Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-11-06
A Series of vflIaimies Confessed.

count OF series OF successful vilainies, with
) out a parallel, in Baltimore, New York, Phil
adelphia and other cities The following.
, embracing his operations iii Baltimore, is in
terresting:
, November, 1887, was in Albany. then
; became acquainted with Monroe Edwards, at
the exchange Hotel; he inquired for NJ Hunt;
he said he was very anxious te find him; I
told him he was at the Howard House, New
!; York went with him and found him there.
they consulted together for some time. and
then concluded to make me one of their part
ners, as was very good scribe was dress
ed rather rough; they expended about $500 in
jewels and clothes to make me look genteel,
and not suspicious; then we went to business;
we forged check on Hodges, Beals & Co.,
presented the check they told me the firm
had not as much money on deposit as the
check called for; Ireturned to my partners
and told them what had happened. s.
! Mr.. ii. took $500 and made deposit in
the name of H. b. & Co., by this means he
ascertained the amount; he drew another check
to the amount of $4,000; presented it; they
paid it without any hesitation; | got there
81, 900 bills and the balance in $500 bills
took 1t to our room, and my partners gave me
$4,000 of it; April 4th met them in Phil
adelphia at Jones' Hotel, in Chestnut street,
above Sixth street; after being there two days
they asked me to write Ridgways name;
practised three or four hours every day; by
this time | could counterfeit very well; there
was laid before me twenty bank checks;
wrote on them all, and out of the number got
one with perfect signature of Mr. Ridgway;
/ filled the check for $4,000; then Mr.. Ed
wards finished the check by writing Brown
& Co., at the end of Ridgway, which made
! the firm Ridway; Brown and Co.; Hunt took
the check very coolly and put it into his pock-
ct and walked out; presented it to a certain
bank and drew $4,000, all in 500 and $50
notes he came with his wallet full it was
divided; | got $4,000; l sent $4,000 to my
mother, and wrote to her that I drew it in
lottery.
Mr.. Edwards said we must put the Balti-
tmore Bank through next; on the 10th of May
we met in Baltimore Mr.. Edwards and me
drew check for $4,000, signed Koths,
Coles & Co.; he gave it to me and told me to
get the money for it; l refused to do it =
says he what are you afraid of; am afraid
of nothing, but will not take this check there;
by that, says Edwards, will go into the bank
and get some gold for some paper money |
then agreed to 90 and take the check; he told
me to let him go and get some gold, and when
they are paying me the gold, you present the
check; did so the cashier merely looked at
the check and told the teller to pay me ; he
gave me two thousand dollars in one hundred
dollar notes, the rest in five hundred dollar
notes; Edwards staid there some time after
wards in order to detect any suspicion; we
separated, met in Wheeling, Cumberland and
Cincinnati we were in Cincinnati in January,
1S4l; remained there about four days, Ed
wards and myself forged check on the Gas
Light Company Bank, Belonging to Hodges
& Co. | signed Hodges, as President, and
Edwards signed Willis name on across the
back of the check, which had to be done be-
fore the check was good; Hunt signed the
cashiers name; Hunt took the check and drew
the money; the amount was twenty thousand
dollars Edwards said he despised check
that was drawn for less than twenty thousand
dollars; he either wanted to make big raise
or none at all.
We then went to Louisville together; Hunt
and Edwards forged check on Hiram Good
rich for twenty thousand dollars; Edwards
presented it at an Exchange Office at heavy
discount for the money, the banker said he
did not have that much money in his office;
(ths was after banking hours was the reason
he offered it at discount but would take
him to the cashier of the bank it was drawn
on, we went to the Cashier; presented it
he told me he wodd go to the President, we
saw him presented it, and he ordered it
paid they would not give me any Of that
money; we quarleJ and separated; they went
to New Orleans, and / went in another d.
rection.
bThey forged checks on the New Orleans,
and Mobile Banks; they returned to New
York, and forged note there, which caused
his conviction Il was not interested in the
three last crimes; not having time, am COM
PEELED TO close my confession in reference to
Edwards and Hunt.
On the seuffold, this fellow made another
confession, duplicating some of the most
respectable men in California in his villain
les. His last confession we believe to be oc-
casioned by spite, because those persons did
not interfere to save him. In his last confes-