, 1865-10-13
EXTENSIVE sWIxDLxSG.


In Yesterdays fsene Of the TEnESE We chrouj.
c1ed the sncst BY Officer Kemp, Of the Frss
Trtcinct police, Of a man nnmed William L. Denp.
e,er Tie .rrcst wl4 made at hetnstane Of several
OF our leading manufacturers, wood dealers and
lumber nerrhnnts, upon whom he has been play
Ing q series OF "ccnfdcnce eamcs" for long time
1nst. The accused was placed In the prisoners
tock al The Folice. Coust yesterday forenoon, but
no evidence was takcn in The case, rs he VAS un-
iars in the cnse have n9t been divulgcd. yet Fufh
cent has hceu made public to stump Dcmpacf as
one OF The most accomplished and enccessiul conf
dence ntn th1t have opssated lately In the western
For eighteen months Of two years past this nan
Demp.teI has been Resident OF Chicago, passing
d rrarafnctIItT Of ratiouf articles. m eItenltre
dealer in cord wood and lnmber. and the owner OF
numeron. mills and factories. HIS appearance Is
perfectly 1tpobcilsble viii his representations, be
beng esns,ble looking rnan. shewd, intelligent,
ard 1 decidedly iracet m1Dlllc look. HIS clothes,
has, 1Not*. The cut Of bis hair and Whfskcrs, and
In machinery, rbow him the last MEN in TIC world
ecanst wLo!n kusp'c5ou would be rulsed. lie
bearded aronEd at yollorf places; was occasionally
a,,stnt facm The city. and made himself acquainted
viii neariy Il! The tead1EE commercial and MENU
iactursnc ftIas in the city, very mnny OF whom he
Las twinded out Of larI famt Of money or salnn
bic pieces Of u:achircly. The following WIS his
mode ol operation:
lie bad s,hat prrprrted to be lct,er OF credit on
the fIm cf Lane and 5odley, Of Cincinnati, who
Ncfrulere Anonn AA cxtEnAve manufacturers o
boilers. md whore ncDes a-r 6 good aa the
wheat.' This lcttcs rrp5es scnted him as q uan oi
wealth. and as bling Engaged IN Ia11ppe hEanche!
OF businees. Through this means he introduced
himkeli 10 rome Of ourlead1nc Eouscs. and succccd
cd in making heavy pn1clas es, cilne Ill the crcdl
lie could. desire In foIe ri,as hc repre-
tented himself AZ q dealer in, lumber md
rs expecting the arrirh! OF tcscsa1 vessel loatt
every day. willie to Others be etled that he had ~
extensive wood gard On the North Pier. In ihit
ErarncT he Les opc1nfed with various drI5, Whp
without suy hesitnaion, placcd every reliance on h
rerrcse entntcps. selling him anything ne drstrel
md taking his note n ImyIacnt. Amons ths hsm
: Hsothrr, lrnbcr dealers ~ corncr Of Market ant
JfcStCn sheets, $i.G6: W. 4 LoEttnF & Co.
Wholesale clothing merchants, Not. u and II LAX
st,ccL t1,sv, sIcporgal + Nicholas, manu{actur
eE5 Of boots a1N sh0e-, corner OF Lake street
Wabash Avenue, $l1i; Richards Com Shellc
Company. S, stU: Young, Bro. j Co, dealers IL
clothing, Soe. 80 md Is Lake street. $4tn; F. "
| k1orae, Jefferson and Franklin Eon Works, 1880
Tbcsc make total Of sl1ll4, and in addition then
nhjrh will twell the snm to $l7 co., No more osse
are lnoul ct prescni. but It Is expected that thi
nlrouut will le Increased In day oE tho bJ the ala
-oere d optlaiiionf npoi1 o.ner firms with WHOM
1t Is known he had dealings. Though the felloy
pssed bis card. trdiciously nnd we'll 1t docs appca
l little strange that he went 60 long undetected
The signature ot 1Gne Dod1ey to the letter he ha
Is forgery, Icing nothing Ike the genuine, an
| yet he opcr1ted with mcn who We're acqnAtnte
N;th The genuine Signature.
The examination WIS continued until Saturda
10 furnish bail Tor his appearance in Tie suu, {
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