The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-01


Ares< OF WIN. fksss~oe Ia Oareinaass. 90 .
Charge or BE lag Concerned tn sxAe LAse Tn Oh
trns ;ss assiaaatl c,.e.,e. Sep. c7l
Or pe.hsi re might more s.rrecsly az, Kisssr.
In another affair. a. On Monday Eigtt Wa Kis:a1a
was sgsi1 arrested 90 cbargs Of forgery. The cis-
cupstsAoes WHICH led to the arrest. as ae under
stand them, were sesriy as follows =
On the ?oth of August. two or thres OF the Now
York city banks wers swiDd'ea out Of large sums.
varying from Sc 900 TO 81 900. The folio wing ex-
trscf, ficm Nav York paper OF Sept. 2, slows the
process adopted TO obtain the money from one Of
the banks:-
"On Tlu,s day afternoon, the Chemical Bank of
this city swindlsd out Of s. 900, by man call
ing brnself n Western merchant, who deposited .
certified eek for sl2 900, and Immediately after
wards drew ont 5000 On his own checks It APP
pears that be had previously resented forge
letter Of int oduc,ion, from extensive mercantile
house in the West TO . prominent ii IN down to a.
This letter represented bin as beieg merchant Of
high standing end OF excellent character The firm,
believing the letter to BE- geruiue, received the
bearer with all ordialty, end gave him all the in.
FOR nation lie required. In the course OF the day
be stated that ha had considerable. funds about
him, and wished IN intr 1duction at some bank
where ne could make deposit. One Of the mem
hers Of the firm Immediately offered to accompany
him to the Chemical Bank, aud did 50, aud the %
Introduced the stranger TO ope OF the prominent
officers of the bank. After some conversation he
expressed wish to deposit certified check on
the American Exchange Bank for ST., 900, drawn
by John Thompson, Of Wall street and certified
by the teller Of that bank.
After the post was made he drew out 80 900,
aud left tie bank before EusFi NON was excited.
The fraud, was, however, soon discovered. when it
appeared st the check and the certificate Of the
teller were both forgeries. Steps were Immediately
taken TO SECURE the arrest OF t5e rogue but up TO
lest evening 70 traces OF him could be obtained.
The 50 900 was paid in $500 bills, which have bee
stepped BY the baLk so that it is hardly probable
that the swirdier viii get rio of them safely"
On the same day, and By similar process, the
Continental Bank was diddled out Of s6,0l8 so. on
fo ged check. supporting to be drawn by Very Il
Cwynne, New York. desert ,tioa Of the pers N
who presented this check was given to the New
York police, and by some mcans-it ia rumored By
confession Of one Of the persons engaged in the
forgery-they have connected VIM. Kissaae and
bis OLD friend, Findlay, with the transaction. They
tel. graphed the matte to Marshal Rafiu on Mon
shal, made an AFFIDAVIT that on the Soth Of August
VIM. kissaBe did utter, &c., the forged check on
the Continental Bank, and on this affidavit . writ
was issued BY the police judge and Ktssane was de-
cOyed to the FaIi0w House, ARE sted and confined ia
the watchhou:e till Tuesday morning.
He was then brought before Judge Gholson on o
writ OF habeas corpus. The ground taken by
McGroary Brown, counsel for Kissane, was that
mitted in another State, except on requisition of
the Governor and there being no requsition In this
case the proceedings were invalid aad the prisoner
should be discharged.
JuOge OnClSOn CeCtueu tnhb CueTe was no SVl.
dencc that the case had yet been before the police
court and that that court had power to correct its
own errors, or the errors Of its Clerk. BE should
not interfere till The poll 20 court had had time to
correct It's errors II any had been m,ie, aud there
fore he should postpone the further hearing Of the
case till Thursday next.
The case was then taken to the police court
where the prisoners counsel moved his discharge
on the same plea above noticed, but the Judge de-
cided that under the "Aet concerning Fugitives
from Justice Swans Statutes, p. $50, he had pow
err to hold the prisoner in custody under the cir
cumstan es, without requisition from the Cover
nor In orier to give all parties time to prepare for
the examination. he postponed the case till Friday
next and fixed the bail for the appearance Of the
prisoner then, OF $4,000, in default of which he
was committed to jail.