The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-10-28


lFrom the Albany Argus Oct ~
Our readers viii recopect that last spring the firm
spd Montelth Badgey forged to checksone for
$40 and the other for g. 000-and the mooey paid
CAPITOL The forgeries masterpieces, we're ev
DENLY perpetrated by some finished fancy operator But
WHO was hef That vas the puzzling question.
The Bank Cdcers erdeavored TO hush up .hc matter
tito hard 70 Keep out OF the papers all mention fit
whispered with the police and then-telegrapaed
here and there and all that and the end nothing
Instead q furnishing press with description OF the
person who bad presented the checks and thereby
Ger his speedy arrest quite probable they made their
business 10 solicit the silence Of the city Tapers with re
gard 70 the subject By furnishing such description
,heo the result, now, would have been conclusive but
e soafs. ey pursued has eii 'nem nothing but vague
However abeat month ago one o. sth.ef Natsell's
deecye, was d 10 believe ina, he could spo, the man
and on the 4b OF the present month lie fur unshcd
by Justice Parsons with warran, for him, and also with
rcqusiton nom Governor Clark for his person
armed with these documents, Chris s.artod out West
lie returned Friday evening. accompanied by olcer
Graham, OF Baltimore United states Deputy Marsha, D.
Anpesey Frenchman In some way connected with the
great French railway frauds and his prisoner,he
what notorious Andrew ]. Finay.
On ther approach 10 the city the bank clerks were
app 81 their coming and some OF them went oft 10
IN orde, % return IN the same car with the
put up nj the snwix Ball and Fray ght and Saturday
morning bank officers, merchants and others visited tn
hotei to see the Lon At3P Saturday, the prisoner
having secured The services o. Counsellor Hadoy appear
ed before Justice Parsons for examination Charles Jenkins
Y, L.
shepard stDed that ,he .ignures TO tie two checks
orReres OF the ther Grns and that they
believed the checks had been abs,racted from their
books. The most Important Witnesses Mr.. J. II.
Teneyok. Jr teller the Bank Of Albany and Mr. John
Iempleion, teller Of tho Bank OF the CAPITOL
will be recoiecied that the check the Bank OF Al.
hsny only endorsed Its gcnuineress al that
bank and that casbed at tie tank OF the Capitol
M rpsyck to whom the check Eas frat presented ties
ded that the person who appeared nj the counter
heavy wbiekeIs and moustal be and that his eye was
restless bun thai he poced no siusle peculiarly about
Fnna oHt~ fArss, 4 Ne
cuded bis eyideaee ~ swearing positively that Flnlay
vas the man.
to bo fact ,ha, F!slay Was five hundred niles away
from the city the day the cheek presented 10
him, be .wonid rbn swear thai be was The man. 40
answered Drst the affirmative, but Afterwards charged
Il 10 tho negative. Mr.. Tempeton, the gentleman
who cashed The check at the Buk OF the Capitol,
testified that be bad distinct recollection CT paying
the check. He thought be remembered the pro.
Gle Of srsrgsr who was In the bank that day, but
appearance. Ms axed imrscssion was ,6ss he wore
viii the cheeks, moustachc and tha, the chin
Sas bare The couniensnco o tho prisoner was familiar
70 bim he thought, but he could not sly hen where
be had seen him before last Friday. den he
came down IN custody Of the oGlccrs.
Mr. Hiram Perry testified that he was IN the bank NJ
tie time the check cashed he observed PARTICULARLY
tho stranger who received the money. hc whskers
the cheeks and under the chin, but rnousachc and
the general appearance Of the prisoner accorded more
closely with hts recollection of that stranger than any
ene he bad since seen but he woud not swear tha, be
lhe This Ia the essence Of the tes;i ony ad
ouced by the prosccuts mp TO i. M Saturday, when
the nd ourncd until half past ten this forenoon
the above ia The strongest evidence that the banks
can scduce that Fnlay = the man, our impression Is
that they have gone 20 Tho expense of bringing him
hero for nothing Thus far the evidence not strong
eooueh 10 bold him, and fact strongly Ia his IA
In that the three important witnesses contradict
each other with regard 10 his moustache and whsxers
Fnlsy of course. a.severates bis Innocence. and
himself confident of being able 10 prove hi
Hc Il Of the FIRST OF bis class IN the country-sa
of polished sddrees genilemaniy appearance, and,
n r. evident s endowed with iron nerves.
Throughout the examination he suit mltied TO the scri
uziug gaze Of all in the court room, without allowing
muscle Of his face u be rrcd his eye 70 alter 10 s
s;t adiness He prominent member of the Kissane
party In the famous Martha Washington fraud case. and
orce arrested for ahcavy mgery on tho New York
Chemical auk. I'm that occasion. when confronted With
tho teller his iron iorsook him, and willing
down. he confessed his guilt BY nplcstpg other par
lies, and returning the money, he escaped punishment,
Then.
he is sad 70 have wife and ismiiy In Cincinnati,
domestic establishment In nailmore, and similar 10
New orleans each Of which he maintains In the most
recherche atyle What u somewhat singular, many who
him saturday say tnat his countenanCe n cutie
familiar 10 them, but they cannot place him, and yet
there several peculiaos about his countcuance
prominent, that once seen IL difficult 10 imagine how
they could ever escape the memory.