The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-10-28
Extensive FoYger1es ON the Banks OF Albany
Arrest Of Noted Forger on Suspicion.

From the Albany Argus Oct a.
Our readers will recollect that last spring the firm
names Of the mercantile houses OF A. D. Sheppard Co
snd Monteth Badgiey were forged to checks-one for
$4,000 and the other for g. oo0-and the mooey paid
Capol The forgeries were masterpieces and we're evil
IDENTIFY perperated by some finished fancy operator But
WHO T9 was Is ne hef = That was the puzzlng question
bito hard 70 keep out Of the papers al mention it
whispered with The police now and then-telegrapacd
here and there, and MI that and the end nothing
Instead Ct furnishing the press with description OF the
person who had presented the checks and thereby rem
Ger his speedy quite probabc they made II their
business 10 solicit the silence Of the city rapers with
gard TO the subject By Furnishing such description
,hen, the result, now would have been conclusive but
n emory 70 isll back upon.
However, abcGt month ago one os Chief Eatsers
6eectye) nd believe tha, he could spot the man
and the 4ib OF the present month lie fur nsbcd
by Justice Parsons with warrant for him. and also with
requist.on nom Governor Clark for bis person AM
armed with these documents, Chris. s.artod out West
lie returned Friday evening, accompanied by officer
Graham, OF Baltimore United states Deputy Marshal ~,
Anpesley. Frenchman in way connected with the
great French railway frauds and his prisoner;he
what notorious Andrew J. Finlay
In their approach TO the city. the bank clerks were
app ssd 81 their coming and OF thom out 10
scher in order 70 return in the same car with the
prisoner and see thfy could identity him. Tie party
put up At the Sanwx Ball. and Fsiay gh and Saturday
morning bank officers merchants and Others visited tn
hotel to the Ion. At3P. Saturday, the prisoner
having secured the services OF Counseo adey appear
ed before Justice Parsons for examination Charles jenkins
Eq, appeared for the banks Mcssrs. Badgey and I.
shepard tstbed that the sgniures 10 tie two checks
ioyReres OF the Their CYrns and that they
believed the checks had been abs,racted from their
books. Tho most important witnesses Mr. J. Il.
Teneyck IT, teller the Bank Of Albany and Mr. John
Templeion. teller Of the Bank OF the Capiol.
will be recoecsed that the check on The Bank OF Al.
hsny only endorsed 10 Its genuneness at that
bank and that easbed at the tank OF the Capitol
M Ttpeyck to whom the check nrt presented ties
heavy wbiRkoIs aud moustasbe and that his eye was
restless; bui thai he pouced no single peculiarly about
his face or person whereby 10 distinguish him. &c con
cluded bis evidence ~ swearing positively tia, Flnlay
was the man,
To The question whether, az he know II positively
TO DO fact that Flnlay VAS Eve hundred niles away
from the city the day the check presented 10
him, he would stil swear thai he was The man. no
answered Drst the affirmative, but Afterwards changed
II TO the negative. Mr.. Templcton. the gentleman
who cWbed The check at the Buk OF the Capitol,
testified that lie bad distinct recollection Of paying
the check. be thought be remembered the pro.
Gle Of siropgsr who In the bank tha; day, but
DO could not testify positively with regard to his
appenrnnce. His liked Impression was that he wore
Viii the cheekp, mousache and that the chin
~as bare The countcnsnco Of the prisoner familiar
70 BIN, be thought, but he could Dot say when where
be had him before last Friday, WIDEN he
came down In custody Of the officers
Mr.. Hiram Perry testified that he was IN the bank a,
tie time the check cashed he observed particularly
tho stranger who received the money: hc whskers
the cheeks and under the chin but mousachc and
the genera ,ppcaraDso Of the prisoner accorded more
cne be bad since seen but he would not that be
sas The This ID the essence Of the testimony ad
the I'D burned until half past ten this
II the above IL the strongest evidence that the banks
adduce that Firlay IL the man, our impression Is
that they have gone TO the expense Of bringing him
here for nothing. Thus far the evidence not strong
eoourh 10 bold him, and one fact strongly In bis IA
Il that the three IMPORTANT witnesses contradict
each other with regard 10 hs mousachc and whsxers
Finley, Of course a.severates hts nnoscncc, and
presses himself confident Of being able prove ri.
lie one Of the irst OF bis class IN the country-s
81 polished address. gentemanly appearance, and,
N 4, evident, Ia endowed with iron nerves.
Throughout the examination he submitted 10 the scrui
nizng aaze Of oil in the court room, without allowing
muscle OF bis face &c be rrcd his eye 10 latter 10 u
s,tadness. He prominent member of the Kissane
party In the famous Martha Washington fraud aud
WAS orce arrested for heavy wgery tho New York
Chemical Bank en- tina, occasion. when confronted with
the teller, his iron iorsook him, and, willing
down. he confessed his guilt BY duplicating other par
ties, and returning the money, be escaped punishment,
lhcn.
He y said 10 have vito and isuy in Cincinnati,
domestic establishment in baltimore, aad similar ono 10
New orleans, each Of which be maintains In the mort
recherche style. What is somewhat singular, many who
him on saturday say that his countenance " cutie
familiar 70 them, but they cannot place him, and yc,
there several pecularcs about his oountenance
prominent, that once seen, difficult 10 imagine how
they could ever escape the memory.