Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-02-25
MY YTH|CA[ P0OI
bEGCARS DANES
Of HIGH SOCIETY
Broker Induced 10 to]
Invest 100000 in a
Frenzied Domino Club
Wife of Tobac-
coKing Out $325,000;
Same Old Siren Songs.

New York. Feb. 25.-Ten women,
several prominent socially. who claim
to have put more than 100000 into a
mythical pool promoted by Alfred
E. Lindsey, broker, with a palatia'
home at South Nyack, Friday were
summoned to appear before a supreme
j 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
ian n. Duke, divorced wife of james
B. Duke, tobacco king" who claims
she entrusted S325,OO0 to Lindsey.
Domino Club Tale Was Lure
Others on the list with their contri-
button TO the pool include:
Mrs. Dorothy Atwood. S97 1000; Miss
Catherine Adams. $4,000; Miss Char
lotte Nillson. actress, $4,000; Mrs.
w. Fl. Arnold. $4,000; Miss Margaret
Bogart. $4,000; Mrs. Helen Burnett,
$31 900; Mrs. Adelaide Vrice, $4,000:
Mrs. Josephine A. Cornell. $4,000;
anu MISS L loEeice ,jaI1leS ,Ao.Vbp.
Siren songs of quick and fabulous
profits induced the women to dispose
of securities they held and put their
Murphy said. Lindsey's favorite story,
he declared, was that he was a fellow
member with George f. Baker. Thorn
as w. Lamont. Charles E. Sabin. Per-
cy A. Rockefeller. James A. StiIlman
and others in a millionaire domino club
where the time not spent in playing
domlnoes was given over to playing
big killings in Wall street
Blind Woman Loses Every Cent
This club was supposed to maintain
secret rooms at the Ritz Carlton hotel.
to which Lindsey displayed a pass key
One of Lindseys alleged victims
Mrs. Rice-is 70 years old and nearly
blind and the $25 900 she put into the
pool was virtually every cent she pos
sessed
The $4,000 Mrs. Cornell said she
gave him. represented the proceeds of
her husbands life insurance. out of
which she had been supporting her
four children-one a cripple
One Raises Dogs Now
Mrs. Atwood. who gave up $4,000
in cash and SAT 900 in jewelry. has
been reduced from comparative af-
fluence to raising pedigreed dogs for
a living.
SO far as he could learn, Murphy
said, the only contributor to domino
club pool who succeeded in getting
anything back was Major Redonto SUIT
ton, former president of the Pacific
Mining and Chemical company. who |
happened to know that Lindsay was
out on bail under an indictment charg- |
ing white slavery. When he threatened |,
70 complain to the United States de- |
partment of justice, Lindsey quickly
his $1,000, Major Sutton told |
Murphy.
White Slave Charge Dropped
The white slave indictment returned
IN 1918 was subsequently dismissed on I
recommendation Of the district at |
torney's office. Later when special I
grand jury made the dismissal subject
IF inquiry. the district attorneys of |
ice explained the case had been drop
)ed because Beatrice e. Weille. the /
witness. had disappeared +
Police circulars. bearing Lindseyts +
picture and description were broad +
.asted Friday. The charges on which
le is wanted. Mr.. Murphy said, are
and grand larceny