The New York herald., 1922-04-01
Pleads Guilty to Swindling
Women Out Of a Million
and Asks for Mercy.
FRESH LIGHT ON FRAUDS
Major Sutton and B. r. Parrot
Taken in Offices Of Fake
Corporation.

After month in the Tonbs. during
which he steadfastly protested his in
nocence, Alfred z. Lindsay. Nyack
stock broker. unexpectedly pleaded
guilty Yesterday and threw himself on
the mercy OF the court. He is accused
of robbing widows and other women
OF more than s1,000,Ooo
As soon as he entered his plea and
sentence had been deferred by Judge
Mancuso, Lindsay appeared before the
Grand Jury with Richard c. Murphy
Assistant District Attorney, and made
a confession which resulted in the in
dictment for grand larceny of two Of
his former associates as accomplices.
They are Major Redondo Sutton, an
officer in the Reserve Corps and q
West Point graduate. living at the Ritz
Carlton. and Burt r. Parrot. president
Of the Pacific Minerals & Chemicals
Company of Delaware. Al East Forty
second street. Detective Barney Flood
of the District Attorneys staff arrested
them last night at the offices OF that
company. They pleaded not guilty and
were held in 5000 ball each.
Major Sutton is thrty-two years old,
married, and 4 mining engineer. Hs
left the army il 1916. but re-cn,isted
for the war and vas stationed on Gov
ernors Island and in the Adjutant-
Generals office in T.oboken. Lindsay
said Suttons social position was traded
upon to attract investors.
Parrot is forty-eight, married. man
ufacturer, and lives at the Chatham
Hotel, Forty-eishth street and Wander
bilt avenue.
Lindsay's New Confession.
Lindsay made a new confession.
which recalled the real truth" and
Which Mr. Murphy summarized as fol-
lows
Lindsay had an agreement with Par
rot, Sutton and DR.. Knute Arvid En-
lind another partner who was indicted
and arrested three weeks ago, to split
fifty-fifty with them on all fake stock
transactions. The Pacific Minerals d.
Chemical Company OF Delaware was !
blind. The real Pacific Minerals a.
Chemical Company is a reputable Cali
fornia corporation OF which Lycursus
Lindsay OF California is the president.
They stole the name of the. COM
pany because Of the coincidence OF
Lndsay's name being the same as the
California mans The properties which
they told prospective stock buyers were
assets OF their corporations were really
the holdings OF the legitimate Pacific
Chemical Company. The Delaware
company had nothing but an imposing
suite OF offices
"Maior Sutton knew Miss Florence
James Zone OF the cor,plainants against
Lindsay and got her into the company
as a stock salesman because of ner
society connections Miss James is .,
relative of the Harrimans and Wander
biltg and lives ut % East Eighty-ninth
street or course she did not know the
real nature OF the business
"When Parrot failed TO get a job as
salesman for the California company h.
conceived tho idea or organizing an.
other company and using the sarse
name Lindsay not only put up the
money to furnish the offices. but keot
Parrot, Sutton and Dr. Enllnd on his
payroll, and supplied them with spend
ing money, he said.
Preycd Ten Years ON women.
"Tindsay's source OF income was his
clientele. Mrs. Lillian y. Duke. divorced
wife OF James B. Duke. Mrs. w. H.
Arnold. a " ealthy widow: Mrs. Dorothy
Atwood. Miss Charlotte Nillson. a re-
tired actress, and a dozen other women.
who believed IL the smooth spoken
broker. kept him in funds for ten y2a,s
or more.
Parrot, Sutton and Enlind knew that
the money which was given in payment
for the stock OF their company was mis-
appropriated. Lindsay declared. Major
Sutton got In trouble at one time with
big Fifth avenue jewelry firm BY TAX
ing some ieweiry on memorandum and
pawning II, according to Lindsay
Mr.. Murphy said tho specific charge
OF grand larceny against Parrot and
Sutton wes based on q check for si.50)
given by Mrs. Arnold for stock In the
Pacific Chemical Company. This check
was indorsed TX. A. Enlind. secretary:
Re- sutton" and cashcd by sutton in
stead OF being deposited to the COM
pany's account In the Metropolitan
Trust Company.