, 1866-03-17
THE CITY.
FORGED GRAIN RECEIPTS.


Yesterday forenoon that portion OF the Board OF
Trade Hat allotted to the '1wheat rins," vas the
eceno Of considerable excitement, earnest talking,
nId forrible geaicuatton, caused BY the discovery
Of fraudulent warehouse receipts fo1 No. Sprtu..
Whea. IN the Union Elevator. As l. well known to
al our readert, thousands Of warehouse receipts
for al kinds Of grain change bands on the Board ot
Trade every year. and 4. theE -p13s ~ current
among the vral1 dealers as ten dollar greenhack,
The discovery Of q handu1ent receipt, for alngIe
car loaa Of wheal. would create such q feeling of
dEtr1Et and uncertainty that nothing care strict
examination Of every receipt tn circulation would
rcstore confidence. Happily, the ea.e discovered
yesterday is the only one that ~ ever occurred
c..ued. The Gacts Of the case are as follows:
whsat operators at the Tzemout Aou.e, mau,
whoee name has elree been ascestainsd 10 be W r.
Davis. Wa Observed trying to negotiate some e500
bushels No. tpring wheat in The pa1ou Elevator.
Hc tried an1onsly 10 obtan Il .s9H per hushei for
md you'd b allowed all he could e. ovet sl,a5 a
compensation for bis services. He could not sen
1t anl finally disposed Of It At IS 10 Mr.
e, b y aa II; csspn a.1a @ sssf 81 ~
5000 husheIs ot wheat TO 7. u MNchsl. ze9neated
Davis deliver IL which be aEreed to do. Mitchell
w ipdehted 70 u LsaFy, asoths. moth operator, fos
10 Lesry, which be did yeste. day morning. at the
hands of third party ntend Of DsTis-who re.
aassted Ls e e 'e h% s;es shsss
be declined 10 do, st2tng that It waA In oppoaiuou
to instructions. An hour OF 70 ai1erHaEds1 Lea1y,
In settlement Of tme conttact, delivered the rr.
celpts 10 q. B. Goodyear, sho It once pronounced
them tosgeslea In order to satisfy hi2elf OF theiz
being sc be directed hIs bookkeeper to take them
oscr 10 the Office OF Mum Scott. the pTopEistor1
Of the elevator Rhenre the secepts puspored to b.
issued. Iii. Scost urhetliattuEly pronounced them
u forge4es. for two satisfactory Eeasous-she sig
nature was mol genuine, not ~ all bearing any r.
semnlance to 1t, and second. becan:e the receiptl
were dated " Febsua,y 18. 1866 when in iacs ths
| houte has not been running for several months
| Mr. Lea1Y was immediately spprlsed Of the tac1
md took Instant measures to recover his money
! which he did without the slightest trouble. Nj.
Champlin wasialso informed Of tho facis, and be re
covered bis money also: Suspicious were s1oused
nor aitogciher ABOVE suspicion aud as be was The
first 10 utter tie spurious receipts, state war1an1
was 1ssucd Tor ha apprehension, and he was accord
1nriy arrested and taken beiors Justice ucWolE be-
'nu1e. DaEis asserted that he poueht the receipts
IN good tatth from cne ]. B. Wilson, who staugclI
Q. Eh eannot be iound. and thai he obtained them
| fom one Hrowns who seems also to bo someWhat q
mythical character. In order to gre Davis time
/ 10 ind Wilson, The examination waa waived TIL
thle morning at ~ O'Clock. and Davis wax COMMIT
| ted 10 jail n default Of $1o,600 bail.
n sssfs g H. spne en eae q &c
| order Of -.sG+ ". nough 4 Co''-auolher myate'
rlous dim-indot=ed By ihem,. and signed b.
| 4-Munn & scott Ter &, Mum" and appear to be
the genuine blanks used BY the Asm. In justice te
4 Mr.. DaEts, we may state that he appears exceed
1 tngly ANXIOUS 10 xlnd.cuia his reputation, ant
! =ati-fy Ill parties that he Il tho Ttctim. Whel
made aware Of the Act That The receipts wete tpu
ali In his power to and the missing Wilson, Who's
Plefence "a very desirable at this 1uncsase. NJ
i Davis canle hefs from Philadelphia q short tin
saa nebes oif 81 bos u Faae ri
business on Change through broker.