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Show , FIELD AND MILLER Their ilnsnelal Operation's j(s f.x plained by a Chicago Paper. i . A LAMENTABLE FAMILY TRAGCDI IH NORTH CAROLINA. TUB Daalsli King Honoring the Offl' tcrs or the U. S. Cruiser "Ilalllmore:" THE SWISS TROUBLES OWING TO CATHOLIC AGGRESSIONS. lUiy Spain Cannot Xegotlate a He- tlproelly Treaty With the Pnltwl States. Tclrrrai.a m tse ,m Till: ALLEUI.D SU'lNDLLILS. The Operation or I'leltl andjtlllcr Dlrned In Oilmen. Cll ICAGU, Oct. 1 4. The local pa-pers pa-pers devoted considerable space to the operations or Messrs. Field and Miller, who are alleged to have swindled jeoplo in .Condon out of a million auJ half of dollars. One Journal sars William W. Miller Is fir from being a notice where schemes for swindling people aro concerned. The idea that he and J. U. Field havo so successfully worked rdt lit Unclaml rri" first suggested to Miller by the plan of loaning money on chattlo mortgages. mort-gages. In 1ST:! Itobert Smith and George Siaan conducted a chattle mortgage loan cfllce in Chicago and ' Miller was a handy man around their premises, examining proerty . and passing upon the availability ol , the security. later he started out I to loin money for Ottway & Co.j . aBJtbUS.tdcUK.-d d wJdDnctlusim . ance, which enaoled him to start in : business on his own hook. Ho bor-'. bor-'. rowed money from all soits of people, peo-ple, car drivers, conductors, seam-, seam-, strcsMs and clerks. To them ho paid 3 per cnt a pio"lh for the use d the lunds, which he loaned out at an advanreof .1 r cent. About tills time he ran foul of a bright chap named Farnham and took him Into his confidence. Farnham Farn-ham said to Millet: "This Luslncss is only local; lot's TAKE THE COCNTHY at large for our field." They did this, but prior to extending their horlrou they t"ok John Plctalng into the firm. lie got tip a circular that was a thing of beauty. For flaming language and specious promises prom-ises it had the pule. It was translated trans-lated Into Spanleh and sent broadcast broad-cast through Mexico and South America, aud all over the United States. Dupes were found In all countries, and morAy for Invet-raents Invet-raents poured in to the trio. They did not Invest It, but returned part of the principal, calling it a dividend, divi-dend, to keep the gulled ons quleL This was the famous ''fund." Then came the exposure. Dan Lorlng, who had joined trie firm, wasarmtcd. Millet and Firming fled, but the latter was arrested and brought baik. Millet's wlfu was a diplomat and it Is said lliat she Interested Inter-ested one of the parties so heartily that Miller was given certain prom-its prom-its of immunity if he would return. re-turn. He came back, was tried and fined SIO), wbicli he promptly paid. Ho then accommodatingly turned States evidence against Fleming and Lorlng, who were convicted of using the mails with the Intent to defraud. They lay In Jail until Pre.il. dent Arthur pardoned them. Miller was said to havo laid away over $100.00 as hh share In the profit of the "Fund W" swindle. |
