, 1865-05-08
AT11mPTED syyFND1.IHE.}
Il Bold and 1nkeDious Scheme to De.
fraud

A most 3pgeninpely con .iyed eeh.me to DE-
fraud Chicago hanke. out nj the modest sum Of
slo,oco was discovered on Friday night, happily
6elore The intended victim had been sold.
About IL O'Clock In the evtning, Nj. Hcnr3
Grcenebauna, the banker, wts called cut OF the
Opera House By one of lis clerks, ard introduced
70 ntp seated in , carriage ct the door, and At,
tired Ii The fall costume ot M,jor General. The
dent}y At ea.e ND hiEself md d; defsr@in;,d 1t 10
be 80 with an the World, He h1t been
to tie resioclcc Of Nj. GreebebaEm, ant
WAY to St. Louis. and brought . letter ot INTRO.
dnctton from Hou. Vim. B. Ogden, which read as
FR1pAr Rvzsno. Eay i, 1855.
~ Deas SIR tske pleasure IN mixing you
acquainted With my f1end Moi. Gen. ", s. Han
cock Of Q. s: Army. The General IL on HI. way
TO St Ionfs IN connection With bnslnesa Of his
new coEre. He nishfs to com picte eoa bahking
business before be leaves in the morning, aud
have recommended your house to him. pre-
Jsy Cooke, Ed, of Phtlsae1pt,a. Any fsor::
you may see tit to do for him will be coosidesed
al prrtenaI faVo1 to me.
1ourr respectfully obcdient servant
HkREr GREExEBAuH.
M1. Grerpebau1n read the letter. and b1andly
visitor, The reply wss tha, he wxn'ed teo thou.
sand dollars, ana would draw on Jay Cooke for
the amount. The bankers o!fsctosies Imme-
dtately perceived the presence Of aimtuutive ro-
business with BIN. ind he WIS ra!h, suspicious
that II was not the signature Of he Railway hns-
Furthermore, he had din impression that nj.
Ogden vas not in the city. He informed MS ".
ilor that he could mt then accom- 7od1te dln, ou1
would NEE him at his bank In The mornaug at my
hour be choee to nane- The gentleman was sails
G.d, and named eix O'Clock, rem1rkIns t1at 20
must &c to 81. Louis on the morntns tram nuI
that the Superintendent Of lEc fusd aad promised
to wast an hour for him tboso tast pe nesess11s. ~ T
NF, Greenehaum then went back 10 the Opcro,.
aud mepnoDed the Circumstance to sereral gen.le-
averrine tbst Mr. Ogden vas not in the dry, and
Of course could not have dated toe letter on that
evening lie then went In searfh OF detective,
tnttDdtne to have the t'Genera;H arrested "on
call" IN the morning. but those gentlemen bud alt
hrt in po!iceman's cloth" -"inEieibe b'ne'') thst
not ono Of them could he found. Under these cir
cumetabca, Mr. Gre-nebaum did not think It
Kcud pay to he at tho bark IT thr early hour
morning, bogus telegram was tound under the
door. which read as foltowe: "Yes, for any
amount he 1uay require. Jay Cooke.''
The fellow u eppnfenuy about Is yeark OF age.
inl face. dark eyes and hair, and good sized Eide
we'll. tnd had prepared for contingencies. Just
heiofe Buf paper went to press on Saturd7y morn.
ing paragraph was han0ed inio the Office, state-
Ing that Major General Hancock md vile, withs
swo memters Of his s'aH had arrived IN the city.
Intended to take the edge IRON any eusplciona
That might be ente1 talned On the part Of LII.
Gleenebauw. and Ferhape Aleo TO pare the way lnr
other operations here or elsewhere. The present
scheme fa,led+ II j., however, great pity that
The scoundIel wae mol secured.