New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-21
eosgs BAy1IxG CONCERN BROKEN UP,
THE BANKER ARRESTED.
. sNyIxDlIsG OPERATION SiPPED.
r,o,r The CA-cisp1.i Gazette.

A sWINDtJSG OFi3sA'iOH
From The CAscispa.i Gazette.
Ahou. three mouths ago, a man Dawed Cssrles n.
ORR. vas arrestsd at Cleveland aud nesrs-rsted IN
iajj anon the charge x passing s5versl b.l4 Rpon
q TIE Manufacturers Bank, whrct pnrpOrt-d 70 be
lc,fed ~ Hartford OHIO County, fn1ls5a, bar v7h Oh
were slleged to be rUthls-. Three thousand dollars
q the paper foutd upon MA persan. snort tune
gro one of our city police officer cane into pSss.s On
n 4 letter, dated al "Th- M1nafac'ur-ts B.na,
j. aIiford, and directed to the WIG Of OIrs, makag
nauiIies az 10 tie prOgres. ~ hs difficulty at Give
Land aud sInei,ed that hs deteztol prevented their
going on with their backing business successfully.
The le't,T ssigped " y. n. Williams
The erte- was handed over 20 Detective oihreT
Reany Dho wrote 70 Cleye.sni, AID learned that Ofis
was sin IN custody, awsit0g tnal. Ihe oflcsr men
oueted = correrpopdeDce with Mr. Williams az Hart
fofd under the name Of Wm. II. 1. Ringwat, repre-
seLtpg that he had been boarding RI tne .aue nou-e
with oyrs and tina. the latter bar explained al Tue
husiuess: made il entries - how the banking bH-l
ness progressed ana whether there was any m2oey N
the op.rairn. Dir. Williams Answered luiInehat-l y
stating that he very much enbsTa,sei 10 MS
ope,s,;ops il, cuseonence Of the detention of Mr. Or
ne xhcb prevented is going TO work that ne hal
few hundred dollars Of his bills bat dare not circu e
Them tor fear they would come back tor redemption,
&c 10 conclusion. he urged &" Mr. RiDgsat 10 pay
hun viii and he could then explain NOR fully. MI.
R,neWalt concluded 10 accept the Invitation.
On THURSDAY afternoon, Chief Of Police Wilson, ac.
con.panled by detectives keaDy and Beaks, started
for Harif, rt to cali M Williams. Al LsWiehce-
burg they were joined by Marshal Cray ot thar city
The party stopped Aurora, and taklnS team drove
eight miles back into the c0uD,ry 10 HaTioai, over
section which they found hard road 70 travel.
some twenty or thirty houses blacks NTH shop and
d Jus,ice, made up the city, which Was honOrel
with the presence Of the " Manufacturers BANK,
Mr. Ring alt introduced himself, ana presene1 his
letters. They eniir- y satisfactory Inc Cnlei
az p,Iice was then nrodnced ~ Mr. Williams az q
friend from Massachusetts,, who WAS all rsht on the
main question viz the banking and currency i-iness.
Atei brief Intercourse bad worn OF the ma ra re-
-.ve fT-A a II lW n
sition of his banking scbeme--tisconrsed earnestly
upon the Torture prospect, and lanentei the embar
raw lneBs which had thertc eranped his efforts 10
supply the country with aclIcula,!ns medium lie eA-
plan. ed that the Bank got up by parties IN Ne"
Yo,k and Detroit; that he, Mr.. Williams, was the
Barker" ald the Only person ~ be known IN the
matter that they pad 800 TO sage o., o. hliaio,
New-York, for the engraving Of the bills, ana
trat $4,000 had been printed, at a cost oi a
quarter of cent Oh q dollar that he came To
Hartford IN February last to open his bank, bnt
that the want Of few hundred dollars baf hitherto
pr, vented his operating. Mr.. Williams further ex-
blamed that 0iris had been the ct al the dill
Gully: that he went On To New York and got qusa'
iy of the money, with the understanding that Vas
mol TO be circulated except az the extreme We~, bt
thai he parsed several bills on the cars Whlch lai ed
10 bi arrest at Cev, laG and the principal party
in Detroit who had $50 Geo of the bogus stun, inmc
oiately committed the pretty biiis to the flames Mr.
W. said they bad rythiuE right with the publisher
Of certain NewiOrk Counterfeit lleteetof, a. they
NJ WiIlams urged Mr. Rrgwalt' and his freud
from Mas.aohusetts 10 embark in the business. 1To
hundred dollars would DO capital enough 10 put inc
bsIk afo.t The bill, must be circulated a.ay out
IVES. 20 a. 10 guard against their coming back upon
them WAY" SAID he, " no man would ever
think Of compg az ay into this fred meat town 10
have the bills redeemed He had selected the ioca-
lion with especla' reference to mat ~
= As additional evidence that The bills would CO. ne
ssa,ed that with friend, ne hai day passed 20
before dinner in Cincinnati. AL -hese, anu many
other things, Mr.. Williams fully explained.
The officers finally concluded to make the anesI
tn. Massachusetts gentleman was reinlroduced a. me
Chief of Police of CINCINNATI, an Mt "inns oPo.et
his eyes! "Who are you asked the BANKER oi
MT Ripgwal," "Bill Reany, the CINCINNATI de-
,ectivev Was the response of the Chief. Mr. Williams
acknowledged himself sold" and took the ma.tet
oni nhi,osophically lie esssyed hearty idush
over the way in which he had been duped.
The officers prepared to return to town, Dat I's;
went through the ceremony ef closing the baak
Tbsy n,essbted some of his own bills for e1empron
il, specie Mr. Williams lacked several dollars OF nav
ING a cent in coin! "A hard run on your baaK TINS
morripg remarked one of the otlicers But -
so hit harder one the banker was tue peasan' ooe
emphatic reoinder Of Mr.. Williams. Ine officers took
an account VI stock which nventored a. loiioHs'
Abont xtOO in Is s. So and los, of the Manufaetu
rers Bnpk one trunk (which represented the =" safe,
TWO shirts one vest and two sections OF mute! Inc
entire catalogue except the bills, was subsequently
attached for board bill due the village Jueiice.
MIR. Williams reached this city yesterday morning
in company with the officers and was brought before
the Police Court where the case vas cob,'nuo' no:n
Tuesday next for examination. He was formerly 10
business at West Liberty, Ohio, where he iaied; lie
then removed to this city and engaged IN the
business but was unsuccessful. As last resort ne
has tried his hand at banking with no better luck lie
has wife and two children in Logan County.