New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-07-20
Ingenious and Successful Fraud and
Forgery.

! arrested, on a bench warrant from the Court 0;
Sessions, VALERIE de Roi, Jacob Meyer, alas hraz-
man, and Louise Meyer, alias krazman, alias Won
Esmer, alias Van SicEnan, alias Louise an
Sruvc wife or mistress Of the latter: indicted loE
forgery. charged with forging a certihcaie ol ue
oosite for 5000 mark courant, worth ABOUT 'o'G
dollars. on the ROYAL Scheswig, Holsten BANK
| mo Institution at Altoona in Germany, dated the
Eth January, l54l, purporting to be signed by \.
/ . yielbrook and T. Brodeison, with intent t.
defraud and with having defra"ded, William
Riscbrner. of Nc. ln9 Cedar-street, in this CITY,
Of $500 III money and 1868 in furniture. cloth
1 Ing and other property.
From the affidavts and other evidence, it ap-
pears that Meyer, alias Krazmar ard his wife,
and obtained the acquaintance of Rischmiller IN
/ February last, and ngratiated themselves IN
to his favorable opinion, representing themselves
IS persons possessing abundance OF wealth.
Amongst other things they stated that they had
large sums Of money deposited ii banks and with
various persons in Hamburg, Al,ona and Hoya
in Germany, among others stating depos;e OF
5000 mark courant in the Royal Schlcswig iiol
stein Banking Institution at Altoona. In these
statements thcv were fully corroborated by VALERIE
De Ro who said he knew them TO be true and
Never and wife very rich After Meyer and
wife had exhibited the forged certificate OF depos-
/ tie and also d receipt and inventory OF monies and
properties to very large amount, as beng lodged
I N the hands of Mr.. De Schoutire and Mr.. De
! Chabcrvoise. both of Hamburg they proposed TO
Mr. Rischrner to tahe from them power OF
attorney ard so to Germany as their agent and
collect their money, &c. for them. Bat before
this could be accomplished, they proposed that
he should enter into copartnershlp with them N
the business; and he, deceived by their specous
prctences and still moro spccious papers. agreed
TO their proposition, and advanced them :S51O as
part Of the payment ne was 70 make into the
lo!nt concern
They then agreed that Rschmiller should go
TO Europe, they to pay his expenses thhcr and
with the certificate OF deposit, inventory Of pro-
perry, and numerous letters of introduction, ne lett
here on the 18th of April last in the ship lndepcn
dencc, and, via Liverpool, arrived at Ha,:i1urg
on the Cd Of May last. Proceeding to the Bank
at Altoona, to receive, as he supposed, the 5000
mark courant he was informed that the certlti-
cate was forgery, and that Meyer never had had
any money there; and that Meyer had stolen
| 700 mark courant from the Bank. Going thence
RischmIcr proceeded 10 NJ. De Schoutfre at
Hamburg, whom, Louise Meyer had said was her
guardian, and had 81, 600 marc Hamburg banco
Of her money besides bonds and several cases of
gold and silver and jewelry in his possession, and
presenting the receipt and inventory, with the
keys of the cases OF imaginary treasure, was
gravely told By NJ. De Schoufairc that he did not
know either Louise Meyer or her husband
Rischmer thence went to Mr.. Chabcrvolsc,
also at Hamburg, to receive the COCO mark ban
cos she said her father had left with Mr. De
Chabcrvoise Tor her, and was informed that he
did not know Louise or her husband, OF her ia
ther. Thence writing to Hoya, where she said
her father and mother resided, he received for an
swcr that no such persons had ever lived in that
place. He then went 70 Consul Ulrch at Brc-
men, to whom also they had given letter, and
was by him told that he knew Meyer only as "a
swlndicd several persons and among others him
SELF, and that they were thieves and robbers. Mr.
kischmilier then FASTENED to Manchester, Eng
land, with a letter 10 Alderman Willard, that
Never had given him, when the Alderman said
that he himself, an experienced merchant as he
was, had been swindicd by Meyer and wife out
Of fl25 sterling Rischm.ller then, by the next
steamer came to Boston, and thence recently TO
this city. Visiting Meyer and wife at their
/ boarding house. and inpartng to them the result
of his hapless voyage, stating their forgcries,
frauds, &c, they confessed they had forged the
! certificate of deposit, inventory, &c, Never &C
knowledging having affixed the seal, and ex-
pressing together their sorrow at what had been
done. But this was not all. On going to his
house. he found that all his furniture linen, bed
ding, clothing and icwclry had been taken by
Never and wife in his absence, and the proceeds
appropriated to their use, leaving him minus al
most all he had For this, also, they We're en-
cccdingly sorry. He then, on the l4th inst, pre-.
fcrrcd his complaint and the Grand J ury having
indicted Never. his wife and De Roi, they Were
arrested, as stated before, bench warrant
from the Sessions, and in default of $4,000 bail
each, were committed to prison for trial.
LATER FROM PoEr Az PRlNcE.-By the VII
liam Nelson we have advices from Port au
/ Prince to the I'd inst. We are indebted to the
Consignees for the following items:
The elections for the President were only de-
ayed until the arrival OF Gen. Riviere, who was
making tour through the Island, visiting every
town for the purpose OF showing his power he
was expected TO arrive IN week or two, when