The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-05-08
The Great Wa, street Forgery
Amount Yariously Estimae,d ~


The New York 2ffbsss ofFriday last cou-
talus The following detsils Of the late for-
geties perpetrated by one JopS iioss, a
broker Of that city:
AT two aud half o'clock r. NJ. yester-
day, Mr.. Albert Sreyer, dealer IN gold and
stocks, received from the Fourth National
Bank two checks for S64, 300 each, ~ rpoTe-
Ing 70 be signed bv him. certified by the
bank, and sigred aud indorsed by John Ross.
Both checks bore the same number. The
bank officers state that their certifcatlon Of
the checks Is a forgery. Mr., Speyer also
states that his signature i forgery. The
cheeks came lrom the Union or rContinental
Pank In the regular way OF exchange and
had been taken by them on Tuesday. They
are autographed. and fac simile Of those
used b. Mr.. Speyer. the nurIbe-s being the
same 9s used by HIN upon one ofhis checks
few days since.
/ 1T about -ts same hour. Rowe . Macy,
ba- kers and bro ers. at 40. 80 Wa ss-eet,
received from the Leatte- Manufacturers
I Bsnk Two checks fc- S54.JJ0 each. u cur
rency. urDofting to have been dawn by
ehem. ard re- s'vti = the way Of xcaange
BY the aoove bank from the Union and
Cont centa Banks. They were made pay
abe to the orter of Josn Ross, and were
perfect counterfeits Of the style of checks
used 3y the firm. tie revenue stamps on
them bearing the name cf the firm. Boil
were forged.
4 few " eks since Ross pcid into the
bands Of Groesbeck q Co., brokers, Of No
80 5road strees, large amount Of money
TO be inyC ;ted In M gan Central Rail
rod bonds These bonos are very plain
abj easiiv counterte,ted. The bonds were
purchased and de iyered 10 Ross. Tw,
weeks 5 nee, he called On NJ. Groesbeck
and stating nat he wanted to borrow some
money, left as security what purported e
be some OF the bonds purchesed for him by
Che firm. Ihe money was loaned him, and
the bonds taken. Tne bonds eft by him as
security now prove to be forged. He has
a-so, It Is stated. borrowed other suns from
me firm.
IN Tuesday Ross cs upon J. 5. Cro-
.n'se q Co. brokers, at No. "a We street
where he was well known. and purchased
S00,0J0 IN gold, In payment for which he
rendered check for $elC30 on the Conti-
ne-tal Bark, where he was known to be a
1epositor, and which bore the certificatlon
OF the bank. This check was sent to the
bank by the Arm to know " the ceIcifca-
ton was correct. Ine bank returned for
answer taat 1t was. The check was by the
firm subsequently deposited in the Bank OF
the Commonwealth, and 4 the regular
course of exchange reached the Continental
BS k yesterday, where the certiflcation was
pronounc ID forgery. L Is a question OF
ye-acity ut present Oetwt en- the firm 9nd
the bank. The for c'aim that the bar (
officers informed tle messe1 yer when sent
with re check that TIE cert fcat'on was
correct. This the bank den.es.
j At two O'clock on Tuesday afternc IN
Rcss purchased from Black 4 Spaulding,
gold brokers, of No. l9 Broad street, S5O.-
600 In gold, and gave them. also, che OK
for S64,O00 on the Continental Bank in pay
ment for the same. This was deposited by
the firm In the Leather Manufacturers
Bank. Yesterday morning this was sent
back - the firm by the bark on which I,
was drawn, with the announcement that
Ike the others, the certification was for
gerry.
II was also stated on the street that the
Continsn snta. Back was heavy loser by
Ross, he havi1g deposited forged checks q
his credit in tse bank. and drawn against
them to a large amount.
TIE most conflicting rumors were circu-
'sted. scarcely a prominent firm In the
be-, ding or brokerage business but were
s.stsc to have been yctimized by Ross TO 8
greater or -sss exte-t. |he amount of lis
ope-at'o-s were va-.ou7'v est mated a,
from $1,000 70 S501Cl1; some credu Gus
individuals even conjecturing that It might
reach million.