St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 5, 1913

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MONTREAL, Sept. 5.—Judge Gervais today issued a writ of habeas corpus calling for the production of Harry K. Thaw in Montreal at once. Judge Gervais is on the Court of King’s Bench. This statement was made this afternoon by the Montreal Her- ald, which says it has learned on good authority that the writ was procured on Thaw’s behalf by two members of his legal staff, J. N. Greenshields and N. K. La Flamme. FARMER ANXIOUS OVER $15,000 ht ENTRUSTED TO FINK Additional light upon the tangled af- fairs of Henry J. Fink, the Belleville private banker who has been in se- clusion in St. Louis while his business is being investigated, shows that they '@re even more complicated than was at first supposed. New claimants with new problems are appearing almost hourly. One of Friday’s claims was that of Mrs. Louisa Krug, a widow of Belle- ville, who bought a $1000 mortgage from Fink. Her attorney, said the records apparently show this mortgage had been released before it was turned over to the widow. Whether % renewal is among Fink's papers can- “not be determined until all of them have been. « ed. trusted 815,000 to Fink. = ‘of the ‘Most HnxIOs OY the new’ nis.is Henry Stalberg of Sweet 1%, Mo., Who intrusted $15,000 to Fink for: investment. Barthel, who is handling ‘his account: ‘also, said Stalberg Wrote to him in July asking him to look up this matter and that he advised Stalberg to come to Belleville at once. Stalberg, who is a farmer, wrote back he couldn’t come 4hen as it was the busi- est time on the farm.. Barthel again urged him to visit Belleville at once, but Stalberg then wrote that his family was away and he would have to take care of the place. Barthel has informed him that all he can do is to wait patiently until Fink’s affairs are straightened out, when he will have to take his chances with the other creditors unless it is found his investment is in secure condition. Michael Grimmer of Mascoutah, III., is looking up an investment of $1300 which he intrusted to Fink six months ago. He says all he has to show for it . is Fink’s personal receipt. Inves nion’s Funds. The Musicians’ Union of Belleville has a claim of $500, which it intrusted to Fink for investment. The records show that the mortgagé on which the money was lent has been released. Fink has been paying the interest to the union. Bondholders of the Lyric Theater of Belleville, which Fink organized and for ‘which he floated bonds, are arrang~ ing for an early meeting to agree upon what action they will take when the bond mortgages are foreclosed. .The foreclosure action was brought by Fink himself. Fink has two claims, one for $1965 and one for $765, which he paid in in- terest on the bonds. The insurance firm of Fink & Hoppe also has a claim for $1892 for insurance. The Belleville Bank- ing and Trust Co. has a claim for $673.53 and the First National Bank of Bélleville one for $750 for taxes. The bonded indebtedness of the the- ater fs $21,302.47, and the total indebt- edness is $27,348.49. The theater never proved a paying investment. George A. Fish, examiner from the Illinois State Auditor’s department, com- pleted his audit of the books of the Belleville Security and Building Loan Association, of which Fink was formerly secretary, at noon Friday. His report on its face shows the finanical condition of the organization to be unimpaired, but two items show a shortage of more than $6000. The assets of the concern are as fol- lows: Loans to stockholders, $112,690; interest and fines unpaid, $851.15; install- ments unpaid, $950; cash on hand, $8052.33; accounts receivable, $1432.99, | The following Mabilities were listed by accountant: Installments, $9,335; c paid in advance, $202.58; install- ments not paid, $950; contingent fund $500; amounts: payable, $10; outstanding interest, $2,049.11; surplus, $24,918.86. In a statement supplementing his re- ] Thaw The ground taken, it is said, 1s that is not an immigrant in the true sense of the word. The statement of the Herald official confirmation. Should the writ be sustained, Thaw will be brought back to Montreal, where his case will be heard before the Court of Appeals. A special train, it is said, was held in readiness this afternoon to take Thaw’s Montreal lawyers to Coaticook ty serve the writ upon Thaw’s custod- lans there. lacks COATICOOK, Sept. 5.—William Trav- ers Jerome relaxed his vigil in the case of Harry K. Thaw today for the first time since he was retained by New York State to bring about Thaw’s re- turn to Matteawan. The reason Was that Jerome was in jail. For nearly an hour he stood in a small cell in the Coaticook lockup, charged with gam- bling on railway property. Shortly be- fore noon he was released on $500 bail for a hearing before a magistrate t.- morrow morning. His arrest followed an informal card game yesterday with several reporterg. “Hooray for Thaw; Deport Jerome.” Jerome’s arrest sent a thrill through the town and crowds followed the for- | “District Attorney of New York to’ the jail, Some hooting him, some shout- ing “Hooray for Thaw; deport Je- rome.”’ - Thaw’s lawyers unanimously denied that they were in any way responsible for Jerome’s arrest and Milford Al- drich, the complainant, said he had acted merely as a public-spirited citizen. He is a mill hand. He complained to A. C. Hansen, Crown Prosecutor, that he saw Jerome’ playing cards and this morning Justice of the Peace James Mc- Kee signed the warrant. Jerome had just stepped from the telephone booth at his hotel when Po- liceman John Andrews, somewhat diffi- dent and uncertain of what would hap- pen, told him he was under arrest. Je- rome started with surprise, then smiled gravely and was led away to jail. Hector Vorret, of counsel for New York in the Thaw proceedings, rushed to the jail, confirmed reports of his associate’s predicament, then went to the office of the Justice of the Peace and drew up a-bail bond. Hansen, the Prosecutor, followed him and told the Justice in mo uncertain terms tRat the prisoner could not be admitted to bail at once, but should be held for 24, per- haps 48, hours. The old Justice was in a quandary. Justice Surely Puzzled. “I'll have to look up my law books,” he said. “I demand Jerome's release at once,” shouted Vorret. “This is an outrage.”’ “Don't do anytnting hasty. What au thority have you to release this man?’ inquired the prosecutor. McKee fingered his beard and | T. MILLIKEN JR, To, INDICTED FOR AUTO Called Terror of Farmers in Dis- trict of Millionaire Father’s Crescent .Home. (;OINGS-ON AT ” « = 7 4, 2 * _ * Aes AoA zs ee er shoulder, neck and abdomen on the right — - . While neighbors were summoning phy-_ [ . heard irside the Boyle home, and thons a ewerereere +eeeeereer : ) Peet ee ee : reese eere 4 7 ye ve o % * : ;