Evening journal., 1914-02-07
JAIL BARON
ACCUSED OF
SWINDLES
Dashins Young Man Charged
With Operations in VIII
mlnGtOn Snd Other
Cities
BANKS AND JEWELLERS
AMONG HIS VICTIMS

According to word from New York
city, young man giving the name Of
Frank NOn Gordon, who IS wanted on a
charge of swindling operations in sew
eral cities, including Wilmington, was
arrested there yesterday afternoon. He
is alleged to be the man who under the
name Of f. V. Stetson left the Hotel
DUPONT with his two days board bill
unpaid. and is alleged to have tried to
get Nillard +. Davis. jcwcler, to exchange
4 5000 diamond for a check, about which
the ieweler was suspicious.
lie also is alleged to be the man who
swindled the Equitable Guarantee and
Trust Company out of about S4OO. He
first opened an account by depositing
$l25, and later deposited checks which
turned out to be fraudulent, it is al
legged, and had his own checks honored
against that account to the amount of
about 500 before the alleged fraud was
discovered.
Chief Of Police Black today said he
had received no official word of the
mans arrest in New York. Chief Black
assisted the pinkcrton detectives who
were on Stetson's trail in Wilmington.
The stranger Stetson wanted foi
operations In Wilmington and alleged
to be the same man now under ar.
rest as Won Gordon in New York
came to Wilmington about two weeks
ago and giving the name "F. V. Etet.
son" opened an Office supposedly FOL
the Ohio Casualty Company, on the
eighth floor OF the Equitable Build.
inf. He disappeared Friday night
or Saturday of last wee. after try.
ing to get diamond from Mr.. Davis
who became suspicious and wouldn'
accept the strangers check. Detective.
of two agencies on his trail in VIII
mingt0n said they exeptced to ge
Stetson in New York City, where the,
went from Wilmington.
The New York special telling Of the
arrest there says
Frank Won Gordon, dashing young
man. who is said by detectives to have
swindled banks and jewelry shops II
many big American cities out of al
least $4,000 by means OF HIS nerve
a ready pen and a long string o.
aliases. was arrested here today. He
was locked up on the specific charge
of swindling the Guardian Trust anC
Savings Bank, Of Cleveland, out o.
S39272.
yon Gordon as Baron" Frederick
Won Gordon Seefeld got $4,000 from
Countess Ilks Kinsky- -Palmay, AT
opera singer from Budapest, in thi.
city in 1905. The singer said tina
the baron" came to her with tear:
in his eyes after an acquaintance o.
five days and declared that a heart
less automobile dealer was going T.
take his car away. She gave hin
2 check for the balance due and late
took him into court. The baron
made restitution and disappeared.
Vong Gordon Is now. under indict
ment in Chicago for alleged using o
the mails TO defraud, and is said t
have swindled banks in Philadelphia
Wilmington, Del, Pittsburgh ant
other places.
The young man lhes only PSI made
practice of putting up at one of the bes
hotels with eomely blonde. In som
cities he described himself as repre-
sentative of the Ohio Casualty Com
pany, which doesn't exist, and rente
an Office. Then he opened bank ac
count with real money, sometimes thou
sands of dollars, and later deposite
worthless checks for large amounts. ai
ter which she would check out agains
the amount and disappear
In Philadelphia and Cleveland, tn
Pinkertons say. Won Gordon took We
man into iewelry shops. where she st
lected earrings or wrist watches OF muc
value and paid for them in WORTHLESS
checks.