The New York herald., 1922-03-01
Held in $4,000 Bail. Loses
Breezy Jauntiness Which
Won Womcn's Money.
? NEW VICTIMS APPEAR
Broker Gives Alleged Details
Of Transactions-Says He
Had a S1.695 Payroll.

The breezy jauntiness" that is said
to have made Alfred T.. Lindsay,
Nyack stock broker. so attractive to
the society and professional women
from whom he is accused of stealing
nearly 81 100000 deserted him yester-
day when he was arraigned before
Judge Mulquecn in General Sessions
on charge Of grand larceny
Lindsay looked haggard, and be-
meath his tortoise shell rim glasses his
eyes were red from weeping. He was
attired in a well worn melton over
coat. frayed suit of dark serge and
derby Int Since his disappearance
last Christmas ne has grown sc,dbby
black mustache.
On his arrival from Overbrooa. Pa,
at 2 go A. NJ. he was arrested formally
on charge of defrauding Mrs. w. Fl.
Arnold. 152 West Seventy-fourth street.
out OF $4,000. After being questioned
by Richard c. Murphy. Assistant District
Attorney, and booked at Police Head
quarters he was held in $4,000 BAIL
which he was unable to raise, and re-
manded to the Tombs.
AS he left the court room Lindsay lit
a pipe and for the first time since his
arrest seemed to regain his confidence
to some extent.
Hopes to Raise 100000 on House.
II will be able to get at least $50, 900
on my Nyack property" he said to the
reporters who surrounded him. There's
no mortgage on 1t and the furniture is
worth $4,000. With this amount and
the plan i have worked out l can pay
off every one by 1924. except Mrs. Duke
(Mrs. Lillian n. Duke, divorced wife
of James B. Duke. who says Lindsay
got $4,000 from her). ] will be able
to pay Mrs. Duke in full by 1885,
Two more OF the brokers' victims Wis.,
tied the District Attorney yesterday.
They were women who had not ap-
peared in the case heretofore and their
losses. according 10 the stories they
told Mr.. Murphy, were $4,000 and 500
600 respectively. They would not tell
their names, so their complaints were
not filed. They said they had lost al
most everything they possessed. but
were getting on their feet again" and
would rather never get a cent back than
have any publicity.
The prominent financiers who. accord
ing to the stories Lindsay told his dupcs
were members of the mysterious Domino
Club have been asked to see the District
Attorney to-day Those whom the broker
named include George +. Baker. James
A. Stillman. Thomas w. Lamont and
Percy Rockefeller.
The Domino Club" so called, Lind
say said, because the members went
masked, was supposed to be a sort of
f.l. 90
In clubrooms at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel
and arranged pools" in the stock
market. So far as the District Attor-
ney's office has been able to ascertain
this club never existed outside OF Lind
says imagination.
Denies "Domino Club" TGre.
Mr.. Murphy asked him about it.
These women say that when you took
their money YOU told them YOU were
In a pool with Rockefeller. Baker. La
mont and Stillman. is that so?'
They we're mistaken" Lindsay re-
Piled
How about the Domino Club2'
II never heard of It until read about
IL In the newspapers. I never told any
one there was club like that or that
was a member OF H."
When Mr. Murphy asked him about
the report that he had once been de-
tective and professional strike breaker
under the name of Post Lindsay said
by the advice Of counsel ] decline 10
answer,
The amounts mentioned in the charges
are grossly excessive" the broker told
Mr.. Murphy. He frankly confessed lie
had taken money from Mrs. Arnold, on
whose complaint the indictment Is based.
and he admitted getting money from
Mrs Duke lie sobbcd when he talked
of these transactions, and frequently
had TO take off and wipe his spectacles.
How much do you owe these women
altogether" was one OF Mr.. Murphy's
questions.
"To be honest. | can't tell you," Lind
say replied
Mrs. Lindsay. who was with him
when he was apprchended in Overbrools.
a suburb OF Philadelphia. returned last
night. Sine had nothing to say.
"AIy wife never knew anything about
my affairs" Lindsay told Mr.. Murphy
"She wondered why ] was jumping
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