New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-16
HOADLEYS FREED
BY FISK'S $4,000
Jail Trip Avoided, Pair
Give Party-Deputy
Sheriff a Guest

Pliny Fisk, the banker. was revealed
yesterday as the man who obtained
the freedom Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
II. Hoadley after they had been ar
rested on q civil order Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoadley gave an i'm
promptu supper party at the Hotel
Netherland to strangers, friends and
deputy sheriff, the latter having ar
rived early in the evening with war
rants for the arrest Of host and host
css.
Mr. Hoadley, an engineer and pro-
moter of note. president of the Amer
lean and British Manufacturing Com
pany, and director of several other
commercial enterprises. has had de-
iiciency judgment against him for sew
eral months, the result OF foreclos-
ure proceeding on his town house. Is
Fast Eighty-second Street, mortgaged
for 100000. Mrs. Hoadley, to whom
the property had been transferred. has
been in contempt of court since Octo-
Der. and for nearly six weeks a deputy
sheriff and private detectives have
been watching her home. in the hope
Of arresting her and her husband.
IL was not until Tuesday that the
Hoadleys were found in the jurisdic-
ton Of New York County. their pres
ence at the Netherland having been
discovered by Henry Mayer, a lawyer
in the employ of the law firm OF Root,
Clark, Buckner & Rowland. counsel
for the Nassau Mortgage Company.
assignee Of the Mutual Life lnsur-
ance Company, the original creditor
Warrants for the arrest of Mr.. and
tfru in a NJ
Deputy Sheriff Fitzsimmons, but he
did not know his prospective prison
ers. Mr.. Mayer did, however, and
he decided TO camp in the lobby until
he could see them. Mayors vigil,
profit until y. m, when ne observed
Mrs. Hoadley, in evening gown, walk
with her husbands secretary TO their
motor car in Fifth Avenue. Mayer
called to Fitzsimmons and the latter
intercepted Mrs. Hoadley.
Mrs. Hosdley finally admitted her
identity and said she would Ieturn to
the apartment in the Netherland and
have the deputy sheriff talk matters
over with Mr.. Hoadley. The deputy
found Mr.. Hoadley dressing for a the
atre party and promptly put him under
arrest.
The promoter asked for time. and
when Fitzsimmons told him to 90 as
far as he liked he became amiable and
called up cambridge Colby.
Six thousand dollars in cash had to
be produced that night TO keep Mrs.
Hoadley out of Jail, and when Mr.. Col
by arrived he and Mr.. Hoadley went
out to seek financial aid. Among those
who responded TO the call were former
United States Senator Gray, William
Flynn, head of the local Secret Service
Of the Treasury Department, and Mr..
Fisk.
As the prospects Of freedom became
more definite Mr.. and Mrs. Hoadley or
dored supper and invited everybody in
their apartment, including the deputy
sheriff and opposing counsel. Mean
while Fitzsimmons became anxious,
and, rousing George W. 0rvany, the
Sheriff's counsel, from sleep, brought
him to the Netherland to protect the
interests of the county in the Hoadley
apartment.
Soon after his arrival Mr.. Orvany and
Mr.. Clark, Of counsel for the complain
ant, went to the Metropolitan Club,
where Justice Cohalan was attending a
dinner. and asked for an order vacating
the commitment. The justice declined
to grant il.
Later counsel for the complainant
creditor signed a withdrawal Of the
claim against Mrs. Hoadley on receipt
Of the cash presented by Mr.. Fisk, and
she was released. A certified check for
$1,000 was accepted in behalf of Mr..
Hoadley, and he also was spared a trip
to Ludlow Street Jail.