The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-04
RICH, ARRESTED
AS FUGITIVE 10
YEARS FROM N. Y.
Continued from FIRST Page.


merely through chance meeting two
| days ago OF Chicago newspaper man
| win Henry =. Cook. attorney for Dr.
! charles W Sanders. a physician. of SO
| East Fifty-third street. whose late uncle
Joshua Sanders lost s3.s45 bail money
and Interest to the county when Belts
| became fugitive from Justice In 1895
! The original complainant against the
man, however. Mrs Margaret McGowan
| u siill allve-an aged woman nov Twins
J IN suburb with two sons. Arthur and
| lsadore. who We're babies when theft
mother entrusted half OF $4,000 be-
/ quest from her husband TO Bettss care.
Andrew J. Shlpman. who was attorney
| for Mrs MCGOWAN back In 1893. dug out
I all the old papers IN the case yesterday
In his Office at II Wall street and told
what he knew and recalled OF the alleged
/ s"lndler's career before his enforced alb
| scnce began.
At that time Belts was said To- have
gathered In about $4,000 nv various
! methods which ar. politely termed sharp
| practices. In Minneapolis. where he Is
believed to have gone before his residence
| IN Chicago. anothcrly elderly woman j.
said to have turned over 10 him $500. 900
worth Of Inherited property.
| Bctts Is supposed - nave come OF
| good family w StI'r He got int trouble
In Cortland county about the same time
| his New York operations landed him In
/
indictment charging fraudulent manipula.
| ton of a deed
Sympntbet,c Bonrder
a.,
! Ing house AT 2UJl seventh avenue, met
! Belts IN February, 1923 He was most
s!inpalheIc ooa DER ana represented NM
So 'S '""ScI "heH sue t".u mn s,e
hau ueeh c.,ars'" ou'rase"uay !T tns
se.N'n'sh' ! mgr husoahu ahaIS' iils
ed -
/ 'Sl"le over I" MN ioi 'N"'.'"o'' ~ ms
coli'pah!' 'he Nt" YORK in'"tpora'ofs
ana investors company V-AH"aE' Oi
"hlch ne Vas me enIre Complain
VI or'oprr o w. otUS aSNeu neF
iot sSoo lot TWO 9ayS-u'th $40" c,'u,-
.ois pau uP-ahu gave heI ~ Ie'ut u
,on ne, nv d" ICsl ul,e" .necN ior
5000 Mrs. Mc.T wan charged Al me tim"
thu following d,y gave nor an !ndorsed
check FOR sl130. which ne said she could
cash. keen our The $500 which he owed her
and return 20 him his own post dated
! check Al OF VIII en- she did But a few
days later. she alleged. the bank re-
turned the $3.50 check protested. Mrs
MCGOWAN took the matter to Mr. ship
man. who. thinking Bets was an attor-
neg. asked FOR a supreme Court order
directing tho immed!lt" return ~ the
money Belts had obtained from his client.
| IN court Ret,s denied he was a lawyer
|
In tn" proceedings Rettss $50" check
appeared with receipt on the hack pur-
| porting to have been signed by Mrs. Nc
| GowaH THIS she deited ara tn cpuTt
! Was then asked T. hold u 10 await action
bv NJ. ShipmIu. Tho alleged forgery
! WAS lad before Magistrate Fe!tner IN the
Harlem court. WAS referred To- ia" Grand
Jury and Bettss Indictment followed
Meanwhile Cortland county Claimed NM
When he got away from The au'h"' 81
there haiI Was srt NJ N6'oVo ne was N
IA" Tonibs for m nth uHhbi" TO pro
cure bonds until on MS pea 81 ,h'ha'he
20 laT back AL u n" eo, Ut, p',I wa
reduced t. sl.'oo ana luinlsneh ~ Joshua
sanders Sa'NtrH kH"" ~ ram ho''S,
Cdr!etuns iah"r' ne was inc Iu.h"' VI
4 series OF S'hooI readers h"'" '"'
dead
bn'' ord~r"" h"r'e'e"'
Rc.ts d.rosttrd some money so the
Noun, NIor,is hank when he got out
an bai'. but when his trial ON tine in
.dIctm.nt was called he had disappeared.
IIustic. con ordered hts bail forfeit d
ant , bench warrant issued foi his ar
rest
In 1910 Mr. Shipmun received several
letters 10 the erfrc, that Belts had taken
iup residence with his wife and two chill
dr.n in "n foreign country" and that his
nncty-year-old father wanted his name
cleared The District Attorney. however,
refused 20 conslder settlement until
Belts returned to custody. ami the me-
gotiations ended there
B.tts's method. according to the authori-
ties WAS 70 get peoples money TO in
vest In securities" and to make his re-
Iations with his clients "A debtor and cred
itor obligation 40 criminal action agains,
him was forrstalled lie was indicted
once before tho hill in question was re-
turned against him late in 1898, for
alleged swindling OF David Eilau. nut
that complainant is dead
B,,ts and his wife lived for a time At
l9p Last INuy-scventh street "A hous.