The evening world., 1914-05-06
55DUMMYWROTE
!3,pQ0,0OocHECKS
FOR NEW HAVEN
Grower C, Richards Tells of
Brief, AmszingC Career as
Tool Of the Railroad.

Tool Of the Ra1fom.
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- AnAnsa. - tn We90ngepA -
nDGooeS bsfoss the Iatsrstass Comnsroa
sQuu1nAassan. but his eounssl Homer
0umnAnsa asksA for . postpoosnsot
I'M te-morrow. whom hs will tell
- - 1nSWs sf New Havso's affairs.
ynwysu for various persons oon-
oBaDl IN New Haven nnanoierins
- tanning about attempts made TO
nonGknail New Havsn interests. They
anno two noted ohasactsrs of Wall
uDo1G saying that one has been at II
~ several years and the other 10
Wong now 70 break in. Counsel for
nnmR President Mellen threatens to
49, public . bundle Of lsttsrs
NuA1eA, ~ says. show ccnoiusiveiy At.
uomDes TO hold up the company.
II. Biiiard's determination to tel,
- WAols story Of his connection
lUo0 ths New Haven II undesstood
- have bssn Influenced somewhat
~ various attempts Of insidious in
4 fsonlooss 70 capitalize the secrecy that
- been maintained around the
l01nnsaOtions. There are hints that
fNnna tha BLIZZARD and Msllsn stoeles
- ia and thsdr transactions thor
Vnghly aired they may turn prose-
~uAoss of high finance gAnss that
~ soaSat 20 prey upon them.
1 ~ te-AAy's Commsrcs Conamissaen
nu1y aa amazing story OF dummy
9nnApulat3on by the old New Haven
nnn0smsnt Wa revealed through
- testimony Of Grover c. Richards,
ks0Oo youth Of Portland, Ae- whc
- Tsoasurer and Director ef ths
: 'l1ehupolitan Steamship Company "a
MA Whon he was not twenty ysass
- He was . millionaire for . min
-. Thsa eli the monsy Vao tAksu
u(Way from him and he was paid .
- oay Cor acting - dummy In snorm.
- sransactious.
3 was at the time when the NV
'UnWua through IL chief counsel. y. D
yHAhlns, was secretly forming thu
2nnRoDoiitan Steamship Company o'
1880 70 take over al the Sound line
- monopoliss ooastwiss shipping
y\ooh was the sams thing Charles w
1osUo had % do earlier and failed
,JnghAsds happsnsd 70 b In The lav
$3.50 q His beothos.ln-laW In Port,
"a when the company was boing or
Gnissd.
&Ao railroad lawyers ssissd ON hin
10 dslishtful. innocent youth whs
DnA mako an ideal dummy trsasu-
~. - shey put In his name .s.ss'
n>oDae oe stock ef the nsw company
noGnng 0vs eaay twenty shares foi
3nn1SlnG other dirsotorA. Then the!
1oonhin b New York. whore meet
wUae hald In fhs Bank Of Aanhat
1hss the Innocent Richard
noson&yoauosd 70 big mon OF th'
N Havoa end % dassd that h
'VAAAsver Was asked Of him. II
- euna were Mr.. BLIZZARD. Mr.. Hem
! 1onUaD~, NJ. Robbins and othsra
~ vuvs Ill bAG men," said Rich
GoD,ea ~ sand.
= ~ - paosrs were put befor
~ % dlen-3ust what hs did NO
01sA Thsa they handed him check
nGusoaAlns Ssyooo. 900. all made out 4
- aams. Richards did remembs
nolDooAuss ~ never before Of Glno
Oson % much money. For
nnna1s an tho money was his. II
No. . millionaire.
9han they made him Sign his nam
- ths back Of the checks. indors
iY0Um In blank and led him up to
63GniAed bank official who opened .
( 0Gnnnnt In his name as treasure
iV>1lo the big men" of the NeN
0oa vouched for his signature an
&0oDo0G1bility az Q depositor.
I1lor that the lawyers let littl
III. Richards stay around New Yor
Ter o day or two seeing the sight
.,0o his reward. They paid his hot,
IN and gave him S5 per day salarI
Ono night they shipped hAm back {
sppgtland. and his millionaire dresI
~ over.
3Asy awakened him once moi
oons months later. when on tsle
.UBaphlc orders he went TO New Yor
aD6ln to sign q check. This time
was only for $4,000 and there va
NJ imposing ceremony. Ono Of th
lawyers INST him IN the Hotel Abel
dan waiting room. told him to wri,
NJ name in the designAtsd place IN
tbon shipped him back 20 Portlan
that night.
What II was all about Young NJ
Richards did not know and barring II
IS per day and his two trips to Ne
York with expenses paid his career
treasurer OF great corporation WI
dG9oid OF cash or profit