Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-11
WEALTHY WIDOWS
ADVISER ARRESTED
FOR 100000 THEFT
Richard ]. Hartman Lodged
in Tombs Charged With
Swindling Mrs. Charlotte
l.. Mackenzie.

NEW YORK, Nov 1i.-Richard J. Hart
man, who figured in the opera ticket
scandal last year as president Of Tyson
& Co., was arrested on the eve of his
departure for Europe and lodged In the
Tombs prison, charged with the larceny
Of nearly $4,000 from Mrs. Charlotte l..
Mackenzie, widow of James S. Macken-
zie, at one time an official in the Singer
Sewing Machine Company
According to the information on which
Hnrtman's Indictment was secured, his
thefts cover a period of three years, dur
Ing which time he operated with the
woman's stocks on the strength OF the
power OF attorney she unwittingly grant
ed him. His speculatlons have deprived
her of her entire fortune, It is alleged.
Through Mrs Mackenzio's attorney 1t
was learned she had been forced to give
UP her home, and that, with her children,
she has sought smaller quarters.
Hartman was arrested as he was en-
tering the Vanderbilt Hotel At the
Criminal Courts Building he refused to
make any statement. on the advice Of
Judge Mulqueen In General Sessions. He
was held in $4,000 bail, which he was
unable to furnish. Hnrtman was IN
dicted Monday after District Attorney
Delehanty had been informed that he
planned to sail for Europe today. He
was indicted on three counts, charging
larceny of $4,000, 100000 and $4,000.
PAIR NET IN LONDON.
NJ, NJa,LonzIo ond Tartr,nn met for
the first time in London in 1911 Sew
cral times she appealed to him for ad-
Vice concerning the handling of the
fortune her husband had left her.
Later in that year they met again In
this country. Mrs. Mackenzie had bor-
rowed from the Hudson County Ma
tional Bank OF New Jersey $4,000, giving
as security 144O shares in the Singer
| Sewing Machine Company, and in their
conversations she mentioned this fact
! TO Hartman.
In December. 1O11. Mrs. Mackenzie re-
ceived a telephone message purporting
to come from the Hudson County Ma
.tional Bank, informing her that she must
Stake UP her notes at once. Then. 1t Is
| alleged, she again appealed to Hartman
| for counsel. Hartman, she claims, Of
| fered to take up the notes for her. She
consented, and on the following day he
returned with papers for her TO sign, ac-
ccrding to accusations, saying that they
| were merely formaliues required by the
bank The papers. 1t developed later.
| were powers of attorney.
| Taking the 1440 shares of stock that
| were turned over to him after paying
her debts. so Mrs. Mackenzie says. he
| went to the Seaboard Bank. and there
| put them up as collateral for loan of
| slOO, 900. Gradually all of her stocks fol-
! lowed the course of those OF the sewing
| machine company.
During the two years that followed the
| granting of the power of attorney Hart
| man paid Mrs. Mackenzie sums of money
| that she supposed were dividends on the
stock she still imagined she held. Ac-
cording TO Assistant District Attorney
Delehanty however, practically all OF the
| money that Hartman turned over to heE
was secured by floating more of heE
stocks and bonds,
| BUSINESS VENTURES DISASTROUS.
Hartman. It is alleged, in the meantime
squandered all OF the money he failed
| to turn over to her In ill-advised COM
panIes. Tyson & Co. was the first ven
ture OF any magnitude after meeting Mrs
Mackenzie. Next he invested heavily II
company to promote the sales OK g
cleansing powder. The company failed
and Hartman. according to the lawyers
found himself in financial straits that re-
quired immediate action.
Calling on MIS-. Mackenzie one evenins
he found her wearing several valuable
Jewels. BY frightening her with stories
OF unprotected women being robbed, sh'
says, he induced her TO give the jewels
to him so that he might put them in
safe deposit aVault. He secured a bOo
for, her at the Hartman National Bank
but when Mrs. Mackenzie came to lool
for her Jewels several weeks later sh,
found that two diamond rings, valued a
5000 had disappeared.