New-York tribune., 1922-03-01
Lindsey Held
In ol1lI,s on,
y $4,000 Bail
Broker, Accused ON Fraud
Charge, Admits He Took
" omen : Money: Says
Most of 1t Was Repaid
Safe in 'risones.'s 8
Home Under Guard
More indictments Ashc,l:
Prosecutor Seeks Dala on
Alleged ''Donlino Clul,"

s~NN CO ifsilO &fsEFs
" ith Alfred Z. Lindsey locked un IN
the fomhs in default of 10000 bail
Assistant District Attorney Richard r.
Murphy VAS preparing lat uieht to
investigate the entire carccr of tho
South NyacN stock broker.
Mr. Murphy's FIRST move was an effort
10 controvort Lindscy's statement, made
Yesterday, that all the women with
whom he had financial dealings knew
that ne had planned to risk their
money IN speculation The Assistant
District Attorney invited the alleged
members of the Domino Club" to come
and tell anything they might know
about such an organization. Mr. Mur-
ply docired he diA not bcleavo amy
Such organization existed outside tGc
aGl1ation Of lindsey. bat. ncpcrthe-
,css he is seeking statements from
'crcy \. Rocicfclcr. Charles IT, Sabia.
G@orEe George + FaAer. .I.lmca A. stillman and
1t was Liuds.aH familiar use nj The
first names of tfcsc men. according, "a
Miss farlotta Nilsson, that persuaded
boy she could no, lose in hor financial
dealings with him. Miss Nilsson. for
merly prominent on the stage and now
living at tho Hotel Huckingham. ssld
That Lindsey. seeking tN oct money
from her. pulled 4 key from his pocket
Detectives to Guard Safe
DO YOU sec that koy?" She sand hc
asked her. Thon, she says, he told her:
Jim Stillman. Percy Rockcfciler
George Baker. all have onr like it, We
meet ovcry night iu q special room in
TIC Ritz- Carlton and there decide what
stocks VIC want to go up and wha; We
want to 20 down This group controls
tho stock marsct Our meetings are
conducted With almost masonic secrecy
That sor. Of fiction Us what thc Dis
trict Attorneys Office rcioe ON 10 dis
credit Lindeey's statement thaa ,hc
women he dealt with understood that
he was going % spccuiatS with thciN
.uortv. theri is q SIC IN l.ipi7.s<,s
the District Attorneys Office ERE to
guard it un.il it csu be opened legally
and the contents examined. The mon
Were hurried thro last night when IT.
VAS learned Mrs. Lindsey had returned
from Philadelphia.
Wife IIcartbrokcu. he Says
This prccauton vas taken in spite og
the imprisoned stock brokers fervcnt
and fearful declaration that his wife
knew nothing of hjg transactions until
she read about them in thc newspapers.
Mrs. Lindsey wss heaGt broken. he
said. "She thought the only thing left
FOR US Was suicide
Lindsey arrived a; the Criminal
Courts Building from Police HcadQuaN-
ters about l0:30 Yesterday morning.
Tears streakeG his face which he par
TALLY concealed with handkerchief
in an effort to outwit crowd cf pho
tographers. He remained in the Office
OF Mr.. Murphy until his counsel, Henry
Goldstcin. arrived. Then he went be
fore Justice Joseph T. Nulquecn in
General Sessions, whore Mr. Murphy
asked that bail be fixed 8 $50 600.
II think that IS very high. protested
Mn Coldstein as The ruddy cOunten-
ance Of his client paed
e" think it is very low returned
Judge Wulquecn.
1t viii be utterly impossible to get
that amount, pleaded Goldstein.
Quicker Trial. Courts Comment
"Weu." said the judge" We don't
guarantee that every de1enuAHt can
get the bail we fix. ii you think ii
excessive YOU may move on ahidaVits
TO have it reduced. If he doesn't get
bail It's case Of prison and he viii
get quicker trial. I, therefore, fix
bail at $4,000"
In the Tombs shortly Afterwards,
Lindsey. wearing a dark blue serge
suit low quartcred brown shoes. black
,ubbel-rimmed spectacles, was per
mittcd to talk for few minutes
through the screen taht divides
prisoners there from their visitors. He
said:
"Tm sorry can't give ny story in
full now. but want TO say TINS: Some
Of these women will change Their
stories 4 lot when all the truth is told.
m going to issue statement through
my counsel
Iindsey betrayed some OF his DIS
trcss by rubbing his upper lip. on
which sp.outed several days growth
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