New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-20

- we're American, 80 brflsn, ana II I'co an V--e
p1r.
Of 22l steamships arrived, is we're Amsrie'', ~
British, FIeocb, : Hamburg, Belgian Lna
spaIi b.
II. Bg5al, ReDu5Hc Of yesterday finishes he
Losing Particular. r,lsve to the Mcknight :o mes
10 tha. city:
short time .pce Me,srs John Lee < c.. -
ceyed lCtce from Ses York City tbs. trer &C 'an'
was ov.Tdrsun Tne sstoub b, d he psie Bsfalo
WHO. acc ritg 70 their books hsd quite hslsnce IN
the NesYoik Bank. They wrote tor s'steuen: ~
ihe' actu Dt, bat before II came, an eelasrossser
.ook plse AID re previorsy DARK alter es.r-Iy
ep!igtt-rd. Mr.. + ii. Mcknight kees snsl sc
eouL; at John L Lees SD with acoilsera se,odry
to ii. ties IN The habi. OF drawing eheese zach
Tor SutC, dated some days ahead' sod SITE set!ag
them cer lied Across he iace thus &c Joi-Jo1c K.
Ii. a Co - they became b,nsabe, SID -;h .ses7 be
vcud money. BAT rather more t1.n ne c1ecks
lg, cslled for. Tie form OF vri:og he Gee Is ~.s
ss follows:
No. BuFP.Lo -, ie5
MEssEs. $50, ?. LEE / c.,
ray =. n H-H..S !, q n -,
.hd cA,rse 70 ,ecoqnt of yv.,ogr
1t will be observsd ,ba, the words "S'x II ;nired"
in the mIcde OF the body - re cbscs, aad hat
the figure. 'eJG stand aeay coGveLieo distance
from he copsr marx. Bsfo.e sud after TIE words
Six Hundred he sOulo d'aT lish. Ire, .als;
-s;A H3ndr,d--
Wien the cheCk az q. r Ihed, lie would icse-. any
6cure befre tie figures - 600 , for .stan,e a1d,
carefully srssng the yeht line before The ''Sx d-n
dr.0," us.rt TIE wcfc Ts.Lty, thus
Me..r. JOHN F. LEE G..
P,y 4. AktigAf, CT 5ear"r
Ts,Aiy So A4-d!ed---------Do -As
AID Il srse TO sccgun; 81 ,.,o,-
This aodfd TO the value OF The real cheek So JO
II e-e ster. d checss he wold take 20 :he Book OF
At.ils which, dresnpg o. no if.uo, sdSs-ced ne
money on them At The us1sl rat g with re p-onse
49, in al. pulQ
MrKuigbi in person would take them up.
WLeI they became due Mr.. Mex ligh; wolld AXE
them up, and by hs o~n process altef Aem Os;S 20
Their on nal value 10y efssnres snd pay treu osck %
John K Lee & Co.'S Bank. lp this way we under
,ai thar at one time soo,e siOOOO worth OF pager,
c. r,6ed By Johp Il Lee Il CO. as good, SAs 10 onc-'
latiop all forgeries by inserting The an1aus A 70
same tue a--sr. Lee n Co. never ha1 lsscea &! 0ne
tine Nor Il au 81 so of psper
Mex night also 10 the habit o. 01ytng iraits on
New York for snsu amounis-S3J, 60, so, a..
These he would alter from units - hundreds o dollars,
by erssures and additions and one 80, altered -
$500, led n his dhcovery yes'eruty aiernoon' ~
app. as be bought draft of S25 NeS YORK Oh S.t-
ur6sv and .lteIs 70 represent - 500, be ID L 70
The B,nk Of Atiica on Monday morning for .ne cur
1epcy. As TIE currency vss Dct HANDY ths- m 'neht
it was placed TO his credit MIR Aodrew > hcl
thought the craft looked peculiar, AID at!e: hchugh;
bad gone out sent up 30 John X. Lee q -. - IN
Quire sbaut IT, He found that dir. Lee and NJ. Pck-
eiIg were both ou:. 10 the steinoon Mchagot
drew out 10. 81 $40 obtain. Sl,1tO Currency aud
check for 81, 900 On the lhtena,lonal Bank. Atr
draw Jog this De we1t 10 Joho K. Lse's bsnk While
s.arcipp NJ q ,osvenor b., keeper of he B. OF
A,;cs came in With the forged Or # in his nsld 70
ibquire ar TO liz integrity AS soon ss Mchnigh' saw
him he stepped out Of the back door and rusned 10 tas
csrs ard siaI'ed 10 Batavia. Br wn y Keep "hc h:1
cssh.d ore of these drafts foE $4,000. iDmed 4ey o.
ferec $500 reward for his apprehension.
D-paicbes were sent to Batavia, snd 10 short time
reply received irtm TIE conductor, stanng that
be "a on the train coming back. He arrested ~
the depot or his arrvs and conveyed 70 jail where 10
now s H. hss made a c'esn bres.t OF Il, and &C
Apoweds.d the irsnd throughout.
In this transactloD Bro ~ N heeP nave or aooTt
81 SEQ and tie Bark of A;tca s1Out slO,OU0 We
examined the checks at John K Lee Co = Bank
all of them di'ncy bearing the rNks OF the ensures
This was regular Huntington operation, aud We nave
10 DOUBT viii be attended with the same result.