The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-11-17


WHOLESALE FoRGERii;s ON BANKS IN NRw
foRk AND EiAxwams Exrosnp ALI sGrD Foe,
osus ARRESTED Asp Cossrrrxp To TIE Toxes
AZ the Halls ., Juticc, yesterday. detectives Far.
Icy, Eustacc and Tcmsnn appeared before Justice
Bowling, having In thor cusI.iy opc Walter Psf
tcrsJn, ss.d to be Phll.iolphs forger; Michsol
O'Bsien, Irs Garadicr. alas Garsido, aud Gcorye
7. cJAib'in, young man whose former councc-
L IA w,th mercantile house in this city would
gave him AL Insight into Wal street methods Of
uantlcing business prisoners being under
arrcgi, Charged With one Of a series u astounding
trscf''s upon banks IN this city, Newark. Jersey
Guy Philadelphia, baltimore, Washington ant
other CITES the said forHcries amounting " about
two hundred thousand dollars. Tho forgery for
whrh q accused were arrested one In which.
se alicscd' they succeeded. ON tho 22d Of Scptem-
Ter las, In drawing from the Bank u Commerce
twenty 80 Treasury Notes for s, 600 each, VAL
uc', with accrued interest at e25,i2' 90 for which
sum certified check, purporting TO have been
drawn by Mr. Richard d. iAthrop, Of tho firm VI
hc-srs L,throp, Lud ngton 4 Co, wss presented
10y lad hon, thc accused alleged TO have em-
I,uyo g. H.d il,u In thor scheme. Hugh Nc
Ncili- John 81. t.,r and Spencer Pcttus are also
all .cl e. have bocl engaged ia this Transaction,
but a. ury have uo. lccn arrested, aud there be-
irr YET ohor complaints to hc made and other wit
utSs's 90 bc summoned, LITTLE prominence has been
/ given them tLus far ~ The papers Vi the Court
but u lis believed that number Of thcso person,
| operated A. partners, corresponding with each
other FROM one city 10 smother. CoughIiu. who h,
supp SCI ~ have bscn dupc whom the confcdcr.
scs used because vi his superior knowledge Of
] ttf tts haa E.St. "A
States evidence, and it 10 mainly upon his lest.
uouy thu, the Court must rely II 1t gets strong-
er icntc, to convict The following is the test-
I m'uy ss Tar as the hcnriu, has rrosresscd:
IEsttsosY.
Hcnrg J.. raii, oi NJ. : West 8irt street. testified
that on September 22l IS6t check, puruortng
To- have lrcr drawn by Richard u. IAthfop, on tho
Mc'han's hank, for the sum of f25,l2I 90, pay
q. le to the order ui W A. Weed, was presented to
samuel e. Moore, the private clerk cf dcponen,.
who ia cashier oi the Rank Of Commerce, In New
York, IA u n'te addressed ~ deponent, requesting
the value m [ \ 10 rrcssury notes that the
sad Moo'c, IN accordance with the request con-
tanned IN said notc, enclosed the Treasury notes
quucd 10 tho address oi ". A, Weed, a. directed,
ard handed the sane to the messenger who brought
the note that the said check wss Q forgery In
every particular and from Information which do
ponent hHs rcco,sei he believes thst the said check
! WAS sent, aforesaid, by Spencer PsltuA Wa
ter Peterson, Hugh McNellis Michael O'I3risn,
John e. CLAIR James wilkins George Y. Conk ling
and IL, Gst.dier AMI ue above Treasury notes, w
, sent, were received by SAID aforementioned per.
sons.
, Samu, g. Moore, of No. lis West Eighteenth
street, testihos tlst he is the confidential clerk
tic cashier ~ tho Ink OF Commerce, iu the City u
New York that on September q, 1894 while de-
ponent at his dcsk In the cashiers office, boy
entered with . note which asked tor Information
shout the $50 notes, which he handed 10 James Z :
Z Vail, IT,, who handed the same 70 Mr. Vail tho
cashier OF 1hc bank; that said cashier opcuel the
said note aud read II - Mr. Duo, who was then
present tho cashier handed the deponcnt the uoto
and directed him 10 reply 70 IT, aud give figures ro
quircd, which deponent did, and handed the ans
~cr ~ the said boy that on the next day depou-
ent in the cashiers Office, alone, WHOM the n.
boy a. ain came and handed dcponent an unUealet
note, addrcasod 10 the cashier, Mr.. Vail which de
p nen. opened Il proved " be deponcnt's answer
T. the note Of II. W. Weed, VI the day before, aud
mentioned herein, with note Oh tbe back also eu E
closing n ehock for S16,l2, 90 that said check 10
now shown and Annex"d " the affidavit oi NJ
Vail dcponent then won't " tho vault of the bank
and took out twenty five notes of t,O00 each, Sos
90 ~ o. Inclusive, and placed them In envt lope,
addressed 10 II. w. Weed, and handed the sa ue 10
4 the boy deIonent has since inquired a. to thu
a sNd check, and hnds thst the same Is iorgery.
aud that tue cerahcation of the Mechanics Bsuk
o also forgery.
b. live 81 No. 2l8 Seventh avenue ; work ut pis.J
wire, at Michael Homes No. l2I Fast z6th street
a | I Went 10 the Rank Of Commerce Oh the Is, q,
). scpGmber, between ~ and o'clock, aboul ,.o
a | uiddle Of the day took letter witt me il "a
n | ia All envelope, which think WAS scaled uciy-
:. cred 10 10 Mr.. Vail; ! see the gentleman herr;
, got the letter at the Park Hotel, on the cu,url VI
@ | Nassau and BceknAn streets OH the Sidewalk |
~ was going up ho ne at the time the Iuan who yuy .
y | me the note called himself Mr., Weed he s,up.ei
9 me end .sted me u had time to 80 down 10 the
bank, and replied, "Yes; !" he said he would giyc
ule . quarter there wss with ham that I
saw; here were Other persons IN the street wi Y
| were strangers W me- ho banded ine the lctiv,
aud told uie w 20 W the Bank of Commerce v; N
Il; took the letter, went " the bank, deli erred
" | IT, and brought sn answer, end went back To- III.
" same place, and found the man Weed there .nit, ua
!, for be handed pe the quarter, and ask, III \
u | was working told him was not woi gum Lu,
' | looking tor place he replied TINT Le w.u' cd 4
!. boy, that be hsd place OF business down H.,
: | street hc engaged me " work tor hun, and ar
. ranged for me W mect hu the next day Nj twc,y,
. O'Clock did moi ses him the next day at tsel q,
O'Clock, as promised went to the place abyu
eleven o'clock aud wsted until half past tNely,
o'clock; could not SEQ Anyt thing VI ihe uau We J
sud as was gong up home aud q little uboye -,
Park Hotel, Stopped " look st som. picture
which ~ere on = s,AIst on the Sidewalk, Quot. .
man came up and spoke TO ne and asked NJ Z
II was the boy Mr.. Weed hired yssterlay, AZ =. -
Piled Yes - he gave me y istter, which ~ tyI,
me to take IL Laihrop Ludingiou CO. NJ. 2
z Park Place that tIere was w. Ausa.r:
a took the letter over there and lci. B.. 80
clerk NJ the dost ~ tic store heL Wcut w.
% 10 the place where eft tie uau auI .g-.i L..
ID there ho toOk . large sized packet cJutLlu e..
Ia letter iForp hs INSIDE pocket, InI told &. e,
down ~ the Bank VI CoInulerce with the .eter ~,
10 pockot'book aud walt for III ausweE ; be tOiu IA
g. whatever got 70 put inslde tie pocAe...o.s
lv went down w the Bank, went int tie Ct. ILici'
:. othce aud handed hs letter ~ Mr.. Moore, " a
d. opeued Il hr. Moro asked u4e whether "u.i,,
1 - nF a. l.tt. .