The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-28
LYMAN NOW SAID
TO Be IN LONDON
Los Angeles Official Asserts lie
Is Promoter Of Panama
Casino Scheme.
WAS HERE IN MARCH
Said Then He Would Return to
Coast and Go Into
Business.

Los ANGELES, June 27-Post officc
Inspector c. T.. Webster has received a
message from the Scotland Yard su-
thorities In London asking him to iden-
tify J. Francis Browne, n promoter. After
an investigation, Inspector Webster said
to-day.
81 am positive that the man Scotland
Yard asks about Is Dr. J. Grant Lyman.
the American promoter. who was released
from jail here last february. The birth
place given by this man Browne is the
same town In New York State In which
Lyman was born. His measurements and
personal description are the same, and
his characteristics are similar. His his
tory, as given by him to the London au-
thorlties also corresponds with Lyman's
history"
scheme to establish ~ casino at
Panama similar to that at Monte Carlo,
II will be remembered. was recently
launched In Paris. the promoters being
J. Francis Browne N Co. Inspector Web
ster is convinced that the man assisting
Browne in this scheme and who is known
in London as Harry }. N. Hastings, Is A.
Il. Thornet of San Francisco. well known
to the police on the coast.
The casino which J. Francis Browne
Il co. planned. as printed in THE Sun
OF June Z from Paris. was to have n
capital OF t?.0OO.o0O divided into S.
shares In addition to the casino. the
company was to carry on first class
hotel and bathing pavilion, and all Monte
Carlos attractions were to be repro
duced. The circular said that the prop
erty to he acquired comprised $50 acres.
According to the company's circular the
board Of directors for the casino company
was to he constituted as follows:
Lord Shrewsbury and Talbot as presi-
dent John ". Garland. president OF the
Cannes Municipal Casino; Capt T.
Miller u. $. o.. director of the Cannes Mu.
nicpal Casino: NJ. jacques Regli. direc-
tor of the Grand Hotel. Paris; NJ. Sou
carot, vice president of the Enghien Ca
sino; NJ Bertrand. director OF the Ca
bourg Casino.
Dr. Lyman turned Up here In March
OF the present year and went TO FASH
ionabl hotel although he had taken a
paupers oath In Los Angeles prison in
the previous month. He was well dressed
and wore a silk hat and had mono
gram stickpin In his tic. which was OF
the latest fashionable color. He admit
ted that he did not have cent and that
he owed 100000. He declared that he
had reformed and was going into bust
ness In Los Angeles. He also impaired
the information that at one time he was
worth almost u million dollars, but had
lost II all In Wall Street and on the
horse races.
Lyman Is known to the police az a
promoter. He asserted that he had been
wrongfully convicted in Los Angeles and
that his conviction would be reversed by
the Court OF Appeals OF California. His
conviction was on the charge Of using
the mails to defraud. lie announced
that the first thing lie was going to do
was to carry out his contracts In regard
to Panama land deals. When he con-
cluded this work ne intended to pay off
! tho 100000 which he owed In Los An
| geles He also had plans for prison re-
| form work In that city