Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-04-25

On Friday .aS;, the telegraph announced
that " eleven hundred shares of forged Lady
BRYAN stock are aioa, in the market" The
Aka, OF Friday evening, has a lengthy article
Oh the subject, from which We make the fox
loving extracts:
TIE FACTS OF THE FoEGERv.
The facts, 81 tar Is We could ascertain, axe
these: Only three certificate, hare been Teccs.
njzed Us forged These are. each. for leu shares
AL made upHc tine gCuuiuc htu0grapAic o'HnN q:
the Colap..ny and u! forged by the same person.
The EorSer was an c&c=iLrut pvniaan, WAC allied
in ali the wrI:tea part Of the certificate IN The most
sSi:ul iuaIucT anil tErn initiated four ':.I"frn:
signatures - well ih.: nos NGe would oe os:!a'
gl!sicG from the genuine by IN ordinary oaN'uc>s
mau. Each forged certificate is = copy OF srnU-
inc certificate. with the same number. the sl-ie
date aud the s,iIlr signatures The Names 81 the
President; 4 Sherwood. and Secretary, &c J !.
Bailey are forged on all Ihrec. One OF the GER
ti;icaies pu-ports 70 have been issued 70 J. L. Wi
mans, ant III. signature ~ rndorscr, and tia; OF
Il. $. Wool switness. are forged {" the trans
fer on the back. Another certificate :&rPoSrs to
have been issued to J. X. Thompson, ANIL h!s sis-
nature IS forged 70 the transfer, aud THAT c. john
Wool 4. witness The :hrd certificate ,uGp0rts
20 have he-u .ssied 20 A. H. hag1!oTn, and hi
name As rndor.er and tina, of E. VI. James ~ wit
ness. forged. On the three csri!lcA;es e!Ehs
names are tUE2si.
These three certificates are the only kuowH
tOrger.rs: how niAuy Euw U4(uDwE Wi be
discovered in 4 few days Duricg yestr"iEv, two
Thousand certificates We're taHen ~ tine score.
rary- Office 4. "N4IaiuGtion. aud all were found
- be right save three. There are three Thousand
genuine ceEiidcates which have not We; been taken
20 she Office and examined
TIE goRGER Nor YET KNOWN.
/; j. not Vet knawn VINO committed the forgery.
Tie matter has been placed in tie hands .; Capt.
Lees o: the Police and he will no doUo; discover
n 4 few days, by tracing up the certificate, 20
some person who held al three. and eau give lao
account OF tow t. got them. This will 10: &c
proof conclusive thar the person IN IhaI cVaI.tol
committed the forgery. bT: il yrrH b. 4 clrccrn'
stang Of grave sGsPiCioo. Il Is :" be observed
;ha: these certificates, When the i"TSery wa' Gi>'
covered. wc-s ~ :Ir hands Of GIt-rvHi persons,
and although rhey have been erased Uack through
tee aads OF nine holders. iAc point has not
becu reached whrrc.they were q! in the hands o:
oa-. The fraud WAS found out for the first LINE
we K ago. wasu the Secretary Of tue Company
fJan,l on posting lis G30Ns. hat he had two GER
,irira.-s numbered Is! He thea cNaia .l.. hi
papers aud founi that, week before lie h;s:! can
cr,rt forged certificate. and a;s2 isSr i . new
and serum. certificate in is place. .Nt"r th- re
i..nt ,rarp lookout. and the day before yC,t"r.
ia" discovered TWO more forErJ.rS. wh.ru led TO
tho disclosure I, il no; haowI how IpEC the
forged Paper has been II existence. .As we hav.
h,.r.i- CT 81; !ea-: nine Hcrsora, eiSa. Of whclG
bought AM sold without ;ouy 10 the S-'rctGrrs
oIsic- 10 zee whether the seller owned ;ae stock.
-! 70 max. sure that their t!tie wo:i BE- good
EUMO6s ABOUT OTHER COMPANIES.
Tn ro'ori-,v Of she Lady Bryan forgery. and
~. consciousness of the careless ;aoi OF rg.',S
ierrinE si"cSs l.,i general examination ot;hc
certificates ut ",irr Companies nri Fum"r mcr
-jpnrd the name. -: several il when :r,"ts we've
-rspecred w. however, have not ben able to
':1i any foundation Tor thrs" rurn"r5. Among
- Companies mentioned. was IA" North AalrT
cAa bG, t:l- report arose. no doubt, :.om the re-
r"le:tioa Of difficulty which i'a. Company hal
=. Yea: ~ more ago, when i; ISSUED so: stoct, the
ownership (which was in dispute. There was l.
-ta-Er Il: .he time. Of over.tssue ci stock. but
-" affair wa examined and declared 20 he al
-ish:.
The b5.s.S has exploded f,v are hurt. and tc-
day. probably, Ioafsomer? STREET vii! De at
peace agaL-