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Harold Leonard Stuart was proud of N. W. Halsey & Co.'s record when he went to work for the firm. When he became its president on Banker Halsey's death in 1911 he was proud and jealous of the reputation of the new firm, Halsey, Stuart & Co. Now a white-haired banker of 51, he points with pride to his firm's vast clientele and to the fact that even during the boom it distributed no common stocks. While some of its issues "turned sour" it has maintained its reputation among its peers...
...arose upon the Senate floor and denounced Halsey, Stuart's financing of Washington real estate in a burst of oratory, bellowing: "In all the ages the tyrant, political, industrial or financial has been the one to suffer the guillotine; and I now warn the Halsey Stuarts, the Dohertys-I warn them all that their power to rob must cease." This attack was centred upon the Wardman Real Estate Properties Inc. holding company for $28,000,000 worth of apartment houses, office buildings and hotels, including famed Wardman Park Hotel...
Some time after this speech the Department of Justice (which rents a Wardman building) sought and obtained permission to go through Halsey, Stuart's books...
Just as Mr. Stuart expected, the indictment charged him and five of his executives with using the mail to defraud. The indictment was issued in Chicago, home office of Halsey, Stuart & Co. Banker Stuart and his two indicted Chicago partners promptly surrendered and posted a bond guaranteeing their appearance in Milwaukee where the trial will be held...
...Halsey, Stuart...