Show ClAIMS Hf E AO UDDEO A WIDOW UTAH PROMOTER IN TROUBLE IN NEW YORK CITY James A Simmons Charged With Obtaining yS1000 By Fraud From a Woman Special to The Herald New York July 21James A Simmons Sim-mons who has lately attracted attention atten-tion in financial circles by acting as the promoter of a scheme to irrigate and reclaim large sections or arid land in Colorado and Utah has been arrested charged with obtaining a loan of IOO from the widow of a British army olll I cer Mrs Ethel J Fraser by fraud and misrepresentation I Mr Simmons says it is not so He never met the widow or borrowed a dollar He accuses the womans agent W B Burnet of trumping up the accusation accu-sation out of spite and says that he will institute proceedings for perjury against his enemy The 1000 complained of was merely an item in that account between Burnet and myself saul he and there was never In my possession any knowledge or Intimation that a Mrs Fraser was interested in funds furnished by Bur net Simmons wrecked the Sixth National bank of this cityy and was pardoned by President Harrison on the ground that he was dying of Brights disease in November 1593 before he had served two of his six years sentence He occupied handsome offices in the Cable bulllHng and is said to have got a number of heavy investors interested in his Colorado and Utah properties S |