The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-10-17
a Series Of Villanies Confesaed.

IL SAAo1 ~ NAionAeb COhIOsaoAs
A AsooEEEDERATE or MoBRoR 1DwARDs.
i Inc San Francisco Herald contains tbs
confession Of Robinson, one Of the three
men lately hung at Sacramento by the peo-
pie. which is an account Of series Of suc.
lcessful yillanies, without a parallel. in Bal.
ltimore. New York. Philadelphia snd other
lcities. The following is an extract:
Il November, 1887, / was in Albany '1tben
became acquainted with Monroe Edwards. A
| the Exchange Hotel he inquired for M.
Hunt he said he was very anxious to fiud
him, told him he was at the Howard House
| N. r.; went with him and found him there.
Ethey consulted together for some time, and
then concluded to make me their partner, q
was very good scribe; was dressed
rather rough; they expended about $500 In
Jewels and clothes to make me look genteeI,
and not suspicious; then we went to bust.
nees; we forged check on Hodges, Beals 6
Co., presented the check; they told me the
firm had not as much money on deposit
as the check called for; returned to INV
partners and told them what had happened.
Mr. H. took $500 and made'a deposit IN
the name Of H. B. & Co; by this means as
tcertained the amount; he drew another
check TO the amount Of $4,000; presen-
ted it; they paid it without any hesitation:
got three 81 900 bills and the balance In
$500 bills; l took 1t to our room. and INV
partne rs gave me $500 of it. 49,
April 4, met them in Philadelphia, atJones'
Hotel, in Chestnut street above Sixth street;
after being there two days they asked me to
write Ridgway's name; practiced three or
iour hours every day for four days; by this
time could counterfeit very we'll there was
laid before me twenty blank checks; / wrote
on them all. and out of the number got one
witha perfect signatms. of Mr.. Rideway: /
filled the check for S20.O00; then Mr.. ia.
wards finished the check by writing Brown
& Co., at the end of Ridgway, whiSh made
the firm Ridgway, Brown & Co.; Hunt took
the check very coolly and put it into his
pocket and walked. out, he presented il 10
certain bank and drew $20, 900, all in Sl0O
and $50 notes he came back with his wal
let full; it was divided; / got $4,000: /
sent 1000 dollars TO my mother, and wrote
to her that drew it in lottery.
| Mr.. Edwards said we must put the Balti.
more bank through next; on the 18th of May
we met in Baltimore; Mr. Edwards asked
me to draw check for fifteen thousand dol.
lars, signed Koths, Coles & Co.; he gave il
to me and told me to get the money for il; /
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,
l will 60 in the bank, and get some gold for
some paper money; then agreed to 90 and
take the check; he told me to let him 20 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 81, 900 in Sl0O
notes, and the rest in $500 notes; Edwards
staid there some time afterwards in order to
defeat any suspicion; we separated. met an
Wheeling, Cumberland and Cincinnati; we
were in Cincinnati in January, .lS4l; re-
mained there about four days, Edwards and
myself forged check on the Gas Light Com
pany Bank, belonging to Hodges & Co. I
signed Hodges as President, and Edwards
signed Willis name across the back of the
check, which had to be done before the check
was good; Hunt signed the cashiers name:
Hunt took the check and drew the money:
the amount was twenty thousand dollars:i
got $1,000; Edwards said he despised check
that was drawn for less than 1920, 900: he
either wanted to make good hall or none
al all.
We then went 10 Louisville together.
Hunt and Edwards forged check on Hiram
Goodrich for $4,000; Edwards presented II
at an Exchange office at heavy discount for
The money; the banker said he did not have
that much money in his Office, (this was az
ter banking hours was the reason he offered il
1t discount,) but would take him to the
cashier OF the bank it was drawn on, we
went to the cashier; l presented it; he told
me he would 60 to the President, we sayy
mon; presentedit 1t, and he ordered it maid:
hey would not give me any of that money:
we quarrelled and separated; thee went to
v. Orleans, and in another direction.
They forged checks on the New Orleans
md Mobile banks; they returned TO New
York, and forged note there, which caused
heir conviction, was not interested in the
hree last crimes; not having time, l am
to elise my confession in reference
o Edwards and Hunt
On the scaffold, this fellow made another
confession, duplicating some of the most
espectable men in California in his yillanies.
dis last confession we believe to be occasion,
d by spite, because those persons did not in
erfere to save him. In his last confession
'e said his name was VIM. Benjamin Hep
,ard.
II appears that Robinson was found enlis-
ed in the mounted rifles, on his way 10 Ore
on, which seems rather strange, after years
# successful villainy, making his thousands.
GooD REAsoN.-John Fish gives notice
n the Manchester Mirror that he "cannot By