New-York tribune., 1918-03-07

Broadway his figure was a familiar one,
and money was no object" people who
knew him declare. at Goldsoll's parties
In November, 1916, he went back to
France, but not into the army, Early
in 1917 he returned to the united
States and made his appearance again
along Broadway. He rented five cot
tages at Saratoga for the racing sea-
son and sported four high powered
RollsRoyce cars.
1t was the lavish scale upon which
he was living that first aroused the
suspicious OF Captain Andre Tardieu,
French High Commissioner to this
country.
Goldsoll was dealing with five big
automobile concerns here. When first
accused of taking commissions from
these firms for trucks purchased
through j. P. Morgan & Co. on order
from Paris. the French Interpreter
readily admitted the accuracy of the
charge, but protested that he recon-
mended the machines to the govern
ment, and that the acceptance of a
commission in the circumstances was
simply an ordinary matter of business.
Yesterday. however, Attorney Gen
eral Becker pointed out that the
French law specifically prohibits off
GERS from doing any such thing. He
also called attention to the dispropor-
honale SIZE OF the commissions Gold
soil received
that these ranged from 5 to 25 ner
cent. AS matter of fact, our investi-
CATION shows that the smallest com
MISSION Goldsoll got was 711 per cent
wnlle the highest mounted up to 80
Tardieu Caused Inquiry
Interesting developments, Mr.. Becker
also suggested, will be Forthcoming at
the trial in Paris. Following Captain
Iardieu's recommendations for inves-
elgation, the French police searched
last December the apartments Goldsoll
had occupied in Paris and obtained
many Illuminating documents. 1t was
a few weeks after this that CAPTAIN
Iardleu requested District Attorney
Swami to begin an investigation into
Goidsolls transactions here. This in;-
tlal investigation was somewhat mvs-
terlousy called off the next dav.
Mr.. Becker disclosed yesterday that
the latter action was taken at the re-
quest of Ambassador Jusserand, who
wished the Attorney Generals office to
handle the matter, and feared that too
many cooks might spoil the broth.
Goldsoll gave out many statements
at this time, and surrounded himself
with battery of lawyers, headed by
John B. Stanchfeld. of this city. He
also volunteered to make further
statements to numerous officials, in
cluding Governor Whitman. Before
he could be examined, however,
he had left New York. for Palm Beach.
Commenting on the statement OF
Cn1 \
man bought heavily of Liberty bonds,
Deputy Attorney General Becker said
last night:
at is true that Goldsoll did buy
Liberty bonds. Altogether he bought
about S3,000,000 worth of them But
he sold about S2,000,00O worth within
fortnight of the time of purchase.
At one period he was selling them at
the rate of 100000 worth day This
action of his may have considerable
to do with the sudden drop that came
to charge that Goldsoll tried to bring
about the slump deliberately. However
as a. matter of fact, he personally lost
money by the transaction and his mo-
tves are rather obscure"
Mr.. Becker added that good deal of
confusion has centred about Goldsoll's
correct name, no less than four differ
/ e1t spellings being given. Goldsoll is
he declared, the original spelling. At
ter his return to this country, how
ever, he explained the accused man go,
the Supreme Court to allow him tc
change the spelling to Godsol, on the
ground that the former form was "too
German sounding"
Technically, then, according to Mr.
Becker, Goldso's name is right ir
France when spelled in that way, but
should officially appear in America as
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