The New York herald., 1921-07-09
POLICE ARE BLAMED
in SWINDLINC CASES
Dealers Say Officers Are
Making No Effort to Ar
rest 'yanderlip.'
WILL GO TO ENRIGHT
Assert That They Were Adj
yised Not to Make Losses
Public.
MANY VICTIMS FOUND
Activities of Smooth Com
Man Said to Have Extended
TO California.
WILL GO TO ENRIGHT
MANY VICTIMS FOUND

Several dealers in art objects and
antiques met yesterday in the Frank
Galleries. 4 East Forty eighth street.
to protest against the failure of the
police to apprehend young man who,
posing sometimes as a nephew of
Frank A. vanderlip, has got away
with thousands OF dollars worth of
goods since March.
committee representing the deal
ers will attempt - obtain a conference
with Police Commissioner Enright on
Monday to lay their grievances before
him and 20 urge that every effort be
made to arrest the man whose activi-
ties now appear to have extended as
far as California and to have involved
dozens OF dealers
Paul Theodore Frank. one of the
owners of the Frankl Galleries, who re-
ported to the police Thursday that the
bogus Vanderlip had defrauded him of
piece of crimson brocade worth about
$1,000. received nearly dozen telephone
calls yesterday from other art dealers
who had been through similar expert
ences They told Frank tha. on the
advice of the police they had not made
their losses public. They were dis
gruEtled over the failure of the police
to apprehend the man and several of
them claimed that the police were MAX
ing no efforts in the case.
Real Name Is vanderlyn.
The mans real name, according to the
best information obtainable, is William
Vanderlyn. At some places he posed as
"Vanderlip' and in others he relied
solely upon his own personality.
Vanderlyn was first heard Of in this
city during the latter part of March.
when he al peared at the establishment
of Carvalho Brothers, $50 Madison ave-
nue. He said he was a wealthy architect
and interior decorator from California
and that he had come East for the pur-
pose Of collecting antiques. A young
woman was the only person in the shop
at the time. but she was so impressed
that when the proprietors returned she
assured them that he was all right. He
obtained goods on consignment valued
at $700
All trace OF Vanderlyn was lost but
one of the Carvalho brothers. accom-
panied by the secretary, went to the East
Flfty-first street station and reported
the loss. They were told. according to
their own statements yesterday. that the
police could do nothing because the goods
were delivered on consignment and that
it was purely a civil case. Carvalho
Brothers obtained a summons but could
not serve II because Vanderlyn proved
to be very elusive.
Goods Are Recovered.
Through their own efforts. however.
they recovered most of the goods from a
house at 622 Madison avenue. where a
dancing teacher. friend of Vanderlyn,
said he had given them to her.
Hugo Cipriani. who owns an art gall
lery at SIS Madison avenue permitted
Vanderlyn to have an antique chair
worth 1925 and a table worth $50. He
traced both pieces to the shop of Mrs.
Mary McShane. dealer in antiques. in
East Forty-second street
Mrs. McShane found Vanderlyn and
told him he had sold her goods which
did not belong to him. He promptly
gave her bogus check, bought the
goods back and delivered the table back
to Cipriani The chair, however. never
was returned
Another victim was Mrs. NJ. S. Much
more. n decorator OF 20 East Fifty
fourth street She lost some goods on
consignment to Vanderlyn. and discov-
cred short time later that posing as
friend of hers, he had also defrauded
a shop which she runs in Hollywood,
Cal.
The ''vanderlip" game was worked on
Mayorkas Brothers, dealers in rugs and
antiques, of 6S4 Madison avenue. Van
derlyn said he was n nephew of Frank
A. Vanderlip and that he wanted to
show two rugs to his mother. The rugs
were worth about 5000, and were de-
livered and have disappeared.