The New York herald., 1921-05-25
HON. P. ]. FOGARTY'
HIMSELF IN JAIL
He Admits 1t, but Cops Fear
There Are .0thers Of Him
at Large.
NAME SPELLS SWINDLE
For 20 Years The Hon. Has
Buncoed Rich in Fake
Charity Schemes.

One OF teh Oldest swindling gangs
In New York, doing business under the
name of the Hon Peter Justus Fogarty.
lost one OF It's most promising members
yesterday when Kenneth Shaw was held
in the Tombs Court in $4,000 bail FOR the
Grand Jury on a charge of obtaining
by fraud money ostensIply Intended for
charity
For at least twenty years the smooth.
rich voice OF the Hon. Peter has been
telephoning TO charitably minded persons
and firms Of New York and getting con-
tributions in the name OF non-ex!stene
Tammany clubs for the purpose OF send
ing scrubwomen and their children on
fictitious outings. Sometimes ne IS
Senator sometimes an AssemplyHlaH'
occasionally. suiting his plea to the sea
son. his philanthropy takes the TORN OF
buying coal for the East Side poor. But
whatever he is or the kindly deed IN
hand his voice always has the ring OF
authority and there is no way or estl-
mating the number of thousands OF DOL
lars that have come running at MS DID
ding. Every so often he is arrested,
but no sooner do the prison doors close
on him than a new Hon. Peter Justus
Fogarty, with the same seductive voice,
is heard on the phone.
1t has got SO in the financial distict'
where everybody specializes on some
thing. that Detectives Kalbfleisch ana
Fleming Of the Old Slip station have be-
come the leading authorities on the SUB
feet Of the Honorable Peter. Last &c
tober they arrested a man who called 10
collect money for the coal fund from NJ.
l. Katz of Pine street, TO whom inc
benevolent Mr.. Fogarty had telephoneo'
A while later they were taking 10
Thomas Feeny of Spencer Trask q 70,
who is the official almoner for that
brokerage firm 1t developed tnat
among the many charities to which the
brokers subscribed were those OF the
Hon. Peter Justus Fogarty.
IF that bird ever calls you up again
let us know" said Kalbdeisch.
Last Thursday F'eeny let them know
Senator Peter Justus Fogerty had caiied
him up and asked If the firm would con-
tribute its usual sum. $40. for the Ftrst
Ward National Democratic Clubs outing
for scrubwomen and their children. Self
ator Fogarty would drop in at the office
of Spencer Trask & Co the next morning
and get the money. He did so. and, get
ting a check for $40. gave Mr.. Feeny
a receipt stamped First Ward National
Democratic Club" and a card stamped
Hon Peter Justus Fogarty."
At that point Detectives Fleming and
Kalbfleisch arrested the check chaser.
He said he was Kenneth Shaw. 80 years
old. a salesman, of 126 State street.
Brooklyn According to the detectives,
he also said he was the man who phoned
Spencer Trask & Co. and gave the name
Honorable Peter Justus Fogarty. In
that respect alone did he differ from the
other prisoners taken in past years. The
others all swore they were merely mes
sengers. but here, according to the de-
tectives is a man who lays claim to be-
ing the Hon. j. +. Fogarty himself.
There Is no Peter Justus Fogarty In
the Senate or elsewhere. so far as the
police know. There Is no First Ward
National Democratic Club. There is no
First ward.