The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-29 00:00:00

DETECTION OF EXTENSIVE FORGERIES ON

THE RUSSIAN BANK.

Two persons, of the Hebrew persuasion, named
Hyams Lipschitz and Marcus Levine, were yesterday est=
muted by the Portsmouth bench of magistrates for trial, at
the Hampshire assizes, charged with extensive forgeries on
the Russian Bank of Poland, at Warsaw. The case had
beta heard by the bench on two previous oncsaions, but pri-
vately, as it was desired to procure further evidence betore
nuking the particulars pub:ie. That evidence has now been
procured, and ne injury can, therefore, result from publicity.
By the depositions read yesterday, and by further evi-
(tense produced, it appears that in the early part of this
month, the prisoner Levine called on Mr. Louis Arnold Van-
denburgh, the Prussian vice-consul at Portsmouth, and
offered to disclose to him the particular of an extensive
forgery on the Prussian bank, and to give up the names
of parties implicated in the fraud ; requiring the sum of
2,000!. for the information. Levine stated he could procure
MIN of the notes for Mr. Vandenburgh's inspection, and it
was ultimately arranged he should do so. Accordingly he
communicated with the prisoner Lipschitz in London, sad
received three notes which he took to Mr. Vandenburgh,
but by some mistake of Levine's, they were not Pennon,
las he brat stated, but Russiannote..

This being the ease, Mr. Vandenburgh placed the matter
in the hands of Mr. Leggett, the superintendent
of the Portsmouth Bcrough police. A plan was shortly
arranged, and Levies wrote to Lipschitz, and induced him
to MIS down to Portsmouth, brining with him • quantity
of the notes, which Levine represented he could pass off.
Lipschitz went down to Portsmouth on the 14th inst., and
his arrival was observed by the superintendent of
police, and it was found that be brought a car-
per bag with him. An interview between Mr.
Vandenburgh and the two prisoners took place on
that day at the New York Tavern, Bath-square Point,
Portsmouth, the superintendent (of course disguised) being
present, and Mr. Vanderburgh personating a foreign captain
to whom it was pretended by Levine the forged notes were
to be weed off. During the interview, the suspicions of
Lipschitz were aroused, and, pretending to fetch the notes,
he went out, Levine accompanying him. Oa getting into
the street, Lipschitz told the other prisoner he thought
he had been "sold " by him, as he did not like
the appearance of Mr. Leggett, the superintendent of police.
A police inspector, who had been set to watch the prisoners,
thinking from the haste with which Lipschitz was walking
that he intended to make his escape, went after the ptomain
and apprehended them both.
In this state of affair* it was important to obtain possession
of the bag which Lipschitz was known to have brought wish
him by railway and every exordia was need for that psi.
pees, but until last Monday without avail. On that day k
was delivered to the police by a Mrs. Orgy, a baker, in
Broad street, Portsmouth, witn whom Lipschitz had left it,
on the morning of the interview and his apprehension, end
of whom he had bought a penny lost, begging to be allowed
to leave his beg for • few minutes with her.
This bag was produced yesterday before the magistrate,,
and identified by Mn. Ony ;it was further identified by •
person living opposite to her in the same street, of
whom Lipschitz had, oa the morning in
Trisesties,
pur !toad a sew patent brass lock for it.
on being opened by the police was found to contain M
notes, purporting to be bank notes of the Russian Bank all
Warsaw • Out which were proved, by the evidence of M.
Adolphe'Woutzell, a clerk of that kink, happening to be
traseactiog business for it in Reeked, to be forged. The
notes found in the bag were also of • precisely *fain
lar character to the three the prisoner Levine bed
previously received from Lipschitz. The 353 seas
*mod in the bag with the three above mestieeed
were each for three silver roubles Some letter, Is Rebteer,
found on the prisoners, and one intercepted in its
from Lif schitz sines hie apprehession, were put In tease-
lead by • Mr. Eckman, sad they farther impiiestod
Lipschitz in the forgery, although they were written is seek
• species of slang that it was difficult forthe tranekkor to
describe their meaning.
The whole of the depositions bevies bees read, and
fresh evidence takes down, Mr. Peechey, from London_ ,
who appeared on behalf of the BALM consulate, addressed
the bench, and mid that with regard to the prisoner Levine,
he would only ask the bench to bind him down in sufficient
reeognizasees to appear at the assizes as a witness. The
matetratss, however, harks privately consulted, deter-
mined to commit both prisoners for trial at the neat mime.
It appears that considerable forgeries have lately been
effected on the Werner Bank, and it is stated that die pri-
soner Lipschitz was employed by the Boldea **swiss* to
assist is their detection. In this mikes, it is espposed, be
fined ptomaine facilities in curling out his own fristacffist
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