New Britain herald., 1917-12-24
N IT,
l|E WASN'T
llst $1,000 But
Under Arrest
-. There are mill

talented machine would
p waste oil and gaso-
&s every day into traps
atls Of garages. The
= separate an appreclable
cd commercial gasolene
prbducts from the waste.
"a be started in Boston
this proved successful,
Installed in New York,
fsskhe business growing, fac
id be placed everywhere.
Ank running would be nom
profts would be enormous.
Fire Commissioner of Bos-
have to be bribed before
ntitution could be started
n you see, he would have to
rmission before they could
Tire nre laws. "How much
&o1t to bride him? Well, in
6orhood of $500. But
ifaIlAAal figure. We've got a
ta. We've got Boston
N6o wants to invest $4,000
6ulck ~ we can show him
C6nnHiasiona won't object to
~ ~ his town .-..-
Il Whist Reginald Beecroft and
1GcVtG1Sr Richmond Of the Oil
matlQh E0mpany. a corporation
D0p IT VI West Thirty fourth
NJ WA fStterday were arrested at
yan4A 6biIg Hotel, are accused of
X4ng told Jesse E. Wilson. Wilson
M coke and coal dealer at / Broad
Nv and 1tves in New Brighton, Staten
1a4nd
Wilson Adnaitted he had as much as
500 In the Port Richmond bank.
sYut would II be right to bride a pub
An omcfal: no ease his conscience,
|ys District Attorney Swami, the men
llzmitted1 Wilson to "buy stock" in
their concern ITO this amount.
In order to carry out the con-
( NtTacy," said Mr.. Swami, "they
sbrcught In Mcpherson, who was a
Aown and out hotel clerk. He was
NhAbbily dressed. but the claim is
that MI. Richmond bought him suit
~ clothes and an outfit, so as to have
slim dress the part Of a. banker. When
the conapiratorss got ready to pull
~ the deal they took Wilson first to
the Manhattan Hotel Gin Manhattan)
|And explained the scheme to him and
:entroduoed this alleged Boston CAPT.
tAliAt Mcpherson. who had been in
sUtrttcted what to say and Wilson
EAgreed to put up $4,000 IN cash pro-
vid1d the Boston Fire Commissioner
3conld be fixed SO as to get permits
sion Tor the company to business in
n .Richmpnd and yBeecroft took Will
son to Boston on one train and had
EcPherSoD follow on another. They
sntayed at different hotels In Boston, as
bows. Wilson at the Copley Plaza,
\ nAcnds at the Touraine, McPher-
IN Ut the Com non wealth Hotel, Bee
I|ctttt at the copley Plaza with Will
son"
II When they arrived in Boston they
Experienced trouble in cash1ng Will
AOn's check, so Wilson opened up
4 nerBpnal account in the Shawmut Ma
! tlcnal Bank there, depositing the GER
tAcAte. This was on Saturday, De-
sEnmber IL, last. On Monday Wilson
4rew out $500 and handed it to Bee
I crQ4t and Richmond. Two witnesses,
bt - ia. s&W the division OF money.
EhA4 night, says Beecroft, big din
nor was given to celebrate the fact
Uf the reputed bribery Of the Fire
Commissioner
After the men returned to New
York they had Mcpherson give din
N MoF in honor Of the occasional aeho-
Y tn. It was at about this time, the
0trtct Attorney says that Mcpherson
10 suspect he was not being
aet0ntly paid for his work as bank.
n ~ alld put in q protest, accompanied
~ threat Richmond and Beecroft
! ereupon each give him $3.50 Of thei,
hSA1f OF the $500.
Beecroft, who fs q solicitor for tn,
NATIONAL Highway Protective Society
sncAped prosecution by turning state
evidence. Richmond was indicted b,
/ the Grand Jury yesterday and late
: rO1eased on bail. He lives at IL!
EaBt Fifty first street. Mcpherson
alDo was indicted. Wilson recent,
Was In the Bankruptcy Court.