The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1851-10-28

check on Hodges. Beals Il Col presented
he check; they told me the firm had not as
much money on deposi, rs The check called
| Tor; l returned 10 my partners and told them
what had happened; Mr.. IA. took $500 aud
made doposl, In the name II. B, 6 Co.; by
| this means asceri aimed the amount; he drew an
other check TO the amount Of $4,000; pie-
senied u; they payed il Without any hesitation:
got three 1000 bills, and the balance 10 $500
bills; 'o"k Il TO our room, and my psrtoers
gave $500 ofii; April 4th met Them in
Philsdelphra, at Jones' Ho,el. on Chestnut
sreel. abave 9th stieei; slief being there two
days. they asked me 10 write Ridgeway's
name; ptaciiced three or f,nr hour, eyery
day for four days; by this time | could coun.
ieIlei, vety well; there then was laid before mo
tseuty blsuk checks; wrole 90 them all. and
out of the number got oGe OF The perfect sigma
,ure Of Mr.. Rldgewsy;I filled the check for
SEQ 900: then Mr.. Edwards flashed the check
by w,iuDg Brown s, Co. at the end Of Ridge
way. which made the firm, Ridgeway, Brown
q Co, Hunt took the check very coolly, put
il io,o his pockel aud walked out; presented il
TO ceuai3 bank and drew $50 900 all in SlOO
and $50 notes; he came back with his wallet
toll; il was divied; got $1,000; | sent $4,000
TO my mother, aud wfole 10 her that / drew il
ia a lottery. Mr.. Edwards said we must, put
'hc Baltimore bank through next; on The l5h
m May We met in Ballmore; Mr. Edwards and
me drew check fpr fifteen thousand collars,
signed Koths, CoIas 81 Co., he gave IL to ME
aud told me 10 gei the money for II; 4 refused
10 dni; says he what you afraid Of am
ofaid Uf nothing, butI viii uoI take this check
There; by thai, says Edwards, ] will go in the
bank and get some geld fof some paper moo.
ey; then agreed 10 go and take the check; he
told me TO let him go and get some gold. and
when they are paying me the gold. you pre-
sent the check; did so; the cashier merely
looked al the check. and told the teller TO pay
me; he gave two Thousand dollars in ooe hun
dred dollar notes, the rest in five hundred dol.
lar bill notes; Edwards stayed there sometime
afterwards, 10 oider 10 detect an, suspicion;
we separated, met in Wheeling. Cumberland
and Cincinnati; we were in Cincinnati in the
mosth Of January, le4l; and remained thero
about four days: Edwards and myself forged
a check OF the Gas Light Company Bank. be-
longing to Hodges g. Co 4, signed Hodges, az
President, and Edwards signe Willis name
across The back, which had be doue before
the check was good; Huni signed the cashiers
name; Hunt took the check and drew the
money; the amount was wsuty thousand dol
lars; got five thousand dollars; Edwards said
he despised check that was dTawn for less
than twenty thousand dollars; he ei,her wanted
10 make big raise or none al all.
we then went 10 LOUISVILLE together Hunt
and Edwards forged check on lJyram Good
,ich fdr $4,000; Ed~ ards presented i,at anex-
change office az heavy discount for the moo
ey, the banker said he did not have that much
money iu the Office, (this was AFTER a discouni)
but would take l.im 10 the cashier, presented
il, be told me we would go TO the President;
we saw him; presented il, and he ordered il
f'eid, tic. wuuIu not give me any more OF That
money; we qnarreled snd separated; they went
10 New Oreahs, and in another ditection.--
They forged creeks on the New Orleans and
Mobile Banh; they returned 10 New Yo'k and
oi ged note there which causes his convic-
ion; was no; interested in the three last
,r mes. Not having time am compelled 10
lose my confession IN reference TO Edwards
ind HUT. a1s .s.e nm
A San Francisco correspondent OF the New
York Evening Post wrires:-- -e9 so-rr
l have seen two or three men hanged, and
aw the other two hanging, and don't think
ny harm has been done. have heard the
ignal bell iolled at mi might, but didn't be-
Ieve that any honest man was frightened at it,
Is terrible condition Of society II is true,
NJ the energies Of the Anglo Americans are
errible, and equal TO any exigeucy and to any
One thing is true. that order
egns here. and would rather DO tried by the
'igdence Committee than by the Courts. An
1nocent man would have farer trial and
Iaud better chance. while guilty one would
c more sure OF punishment. aaI"
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