Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-25
BROKER FLEECES TEN
WOMEN OF S6OO,OOO.
SwindIer Posed 40 Associate Of
Now York Flnanclsrs; 10
Now Missing.

New York, Feb. 76.-Ten women.
several prominent socially, who claim |
to have put moro than 100000 into a
mythical pool promoted by Alfred
f. Lindsey. broker, with palatial
home at South Nyaok. yesterday were
summoned to appear before Supreme
Court grand jury Monday and help
piece together the details OF remark
able story OF high finance" on which
Assistant District Attorney Murphy
will seek Lindsey,s Indictment.
The list OF alleged victims OF the
missing broker is headed by Mrs. LII
lian N. Duke, divorced wife OF James
b. Duke, tobacco king" who claims
she intrusted $4,000 TO the engaging
Lindsey.
theirs on the list. with their contri-
buttons to the pool, include:
Mrs. Dorothy Atwood. $4,000; Miss
Catherine Adams. $4,000; Miss Char
lotte Nilsson. actress. $4,000; Mrs. w.
II. Arnold. 100000; Miss Margaret
Bogart, $4,000; Mrs. Helen Burnett,
s31 900; MRS. Adelaide V. Rice, $685.
900; Mrs. Josephine A. Cornell, $780,
600; Miss Florence James, 5000.
Siren songs OF quick and fabulous
profits induced the women TO dispose
OF securities they held and put their
cash equivalent In Iindsey's hands.
Mr.. Murphy said. Lindsey's favorite
story, he declared, was that he was n
fellow-member with George r. Baker.
Thomas w. Lamont, Charles Il. Sabin,
Percy A. Rockefeller, James A. Still
man and other giants OF the financial
district, in a millionaire domino club
: where the time not spent In playing
; dominos was given over TO planning
big killings" In Wall street.
: This club was supposed TO maintain
secret rooms at the Ritz Carlton Hotel
to which Lindsey displayed n pass key
II was to get her money into a poo
1 operated by these men thnt Miss MIL
son parted with her $4,000. Mr.. Muir
ply said she had told him. Similar
, stories. he said, were told by the other
women.
The debonair Lindsey. Mr.. Murphy
. declared. was one OF the "smoothesi
l workers" New York has seen I'm years
His home at South Nyack was one OF
8 the show places along the Hudson
= river. and Lindsey himself WAS lead
; cr In civic affairs. having taken a
r prominent part in the raising OF Red
I Cross and other funds.
r But when he was ION tho make" all
the sympathy dropped out OF his ma
! ture, according to the stories told Mr.
; Murphy.
One OF his alleged victims-Mrs
> Rice--is az years old and nearly blind
and the $4,000 she put into the poo
: was practically every cent she pos
! sessed.
. The $4,000 Mrs. Cornell said sh,
= gave him represented tho proceeds o.
h-r husbands life insurance. out o.
which she had been supporting he,
four children-one a cripple.
Mrs. Atwood, who gave up $4,000
In cash and $4,000 in jewelry, hai
been reduced from comparative affiu
ence to raising pedigrced dogs for
living.
Police circulars bearing Lindsey,
} picture and description were broadcaS
today at Mr.. Murphy's request Thu
charges on which he Is wanted, Mr.
Murphy said, are embezzlement an,
u grand larceny.
Mrs. Duke says she advance,
Lindsey $4,000 to enable him TO pur
chase his South Nyack estate. Witt
, part of this money Lindsey is said I,
. have improved his property. Mrs
Duke says also she gave Lindse,
), about $500. 900 to be invested In stocks
N After many months had elapsed sh
q asked Lindsey TO return her money
RI but Lindsey refused to make any re
a turn, she declares. After she ha
d consulted her lawyers. Mrs. Duke says
Lindsey disappeared.