Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-07-08
From The Albany Argus.
ALBANY GENERAL 'sEssIoNs.

cifs end county, Terminated on SatHTdHt the
i9th inst. after an sudons term Of two weeks
Judges L'Amoureu., Lansing. 'Burhans and
Moore, presided.
Inc case OF John Thon. convicted of forgery.
presented an instance OF con6rmed. and long
aud s"cccsssiully raei,sed viiianny, uaparrael.
led IN the history of our local TRIALS. lie came
y This city - Npvsmber last, pretending Ia be
several things, bui chiYhy u gentleman Of
fortune, the paraer of mercantile house OF
extensive business IN Boston, an officer oi the
t u. 5. Navy, and late spanish Consul AT Key
West. lie took room. alternately At severl
of our most established hotels though he
rather avoided than courted general acquan-
lance. Besides The crimes for which hs was
Indicted. many sihers came out IN the course
/ of his rial. To gentleman Of Boston about
10 leave the country, with whom lie had
ingraiia,ed himself, he sold forged DRAFT for
! 500 on the goyerBor-general Of Havana The
gentleman had no soccer sailed than he drew
/ upon him $500 aud from their supposed inima
cy, obtained the cash for it 10 Boston. To a
gentleman of Ibis city be assigned "A note for
! . 1000 purporiing 10 be given by "A marine IN
surance company In The city Of Boston ~ col
! lateral security Tor his eDdors ement Of draft
on the Irsa'ury Department for $500, dIscoun-
ten NJ the NJ q +. bank Of This city.
The endorser having his supicions excited.
| IDHhI, hnUU inquiry AH'' iHtIO W. NV n'r'
insurance company III existence. lie pursued
| / ,lion 10 New York, confronted him. threaten
ed mn exposure, aud secured sum IN cash
snlllcirn' to indemnity his endorsement which
suai II afterwards appeared, Tilton obtained in
the following manner. Several weeks previ
ously, he had selected brokor OF TINT city as
anobjcct OF depreciation al an emergency. To
him, he had represented his extensive mercan.
tile tran actions md fortified his representations
| NJ himself by very nattering recommendations
from some of the heals Of department n
Washington. from Mr.. Webster, mud other
gentlemen. These recommendations, il is
perhaps unnecessary 10 say, bv the way, were
all fnrgrries they were enclosures ingeniously
placed III the envelopes OF letters received by
him from the officers and persons mentioned
IN feply to applications on his part IN relation
10 pretended claims, made for the purpose OF
procuring the envelopes With unequalled
impudrnce. he called upon the broker IN com.
pany with one oil the deputies of the sheriff OF
this county in Whose custody he then leas, intro.
duced The deputy as friend Of his from bany,
stated that he was DESTROYS to make small
| remittance by him, and oiiersda draft on the
| treasury department of $500 and so plausible
were his drcep,ion4 that the broker cashcd the
drai, II, once, aud the deputy sheriff and others
left him with hieh notions Of his responsibility.
convicted, we're four, VIA bill Of exchange
pnrporting 10 be drawn by Murkock, Storey
| 4 Co. OF Havana, on Jonathan GoOilhue l. Co.
of New York, for sb50--the endorsement OF
John W. Woods, Tor $500 and offered tor
discount NJ the Commercial Bank--and a note
purporling 10 be drawn by James Woods, Esq.
! supervisor Of the town OF Greenbnsh for three
hund,ed dollars endorsed bv Osborn aud GRAY
! and DISCOUNTED al The N " York Stale Bank.
/ lie WINS detected the bin OF exchange +; IN the
following manner: On the 10th Nov. the bill
was enclosed by Iillon tunder the hc,,ons name
Of Il Gihe,D 10 Messrs. s. and NJ. Allen, OF
Nav York tor aollec n o. the next day the
Alessrs. Aliens wrote to the pretended Mr..
Gilbert, directing him to call at their house in
tbs city (Messrs Van Iandt and Hhoiord) and
receive the proceeds of the draft. by the
same mail the Messrs. Aliens wrote To their
house, advising them OF the draft, and Of their
answer TO Gilbert adding that II was evidently
a forgery. the pretended drawer having died al
! Havana IN June preceding the date OF the draft
| (3l't Oct 1922 suggesting 'ha, steps should
he AIKEN for the arrest OF the person who should
call for the proceeds, agieeahly to their di-
rectiops. 1iton called on the 23d Nov. On
being required to proauce the autnurts Tor the
receipt Of the money for another person (ior
he admitted tina, his name was liltou,) he pro.
dncrd "A letter from Gilbert. dated at New York
on the 2lst, requesting him 10 call ut the Albany
| post olice for the Messrs. Alen's letter IL hun
| aud 20 call with IL on Messrs. Van Zandt add
| Hantord and collect the amount OF the draft.
| Being told that slight informally III the DRAFT
would prevents i immediate payment he wio p.
! in the office Of Van Zand aud HanfoId. 10 the
pretended Slber, Al New York, advising him
of The fact. Upon IA comparison of the letters
| il was obvious that they were all wrltie0 by
| one hand aud IL was IN evidence that the let
! Ter from the Messrs. Aliens TO Gilbert was "a
ken from the Albany post office al mon on the
elst, and Of coarse before the pretended letter
of u Hilbert. lated al New York on thai day,
directing him 10 call aud take the Messrs. A. 5
letter, couid haze been rectired here II was also
in evidence that The New \ ork letter did not
come from that city, but was put into the letter
box here, The several other forgerIes on
which he was indnted, s. particular iythe one in
IN which he WAS tried and convicted, involved a
train OF bold villanies and receptions, rarely
surpassed
Among others, he had so often visited the
Messrs, Woods, under ptetence OF business,
nj which times he had Inhibited pretended deeds
nf And in N. Hampshire and elsewhere, (and
had employed himself AT the same time IN oh
tanning copies sf their signatures, THAT he in
,luced A nephew of Mr.. Jas Woods, 60 state
10 the firm to whom be (FIton) applied 10
en- dorse the note 10 which he mai put the name
of that gentleman. that he saw bis uncle sign II I;
but, on the uisl, he testified that he never saw
him do any such thing aud that he had bee"
induced 10 say SO, because he supposed that
! every thing WAS fair, that Iilion was man
OF large wealth aud respectabiil'y because he
had met with him frequently at his nncies, aud
because Triton had assured him that his uncle
! had signed it.-Tilton is about tweEiy-seven
years of age, fair compiexinn middle stature
spare habit, Of mild and unassuming manners,
aid gen,leuanly in hi' appearance and dress.
He was sentenced TO ten years Imprisonment
a, hard labor in the stale prison at Mount Pleas
! ant.
| GOO
Etienare Bank Robbery.-rhe Boston pa
pers received by yesterday evenings mail
con- aimed the following Advertisement
| TWENTY HUNDRED DOLLARS