The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-23
ANOTHER SrypEMDOuS FRAUD.
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Remarkable Case Of Theft
and Forgery.
The Forger Obtains the Money
and Makes Extensive Invest
ments in Jewelry.
He Draws Two Hundred and Four Thousand
Dollars In Railroad Bonds from
Hotel Safe on Forged Receipt.
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THE CUIrRTT ARRESTED.
His Confession and Recovery of
the Property.
A LADY IN THE CASE.
90, DC. &c.
His Confession and Recovery o
the Property.
A LADY IN THE CASE.
So Nc. nc.

&c. &C. &c
One Of the most remarkable cases Of crime that ever
ranspred in this city partially developed yesterday
afternoon and involves distinct Of forgery, by
means of which the perpctrator obtained draft and
bonds to the amount of nearly 5000 000
1t appears from the facts, far they have trans
pired that ten days ago man tbirytwo years Of
age carpenter by trade, who had been soldier in the
army and giving his name George Gadwin called at
the Post Office in New Haven, Conn., and asked the clerk
for the letters Of Mr. Trowbridge, a gentleman doing
business No TO Long Wharf, that city. The clerk,
believing that the applicant was duly empowered
10 receive the letters, delivered them to him.
Among this mail matter draft drawn on the
Manhattan Company Of this city by Messrs Bur.
dick, Frisbee & Co., brokers, 93 Wall street, for
81, ,966 70, payable to the order Of Mr. Trowbrdge,
and bearing date August ~, 1885. That night or
the following morning Gadwin started for this city,
bringing with him whom he is pleased to call
emma and took rooms at the ST. Nicholas :lotel
Gadwin deposited the draft he had taken from the letter
Of Mr. Trowbrdge in the hotel safe for safe keeping,
but withdrew 1t the next day, and proceeded to the
ewelry establishment of Mr. Thomas Kirkpatrick, corner
of Broadway and Duane street. ana asked TO look at
some jewelry. He finally selected two beautiful gold
watches and chains costly pearl set diamond breastpn,
ring &C. valued IN all at 81 200 in payment for which
ne offered the draft in question, or II Mr. Kirkpatrick
preferred he could take his pay from some railroad
bonds which Glsdwin exhibited Nr Kirkpatrick made
inquiry concerning the draft, and, becoming satisfied
that it genuine accepted IL and gave Gladwin the
difference between the amount Of the purchase
aud the face OF the draft Mr. kirkpatrick deposited
the draft In his bank collection The Bank of the
Manhattan Company subsequently pronounced the en-
dorsement of H Trowbrldge" the back OF the draft
to be a forgery One Of the bank officers Immediately
called Captain Jourdan, Of the Sixth precinct. and
impaired him such information concerning the matter
as was in his possession The Captain soon obtained
description OF Gladwn, and, hearing that he had
returned New Haven las, Thursday with his travelling
companion Emma, despatched ofncer Woodbridge after
him On reaching New Haven detective Woodbridge
carefully proceeded with the business he had in hand
and learned that Gladwn had offered for sale watch 10
a man named Bradley, with whom he was on intimate
terms strict watch was Kept on Glad
wins boarding house, and on Monday evening
officer Woodbridge succeeded In arresting him,
and sSding in his possession all the jewelry he had
obtained from Mr. Kirkpatrick. The prisoner was
placed on board the Arst train for New York yesterday
morning and arrived here In the afternoon In con
vcrsaon with Captain Jourdan the prisoner stated that
he had found the draft with 81 oo0 bonds Of the
TifRn aud For Wayne Railroad Company and other
papers Broadway and had left the bonds al the store
OF Messr Kohlssaf Brothers, OF Broadway and
Resde street till he should coll for them The prisoner
also confessed forging the name OF Mr. Trowbrdge
the bacl Of the draft. OF the Captain did not be
eve pari Of the prisoners story where he stated
he had found the draft and bonds in the street and
intnstcd in unmstakshe manner that IL was use
les to attempt to deceive him, he knew the
whole truth OF the matter. This brought the
accused to terms. and he frankly confessed that
he had obtained two hundred and four thousand doary
worth O: the THIN and F0rt Wayne Railroad COmpany's
bonds from the safe in the st. Nicholas Hotel without
the knowledge Of the hotel propretors or any OF the
clerks The plan adopted ny Gadwn to poSsess himself
the bonds and that no, without exciting the susp
the persons having charge OF the safe shows him
TO expert in that line of business A the draft
which Gadwin had deposited in the safe was returned 10
him he large psckage In the iron receptacle adj
dressed to Aaron Smith and carefully noted the hand
writing the package IN giving receipt fOr the draft
Gladvin again the sgnatire Of Mr. Smith on the
ceipf book This operation az depositing and withdraw
Ing the draft from the safe was repeated several times ov
Gladwin, and after having become familiar with
Smiths style cf writing the accused took some blank
cards and prsotced writing Aaron Smith on them I'LL
10 almost facsimile ~ the genuine. This being
accomplished ladwin boldly approached the safe aud
aked for Aaron Smiths package The clerk not suspect
ing anything wrong delivered It 10 him. when he gave
receipt In the of Aaron smith, and walked away
with the bonds, which he deposited esewhere These
facts having obtained by Captain Jourdan, he sought
still further concerning the whereabouts of
the bonds succeeded in learning where the prisoner
had left them. Accordingly yesterday afternoon the
bonds which belonged To numerous parties, were recov-
ercd and taken possession OF by Captain Jourdan.
Gladwin whose appearance 10 far from being prepos
sessing s In prison awaiting formal complaint, which,
IL expected will be preferred against him this morning
before Justice Hogan
Another singular circumstance connected With this case
s the fact that the clerks of the st. Nicholas Hotel had
been made Of the alarming mistake committed
by them In delivering the bonds 10 the wrong man I'LL
Informed OF their feonous abstraction from the safe BY
Captain Jourdan yesterday afternoon They seemed TO
think il impossible that such an error could have oc