New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-28
THE BOUNTY LAND JYARRANT FRAUDS
FIRTUER DEVELOPMENTS-FO AND
PERJURY AT WHOLESALE.


The Investigation Of Albro's stupendOus scheme
of bou;tv and-warrant forgeries continues to-day al
the supreme Court Room, before the United States
Comm. .sioner. Further developments have been
made showing the magnitude of the fraud, the guilt
of the principal the ooseness Of magistrates, supd-
ty OF Witnesses and we might add the sowness OF the
Department ai Washington IN discovering thc A"uus
VI ieh we're being perpetrated upon the treasury
The ol man Albro : immersed in crime so deep
that he can never bee eNtricated The fOrgeres and
periuries that he has committed ip connection wlth
these bounty land Sanant frauds Woud cohslgu MN
to prison Cor century if tried singy-to say nothing
Of his subOInation of PERJURY, fraud, and lesser
ofcnses The question of his guilt need not occupy
moment time Of the courts. He is an old man, and
must spend his few remaining days IN prison without
answering for 1.-THE of bis crimes. Bot 20 wnat eX-
tent others are involved his guilt l. the question
which engages the attention of the prosecution. As
vet however there il no evidence To show that any
Of the attorneys Justices Of the peace, subscribing
witnesses shared In the plunder of Abro although all
may be technically guilty of some oiirnse against Jaw
AbrO obtained three distinct pensions and Ike
number Of land warrants from tue Department, Dy
persOnatDg individuals WHO were deaf al the tlnle o
obtained The pensions and warrants. Through MI
Nudge Of this city he obtained one pension and war
rant az Samuel {. AlbrO, To which he was entitled by
law and this his only honest act. lie o0talnei
another through tlr Bostwck of Auburn, as DaVid
Thurstou ard Il third through Nj. Van Meter OF
Lyons, as Gavin Coats.
Ms. Nudge executed for Albro the papers for some
fifteen OF twenty wsrrauts, all II which were rauH-
uleut except onc-that first obtained. Ana we De-
Hrve some of these warrants were purchased by MI
Nudge, he suppos.ng them TO b. genuine: Abr9 aL'g
procured many more through Nr. Bo.twcH ol
Auburn, he, too, becoming purchaser. All the r.
4usite paper, FOR these warrants were oigel eAc-P
tire names II subscribing wnc-se- ana ti1 Ju'e'''
before whom the depOsiiiOns were taken. ho" Hiu,l
Albro has realized by his frauds is not Pos.iV"y
known He suffered a loss If 500 By the iaIlufe oi
the Yates County Bank, and he had s>J1 on nn "hs9
arrested. 30 that be was insh enough 10 deposit aH'
have money lett when tie bank broke
Mr. Bcstwick was brought mp 10 answer ~ La''n5
sent paper. 20 the Department ut Washington, Know
mg them o have been forged. which is an ournse ~
bic 10 indictment and punishment ~ te Stels IisoN
cleor but that be knew they were such eouiA NO, D
shown TO the satisfaction Of tue Commissioner a u'
was discharged.
The justices or tie Peace whom Albro used are N
an awkward position, TO say the east. hr' loyA ~
Nhitest0Wn, and 3lr. Val Of jerusalem are uo'.i
here for examination and both, though uhasi ~
have been sworn before the C0mmissioner a. % ll1
part they have performed. IL appears thA'
resented ~ them, when he came " With at arPH -.
for land warrant He'd I'D with tue paIllc- , 'l'
h had uover Of attorney 10 net FOR the appichlt'
and that he, in their person, made oatn 70 oss @
Re TePreseafed h,ptsej u Dt dcfiHg f0' ais 7,,si
nans name. These magistrates accep'e 'uI -
To al oath made - Drory, We may say. ln''i
appeared that these magistrates advised TIE "ih.7
ulat theyoouh aiix their names y s'a'eln' e.'-.S
forth that they knew the man whose hAiiT "a' "'
tached To the application, becanse Ueg 80. A'S
nu-Allro-altioucL they had never seen the pnnci-
pal named and under such advice tHse young men ,
slgued the papers and verified Their Signatures DF
their oaths.
TIs fiIo,,i, i a cou1 of a certificate. taken from
one Of tie forged applications now in the hanh' Of The
Prosecution: 4. s,s -
sworn to aud subscribed before on he Day 1no .F
poneut samuel B.regar to The iden:icA person ns
himself 70 Be; and further that havs n. l'sfe, ~ ~
Now, Albro obtained the bounty land on the pape.