New-York tribune., 1920-06-26
Van Ripper Taken
Again on Release
On Bail by u. S.
Defendant in Oil Stock Case
Arrested on New State
Charge as He Gives Bond;
Judge Orders Liberty

Lewis c. Van Ripper, indicted by a
Federal grand jury last Thursday
among fifty-one individuals, four oil
companies and ten brokerage firms, for
alleged swindles in the sale of oil
stock, was a prisoner In Police Head
quarters for several hours last night.
Van Ripper, pursuant to the order of
Federal Judge Grubb, appeared yester-
day afternoon in the Federal District
Court with his counsel, Martin w. Lit
tleton and Otto A. Glassberg. Van
Ripper, his counsel and Assistant United
States Attorney Simmons adjourned to
the Judges chambers, where Van Ripper
was taken before United States Com
missioner Hitchcock, where the Am
sterdam Casualty Company provided
$4,000 bond.
No sooner had Van Ripper furnished
the bond than he was arrested by city
detectives on orders of the Commits
sioner Of Public Safety Of Philadel-
phia to hold Van Ripper as fugitive
from justice. Van Riper and his son,
Charles E. Van Ripper of 50 Broadway,
Manhattan, and 13e South Fifteenth
ed just six hours before by grand
jury in Pennsylvania state court In
Philadelphia on charges of grand lar
| ceny in operating q bucket shop, con-
spring to cheat and defrand, larceny
as bailee and fraudulent sale Of col
| lateral.
Arrested on Leaving Building
Since Federal building is held to
be Federal reservation, and no writ
from q state court can be effectual
therein, the detectives had to wait un-
til Van Ripper left the building. When
he reached the curb he was placed un-
der arrest and taken to headquarters
His counsel explained that it had been
Van Riper's intention to start immedi-
ately for Philadelphia to arrange bail
| there.
Mr.. Van Riper's attorney and several
friends accompanied him to headquar-
ters, where he was locked up, despite
their violent protests. Then they de-
parted. Shortly after midnight two of
them returned with written order
from Judge Mcintyre, of General Ses-
sions, to the effect that bail had been
furnished and that the prisoner should
be discharged at once. This order was
obeyed and Van Ripper and his friends
mm mediately left headquarters, after
declining to answer any Of the ques-
tions put to them by reporters.
Van Riper's son could not be found
yesterday. Glassberg said that the
charge in Philadelphia Is unimportant
and involves transaction not to ex-
ceed 5000.
Alexander R. Grossman, of the
brokerage firm of Grossman, Sherman
e. Co., 7 Pine Street, which dealt in
the stock of the W. P. Williams Oil
man for George A. Lamb & Co., 22O
Fifth Avenue, appeared before Judge
Learned Hand yesterday morning to
plead to the indictments against them.
Pleas of not guilty were entered and
Grossman was held in $4,000 bail. New
houses bond was fixed at $4,000.
Other Defendants Arraigned
Other defendants arraigned before
Judge Hand and held in bail were 3.
x. Dawson, stock broker of sos Fifth
Avenue, associated with the Grown Oil
Company, and NJ. Klein and Charles
trlberg, statesmen for the Great West
ern Oil Corporation. Dawson's bond
was fixed at $4,000 and Klein's and
Friberg's at $4,000 each.
Charles r. Morton, John l.. Mclean
and Ashley l.. Holbrook, of the indicted
firm of Curtis, Packer & Co., 70 Wall
Street, entered pleas of not guilty.
Morton and Mclean were held in bail
of $4,000 each and Holbrook in $4,000.
George A. Lamb, head of the firm of
George A. Lamb & Co., entered a plea
of not guilty and was released under
bail of $4,000.
A statement made by number Lewis
c. Van Riper's friends that Van Ripper
had been private secretary to Thomas
W. Lawson, the Boston financier. and
associated with him in a number of
business ventures, was denied yester-
day by Mr.. Lawson In telegram.