Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-11-06
From the Baltimore American.
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1t will be recollected that about yeal
ago, a man named George Conner was ar
rested in this city on the charge Of having
sold to the houses of Brown, Brothers d Co.,
and MeKim & Co., forged bills of exchange
on England for considerable amounts, and
after having been kept in Jail for some
time, was discharged on bail of nominal
amount. 1t appears that prior to his ar
rest be had also written to Messrs. William
Howell and Son. forged letter of intro
duction purporting to be from house OF
good standing at St. Bartholomew, with
two bills of exchange, which he requested
should be sold and the proceeds placed to
his credit. The letter stated that firm
named NJ, Beaumier had deposited $1,000
in that house in coin, which was to be
shipped by the first vessel. A subsequent
letter stated that vessel had been pro-
CURED, which would proceed to ST. Bar
tholomew for the specie, and thence to
Porto Rico, where she would take in a
cargo of sugar and coffee for port in the
United States. About two weeks after
that time, Messrs. H. & Son received a
letter signed NJ. Beaulnier, at Norfolk, stat
ing that he was sick, but rs soon as he re-
covered he would come to Baltimore and
see them.
A few DAYS more elapsed and letter
was received from the same party from
New York requesting that the money for
the bills of exchange should be sent on to
him as he had an opportunity to send
some things to the West Indies, by which
he could make handsome profit. The
money was Immediately sent to banking
firm in New York, but was never called for,
and in short time the bills were returned
protested. He also sold bills of exchange
in Charleston for 81 900 for which be re-
ceived cotton, which was shipped to New
York and there sold at the order of George
Conner, the name he then assumed. His
next transaction was at Wilmington, N.
c., where he purchased one thousand bar
rels of turpentine to be sent to Bourdeaux,
but the trick failed because the forged bill
of exchange he presented could not be ne
gotiated in that city. Though he had been
subsequently arrested in this city, he again
returned here in June last and presented
forged letter of introduction, to one of our
principal shipping houses, purporting to be
from Messrs. Indocs d Co., of st. Thomas.
He was preceded by letter purporting to
come from that house which bore its pri-
vate marks, and was ship letter endorsing
his credit and character, but which was
subsequently accertained to be forgery.
On presenting the letter of introduction
he proposed TO purchase and did purchase
flour to the amnunt of $4,000 for which he
paid bill of exchange perporting to be
from the hands of Rothschild d Cohen and
payable in England. The flour was ship
ped to New York where that too was sold
and the proceeds paid over to Louis Rech-
ard, the name he had there assumed. He
next went to St. Louis where he succeeded |
in selling forged bills of exchange on the
same house to the amount of $4,000, to
the banking house of Messrs. Clarke, Dodge |
4 Co., as soon as they discovered the swim
lle, the police of New York were put ON
the alert and sometime since he was arrest |
ed and thrown into prison, and on Tuesday
Of last week was taken TO St. Louis for tri- |
al. On searching his premises but So, 500 |
were found secreted in a blank book,
the leaves between which the notes We're
placed having been pasted together at the
edges. From advices received in this city |
there is no doubt his real name is Beaumies,
a native of Martinique, whence he was ban
ished for smuggling and his vessel confsca-
ted. He speaks English and French flu
emily and is shrewd business man. In
bis various forgeries he has used the name
Of Alexander Grey, J. Imbart, Maline Dut-
.on. Louis Rechard, and Adrian de George
It is said that he has wife living in Mar
Unique but when he left that place ne took
With him the daughter of a wealthy Italian
merchant. How much he has obtained by
lis forgeries it is impossible to tell, but
here is no doubt the amount is between
O,OOO and 100000. 1t is to be hop
ID that Justice will now be done him and
hat he will be accommodated with quar-
ers where his faculty of imitation will not
wall him except for the benefit of the State
n whose service he may be employed.
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