The New York herald., 1922-02-28
LINDSAY ARRESTED
NEAR PHILADELPHIA
AFTER INDICTMENT
Fugitive Nyack Stock
Broker Was Never Far
From the City.
GRAND JURY ACTION
Prominent Women Told
Here of Being Swindled
Out Of Millions.
THEY GAVE HIM CASH
He Played Big Hotels Used
Names Of City's Big
Financiers.
THEY GAVE HIM CASH

Alfred e. Lindsay, stock broker. who
is accused Of swndling prominent
women out of nearly $1,000, 900 in fake
stock deals. was captured at O'Clock
last night in Overlook, suburb oi
Philadelphia. A few minutes afte;
detectives knocked at the door of a
room occupied by him and his wife
in the Green Fill Farms Hotel he had
waived extradition. He was taken on
board a train arriving at the Pennsyl-
vania Station here at o'clocl, tLis
morning.
Lindsays capture followed a coun-
trywide search conducted by the Po.
lice Department and detectives Of tn
District Attorneys office. Police cir
culars containing his photograph and
minute description Of him and his
baggage were sent out, and practically
every city in the East already had
been put under watch. That he was
found no further away than the fash.
ionable Philadelphia suburb was O
surprise to the police. 1t was believed
possible that he was already in Can.
ada or on his way to the Mexican
border. tk
Acting Detective Sergeant William
Roddy OF the Headquarters stan
made the capture. Lindsay was in
dicted yesterday afternoon, after many
OF the women who accuse him, in.
cluding Mrs. Lillian N. DukeE formei
wife OF Benjamin B. Duke. had test.
fled before the Grand Jury. was knowr
to have passed through Newark ant
to have gone from there to Washing.
ton. Tie trail was lost then, but II
became known last night through dis.
patches from Philadelphia that 6
Pennsylvania Railroad detective dis
covered Lindsay in Philadelphia ant
put the police on his track again.
Betrayed by Baggaxe.
The one glaring mistake made b,
Lindsay, according to Detective Roddy's
! story, told as he waited in PhiladeIphis
to start for New York with his prisoner
was In retaining possession of tive
trunks which bore the initials "a. f
l.. These attracted the attention OF
the railroad detective. He made in.
quiries and followed the owner of the
trunks to the Bellevue -Stratford Hotel
There he learned the owner of the
trunks was registered as "A. r. Brooks
of Chicago" He began further in.
/ n IL
Lindsay, uneasy because Of the news.
paper publicity given the charges
against him, slipped out of Philadel.
phia last Thursday with Mrs. Lindsa,
and made for Overbrook and the shelter
Of the Green Hill Farms Hotel. The
New York police were notified. and
Detective Roddy. then searching for the
trail In southern New Jersey. was sent
to the mans hiding place.
Roddy found Lindsay registered agair
as "A. r. Brooks" Few in the hote
had seen him or his wife. for they KEEP,
to the seclusion of their rooms, and
even had their meals served there. Lind.
say and his wife received no mall and
had no telephone calls.
They were in their rooms Wien De-
tective Sergeant Roddy and Capt. James
]. Donaphy OF the Ardmore police wen
was sent to knock on the door anc
asked for the dishes.
I'm in bed ana the dishes were taken
out half hour ago." said mans voice
from the inside.
The head waiter protested but the
man repeated his refusal to let him in.
The New York detective and Capt
Donsghy then took a hand In the
matter.
open the door" they shouted
What for?"
You'll have to open the door," the
police replied, You're Lindsay and we
want you"
Lindsay then opened the door.
You're mistaken" he said. I'm not
Lindsay"
Admits His Identity.
The police told him he was and then he
said We'll, / might as we'll come along
with you. A lot of people have been
lying about me and I guess l might az
well see the thing out. thought I had
friends. but they've all Jumped out or
me- I'll straighten II out all right"
Turning to Morris Woods. proprietor
of the Green Hill Farms, Lindsay re-
marked: I'm very sorry this happened
In your hotel. I'll see you don't get
any publicity You've been very hos
pitable to me and my wife and l won't
forget It,"
Lindsay was taken out of a side door
of the hotel and hustled to the Ardmore
police station in an automobile.
Since Lindsay left New York with his
wife II was said they had stopped at
the Robert Treat Hotel, Newark. whore
Lindsay registered In his right name,
and from there had gone to the Shore
ham In Washington. They left Wash.
ington last Thursday afternoon for Phil
adelphia and stopped short time at tie
Bellevue -Stratford.
They then went TO the Green Hill
Confined on Page Eight.