, 1866-04-23

Singular DE4c0Fery-Pr0bNb}e Clue to
aa,c ForGer In the *sDuyl%'s t:aAp.
On Friday afternoon, about four O'Clock, the
wheat tyrcuIasor. who daily confrcgntc IN tne
rotrnda Of The thambcr o! Commerce, were for the
second time this spring, disturbed no htte by the
elscose.y OF torg wheat reeelpt.. Careful inyes.
ssrafion developed The .olon lng l.cis:
On Wednt sday evening I,sA an Individual giving
olict u Jo.eph MeDonala commission uacrchsr;
doing business on taalie ttrce&, and lett with him
receipts for No. atd sps'n~ Wheat. purpor'trg
owned By Mum seoti aad requested lin 10 eli
the tarne. Mr. McDonAt4 agreed 10 do 30, when
Wilson remarked that ~ he was obliged 10 leave
III: Mcdonald would forward The proceeds Of ths
80 We'll. Ills III: s4eSeasa p.omsscd sd; 70 DO d..
ing tor wind, Or he ha, no, s,nce been ee-n On
tHday morning Str. McD1naid received a se1seram
, o5ssr him S,ss e ssl IT. Wheat a " aeSsosln9
Rs e..e IVA o9 Who ~ seas aisn es %1ss' s.
Enposc Of shipping ln :as ;S.s si,"S MT
wehte1n Elevator. aud prst nt1ng the receipts. de-
qanded .he Tnear: An We beHJ. who J. Ia
plcIou- lie examlued then closely and pronounced
ihcm spurious: Nz: Wr-sht Immediately setnIned
TO the office Of NJ. Mcucaa1l and related The lacta
to HIM. The police autbszltles we're at, once CON
snied, md 4 detective sas at once detailed to
work up the caeo. lie fond that Mr.. Wilson had
len for Windsor. and on ths 10 o'clock train on
Friday night the detective Left for The -aue place.
The ftccipts arc nu clm,st perfect imitation. md
IN Nineteen cases ont Of senty would havs passed
unqncttiuned-- II at thGe were eight Of them,
ca1I1Dg for ysronB au1ounx Of whelt, rum on. car
Load up 10 ], ,i00 bushels s,Hrecatmg IN all httle
o'cI i,a0O bushels ThsT were Iladc payable TO
tie order Of ras1ous parte:. (who-e endo1*em ants
:rere sorged}, one TO JohI Hodson, another 10 7.
II. Seymour, another to Howard Pfis.il-y. and
others 10 other inu,vlduds-1l well.known mcul-
berr Of the Hoard Of TracE-an1 bore various dates.
They pnrpcr'ed 10 be s&neu "Aunu aad ecJts.
ccr NcyherTy."
At the time OF the ,Da'ls foEger1cs, re poIn.ed
OUT The iac* that the wanEou.enea ought 10 adopt
much care a. bank note That the pubiic ought
o be protected noEe vii dem; aud A. rrain r=-
scfp.s pass from hand to nd almost a. frequently
.s rrccnlxaek, u: Incumbent upon tho pfupne-
tors OF the elevators to mont the necessary prccau
lions 10 prevent sraii ;ssar5 tsom petog nude
yctimF. Fortunately. II th1s fn:tauce, Mt. 3IcDo-
nad had lot made any advances on the receipts. 20
vi! take snch act1on a. vlll pzesen. The repetition
Of tlese fotgerie.
There Is q strange catuciheac: in connection
with these forgerict Il I'LL BE- remem oerel 1t the
time Of the Davis tor..ertt. Davis i:s.ed that be
vas ylctlmlzed party. iaving In good faith 0ss-
aimed the receipts whtchhe uttered from ono VIII
son, whose whereabouts could no: at that
lime, and We believe. haFe not since been ascct-
famed: Whether the twt Wilson's be one md he
No. represented that helIyef In Detroit. and had
tcen engaged in business at ',Windeos, =. ", buy
1nE horse ea. catle. &C., Rus slnta the ab1o taton
OF fhe Hec3rtocity Irea7. had gradually given it
MP. IT IS 10 be hoped th.t he will h. specially at.
seeted and brotgns to that punishment which ns
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