New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-23
$204, 00C In Railway Bonds obtained
With a Forged Receipt.
Ext ensiye Stealing from Letters, and
Purchasing Of Jewelry.
Recovery Of Most Of the Stolen Property

About 10 days since man who gave MS name
as George Gladwin, aged about 81 years. carpenter
b. trade and who has lately served in the army called
the Post.oce in New. Haven. Conn, and stated to
e clerk that he had called for the letters OF Mr. Irow'
bridge smerchant of that city. whose place is at No.
Nc Long Wharf Believing that he was authorized to
receive the letters they given to him by the clerk
Among the number received by the man was one CON
tanning draft for So e66 10 drawn the Manhattan
<,ompany's Bank Of this city by Messrs Burdck FRS
bee Co. brokers' Of No. 20 Wall.st., made payable to
the order Of Mr.. Trowbridge, and bearing date
August 70, 1865 The following day Gladwn
arrived Ia this city with woman, whom he
addresses as Emma" and put up at the St. Nicholas
Hotel The stolen draft he deposited in the hotel SAFE
but the next day withdrew it, lie then proceeded to the
ewelry store of Mr. Thomas kirkpatrick, at the corner
Of Broadway and Duane-st, and after considerable de-
rur selected two handsome gold watches and chains.
pearlset diamond breastpin. ring and some smaller
articles valued in all at q 200 and rendered in paw
nent the stolen draft he having previously forged the
Endorsement of Mr.. Trowbrdge. He added that II
Mr. K. preferred he could let him have some railroad
bonds, at the same time exhibiting them. Mr. X. pre-
ferred the draft, and having ascertaned that ~ was
genuine took it, and gave TO Gladwin tho difference
between the of the purchase and the face OF the
draft which he subsequently deposited in the bank
where he kept his account. for collection. On being
eent to the Manhattan Company's Bank, the lndoise
ment was pronounced forgery and the services OF
Capt. Jourdan were procured to hunt mp the matter.
He was furnished with close description Of Glad
win and subsequently asceI.ained that on Thursday
Hast be returned to New. Haven with his femae com
panion Officer Woodbridge Of the Sixth Precinct was
at once sent on by Capt Jourdan and on arriving In
Shat city, found after considerable research that
she forger had offered for sale Of the watches Tnr
chased by him with the stolen check TO friend named
Bradley. His hoardng.hous was then watched by
the officer but not until Monday night last that
he returned to it when he was immediately arrested
IN his found all Of the iewery purchased
from Mr.. Kirkpatrick The next express tranbound to
this city contained passengers the detective and ms
prisoner they arriving here yesterday afternoon Inc
prisoner stated to Capt. JOurdan, in response to
question from the latter that ne had found tho
Sro ,ogether with seven $1,000 bond,
nj the Tiefn and Fort Wayne Railroad Company, anC
other papers in Broadway and had left the latter IN 'h
possession Of Messrs Kohsaat Brothers at the corne
.f broadway and Reade.st., for temporary safekeeI
ing He admitted however 6sat he had forged the en-
dorsement of Mr.. Trowbrdge%n the draft. The state
neut that he had found the vaiuabes entirely dis
credited By Capt. JourdaD, and he so informed tb
prisoner asserting. that he knew the Who'll
truth of the matter and thet further evasion was use
less After some further hesitation the prisoner FINAL
acknowledged that he had obtained s20i 900 worth
bonds Of the Tliin and Fort Wayne Railroad Compan
from the safe of the ST. Nicholas Hotel for which b
bad given a forged receipt.
He describes the mode by which lie obtained tn
bonds have been follows: When be deposited th
stolen draft with the clerk at the hotel he noticed,
Che official placed ii in the safe, large package in III
receptacle labeled Aaron Smith" and in the receiI
book the same name. In order to familiarize himse
with the signature of Smith, he deposited and will
drew his draft several times each occasion closel
scrutinzing the desired signature. Providing himse
with package Of blank cards he commenced imitatn
Che signature of Smith, until he enabled to execu
almost perfect fac smile Of the original Satisfied
this point he approached the clerk WHO had charge
the safe and asked for the package belonging to N
Aaron Smith. 1t was handed to bin without the lea
hesitation. and Gladwin cooly gave the requisite 7
oeipt and walked off with the package, which be d
posted, for security. elsewhere.
Having obtained these facts the Captain visited IL
places indicated by the prisoner where he had left Il
bonds and succeeded in recovering the entire amour
OF this amount s. 900 recovered from Kohlsa
Brothers they having accepted them in good faith Q
deposit.
These bonds the property Of several persons, M
Smith merely having them in trust and the hotel ell
plOyes did not even know that there was anythin
wrong connected with the disappearance of the bond
until informed of the facts in the by Capt Jourdar
Certainly ii seems a very loose style of doing business
chat should be enabled procure from the safe
hotel bonds TO such large amount by so simple pre-
seeding and that the only safeguard relied upon by tn
propretors Of the hotel should be the signature Of th
depositor. One naturally wonders whether all the otLe
loading hotels in the city pursue the same plan.
The prisoner is anything but shrewd. inteigen,
looking man, and the last person in the world oh
server would expect to see mixed up In affair Of th
Kind. He Is not known TO the police and this is pro
baby his frat operation During the afternoon he
taken before Justice Hogan, and after preliminsry
examination recommitted TO the custody Of Capt
Jourdan and taken back 10 the Station. House.
The woman who was with Glaawin when he vsitet
is city the first OCCASION has not yet been arrested
and as she has not been proved to have had anyhns
10 do with the check transaction do not know tina
tbe police will look for her. She was probabya com
pa1nOn du coyaSe
The case Is in every respect. one Of the most re-
markable ever brought before our Police Courts
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ROBBED ON THE STREET IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
YESTERDAY morning at about 10 o'clock Thomas Shan
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