Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-06-04
THE BANK roRGER IN PHu.ADc1pu.

I A.
person has been arrested in Philadelph on sus-
pic ON of being the who deiraudcd the bank
last April OF about 81 5000 by Of forged check.
which were marked good" by bank and d. pisi-
| tel in another.
Previous to the wear 1896 frauds of similar char
acier were committed on several Of The New York
Banks. and clue found To the rogue Whcl,
tho report Of the Philadelphia frauds reached that civ
II struck of the gcncmen of The banks that the
course by The Philadelphia roguc was - much like.
that adopted by The villain in New York that there
was probability thai had seen ehilIy of IL,
acts; accordingly they requested that ssne of Inc for
gcd en- cSs should be them. and on c. IN, airing
Them they hadue doubt TO the identity of the
fOrgcr.
ltwould seem that. Notwithstanding tho silence in
New YORK ms To the supposed offender. ia re- were
| strong suspicious, and these We're cosirard by a
knowledge thai the suspected peis1n was now re
dent OF Philadelphia Accordingly. Mr. Y unr OF the
United States Bank in New York gave no.iro 10 The.
BANKS IN ths city, that there iniorn1;ion which
might be valuable 10 them. and immediately one or
iwo OF The ieleis who vi been deceived r,p,ired
10 New York whore they learned that the indiydnsl
sus pee ell was DIR. edge rssidirr IN souil, Soy
enth street, an his uritRg subsequently, com mr.
ed with letter received by the Moyame nsng Bank
uSi ailer the frauds, aud thought To be in the sam,
hand.
Alter returning the ielers OF the Western Bank OF
the Commercial Bank. and Of the Moynmcnsinr g,nk
having procured a warrant for D. e. placed tho nsrl.
YES al he windows Of house directly OF. site his res
idence AMI awaited his egress confident ihsi ,hev
should know the person to whom they had paid mon
ey. Dr. J. shortly afterwards out hui his dress
was such as 10 leave some doubt. Soon afterwards
he appeared again IN different dress and was n,
once recognised. arrested and taken To- Aldermen D,
viss After due examination the Doctor was commit
ted TO prison
A search warrant was granted. and the OH crs and
others OTnd the room Of their prisoner most magn 81
iy. furnished, and his wardrobe suppr5 hey,nI all
ordinary example Among the articles " ere numer.
Gus costly wedding presents, marked 81 of June with
the names OF those 10 whom they were &c iinel.
We iorboar, Of course, referring particularly TO
That part Of tho subject Ii seems that Dr. Ed edge
with fine person. good education. and easy manners
had for many years The acquaintance Of some of the
best inmilies Of New York and travelling in Eurone
hld imIfved his means Of ngrain,ing himself Ia
one Of the private drnwers ofDr e. desk wee found
bundles Of hank neics amounting upwards of screen
hoHsdnd doii0rs and bid for or three thousand
dollars lent ia a person. We Do rot understand thai
the prisoner attempted any defence. e1plana-
ton The officers Of the bank have NO dou that ma
ny Of the notes found the very ones which they
paid out ~ him under particular request in order To
meet some payment (as he said) at a distance.
We have hastily skeiched the narruiive Of the event
NJ u was stated 10 us by who had hand in the
good work II must be source Of high qualification
"a the ioiloFs Thus TO seize upon who had - fraud
ulcntly dealt with fhem.-U. s. GsGz