The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-10-28
TIE BURLINGTON WALL STREET FRAUDS.

Alleged Operations In the same Line by the
Same Indiyidual-FSr1aers's and sIcrcitants'
Hank Svindlc-f.diesedb but not Prosecuted
why Not !-IIis Father ftes fectcd Pub
lie Character In Ontas,o o"unty-IDcidents
I'm Hmltington's Care.r--fhc Wall street
Note ahavers Accessories to His Alleged
Crimes-Advsrsised safe or Efzccts-AssIgn-
meats Contested as Fraudulent, &c &c., SC.
In our n3ae pubisheo SATURDAY last Of the dongs
Of Mr.. Ch1z. B. Huntington, eho is ncarcerated in
the TOMB. having aeseo by means OF forged
acceptanees, deirauded several sbspors and others
Who IN ms instance fbowed themselves to be iats-to
the tune Of $64e, ,ll9 49, fell slight error in
lAton 10 the sty and THO Of he bank the District OF
Columbia whose notes he pni INTO circulation in 1862
the last occasion which ne Ia tho hands Of the
police. This bogus Anacostia Bank
another similar swindIe but r.cced tho title Of the
Farmers and Merchants D,nk Of Georgetown, d. Q.
On reference to al, of the HERALD of December,
1852 nd that in that month several Of our Wall street
rnancers found themselves swndled by this Mr.. Hunt
fngton and some Of his CO operators
In copy Of the HERALD OF Dec 49, 1882 find uuder
the head Of 'More Fraudulent Bank Deveope ments-
arrest Of two OF the Wall street operators by the
p0ice--a bundle Of the false toSeus seized by the
author tes'a report stating that tor some time past
the community had been imposed upon By set
OF Wall street money operators, who had put into
circulation quantity Of bills representing money
in the FORM Of bank bills purporsg to be bank de-
agnated The Farmers hefobhuts' Bank, OF George
town, C.''thst the modus 1srandi adopted for the
purpose Of giving these false tokens circulation the
public las such bank exisied) TO have broker
In Wal street redeem them to the amount Of money
lodged his hands for that purpose aud 10 have the
fact Of tsA being redce med at par published in the Ba
Nae La.
The rspori goes to say
The police have been the qu for several weeks
past in order to hunt up this swir iler and Tuesday
hast flstn Dec j. ASSISTANT Cart Grove of the Twelfth
ward police took into custody -ntee looking man,
named HCati0 Freeman charged VITO passing to Count
st. James o 112 Broadway ten dollar spurious bills
on the New York Excharge Bank, y From the
excited the OF Freeman ar Mackelar the
Chief Clerk, and Capa Grove sscerained the exist
crce OF other frauds the public respecting spurious
bills In circulation. = Ths case being COM
plete slowing tho fraud practted, rant issued
for the Er-es Of Huntingdon and on faursday Assistant
Coptaii Grove went to the c- Jf tho accused Ia Wall
street ocl him into custcay AMI also seized lot OF the
frandsert morey. One package CT nte4ned $3.50, and
anothCr package several nuOdrsd doia8 more oil the
same quality, making in all between seven and eight
hundred dollars. The prleoner was remanded in
default Of bail.
Among he papers on le inthe Court Of Sessions In the
case OF The people against Charles Hunt ngton, find
specimens Of the notes the Farmers and Merchants
Bank. The following Is description Of the ones twos,
and threes'-