New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-10-13

aid told INN that on reflection he believed there
mist have been genuine check in the case nsed
as acopy, and they might get clue by hunting up
this copy. De Armas examined and found that
checE No l49 was the only one Of Hardie & Co.'s
out standing.
They went at once to the Office of Hardfe Co..
and found that the check had been given to McGl
Son. Going to she office Of shat firm, Mfr. de
Armas stepped up to Mr.. Henry NcGili, who was
sitting at hs'desk, and asked him what had become
Of the chech for s17O, and whether he would not
let him see it. McGill promptly answered that he
had it in his pocket and had forgotten to get it
cashed. Boylsn quietly stepped round behind Nc
drew out the check, all dirty and rumpled, with
several other checks for smaller amounts from the
breeches pocket on the right side, Boylan looked
over his shoulder at it. MeGill suddenly looked
up, and their eyes met. He knew Boylan very
well, and the instant he recognized him he turned
white as sheet, and trembled all over. McGill
handed the check to Mr.. de Armas, and told him he
could take it and return it when he pleased. Boy
Ian here interposed and said McGill had better
come to the bank with them and get the check
cashed and marked. McGiIl made no objection,
and they went round there. All the way 5fcGill
| showed marks of nervous trepidation, which con
vinced Boyan that notwithstanding his position in
society, wealth, fine business prospects and honor
| able family, he had connected himself in some
manner with this forgery.
After coming out of the bank they walked to
Henderson Il Gaines store, on Canal street, in
| front of which they stopped, and while leaning
| against the mammoth pitcher there Boylan cross
| questioned him closely as to whether he had not
| loaned that check to any one. He denied having
done SO, but said he had been intoxicated several
times since he got it, and it might have been taken
| from him. He made explanation after explana-
ton, contradicting himself in each one, and at last
he saw he was exposing himself 50 plainly he
refused to talk any more, but said if Boylan would
let him go he would hunt up all the Information he
desired.
Boylan agreed to this Immediately and they
parted but without the knowledge of McGill, Boy
an Eet nd On ID tran IN yya n
him. Boylan then examined several hundred of
Hardie Co.'S checks with the forgery, and it was
not fac simile of any but one; that one was No.
l49, which McGill had in his pocket. This made
the thing certain against McGill. As Boylan sus-
pected, after while McCill went to meet his con-
federate. Boylan got on his track again. and he
went into Natchez alley from Camp street. Boy
Ian saw Stevens and DeForrest waiting on the
corner Of Magazine street and Natchez alley, and
at once suspected them SO he got Howard to watch
them, and going up to McGill, told him he must
come to the Chiefs office.
Stevens and DeForrest followed them until they
were going through Lafayette square, when they
probably suspected how things STOOD and while
Stevens waited behind, DeForest ranup and called
out, Harry, where can we see YOUR McGill
answered, am just going to see about nigger,
and will be out in ten or fifteen minutes.n When
| Boyan got McGill in the Chiefs private Office he
| and lizard had long talk with him, but proftess
one until the telegraph bells struck the single tap
| for noon. AS he heard this McGill jumped up
| from his chair and said, What time is it, ~
Well, Tom, tell you, am honest in this matter
Boylan answered, That's what have been wait
4 ing for you to say all the morning. McGill CON
tinued, !" did loan that check to Stevens for him
to make the forgery, and here is what got for it.
| With this he pulled out five one hundred dollar
! bills, and threw them spurningly upon the floor,
| while he was seized with powerful fit of deep
emotion. Mr.. deArmas had come in, and Boylan
sent him out to find Howard, and see if he could
recognize Stevens or DeForrest as the man to
whom he paid the money, but Howard had lost
| sight of them, and there was little doubt but that
they had determined to leave the city.
| Locking up McGill, Boylan and lizard started of
| at once to hunt up Stevens and DeForrest again
| They discovered that man answering DeForrest's
description had just changed one of the $1,000 bills
paid out for the forged check by de Armas at the
| Crescent City Bank. They next found that pros
| ttute named Louisa, who lived with Stevens as h
wife, was searching for him, as their landlord wa
going to move, and they would have to change
their residence that day. She had been twice tt
McGill & Co.'s office asking for Mr.. Harry Nc
Gill; to learn from him where Stevens was, which
is an indication of the intimacy existing between
| Stevens and young McG.
| Boylan and lizard found this woman on Cana
| street, and followed her without her knowing it
After she had been walking about the streets abou
| two hours, she met DeForrest on Dryades street
near the corner of Philippa. Boylan at once tool
him into custody. and at the same time they saw
Stevens head as he was looking round the corner
As soon as he esped the detectives, Stevens start
ed down Philippa street at break-neck pace, ant
lizard ran after him. Boylan stopped furniture
wagon that was passing, and jumping in with De
Forrest, made the driver put his horse to gallop
lizard drew revolver and called to Stevens tina
| he would shoot him if he did not stop, and as Boy
Ian was gaining quickly on him in the wagon he
halted and surrendered himself. The two mer
were taken to the Chiefs office and Stevens freely
confessed in the private Office He said McGill had
talked with him on the subject some time ago, but
within the last week he had driven him to- it. coming
to see him when he was sick with the dengue
fever. He said that on Monday McGill showed hin
1ai,an seAl,a
Stevens took up of the others and said it woult
be easier to forge that signature than Hardie's
when McGill replied, Z" But these firms are not il
the habit OF drawing for large amounts, and wou
attract the attention of the cashier, whereas yo
can safely make out check of Hardie Il Co. TO
any amount between two and three thousand do
; lars.a Stevens also said that McGill took him t
the store of Corson h Armstrong, on Camp street
Monday evening, and giving him five dollar gol
piece, told him to go in and buy blank check
book on the Mechanics and Traders Bank, sue
as was used by Hardie Il Go. Stevens bought one
paying four dollars for it, and the same evening Ii
made the forged check for s3ll0, in the preseno
of McGill, as he says.
On The Gath of September Stevens had got
, passport in the Spanish at the Mayors office TO
himself under the name of Benito Girault, intend
, ing to go to Havana on the first steamship pre-
badly, after he raised the wind in some such wa
as this. When questioned about what he did wit
, the money, he said he had given $500 to McGil
He took from his pocket four bills of 500 eac
| and said he had given $500 at the bar in Georg
Hollis saloon, on Grayier street, to be kept fo
him. and had $500 in his trunk. The balance
amounting to $l600 he said he spent to purchas
a faro outfit, and to pay for gambling debts of h
own and DeForrest trunk, clothes and othe
things. Boylan went to Hollis, where he got th
$500, and to his room, where he found $500 in hi
had not spent $780, as he says but the detective
, think he tells the truth on that point. Stevens ws
once before in scrape of the same kind in til
North. but his father paid everything and hushe
the affair up, in the hopes Of his sons reformn,
The news will be crushing blow to the fathe
who is an honorable old man. DeForrest was ono
merchant in St. Louis but failed three yeal
! ago, aud came to this city under the pretence
. getting situation as book.keeper, but he hf
been blackleg ever since.
: Yesterday, special officer Boylan succeeded
! getting full and complete confession fro
Stevens, including many interesting things not il
1 cluded in the above narrative. The chief ite
: confessed, enabled Boylan to go to the room
q Stevens mistress, the woman Louisa, above n, q
a tionea) and recover $1,000 more of the money o
8 tanned upon the forged check. This makes s2J
recovered out of the S3ll0 obtained by the 70 aser
= PROBABLE WIFE MuRDER.-Mrs. Bridget Earre
living on Derbigny street, between Toulouse al
= st. Louis, was, on Thursday, fonnd dead in aer be
n The neighbors reported that during theprevio
y night they heard the woman screaming, and hea
Q her husband in drunken fary beating Aer H.