New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-17
sxTENsIvE FORGERIBs ON CITY
AND COUNTRY BANKS.
q Number Of the Rsscnis Arresfd-One
Of them turus Siate's Evidence.


seeey cd Information that extensive orgerie had been
committed on some ofbe banks OF this city Detectives
Epstaee Farley and TemGnn by him depE'ed TO
Investigate the matter and If possible aIeSt The glllty
parties They learned that on September y check
Tor s25 600 purporne 20 have been signed by Richard
u. Iathrop OF The firm Of LathrOp, IudngtOn Co.
Noe % and - PARK place, and certified 10y the Me
shanics Bank had been presented at the Bank OF Com
0orce and the money drawn. This check was snpse
,nenty FOUND 10 BE- forged. From evidence which lhe
detectives collected they finally became convinced tha
The forgery had been perperoed by Walter Patterson
Michael O'BIien. ITg. Garadier alas Gmside' ueorse
r. Conghlin Hugh McNeilis, John 81 Clair ard >Ieh-
Ger Pettus
The first four were arrested but the others are Sth
AlSge. The anteccdents Of those arrested are thus
gwen by the detectives Patterson j. native 81 Piia
sepis and is aged abou forty years for the past %
years has been known 20 the police othis aud neigh
boring cities as a most accomplished iorser lie is &
sne penman and possesses considerable knowledge Of
business As iorger he is exceiled by one in this
sonntry unless may he The celebrated Col Cross at
present serving out tenn in the Essicp Pnitentiay
IN Philadelphia.
Tie prisoner has also served several terms IN New.
York and PennsyyaTi prisons. lie is Of present IN
der indictment in this city 10 answer the charge 81
having signed the OF Simeon Draper, Collector Of
he Port to cheek for slco0 lie was yesterday ar
raignel in the Court Of General Sessions and pleaded
not guilty. OBfen is IL tho habit q lounging about
ranks and hotels and has tie reputation among
the Police Of thief He is brother Of
Bonora shepard noorou, counterfeir.r, who
served several terms IN the State Prison lie prisoner
sas also served term. Garside has been several
MINES arrested both in philadelphia and Washington
q
r,erk in the employ Of c large firm Ills city. He ul.
seTstanGs the banking business thoroughly and il was
% account Of this fact that his services we've secured
~ the Others Spencer pet'us is well known 4
burglar. pickpocket and thief lie arrested and
convicted of picking pockets in the Cysta Palace in
london England and served out a term Of years in
English prison for that ofenc lie is q very Intelligent
man. ana Iepudates the society Of thieves and
burglars. McNcllis and 81. Clair have dealt almost
altogether in fOrgeries.
Tie evidence both before ard since the aire; 10
show that extensive iorreres have been committed In
Jersey City, NewaIE, Philadelphia. Baltimore, Wash
ngtOD Scranton, Albany Troy. and other cities The
klowiag are a portion Of he folgeIies committed On
some Of cur city banks ia addition Tie $4,000 men
toned above One check OF 81 on the Mechanics
Bank, iae check being daici Ice. 20 1868 and sgrcd
u. McC1eady & Co.. another for $1,000 q, The sono
talk dated ~. l6, 1861, aud ign William "
Wees; anotleron tie same bank for ~ OnO dated Ju.
~ % 1851 and signed J.. u. Ludlow This last check
vas deposited ia the Sixth National Bank aud TIE
Hsuount drawn. Another forged check 10 the amount
Ms2036J 42 bearing the signature Of S. Gilbert ard
dated June 4 ls6i was deposited in the Ninth National
Bank, and the money drawn; another check Oh tho Pa
sEc Bank for 5000 bearing the signature % {. Grin
sen & Co, was presented and The money dTd=n
Tho p,mes and c.r.iooetions ON all ,be above cheeks
=. 60, urh,, - ,r,,.o- - thor .,~.-io, ,.
WIN i'ih'O. .oO"''' N''"V - '"'' '-h-N
Dor eit! Dants VIII oe dtVeoQed' lho cAuic amount
ri the fol geries in tbs and other cities il is believed
will amount n At l.ast sa-OO0N Yo,terdey the urs.
WI "rn"""' w a. iN"'' e-''i'' ''e''~' '"D 80
sners were taken before Justice Dow Ing and .he follow
me evidence elected George + Cougllu one OF The
800 81. . r,,,,o.r..i,..
"euseu' haue luz '''V'@''''
Henry r. al 81 no VEST Ini'yhfsi'tt'' tr.fi-
ned that September -, lti annexed check ptr-
porting 20 nave uecn cav D! 'uclai- - iat-rop on
Ne Mechanic, B'nk fpi tLe sln az 80, l-iJN payabe
10 I,e olu's Oh W. a. Ne'o Us llCse.lSu 70 oaiisi
!: M,@,o ut P.',le ,l-.A a. oN,h, ".o - taa'il'I
a. ne hiS Z. cVI''elvt' il y "Ih u, n,' 81,
seu,o w i'''''.'' =, .', 80 - = -
g,m! nor '"a 'ne s,,- 1'''' i' ~. I'M .i
- noe. c.,rir,d y, ,io s,i-,ss of ~ a W.
sdeciea aad landed tie ane 70 NE messenger Who
brought The n"e; tAnt 'At s. ." enAelei c.ocA j. "a
forgcry IN every PARTICULAR end nom information which
uenone,t has rc'cyed br h. eyes Thar the sed chcc
wa 50 sent ~ Aforesaid hy Spencer Pcttus Walt,
Patterson Huga NcNelis Miebael O'Prion Jnl. -
- ~ - - el-.,t: ~ =, iiu' p'I -
.,eia1ler aq ne .ooye ra'.? Lo'e SO sent We're
"Se1en " We y, ,1 s' ne va VI VI
WsiLe1 VA ne ne eohh'th'i c'iA u" nc C4s1iei
,le bthk oi Coatiiege,' m ne c! OF rev loiS,
scsN IN tn cashiers Office, boy entered with note
sheh Ae .an3sH 10 JS,1es L. "a. I' VINO handed Ne
cashier opened the .ad note and read IL 20 "a Sir Duer
Nio was lien present the cashier handed the depoucnt