The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-09
MAJOR Is FREED OF
FAKE FUND CHARGE
Linsc0tt, so, However, Must
Explain Brokers' Activities
in Federal Inquiry.

Major John f. -Linscott, so years
old. shuffled hastily out of the West
Side Police Court yesterday afternoon
and hustled down the stairs and out
into the street with more celebrity than
could be displayed by. most octogenar-
ians whose lives had been much less
hectic than that of the Major
The old man had been discharged by
Magistrate Morris Koenlg as not con-
nected with an alleged fake coal fund
for the poor of the type which that
visionary character Senator Peter
Justus Fogarty" worked for many years
and much money.
But although Major" Linscott was
free once more after three days and
nights in the West Side prison, his
dealings with the authorities were not
yet over. For in his somewhat shabby
overcoat he carried q subpoena to go
before Judge Mack in the Federal Dis
trict Court on Thursday to tell what
he knew of the activities of II. Kent
Holmes & Co., brokers Of "a Stone
street.
The prime mover in II. Kent Holmes
& Co. is none other than II. Kent
Holmes himself, one of the most af-
fable of the I'VE Boys" crowd of check
chasers of other years, who gathered
subscriptions for the Blue Pencil Club.
the Associated News, the Press Artists
League and other imposing enterprises.
Many Facing Charges.
At present II. Kent Holmes is one
of number of brokers and officers
of the Williams OIL Company who are
being tried for using the mails to de-
fraud in the sale of stock of the COM
pany. Capt Jerome Simmons, Assist
ant Federal Attorney, is in charge of
the prosecution against the multitude
of defendants who are alleged to have
cleaned up large sums of money from
gullible investors, but the dozen or
more defendants and their dozen or
more lawyers are making 1t a long.
long job. 1t may be six weeks before
the case goes TO the jury.
Capt. simmons said yesterday that
he expected TO question Major Lin
scott about how It happened that he
came to purchase" the business OF
II Kent Holmes & Co. The Federal
attorney said that Mr.. Holmes had
issued a statement announcing the sale
of his brokerage business to Linscott
shortly after a newspaper had cast
aspersions on Mr.. Holmes.
If the Major" whose present ad-
dress is the Mills Hotel in Blocker
street did buy the business Capt
simmons wants to know all about 1t,
including where the money came from.
The fact remains, however, that the
name "Iinscott & Co." did appear on
certain doors of the Kent Holmes Com
many after the attack on Mr.. Holmes.
The fact also remains that the Major
spent several days in a cell on the
third tier of the West Side prison be-
cause no one would put up $1,000 for
his appearance yesterday In court.
Quick to Leave Court.
The Major almost looked his age
when arraigned with three other de-
PENDANTS before Magistrate Koenig on
the fake charity charge. His hair was
apgressively brown in color, but did
not disguise the fact that he was get
ting on i'm years. His eyes. as bright
as ever. were fixed keenly on the Mag
,strate and long before the other de-
PENDANT, Frederick Prior. realized that
no was free, the Major" was on his
way.
The other two defendants, Arthur
Avery of f72 Baltic street. Brooklyn.
and Charles Hamilton, who gave his
address as the Hotel Cumberland, were
held for examination ON November II at
. O'clock.
Detectives whalen and Maskiel who
arrested them. charge that Avery. rep
resenting himself to be Democratic
state Senator, has been calling up bust
! moss men and soliciting funds for a
! coal fund being raised under auspices
| Of "the Ninth Ward Oganization Of
the National Democratic Club" Hamil-
! ton. 1t Is alleged, collected the checks.
An interested observer in the pro-
ceedings was Representative Thomas
II. Smith, governor OF the National
/ Democratic Club and secretary of TanS
/ many Hall. The Democratic Club. he
declared. has been pestered by va
riety of swindlers who have used It's
name for Interior purposes, ana the
| poor for whom balls, barbecues, coal,
/ fresh air and ice funds have been raised
| have never cashed in on the donations
OF the charitable.