Confidence Man Arrested

Detectives Saw Him April 15 but Were Unable to Leave the President.

New York, May 8. — Frederick J. Remington, who says he is a broker, was arrested last night as he was leaving his apartment in Central Park West and locked up at police headquarters awaiting information from Chicago, where it is alleged he obtained $7,000 by a wire-tapping scheme. Detectives Gray and Savage, who made the arrest, saw Remington on April 15 while acting as President Taft's bodyguard here. They were unable to leave the president at the time but began a search resulting in Remington's detention last night.

Chicago, May 8.—Frederick J. Remington, arrested in New York, was indicted in June, 1907, under the confidence game law. The evidence concerned a St. Louis merchant, who said he lost $7,000 on an "advance tip" on a race horse.

The police say Remington is a gambler, working in poker games on railroad trains and in steamships. A detective will leave for New York to get Remington.

--Warren Evening Mirror, Warren, Pennsylvania, May 8, 1909, page 6.