The New York herald., 1921-03-11
SEEKS INNER RING
IN BOND ROBBERIES
District Attorney Lewis OF
Brooklyn Sees Hope in De-
tention Of Eight Men.
TRACES STOLEN 100000
Men Who Handled Securities
Must Tell How They Came
Into Possession Of Them.

Homes of reaching to the "centra
ring which IS believed to have planned
, and executed most OF the large Liberty
bond robberies Of the last couple OF
wears. are entertained by District At
torney Lewis Of Brooklyn as result OF
his arraignment yesterday OF eight men
in connection with the theft of s466.OOo
worth Of Liberty bonds last November
The men were arrested on Wednesday
and at Mr.. Lewis's request were held
Yesterday under substantial bail in the
County Court as material witnesses. MI
/ evils told the court that he had been
able to learn nothing which would just
fl him in charging any of them Win
crime, hut that their knowledge OF mat
ters bearing upon missing bonds was 50
valuable that he desired to insure tneir
presence within the courts jurisdiction
whenever it might be required.
The men were arrested Wednesday IN
connection with the recovery of 500, 0oV
worth Of bonds which are part OF $f4o'-
600 worth stolen last November from
messengers sent by Kean, Taylor q 20
~ Nassau street TO Igoe Brothers WIRE
manufacturers in Williamsburg. Inc
robberv occurred just before the messen-
GERS reached Igoe Brothers establish
ment Most of the bonds had ALREADY
been recovered when the latest Soo'uoo
worth were recovered Few days ago
The men held are Ne thaniel Whee'erf
a broker. with offices at 10 East Forty-
third street: William Parmelee. NM
mo engineer. OF l12 Washington place
Rrooklyn. Elman r. Seeley. broker oi
g05 Beverly road. Fatbush; Frank u
Martin. a horse trainer OF Lexington,
XIV. Richard Longenecker. a broker, or
/ Wall street; John r. Hirten, cieTk
employed by Wheeler, and Fred +.
Ganio and August Chardenet. waters
employed at the Hotel Commodore
Wheeler. Parmelee, Seeey and Martin
were held in $4,000 bail each. Longe-
neclSer in $4,000. Hirten and Ganio IN
5000 and Chardenet in $1,000.
Mr. Lewis told the court that S2O,UV
worth Of the bonds were given TO the
police by Leland Stanford Wood,
broker. who said that they had been de-
posted with him by Parmelee. Parrne-
lee in turn explained that he had gotten
them from Wheeler.
Wheeler Is an investment broker
soon after the first $4,000 worth Of
bonds were recovered a second 100000
worth were found in bank at Jamaica
Queens. where they had been left by
Wheeler as collateral for loan after
he had been introduced to the bank by
Longenecker The third $4,000 worth
was found in q safe deposit vault IN
Manhattan. Chardenet had put them
there He was a heavy investor IN
Wheeler's enterprises and had been
given the bonds instead Of money in the
course OF business.
Wheeler said after his arraiSnment
that all OF the bonds had been placed
with him as collateral by two customers
OF his. and that before receiving them
he had taken them to a Federal reserve
bank and had been assured that they
were all right.
Mr.. Lewis did not tell the court, nor
would be explain afterward. what con-
nection Martin, Seeley and Ganio had
with the case. Late last hight. at his
request, Abraham Cohen. brokers' mes
senger who lives at the Broadway Cen
trail Hotel was arrested there. He will
be questioned by Mr.. Lewis to-day In
connection with the case.