New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-16

"Justice-simple justice-to the pee
RE and TO the government, made me
help the authorities Ill | could IN nnd-
ing and arresting my husband
Mrs. Ora Dwiggips, wife or Elmer
Dwiggins, New York agent for the
Bankers Life Insurance Company las'
night made this statement when told
that Dwiggins had been caught at
! Montgomery, Ala.
Accused of fleeing with money paid
him here by purchasers OF Liberty
bonds, Dwiggins was caught earlier IN
the day by postoffice inspectors VINO
had picked up his trail through the
wife's assistance.
He admitted he had taken payments
for loans and then invested them on
the Stock Exchange. He lost, Re SAID
( 800 900 when stocks declined, but al =
ed that he was confident that. when he
reached New York, he would be able to
adjust his affairs so none Of those who
made payments on bonds to him would
lose money. lie will start for this city
to-day.
Grand Jury to Act To-day
Today the grand jury here will call
before it half dozen Of the persons
out of a total of 1000 compliments
whose money the insurance agent is
/ a-Aronr,ataI n1yiO
will face a state charge of grand lar
ceny here, although his arrest was
made on a charge Of fraudulent use of
| the mails.
/ Dwiggins's arrest, coming as a spec
, tacular climax to his abrupt dropping
/ out of sight last Saturday, was received
: quietly by Mrs. DIV ggins. At her
apartment, 204 West Seventeen Street,
she frankly admitted her share in her
| husbands capture.
Mrs. DYiggins is slight, her hair is
! grazing, and she spoke in a low voice
/ of suppressed emotion. Her WEAKNESS
| betokened her sleepless vigil since Sat-
urday.
at was justice-simple justice. 1t
J was no patriotic motive that made me
! do H." she said "That is what | told
I the detectives when | promised to do
/ all could to help them. do not un-
derstand the, whole thing yet. | am
/ dazed by the su6denness Of it all.
Broke Engagement With Wife
"Mr. Dwiggins had dinner appoint
ment with me on Saturday night He
| broke that appointment-that was the
! first intimation / had that anything
! unusual was happening. Then, at l
~ Il tho do
tectives came to the house and told me
what had happened. That was the first
| knew of il.
81 do not care to tell just how
helped the authorities. | should prefer
to tell that to Mr.. Dwiggins. But the
/ officers kept me informed of how they
were tracing him from city to city, and
were to have told me when he was ar
rested.
During all this time the only word
! | received from Mr.. Dwiggins, came in
the form of vague telegram. which
promptly turned over to the de-
tectives."
"What will be your attitude toward
( the case in the future ?" Mrs. Dwiggins
was asked.
( 81 cannot tell. The future will have
/ to take care of itself" she replied
From other sources was obtained an
account OF Mrs. Dwigginss part in her
husbands seizure. Detective Sergeant
Franklin, Of the Police Department, was
assigned 20 watch The Dwiggins apart
ment after the agents disappearance.
Mrs. Dwiggins at first refused TO
listen to the assumption that her hus-
band was dishonest. Franklin pointed
: out that many of the persons who had
turned over money to Dwiggins, under
his Omitted States Government Liberty
Loan Club plan, were poor, and their
: losses would cause great hardship.
Mrs. Dwiggins, it is said, finally con-
sented to turn over letter from Dwig-
gins containing instructions whereby
he could be reached. The plan was to
write 10 a mutual friend in Los An
geles, who was to forward the commu-
nication to IF. A. Durham" Exchange
Hotel, Montgomery, Ala.
Mrs. Dwggns, it is alleged, also had