New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
GA|LLARD BLAMED FOR FRAUD IN N. '.
Accused Of Getting $500 and
 Ring Worth S1,20O

While the local police were pre- 1 pairing three additional counts of at 1 tempting to obtain money under false pretenccs, making q total of four on which Henry Gaillard of New York will be arraigncd in po- , lice court tomorrow with Walter 1 Character, also of New York. they | received first hand information of q | flim-nam Gaillard is alleged 10 have worked in New York in 1928.
 The alleged victim. q colorcd woman. came here with a letter Of introduction from the New York po- lice and as soon as she saw q police photograph of Gallard she idcnti- fled him as the irstigator Of the game which cost her a sl.200 dia- monl ring and 5000 in cash. After tcilmg her story to Detective Scr go&nt G. C. ElIingcr in the presence of Chief W. C. Hart and Sergeant r. J. l'ccncy, she went with Ser gcant Fccncy to Hartford county iail to sec Gaillard. who has been there in default Of bonds since last ! week.
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 She was coming out of Maccy's store in New York when she was approached by Gailard, according to her story. and although she had never seen him before he must have had information about her financial situation for he sought her advice a8 10 the best way to reach q certain district of Harlem, where, he said, i his mother was living. He had not seen her in some time. he said, hay ! ing just come from Georgia.
 After she had given him direc- | tions he offered her 8 if she would { accompany him, explaining that he had $2,60O in q money belt and he 1 feared for his safety alone in ti}H big city. He showed her the money l but she was not interested, still he l begged her 50 persistcntIy she Wcnt along with him until they met an other colorcd man in front of q 1 flower store.
 Ignorant of Banking
 Gaillard approached the fellow and fold him of the difficulty lie vas having losptinG certain dI- dress and in tht conversation which cnsucd. the woman suggested ,p him that hc deposit his money in a i bank and then he would not need to worry, but he prctCnGcd he did not know how to go about making q bank deposit. She told him hoN t was done but he seemed unable 1 to understand and finally he pr"- vailed upon her to go homo and get her bank book and give q practical demonstration of dCpOSltnS anu withdrawing funds.
 While Gaillard and his CompaG- fen waited for her in q taNiCab Sh t. went home and took her bank booh without arousing her husband, who was asleep and unaware of what was transpiring. The trio went to the bank and she withdrew $500, slowing it to Gaillard and his coln- panion as proof that she actually had made the withdrawal. Shv then suggested again that Gaillard deposit his money and it was hi''
 intention, she said, to put back her $500 but he recalled that he had $iO0 more in q bag at the PcnnSyi- yania station and he thought he might as well get it and deposit the SG,300, so they directed the taAlcib driver to the station.
 Money and Ring in Envelope On the way down, Gaillard sug- gestcd that she put her $500 into an cnvclopc which he had, but she off to hold it in her book. He urged her gently however, and sh2 "foll," putting the money and her ring into an envelope after Eaillarl had put his S2Gou with it. She did not suspect at the time that the envelopes were switched unknown to her, but after she had waited in the laNicab for more than half an .hour for Gaillard and his panion to get the $700 in the bag, she be cane suspicious and when she opened the envelope she found il filled with newspaper.
 That Gaillards companion was T partner in the game the police of New York believe 10 be a certainty. He represented that he had worked in the flower store for If years and was therefore well acquainted with the district, but it was not q chan3c meeting, in the opinion of the au- thoritics, nor was he actually cm- ploycd anywhere. His excuse for leaving the taNlCab with Gaillard was 10 show the latter q direct way to the parcel checking department Of the Pennsylvania station.
 Shock Affected Husband
 Telling her story to the local po- lice, the woman said her husband has never recovered from the shock of her duplcity and when the New
 York police sent for her to come here if she wanted to check up or Gaillard, her husband referred tC the latter as her smart boy fricnd.'
 Tho police said today that in ad dition to the count on which Gaillara and Character were arraigncd laSt , week, there will be counts alleging that they attempted 10 defraul Douglas A. Johnston of tho City Coal 61 Wood Co.,, Carl $. Neumann president Of the Union Manufactur. ing Co.,, and the secretary to Chair. man C. r. smith of Landcrs, Frary & Clark by the potato game, repre-. scnting that boxes of potatoes wcrt : cases of liquor ordered in the soutl
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 , Word came to the police ycstcr, | day that Gaillard is wanted in Mt ) Vernon, Ohio, for the fake liquor game, which he is said to have work , cd successfully. He is also wantc, in shelton, New York and Bridge