The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-30
THE GLADwIN FORGERY.

About o week since there was arraigned before the
magistrate George Gladwin, native Of Connecticut
twenty nine years Of age, whom Captain Jourdan and
ocer Woodbridge had arrested charge Of larceny.
On beng arraigned before Judge Hogan, at the fobs
Police Court complaint made that, having put up
the st. Nicholas Hotel with female companion, under
the assumed name Of III Trowbridge," ne contrived.
by forging the Of former guest OF the establish
ment obtain possession Of several packages contain
ing mortgage bonds to the amount Of two hundred
thousand dollars which had left for safe keeping
charge Of the hotel clerk The accused also charged
with having forged the Of III. Trowbridee" to
check of which he fsonousy obtained possession and
as he pleaded guilty to both complaints, he COM
mitted 70 the Tombs for trial The entire case with
number Of highly interesting details has been fully
reported in the HERALD and was read, doubt with
sucent attention to preclude the necessity Of repub
cation
On Sunday an article was reproduced from the Hart
ford Courant In which II stated that Emma--the
girl who had accompanied aladwn to this Cityhad de-
camped with thousand nine hundred dollars OF the
stolen money It was further stated that the accused
was counterfeter and desperate character, and
such to be considered by the public and the cers Of
the law Consequent upon the persa Of this announce
ment GlOayn without denying his own guilt, explicitly
declared that the girl was innocent, but that his wife
was guilty Of the theft Such his anxiety to make
known the truth that he at requested the attend
ance Of reporter, being DESTROYS Of giving his own
version of the to the public, In compliance with
his request ysi. was raid the man. who now lies in
confinement IN cell No. rs Of the City Prison.
THE APPEARANCE OF GLADwIN.
The accused is OF medium height rather stoutly built
with sandy hair and carelessy shaven face. He Is q
carpenter by trade and has served through the
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greatly affected by his incarceration, but is most
anxious that his own statement of tho details Of
the larceny should be read by the public When
the reporter called upon the unfortunate man
he was engaged in conversation with his
opposite that OF Ketchum, the defaulter. One Of 4he
criminals is youth Of education and refinement; the
other simple untutored uncared for being. Which of
the two has the better claim to the mercy Of the law
aLADwIN's AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
In 1911 enlisted in the Second regiment Connecticut
Volunteers and served out my time On the 4th day Of
Volunteers. March H. was married to Annie L. Casey,
Of Hartford Conn.,, then living In New Haven. On the
1h day Of March my regiment and myself ef FOR New
mail until taken prisoner the Mississippi. Twenty
two months then elapsed without my hearing from her
and subsequently had considerable difficulty In finding
her. she had changed her name TO that Of Georgia
AN UNPLEASANT DISCOVERY.
At length with the assistance Of police officer, dis
covered her TO be at Springfield residing In house Of
Ill fame, whittier she had been conducted few days
previous to my learning her whereabouts. ] induced
the officer to accompany me as witness for the pur.e
s a % ssGa s establish sssn
told she was "a common prostitute" Having entered
the house we found her. and stated the object Of our
me- and related s her adventures length orsave her,
on her promising that she would do as told her IN
four miles distant from Chicopee, Mass, where
to join her in ten days. This occurred on
Haven ana
the ensuing day when left tha city at for Bridge
port to visit my sister stayed at Bridgeport TIL sun
On Monday night received tho check Of H. Trowbrdge
Sons, of which subsequently made use
THE MYSTERIOUS EMMA.
never the girl to whom the above name has been
given until Monday afternoon, August This was the
way In which became acquainted with her:-l asked
hack driver in New Haven II he could find me girl to
TO New York who would be willing to absent herself from
home two three days He said he knewa girl who had
just from the country, bnt very bashfu told
him to fetch the GIRL which he did she consented TO
go to New York with me, aud VIC left by the first train
having only some nifty dollars upon my person besides
n 1ns me * 'V he Nicholas Hea The mysero%s
Emma then told who the hack driver was who intro
duced her TO II seems that he had belonged to my
regiment and in New Orleans with mo. This woman
then his wife, but she proved fathess and he OBJ
tanned divorce from her his return home. He sub
sequently married again. but could not break his lain
with Emma If her statement be The girl refused,
however give me his name or her own and the matter
res'ea 'nere ruv ,.pcpsy =, ss.asiizss-
As soon arrived at the st. Ni"L6las Hotel put the
check in the safe, This was on Monday evening, Angus,
a. Tuesday drew It out and looked at some Watches
In the store No sos broadway. On the afternoon
put back the check in the SAFE and then Aaron
Smiths name on the book for two packages and
asked for my own packages and answered to the ques
tons put TO me by stating that my name smith,
having forgotten at the time 10 give the OF Aaron
The book was handed me, and signed his name and
took the package, without knowing what had got till
and fif
dollar bonds These restored to the safe in my own
name, signing on the book III Trowbrdge,n which sig
nature may still be That night left the balance
Of the bonds at the Continental Hotel whence took
them the next morning, and entrusted them to n man
across the way: Wednesday took the seven bonds
had kept and the check No 305 Broadway purchase
the watches The keeper Of the preferred taking
the check, which he the bank and which pro-
nounced good. then received the watches and the
balance OF the amount Of the check returned the
hotel pad my bill, hired hack went to the railroad
depot purchased ticket and sent 'the mysterious EN-
ma" of to New Haven, giving her twentyfl five dollars
for spending money. I then hired another hack and
drove back to the Aston House.
HE VISITS WALL STREET.
! left seven thousand dollar bonds In Broadway
that the might be advertised for and discovered
saying 10 the parties Ia whose hands / placed the
property that going TO Ohio These bonds not
worth the paper which they printed as was
told IN Wall street that the railroad not finished and
never would be- They have right to issue such
bonds rightly sad by the down town business
men and spectators.
THE MYSTERIOUS EMMA AGAIN.
left New York on Thursday morning and arrived at
New Haven, where ! saw "the mysterious Emma" in
the afternoon, Chapel street She wanted 10
pany me to Springfield. but objected On Thursday
night went to Springfield and stopped at the Massasoit
Hotel, and on Friday morning hired team to 20 for my
wife, who residing with my cousin In Rock Valley.
found her cooking the breakfast As the entire party
wished TO have ride consented to go back TO Spring
field and obtain hack, and we all had ga good time"
HE PAYS THE BILLS.
Al night went out and paid my wfes bills In Spring
field which payment required one hundred and eighty
two dollars and fifty cents. I also made purchases TO
the amount OF two hundred and twenty weight dollars
Part of the property found In my trunk when
rested on Monday night at New Haven On Saturday
morning. when in Springfield, gave my wife nineteen
hundred dollars in greenbacks 10 keep for me-
HE SUSPECTS HIS WIFE,
While were waiting In the Springfield depot for the
eleven O'Clock train, on Saturday morning, left my wife
for a short time and outside. On returning
told by the hack driver that tiny gr was seen TO give
a man some money. asked her II this true, aud
she said IL not. made her 60 10 the hotel,
and we counted and found the money "all right" So
returned the amount 20 her thinking, at least that
could place confidence In wife We then left Spring