentence for his
connection with the looting Of the Ma
t'onal CITY Bank OF Cambridge, has
made complete confession regarding
the $4,000 stolen from tho bank 10y
George W coleman. the banks book
keeper. who IL also serving time.
THIS confession Is IN tine hands ~
John l.. Bates receiver OF the bank. and
he is preparing 20 inst!tut" civil pro-
C--dInS- against parties vino obtain"u
,arg. sums of the money from h"An"g
and Martin j Walsh. now dead. the
two men who got most of what Cole
man s,ol" hv means of a fake faro gam"
IN New IurN
ke.her's ,"ntessinn mention, men
prominent n Jaw. business ana society
here and in New York as among thos"
who were Nictinzci az wei a. others
who received portions %! 'ne loot
ke'iher says that when n" returned
with him much ~ tho stolen cash and
was inclined tu turu 1t over to tno re-
ceiv.r. bat waS induced TO do otAcrw isr
Not until he was convicted and sen
fenced did keliher real!z" that he was in
a serious pr"dicam"nt and that he had
been trimmed" bI men 20 whom h.
saws he gave large sums ,o "tiN' the
authorities
He asserts ihaj tWo Boston bankers
w.r. victims Of tn" fake gamo!!nC
games which u. and Waisn operated n
New York, on. losing >l2O.Uuo ana tn
other 5000
ke,h-r SAYS tha, before he got in,
touch with coleman man hnuwu
as r l.. Draper took N" bank cr:t
t. New York ana introduced him :.
Walsh. with the result that tn" clerk
dropped $4,000 AfterWard n" an.
Coleman made numerous trips tu New
York together, where they visited al
alleged gambling house which Walsi
told them was run by John W. Gates
one Of the Nanderbil;s and ulh-I
wealthy men. Each "trip cost the bana
clerk from $4,000 10 $4,000
Big R!ll SAYS he visited the court
room where the Massachusetts Judg,
was sitting and after hearing him sen
tence two men for gambling, took hin
70 the Hotel Somerset and told hin
about the opportunity To make bis
money in New York The Judge fel
into the trap and visit TO New Yorl
cost him $4,000. keliher SAYS Cole
man gave him about $4,000 in al,
which he divided equally with Walsh
All Of this. Keliher SAYS, came from tn
Cambridge bank
THE same fake game" said kcllh.,
was played on "A banker we'll known /,
Boston some years before | took up TN
game The New York crowd got $50 O0
out OF him the first time he went owe
and $4,000 the next time
Another time ] got well known
money lender, known to all the Harvar,
students, TO 20 over with me and he los
$4,000. but he made such a fuss that W.
| gave II back to him. Then we got
prominent bankers brother for $4,000
Some wears ago one Of our leadin,
politicians was shaken down for $40. 90
in the same game. The man who go
the $4,000 was known az Marshall bu
that IL not his right name. He is a col
lege graduate and one OF the smoothes
men In the country"
According to Kelher much of tn
money obtained by Walsh In hidden in
safety deposit vault In n bank not ia
from Boston. Detectives for the re
ceiver OF the looted bank are on track q
/ this loot,