New-York daily tribune., 1865-10-02
Alleged Forgtry-Ths Accused States that
He 10 the Victim Of Misplaced Cona'

On Saturday Sergt. Webb Of the Sixteenth
Precinct. arrested Mr.. Francis j. Tucker. lawyer.
having nh Office at No. 75i Broadway ana also resides
az No 81 vandal st. on the complaint Of Mr.. Samuel
j. POLLOCK. third Teller Of the Continental National
Bank Of tbs city, The complainant, who for the past
five years has known the prisoner states that on the
18th inst the latter came to the bank with unknown
man. and handed to him draft drawn by the National
City Bauk Eames, Alien g. Co.. bankers, Ottawa. IL
lnois for os on the Chemical Bank. made payable
to the order Of fl. HanIord. and purpoIing to have
been indorod by the latter that Tucker epresenedto
the complainant that the Unknown man IianfoIc,
and at the request Of the complainant, put his name
beneath that OF Uanford certifying the Endorsement TO
be correct aud then asked complainant 10 cash the
draft ard the latter believing the representations OF
Tucker to be correct aud indng that he had not money
enough to cash it, went 70 the first Teller ana obtained
his certificate of tie correctness OF the indorscne
thus enabling Tucker to draw the amount Of the cheek
from tie Chemical Bank. on the strength OF the ceril
cate OF tie Teller; that hc is informed that Tnoker re-
ecyed So tor his share in the transactions and tha ne
has since learned from II. Hanord that the indorsc
ment Of his forgery and that the drait had
beon stolen from the PO>t-Oiice.
Sergeant Webb testified that he had been informed
by Frederick A. Andrews that he saw Edward Loc
forge the above check in connection with ID. L. Pome
roy the ism Of September 1865. wsh intention OF
defrauding the firm Of j. Wadsworih Co. Of No. oL
Cedar.st.
Frederick A. Andrews of Boston. Mass. now in The
House Of Detention, testified that on the 18th inst Ei,
ward Lee met him in Testers billiard rooms IN Brphl'
way and showed him the draft referred To- aud told
him that be wanted him TO get the said draft cer'ihed
a the Chemical Bank Of tIs cry; that SAID Lee then
took depOnen into the music room and there fofecu
the name OF ii. uanford' the back or the DRAFT
that sad Lee and the aepOnent then went to tho Chem
ical Bank and while Lee stayed outside he went IN ana
got the draft certified that they then went down TO
Ccd dar st. and when opposite No. Gi. ID. L. Pomeroy
came and accoted Lee aud that he and Lee then
went ore side ana engaged IN earnest conver'
satiop after which Lee introduced POmefOy
to the witness, and told him that Pomeroy
was smart fellow OF that sort OF thing and that they
intended 10 carry the business of forging during tho
coming Winter; that Pomeroy then told witness thai
he would como ~ the Of No. OIL Cedsrs and nod.
and that when he dd the witness should come IN and
hand the draft 10 lin. AID state that hls name was
Uanford and that he was from Ottawa. H.; witness
did as be directed. md Pomeroy then handed the
draft TO "a man WHO stood az desk in the once OF
Wadsworth 4 Co.. whom Pomeroy called the broker.
and stated that tho witness was young man rom W.
tawa- Ill that lie had friends here ana was not
known at the Chemical Bank, and that The shd draft
was nil right the said broker the-enpon fequessa
Pomcoy 10 put his name on the BACK o 'e drai Nhien
PomerOy dcoued to do aud the broker then REUSED 10
cash the draft The wness also swears that pOuerVy
TOOK him 20 No 80 Eassaust Ia obi0n tho money Oh
the draft. but found the place closed.
Justice JedWith. reading the hihdhvlts, hsueu
warrants for tue arrest OF PomeIoy ana ITe. in.y
EFT absemt from the CITY. IL is stated that The check
reeTred 20 was stolen from the P0stOce by one o iLo
clerks in that department. ~
Tucher is held TO bail IN the sum Of { 900 TO answer
the cbarce lie states IN his defense that about two
months since William Higgins, one Of bis clients. resid'
ing at the OF BrQome and Sullyan-ss. intro
dnced 10 him Edward Lee, and that about two weeks
since Lee came 10 him. and producing the above dfait
requested linn 10 render hin and IN procuring the
money for it, and that he acted in good filth in what he
I did