Show Fields Affairs Grow Worse NEW YORK Dec 18As investigation by District Attorney Nicoll into the failure of Fields Lindley Weichera Co progresses the horizon darkens for Edward M Field So far as discovered the crooked transactions of the defunct firm foot up neasly 5100000 This involves many wellknown creditors of the partnership headed by Field Todays Indictment indict-ment against Field for forger Is based on a bill of lading transaction The following statement Is made by Knauth Nachod Kuhne relative to their connection with the FleldUndley fail ill i-ll ire I seems Router of Hamburg uncle of Veicher one of the partners of the defunct Urn inherited S103000 from Weichers estate This money was left in Weichers hands The alter used it for speculation He reported to his uncle that inside ot sixty lays the money realized profit of 58000 aside from interest Tho uncle however pressed vouchers for the money The latter on behalf of the firm made out one day a sight draft for 9300 marks on the firm m Mannheim Germany Ger-many where Field Lindley Co had no balance bal-ance They counted upon covering this drafty b draft-y a cable transfer to obtain the latter There being no funds forgery was resorted to November No-vember 25 Field Lindley Co arranged to make a cable transfer of 498000 marks equal to Ill00 to a firm in Mannheim at the same time to buy their thirty days sight bill of 3 O narks on the same firm in Mannheim such bill being accompanied by shipping documents for JOuO bushels of wheat per steamship Triumph Some days previously they sold us a similar bill of 190000 marks on the same firm accompanied accom-panied by shipping documents for 43000 bushels of wheat per steamer Dolcoutb All these shipping documents have since turned out to be forgeries There were no steamships In pOt at that time and no such wheat Fortunately Fortu-nately we discovered the forgeries before the draft was presented and were able to stop payment pay-ment I was for the above that Teld was today to-day indicted |