New-York tribune., 1922-10-12
Reward Offered
For'Dandy Phil
In Dillon Case
T. r-n ste 9 for Bankrupt
Brokers Anxious TO Find
Kastcl, Alleged Backer Of
Firm; Missing Since Crash
Fallon Items Scrutinized
Attorney Alleged 10 Have
Drawra Money to Pay Ger
trude Vanderbilt's Bill

The trustee In bankruptcy for
Dillon q Co., the failed stock brokers
Nth whose affairs the names Of Will.
liam ]. Falfon, lawyer; Dandy Phil'
Aastel, Gertrude Vanderbilt, of the
"Goid Diggers." and Doris Sheerin, oil
the movies, have been linked, an
nounced yesterday that he would post
8 reward of $500 for information lead.
ing to the arrest OF Kastei. The sup
posed backer OF Dillon & Co. has been
receivership.
There were two important witnesses
heard, James Magee, clerk in the
District Attorneys Office, and John r
Dooling, who resigned from the Dis
trict Attorneys Office toward the end
Of December. Both were asked for in
formation in regard to the appearance
ef Fay Shaul, of Amsterdam, N. Y, be-
fore the New York County grand jury
in October, 1921, the record Of which
appearance has disappeared, and also in
regard to telephone conversations
ling had carried on with William J.
Fallon in an effort, according to Shaul,
to have the matter adjusted without
criminal proceedings.
Recalls Connecticut Mystery
Keyes Winter, the trustee in bank
ruptcy, also announced that he had
obtained deposition saying that Fall
lon had drawn on Dillon & Co. in July,
fnx ~, ~f Ill
e. Greiser, plumbers. The money went
to pay a plumbing bill in Gertrude
Vanderbilt's apartment Ia West Nine
ty-eighth Street, and brings the sum
total of his payments on Miss VAN
dsrbilt's accounts to S5,076.
Dooling testified that he knew Fallon
rs the attorney for Kastel when the
latter was called to the District At
torneyis office in connection with the
finding of boys body in Connecticut,
upon which were stolen bonds, part Of
the Arnstein loot, belonging to Gold
berg & Helm. Dooling remembered
felt that he had been "unjustly treated"
in Che matter of losing more than
$4,000 through Dillon Co.'s failure to
deliver securities, and that he asked
Shaui TO gather more evidence. Shaul
brought some correspondence, Dooling
said, but 1--WE were not able to get
any additional evidence to fix the crime
in New York County
"The books show that Shaul's stock
was never bought" Mr.. Winter said.
do the books show that?" Dooling
responded. HE (ShauD produced the
check, but as to whether or not they
bought the stock, he produced no evil
dence of that do not think we had
the books at that time" Apparently
neither Dillon nor Kastel was taken to
the Criminal Courts Building for ques-
tioning.
In the end Shauls complaint seemed
to have been dropped because Dooling
considered the crime had been COM
nlitted up the state. He denied ever
calling up William J. Fallon about it,
as Shaul testified.
Magee said he never had talked to
Fallon personally about the Shaul mat
ter, but had sent out request to have
the person against whom the complaint
was made come down to the District
Attorneys office. He never showed up,
Magee said.
Case Shifted to Dooling
As to Kastel, Magee said he thought
some one had come to him, but
whether it was about Kastel personally
or the firm, he could not recall. He
said he asked that William J. Fallon
produce the person complained of be-
cause the District Attorneys office
must make sure that there is valid
complaint and that the complaint will
not merely use the District Attorney
cfficc to force settlements in cases OF