Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-04

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Az ADRoIT SwIxDLE.-Sometime dur
ing the latter portion of week before last
a man named, or calling himself, VIM.
C. Bennett, came to this city, bringing
a letter Of Introduction from 9 well
known and highly responsible gentleman
of viucenues to one Of our citizens The
letter, without endorsing the bearer,
stated that be vas about going into
business Ia Vincennes, and that he Wis
tied this city to purchase stock Of gro
ceries, and asking that some attention
be shown him by our business men.
The man was Of good address, and
readily won the confidence of the gen
tleman to whom he brought the letter,
who sold him lot Of salt to the value
of $40 or $3.50, for which he received
draft on Tucker 4 Co., Of Louisville, for
$500, giving the change in greenbacks.
He next went to grocery house on
Main Street, where he purchased goods
to the amount Of $500, giving in pay.
ment draft on Tucker & Co. for 1910,
subsequently receiving the balance in
greenbacks or their equivalent On
First Street.-The purchased from one house
about $4T0 worth of goods and paid
over $500 draft, receiving the change;
and from another be purchased to the
amount of $5l8 and gave them another
$500 draft on Tucker q Co, promising
to remit the. balance as soon as he
reached Vincennes. During the day he
had genuine draft from the bank at
Vincennes, for $500, cashed at the
Evansville National Bank. Before pur-
chasing the goods on Main Street he had
offered one of his Tucker& Co. drafts at
the bank, but the Cashier declined buy
i ing il except at a discount, to which
Bennett seemed unwilling to consent,
and when be went to the Main Street
house he first showed the draft and
asked If they would take it at par, which
they agreed to do. In the evening, when
most of the employees, including the
cashier, were at tea, he called in at the
Main Street house and desired to pay
for the goods, at the same time present
ing the draft. 9s-a
The gentleman in attendance told
him be would have to wait until the
cashier returned to give him his change.
Bennett replied that il made no differ
eace--that they might pass the balance
to his credit, as be should want more
| goods in few days This fact, to-
gether with the cool, business-like man
ner in which he carried on the affair,
/ would have tended to sllsy suspicion,
had any existed. .ac atsf z
The cashier, however, returned and
| gave him check on the bank for the
balance, and be departed, with instrue-
tons to ship the goods on Monday of
last week, which was done.
In the meanwhile, the drafts were put
in process of conversion, but, lol on
Thursday and Friday two If them at
least, perhaps three, were returned pro-
tested, and marked forgsries.
Some CONSERVATION ensued, and the
interested parties started to look for the
new firm. AT Vincennes they found
the goods and clerk in charge, with
instructions not to open the goods until
the proprietor, who had gone to Louis
vile or Cincinnati, should return. The
goods were attached by the parties
4 whose drafts have been returned I'M
| honored. nl Dr. sUat
One Of the drafts has not yet been
heard from, and it is possible that it
may be paid If so, the parties holding
the bogus drafts will be safe.
The Louisville Journal of Friday
contains the following in its money arti-
Gle, alluding to this and similar affairs
just coming to light:
l. "There was some excitement in the
Money market to-day, caused by run
on the firm of Tucker 4 Co., and others
in the shape of checks drawn by an in
dividual signing himself William c..
Bennett which checks, however, upon
examination, proved to be bogus. The
fraud is reported, thus far, to amount to
about $4,000 Similar frauds have been
discovered, perpetrated by another or
the same individual, under the sigma.
ture of s. c. Adams, on -the Bank of
Kentucky We learn that bogus checks
of like character have fallen into the
hands of our merchants, banks and bro
kers rather Unfortunately, emanatipg
from innocent parties, no doubt, located
at Cincinnati, Evansville and Ovens
boro The extent of the fraud has not
yet developed itself. Among the parties
in the city who have had these checks
sentthen, are George w. Wicks, George
c. Hunter, Northern Bank Of Kentucky,
&c. OF the checks we which have seen,
one was drawn by William c. Bennett
on Tucker g. Co., in favor Of Louis E.
Williams, for $4I9; another drawn by s.
O, Adams, on the Bank Of Kentucky.
The fraud no doubt 10 an extensive one,
but no one in the city viii suffer, as the
persons who forwarded them here for
collection are responsible parties. It is
reported that Bennett some time ago
deposited with Tucker 4 Co. $500, OBJ
tanned pass-book and some checks,
and shortly afterward drew the whole of
his deposit, but has since been doing
business in small way, on the Jen-
kins and Ketchum order" He<s3 !.
| We heard of the swindle on Thursday
or Friday, but were requested to say
nothing about it until the expedition to
Vincennes was heard from. Merchants
cannot be too cautious in these days Of
unheard of villainies.
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