The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-01
EASY MONEY
FOR CRAFlERS
IN new YORK
Willy Broker Obtains
Six Hundred Thou
sand Dollars From
Credulous S 0 Gle ty
Women

New York, Feb 2i.--Ten wo-
men, several prominent socially.
! who claim 10 have put more than
+! $500. oea into mythical 'poor'
| promoted by Alfred f. Lindsey.
broker. with pal;,,ial home at
! South Mack. today We're summoned
10 appear before Il supreme court
grand jury Monday and help piece
| together the details OF Il remark
able story of high finance" on
which United States District AT
torney Murphy viii seek Lindsey's
/ Indictment.
/ The lisr Of alleged Victims Of the
missing broker is headed by Mrs.
Lillian y. Duke. divorced Wife OF
James Il. Duke, tobacco king
who claims SHE entrusted 1926, 600
TO the engaging Lindsey.
Others on the list with tileir con-
tribu!ions 70 the pool include Mrs.
Dorothy Atwood. S97 900: Miss
Catherine Adams. $4,000; Miss
Charlotte Nilsson. actress, $4,000;
Mrs. w II. Arnold. $50. 900; Miss
Margaret Bogart. $4,000; AIRS.
Helen Burnett, s3l 900: Mrs. Ade-
laide Y. Rice, $4,000: Mrs. jose
phine y. Cornell, $50. 900, and Miss
Florence James, 5000.
Siren songs OF quick and fabn-
lous profits induced the women TO
dispose of securities they held and
put their cash equivalent in Lind
scy's hands. Mr. Murphy said.
lindsey's faro. ..e story. he declar-
I'd. was that he was a fellow mem
btl. OF George f. Baker, Thomas ~.
Lamont, Charles r. Sabin. Percy
\. Rockefeller. James a. Stillman
ard other giants OF the financial
,listric, in i mii.:onaire domino
club where the time not spent in
playing dorinoes was given over 70
planning big killings" in Wall
! Street.
This club was supposed to main-
tain 4 secret room at the Ritz
Carlton hotel to which Lindsey dis
played q pass key.
II was 10 get her money in
pool operated by these men that
Miss Nillson parted with her S2o,-
900. Mr.. Murphy said she had told
hlm. Siliinar stories wess told by
the other women he saW
| The debonanr Lindsey Mr.. Mur-4
ply declared. WAS one Of the
ernoo,hest' workers New York has.
seen in years.
His homo az South Niaess wsss
one. or the show places sless The
Hudson river. and Lindsey himself
was u leader in cIvic affairs. hay
ing taken Il prominent part in the !:
raising of Red Crosse a..d other
funds
Ear when he was ION thA mar
ket" al the sympathy DIR ppsd out
OF his nature. a,corGG.: - the
story told Mr.. Murphy.
one OF his victims, Mrs. Rec.
! is, - years Of age and ne:.rN blind.
and the So, 600 she pat into the
pool was practically every cent she
had. The $4,000 OF Mrs. Cornell
represented the proceeds ot her
husbands lie Insurance out OF
which -sht. had been supporting her
fo,.r children, one = cripple.
Mrs. Atwood. VINO gave up $50
900 in cash and 81, 900 III jewelry,
has been reduced IRON: comparative
! altlucnce 10 raising oediS"eeo dogs
Tor :; living.
So far as he could learn. Mr..
| Murphy said. the Only contrlbtitof5
10 a domino club pooi who sue
ceeded in getting anything back
was Maj. Redondo Sutton. former
! president OF the Pacific Mining ana
! Chemical company. who happened
10 know that Lindsay WAS ont on
, bail under an indictment charging
white slavery.
When he threatened IL complain
10 the United States department
OF justice. Lindsey quickly Returned
his 5000, Major Sutton told Mc.
Murphy.
The white slavery mdial n,nr re-
turned in 1913. was su' ,sqaentiy
/ dismissed on recommendation OF
the district attorneys ofiice. Later
when a special grand jury made the
dismissal Suhjecl % inquiry the
district attorneys otti"e explained
The cas-. had been dismissed be-
cause Eeatrce Wcillt. the conl-
piainins witness. had disappeared d
The charges on whch Lindsey
is wanted Mr.. Murphy said. are
r.ahrZZlen.ent and grand larceny.