The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-21
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
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A GRAND FORGERY DETECTED-THE
6UHTY PARTY ARREsTED.-Ye terday, two of
the most daring and sudacious attempts az
forgery that have been attempted IN this CITY
for ONE time past we're brought to light and
the iorger was arrested. The houses operated
upon were those OF Jay Cooke & Co. and Drexel
20. The circumstances are as follows;-A
young man entered the banking house OF jaw
Cooke ~ Co., and presented note purport1np to
be from the firm OF Elliott, Dunn Co., No. $50
Walnut street, requesting the delivery of SIS, 900
OF Seven.thlrty bonds The note, remarkable
for superior orthography, was as folio Ws:-
BANKING House OF Elliott, Dunn & Co, No. 2sO
Walnut street, Phiaoe phla, july 20, 1885,
"Aessrs. Jay Cooke & Co., please diver to
bearer teen thousand dollars August $40
notes, lor payment of which please find cheek
closed, and oblige
1915 OOe. ELLIOTT, DUNN Co"
Accompanying this was a check, drawn as fol.
lows:-
S,cond National Bank, pay to the or0er of
nessrs. jay Cooke Co. fifteen thousand six houn.
"sl5 eco ELLIOTT DUNN 6 Co."
The note and check was presented to Mr.
joseph M. Shoemaker, an employe OF jay Cooke
Il Co., land by him the matter was promptly
referred to MIR. George Thomas, a member of the
h1m, who OF course pronounced both documents
forgeriPs. Telling the man that the notes would
be sent to Elliott, Dunn & Co., Mr. Shoemaker
went at once to their Office and stated the cir
CUmstances.
The strangers movements were watched.
Leaving the office OF Jay Cooke d Co he went
to that OF the Messrs. Drexel. Here he pre-
sented note requesting the delivery of $4,000
of the Roman Ponti6cal bonds, now being sold
in this city Tor the Pope The note was worded: -
July CO. 1S66.-Aessrs. Drexel 6 Co PLEASE
dhveT 10 peaIer ten Thousand dollars or the Roman
Pontifctat bonds. tor payment of which please find
"ELL1oTT, DUNN & Co."
check for ten thousand dollars, similar to
that presented at the counter OF Jay Cooke &
Co., was offered to DTeXel & Co. Mr. 60 itrey
was the clerk who received the papers. He at
once told the presenter to go with him to the
office OF Elliott Dunn. AS they lett the Office
they were stopped by Mr.. Snoema aker and the
toreer taken into custody. He stated tnat he
had served several terms in the army, and now
holds a Majors commission Ia the regular army.
The notes and checks, he contended, we're given
HIM by Mr. Charles Brown, OF No. 33 New
street, New York, and that he was not aware of
their criminal nature telegraphlc despatch
was at once sent to New York city to learn the
truth OF the statement. In an hour an answer
was received, declaring that no such man as
Charles Brown was ever known at No. 33 New
street. The names OF prominent persons in
New York we're given by the prisoner as rete-
Tences tor his honesty. kilograms to these
gentlemen elected answers that they knew
nothing of the torger, and he was handed over
to Detective Webb. That gentleman went to the
Continental Hotel and searched the Majors
baggage. In his trunks were found check
books, hlled with checks on which he had been
practising the signature OF Elliott, Dunn Il Co..
and a letter Worded exactly like that enGed
at the Office OF Jay Cooke Co.
These were taken possession of by Mr.. Webb.
The checks we're all printed with the name of
Elliott, Dunn d Co. on the margin, and a guam
tily OF letter paper, bearing the same heading,
was also found. The whole matter had been
carefully and systematically planned. The
name of the drm is Elliott & Dunn, and but tor
this discrepancy and the bad spelling OF the
notes, the attempt would have been successful.
The attempts were undoubtedly the first efforts
OF the torger. When arrested and confronted
with the evidence OF his guilt, he was dumb
founded He denied his guilt until late in the
day, when he made a clean confession. He was
locked up for future action. He is apparently
about twenty years OF age, and bears the marks
OF honorable wounds, received while CALAMITY
serving in the ranks of his country. He says
that he is the possessor OF wealth, but ambition
and avarice spurred him 10 the act. BY birth he
is french, and speaks and writes that language
with nerlect fuency.