New-York tribune., 1922-02-27
Indictment of
Broker Lindsey
ExpectedTo-dav
Eight Women to Appear Be-
fore Grand Jury to Tell
How They We're Robbed
by Plausible Swindlcr
One Victim a Suicide
Killed Himself After Los.
ing Fortune Accumulated
for Wife and Children

tSAoeAAN hkCcINtS BBuLCn expects INe
grand Jury to return an indictment TO-
day against Alfred Z. Lindsey, of South
Nyack, n. Y, who is alleged to have
s"indled ten prominent society women
out Of at least s70o,o 900. II is also said
Indictments may be returned against
NO other men who are alleged to be
connected with the affair.
Eight women victims Of Lindsey. in
eluding Mrs.. Lillian n. Duke, Mrs.
Dorothy Atwood, Miss Carlotta Nillson
and others, will appear TODAY before
the grand jury and tell how Lindsey
vove fantastic tales OF the wonderful
Domino Club" which would make ali
concerned immensely wealthy If an
indictment is returned against Lindsey
Il is said the courts probably Will not
insist upon the usual secrecy as is the
case when the person is under arrest.
Although no warrant has been issued
FOR Lindsey's arrest, the detective force
attached to the District Attorneys
osics has been cndeavorinE to learn his
whereabouts. At Nyack it was learned
that Lindsey was without funds when
lset seen there. 1t is thought that he
los. considerable money in the stocl,
market, and this will handicap him in
rsmaining secluded.
One Victim q Suicide
lt WAS learned yesterday that two
men, one of whom lived at Nvack and
the other at Piermont, n Y. lost their
entire fortunes through Lindsey's spec
ulations. It Is said one of the men
committed suicide when he realized the
fortune he had accumulated for his
wife and children had been lost. Lind
seq is then said to have attempted to
hsvc advised the widow how to invest
the lifc insurance her husband left.
TWO men are said to have enjoyed
Llndsey's confidence and may be deep
y involved in the swindle 1t was an
nounced by the District Attorney that
certain witnesses who might have been
called before the grand jury would not
be called because they would gain i'm
munity.
Miss Carlotta Nillson. retired ac-
tress living at the Buckingham Hotel
probably will be the first witness be-
FORE the grand jury, because Miss Mill
son has in her mind more clearly than
the other victims the dates and
amounts that figure in her transac-
tions with Lindsey. Miss Nillson was
swindled out Of $4,000, her life's saw
ings when she retired from the stage
The District Attorney, in preparing
he case for the grand jury, has
earned how Lindsey made daily trip
each morning from his home in South
Nyack TO one of the prominent hotels
N the Forty second Street district 1t
was learned also where Lindsey traded
tho Sfnck md f,Jet vvho hi
accounts were. Although not a large
investor, it is said Lindsey traded con-
sistently for while and always
through the same brokerage house.
Boosted Pull With Banton
District Attorney Bsnton also
learned that Lindsey frequently had
posed as being friend Of his, who
could easily fix things in the Office of
the New York District Attorney.
Lindsey also told one woman that he
had once saved Harry P. Whitney from
disaster by fixing the banks He is
also quoted as having given tips on
Whitney horses.
Major Rcdondo Sutton, graduate Of
Vest Point, listed as a Lindsey victim
rho received his money back when he
threatened to go to the District Attor-
ney, could not be seen yesterday. SUIT
.
Of the Pacific Mineral and Mining Com
pxny, where Lindsey is said to have
been salesman of stock. At the Ritz
Carlton Hotel, where Sutton is regis
tered, ii was said he had been away
since last Friday, and it was not known
when he would be back.
II an indictment is returned to-day it
is said Lindsey's picture will be circu-
lArixed and sent broadcast through out
the country.
he is described as weighing about 22o
pounds, of medium height, with a red
dish complexion and generally carrying
cigar in holder. His wife, who is sup
posed to be with him, is said to be
about forty years old and blonde. Not
much is known as to who his wife was
sr when they were married. Mrs. Lind
sey is mentioned ss co-defendant in
the suit brought by Mrs. Duke to gain
possession of the Lindsey estate in
South Nysck, which she says she paid