The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-11-29

From inc Rochester Union. Nov. 27.j
The Ona 70 Of the present week hrst alludes
man. for extensive forgerss Power Is now lying in jail
In this CITY, AWAITING trial upon eight Indictments for
Of ibe Law and who have suffered by him II e
even asserted that offers have been made by parties
whose nsmes had been forged 70 discontinue prose
upon be pay ment OF nominal sum II SAID that Power
refused to pay red cent and feels quite content to abide
the resu The secret Of the mssr s that the forged pa
may put end all proceedings both civil ana crim
Dal Tho iouoSiAg the statement OF the Ontario As
We have hitherto omitted to notice the arrest and In
dctment OF Melvin Power OF Pennington, IN Ontario
county, for forgery and We advert his operations
and the proceedings against him. chiefly for the purpose
correcting OF Inc very gross ons
In regard u hem, which are In circulation
On too l2th day OF i.s september the Hon f. Oar win
smith, Justice of the supreme Court residing Ia the city
OF Rochester, wsued the apprehension OF
Power for forgery on which he arrested and taken
to that city on the following day, where he has since
been confined jail The Grand Jury OF Monr 90 county
that ssfemb snorty after the arrest OF Power found
eight indictments against hum for forgery and undsr
stand that there fol which he has used on
which stu larger number night be found. He has
many relatives In Ontario county, or whom quite
wealthy, but be has lot yet bai,ed.
Power commenced using forged paper several years
ago. He has been, from time time, repeatedly 40.
t-cted, but mas until recently escaped prosecution The
amount OF forged paper wtco he has put OF since ne
commenced using K IL very large. We have heard It
estimated a. high AZ quarter Of million OF dollars. Al
the time OF his arrest there forged paper In exist
ence, on which he sued amounting to more than
sixty Ave thousand dollars. Tho forged the
spurious paper that he has put OH chiefly those
residents In Pennington, with those OF persons
Victor, and, We believe in Cenandagua Some fictitious
names have also been used Whether all that kidd OF
psper which Power has used has besn forged by himself
alone. whether be has had sstance the business
Of for ging, unable to state.
For eevera years he has been carrying farming
the milk busins 80 at Pennington, his milk
TO Rochester ON the railroad, and Being there He
bas done some business In buyn and selling live stock
AID he has represented much or forged paper on
which be has obtained money have been received by
him on the sale OF tuch stock.
At the time Of his arrest he owned about eleven hun
bred sores or land In Harrington and Canandsgua
sitting Of adjoining farms and tracts which were incum
bered by mortgages and judgments 70 the amount Of
quite one hundred thousHnd dollars. But these inGum
brsnces do not constitute his entire Indebtedness which
probably amounts 70 from hundred and ten one
hunoi I'd and twenty thousand dollars.
All bis properly, both real and personal unless he has
some concealed which bis creditors have not been able
discover, Will mot probably be sufficient 70 pay hair
OF his debts, and they must lose by him mot less
from sixy 10 seventy thousand dollars The greater part
o. this loss viii fall upon creditors from whom has
obtained money or other property on forged paper
Power but thirty years old, and native Of Farming
ion For the present We or6es TO enter into any further
details OF hh operations. affairs and character but
may DO 20 at some future time. Among booest men,
whom the facts nown, apprehend that there
be but one opinion concerning him and the fate he
richly merits.