New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-24


-. - gbch they paid on receiving let
Ter from the bank containing Gays Signature.
g.. 10, offered to ell the above FIN
-, 5-,xa nv Benon. Of ths city, upon the R,,h.-
. Totoou. f.. t. 500 sterling. ia,el IL June
...,,.vsble 70 tie order Of Alexander Gay. H.
- . reason tor selling that he wanted the
ii, ,le or. Z 20 pay f,5 some laid which be lii
,.rc;'s..d IN Chicago aud a. liz need u the faui,
,-,..'n, he would sell &. a low figure NJ ; v,ft
iI 5.,r, The signature a 'uihc elt Identification 30
botaiiced 10 buy. and Gag left. Inreply note from
" sui, rqrrrg about him, the PENINSULA Bank At
-. I'D he wa unkaown to them. having merely
-,.-ob..ed draft Of them, when they forwarded the
ii:-..,,-s 20 enable him to draw the money on It
~, -. 18th Of August Gay again called upon Swift
,,.b .orne 81! 900 to $4,000 in 800 bills Of the
1850 the STATE Of Missouri hi, possession, and
ID % purchase exchange on London with it. lie
s.a.od hat he had sold his E2.s00 draft to f. W.
Cro-k 4 bro. # St Louis for the 800 bills. Swift Il
r. IT, oscerta.nins from Clark s. Bro. ha; hi, story
vas me agreed to Eel him exchange As lie desired
-, .i.d r. yet him 70 take tne-drafs Til, he
yo,d not do refusing even TO lake drafts 1t three
1.,s.ae- si-lt. When they came to make out the
drafts. Gay gave a memorandum OF how the! were TO
ba made md desired tha; they should BE- drawn pay
q
J,aa. ,,ere made out and delivered viz: ~ drafts
drawn by X. X. Swift. Brother 4 Johnston, upon the
Io,dor and Westminster Bank, Lothbury. London.
Froland all dated Chicago, August u $50 and pay
.IIo.o tho order Of M. Moulin Dution, Nos H. 93O
and 70 OIL ga 4 for 4i93 10 :; Nos. 1892 aud
- qa9 zach for { ie7 t. andNos H. a3i aud Ia a3j,
each fer -3i1 ! =.
S,ro.c sr.picions were entertained in Chicago OF
L A -, n.t.. .4ft-a
poiica were 81 upon his t-ock. While n Chicago he
changed his dress several times during few hours.
and when he eft the city. at the close of the day he
wo. discussed in rough clothes wore green Spectaces,
and epdeayored to avoid observation; but nothing
trensni-ed TO warrant his arrest. Subsequently It WAS
ascertained that Gay before going 10 81 Louis 10 sell
his % 500 draft. went to L. Ii. B1rch Co. OF Chi
coco and purchased a draft for 5000 on Lucas n ~
monds and got them to forward his Signature to that
firm At ST Louis he drew the 5000 and II was upon
the strength of the signature letter from j. H. Burch
Co. that he managed TO sell the t2,SOO draft to h. w
Clarke & Bro The firm of Swift X Co., IN telegraph
inc 10 f. w Clarke Il Bro nquring into the truth OF
Cav. story. aroused their suspicious They thoughth
strange that man who hao Just sold them large bill of
exchange should Immediately reinvest his funds IN
other bills of exchange Piukerton s. Co. were set 10
work 10 investigate t. facts; and on inquiry al Bel
monts BarkircITouse in this city, It was eventually
discovered that in the Of this particular bill,
which Cay sold IN st. Louis, il had been drawn first
"secord. third and f1rH Of exchange This being
An unusual mode of drawing bills, the blanks were
printed for but threc-the . fourth being interned
in ink. It also appeared that Gay had been over to
London and collected the J1urff. and then came
back to this country, and went 10 IhlcaSo
and s. Louis. where be sold the first, AZ already
described. This he succeeded in doing By
running his zen through the "faurth, M king
n heavy black line, as if UNDERLYING the other num-
Len. The u-usual number Of four bills Of exchange
rendered this novel fraud comparatively easy OF ac-
complement. 1t wa also ascertancd that Of the
Ills which Gay had purchased of Swift Go. IN
Chicago he had three originals. and three dupl
catts to Sir james Scott q Co., London to
collect, with Instructions TO remit the amount
to VI. Moulin Dutton at Montreal but he still
retained Of these bills three of each and
Lv altering the last figure of the number he
obtained three perfect sets, thus increasing his
capital - per cent at a stroke. Two of these appar-
emily perfect bills he negotiated IN Canals, the thlrd
he forwarded to Montreal. Meanwhile +. w. Clark
& Brother having their suspicious aroused, but not
ye, confirmed that the bill which they had paid
a forgery sent London and stopped the payment Of
the bills which he had purchased in Chicago The
house NJ ntreel having been apprsed of this stop
mage. on receiving this forged bill from Gay. gave IN
formation to Pnkerton Co, WIN" succe eded in arrest
ng bin at Port Hope, Canada, where be was flourish
ing under the assumed name Of jules lmbert. He
was brougb, on to this city. ana confined IN Elirdge
street jail for some weeks and finally sent to st.
Louis last Tuesday week On a requi'ition from the
/. l.. krt.lt 60 a.
often
BY an adrot movement Messrs. f. W. Clark & Bro
Possessed Themselves OF the Chicago bills which Gay
sent 70 London, aud viii therefore probably sustain
little los by his forgery upon them. Although but
about - years Of age the togeres OF this man are
said to he almost without parallel But few houses IN
this ara other citie' have escaped him lie is spen-
did business man, full acquainted with ali OF the de-
tails of exchange. surpassed by few IN adrotness ana
ability, and speaking English and French with great
Areucy !, Vel calculated to deceive. lie iees PROUD
OF his rasoeltes boastjns of his Smartne's anu Skill
aud prophesieS that he will yet mmoUauze himself
upon the fed Of fraud Whether he has accomphces
or not cannot say but the bill drawn upon Beldios
& Co. was no. obtained Of them by him. Forgery
i rot the most helnOu crime which blackens his char
aCtcr. Il Is said that once, while on hls way as
a passenger 10 st. Thomas, the Captain of the
vessel died under very suspicious circumstances
and on his arrival IN port he pretended to own
the ship and her cargo OF lumber He suocee led IN
ceiling the lumber AMI pocketing the proceeds but
the American Consul sent the vessel back 20 her own
ers, under charge of the mate. Although he is known
under a string OF aliases long Welsh pedigree
there Is doubt that his real name is Beaumies, and
that he i q native o! Martinique whence he was pan
i-hed for smuggling and his vessel contseated' IL Is
said that ne Las wife living in Martinique, but when
be ie that race BE- took with him the daughter Of