The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-27
EXTENSIVE swINDuHe OPERATION.
Canadian Banks VictimIzed by n Yankee
Bogus Bank - 100000 tn Spurious
DrAtta Isaued.


From the Toronto Globe June 81
The particulars OF of the most giGautlc swndllng
schemes ever oncoc ed on the other side nave Just
principals at LockpOr Sew Ork, who're several Of ne
tailed, present scheme SO ski uly planned as ght
victims once on the aert were as sharo a the swnd-
ceedeS aim in bSssus the GREATER HunSe hom nave
About eipht or ten months ago an es alb ishment
town OF Canton, st Lawrence county, New YORK. The
persons engaged In the me t1itty 10
las tuition had made their business notice sut1cient
oher precautions endeavor to public tnat
they were a sound basis Meanwhile, heir swlnG-
ali ssE with On tae
sBsa Bsnk S by N Mr. a se w9S no
escaping rom the wei SO completely woven around his
lie stated that less than two hundred thousand
dollars In this woI HESS paper were issued ali psya9e
lay to The credit Of of the parties concerned bu tna
DAYS subsequently. The many agents Of the concern
mere then flooded the country with this worth ess
oeeast9na " there was yet large percentage over the
was csshed, New YorS was slightly bitten While even
as Tar south as Kentucky and Alabama the rascals
II S estimated that by this y slOO 900 of the
rs RaPsL %SS of fs % al to IN ne 6gsd ThO
BeeemOer last when Mr. i r r Forbes. broker o. this
concern by party represen ing himself to be cattle
buyer in want OF money, and had been introduced as
Palmer had been assured of the reab y Of tue fellow
nett on whom the weight OF The law is now Likely to
a n ba. n force as one @ OF ihe principals in the affair
SrG appearing 10 hs OWn 1S reprsssnstcns % %
he cashed the draft immedAtev; but scarce had
be done so, when he thought something was wrong.
an s Is s
drawer Of the draft was in New York This helghtened
to he second atona Banl their presumed agents he
was informed that they had only s2 so their credit
LOCkDOrt
was informed tha one Of The drafts to sl5OO had been
pad the Ras % coy 10 aaa hs
sanction OF the manager when the operator suspecng
possession Of the who only them became aware Of
thenarrow T escape I.e r. from being votimlzed..
Erss ois Sstons 81 is saaf
inc he doubts Of M Forbes changed their tone and
yered the fu j amount. MI Forbes however, found
IN na S % With me
former having been ac ing Bennetts too he Tecely
while Bennett retained the lions share The c. E.
Re Re hers but
ing his expected share in the proceeds well as the
in the transaction and help to bring the others to JUS
tee Several other parties in Ganada have lost more or
M; Peterson q Port Hope and others being named
at London has lost SO by one Of the parties having
deposited large sum there for ,eoon, and obtained
sve haus were made and De roit and many sections Of
Pennsylvania visited with the same in entlon-iu
days ago fecoversd $500 an amount saoient to cover
al loss and damage besides bonus from man named
A serious diacu ty has, however presented itself
arrested a. the Instance oI Mr Forbes, they having
Uniteo States still strenuous efforts Will be made to
sers and they VIII be hs to account for
their, action The trial cOmmenOed at LOCkport on
previously. .' ~ ..tI ~ IT