New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-08-03

nounced the arrest Of man named David Cow
ley, charged with having counterfeited the name
of Nlinott Mitchell, OF Westchester county. to
four several checks OF large amounts on the Tth
Ward Bank, on which the moneys were obtained
also, the forgeries of three checks on the Cheml-
cal Bank, and one on the Butchers Il Drovers
Bank by the same individual, connected with
Others then unknown. Since the arcs, and I'M
prisonInent Of Crowley, officers Relyea and kel-
Enge- have been engaged IN tracing this stream
of crime 10 It's original source, and have been
eininently successful i'll their discovery OF the au
thorship Of the felonious transaction. From the
evidence obtained by them, they arrested man
Of very progressing appearance and address,
named Rensselaer, Becker, who resided and hada
house well furnished at No 3 Diversified, and
who also. with another man, had opened hat
store IN Chatham-street, nearly opposite Orange,
under the name Of Fordham x Co., although no
one Of the name of Fordham was concerned
therein, whom they ascertained to be the prime
mover and originator Of the schemes Of fraud they
50 successfully carried out. This Becker. ii APP
pcaTed, addressed letters of business, under fctl-
tious names, to various wealthy individuals and
obtained their signatures in their letters, and BY
other means discovering where their deposits were
made employed an accomplished penman, one of
the gang, to fill up and atiiy the signatures to the
checks, while Crowley, another Of the concern,
employed 10 run the checks as it is called,
and obtain the money, to be divided amongst the
parties in the felony In addition to the forgerles
on the above banks in the name OF Mr.. Mitchell,
another OF the gang obtained the signatures of the
Justice and Clerk Of the Fulton-street Justices
Court. and also of Patrick Henry, one Of the
lnarslla!s, and forged checks III their names-two
on the Merchants Exchange, and one OH the
Chemical Bank. OH only one Of which however,
the money was obtained. This Becker and his
company were also deeply concerned, sis stated,
tainment oflarge quantities Of goods by false and
fraudulent means, from sundry merchants and
mechanics the purchasers giving as reference the
firm Of Messrs. Fordham & Co. in Chaham-st.,
who as referees, thus came into possession Of
much valuable property, part of which consist
ing Of sofas, sofa-bedseads, marble-top tables,
SC. &c. was taken to and found in the house of
Becker in Overstrcet; and since his arrest has
been reclaimed by the original owners Becker,
some two years ago, was accused OF and impll-
Gated with Others in counterlelting the com OF d
foreign State, Mexico we beieve,) but through
some broken mesh of the law was enabled to es-
cane. he was also charged with having been
concerned with the celebrated OTIS Allen, now IN
the State Prison, and others, IN countcrtcltmg
$50 bills on the Bank of Sandusky Ohio, but
was adrot enough to escape from this difficulty
also The others concerned in this cham Of
viaines have been enabled TO elude, by their adj
dress, the searching investigations Of the officers.
and 90 unwhpt of Justice. Becker, declining 10
answer any questions, has been committed to
prison TO answer.
STATE IMPROVEMENTS UNITED By PRIVATE In
42npaIsr-Next to tho Erie Railroad we know of
no improvement which is of SO much Importance
to the Western and Southern part of New 7 ork,
as the completion of the IFilliamsport and Ell
MIRA Railroad. This road, twenty -fve miles of
which are already completed and in operation,
untcs the Chemung division Of the Erie Canal at
illmira with the Pennsylvania canal at Williams
port. The road passes through the Iron and Coal
region of Pennsylvania, and will afford altogether
the cheapest and best route for the conveyance of
these articles into the Western and Middle parts
of New York; while Plaster and Salt VIII find
the heart of Pennsylvania. We are informed that
it is in contemplation TO push the work on to com
pletion without delay We viii recur to the SUBJ
jcct again in day or two
ARREST OF HORSE THIEvEs.-Three notorious
horse thieves named Thomas Akin, John Baker
and - Birch were arrested by the Sheriff and
some twenty citizens in Ogle county, Ill, on the
18th July, charged with having stolen several
horses belonging IN Warren county. These VII
lains have followed their vocation at Washington
Grove for several years, but have heretofore es-
capped justice by swearing for each other. Upon
being taken they confessed their guilt, and, also,
that since their residence IN this State they had
devoted their whole attention to horSe-stealing,
counterfeting and robberies. They were taken
to Warren county ail to await trial.
Too BAD.--Thc pervcrsc ingenuity of rascal
ty is amazingly developed in our day. We
thought 1t had reached its maximum, few days
since, when thriftless rascal of a loafng fisher
man, out by Oswego, was detected in selling
suckers for pcrch--having supplied the former
with heads cut from the latter IN dressing them
bat when 1t comes - coanlerleiling Griadst0nes
we give up. The Cleveland Herald says:
We ceibly informed that during the past summer Eu
cid Grrdone, neatly turned have been extensively sold
Is Berea GfGds;ones were actually marked Be-
The counterfeit article hes been sold Ohio, Penn
syIy.uia and Canada.
The Beea Grndstoues believed to be unsurpassed in