Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-01
Lindsay Refutes
 Claims of Women
That He FIeeced Them Out of Nearly $1,OOO, 1000 by Fake Stock Speculations.

New York, Feb. 2S.-Alfred E Lind say, alleged swindler of socrety women, issued a statement from his cell in Tombs prison today denying that he had heeced the women out of nearly $1,000,000 by fake stock transactions, and painting himself as a faithful to those who had lost through his specu- lations.
 This statement was in sharp con- trast to one issued earlier in the day by Assistant District Attorney Murphy, in which MT. Murphy said Lindsay had broken down and sobbingly dictated confession that many of the charges against him were true, and that he and his wife had discussed suicide as a pos sible way out of their difficulties.
 All the women who advanced him money did so, Lindsays statement de- clared, with a full understanding that it was to be used for stock speculation and all knew, he asserted, that their money had been Host honestly" Despite the fact tha the felt that he was under TO obligation to them, he said, he has continually advanced them 1 money until the greater part of their | losses has been restored to them.
 Supporting this contention, he gave out sample monthly pay roll' on which the names of eight of his accu- sers appear as recipients of sums rang ing from S10O to $500 and aggregating $1,675.
 Mrs Lindsay, he said, althotfgh shq knew nothing of the merit of the wo- mems claims, was willing to turn over to a creditors committee the handsome Lindsay estate at South Nyack, which l with the murnishings should bring near ly s100.00O. In addition, he said, ht
 was willing to make good any differ
 ence between the amount so realized
 and the unpaid balances on sums tn
 women had advanced him.
 This he could easily do if released t
 carry out a project he had under way
 he declared
 Lindsay took up each womans clair
 separately. giving his version in detai of the transactions, and denying vigor ously the magnitude of the sums som of the women said they had lost. Mrs. Lillian \. Duke divorced wifi of James B. Duke, the "Tobacc King" who claims to have advance
 him about $375,O00, actually gave hiz far less than that sum. he declared : though he did not give an exact f1gur, : Tn 1913 I met Mrs. Duke, who 'gav
 me 3 check for s5.0Oo with the under standing that I was to play the marke for her" the statement said. bDul ing April and May of that year she gay
 me approximately S10o!000. By tha time, Mrs. Duke was sued or about |
 be sued for alienation of affections. ST
 was afraid of a judgment against he
 sold her stock and gave the money { ' speculate with. which I did, making r,
 ports to her from time to time as to Il j. stocks which I invested in. and whic ha she knows WAS lost honestly
 5 T have always given Mrs. Dull r. money. I gave her $800 in Decembe l. 1921. and as late as January 29 or 3 e I gave her S15Q Mrs. Duke went to E1 If rope in 1914 and I gave her the mone l. to go with. Each letter asked me f, D more money, which I sent to her, I ha7 1T been giving her money ever since Ju e of 1913. and if she will figure up u l. amount I have given her it will be a le most, if not quite the amount she 'ga7
 me. During the life time of John
 stanchfeld she consulted him with re
 erence to this matter, and he advis E her that she had no action against me
 Concerning Mrs. Dorothy Atwoo I. who claims to have given him s275,00 '. Lindsay said:
 to Tt is absolutely untrue. The ma n ter was taken up by her then attorne 1t He went over her statement, and allo7 ,h ing for profits made on stocks, the [ Id tai amount due her was not in excess
 $35,oo0. If it was figured out now, i h. cluding the amounts I have given h 1t. since. I would not owe her anything. ed 'She sees that other people a ed pounding me. and she is taking adva De tage of the fact
 Lindsay then took up in turn t t. claims of Miss Carlotta Nfllson, actre rs Miss Margaret Bogart. Miss FIorer
 James, Mrs. W H Arnold. and otr
 women who claim he f1eeced them. (
 taiIing his version of his transactic " with them