The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-15
HEAVY FORGERY ON A CITY BANK.

The National City Bapk 'niuicsed out OF
s75.OoO-Ths Forxer Ex-RaiIroad
Conductor Arrest of the Cniprt.
On the lltb OF isst lily a g'ntlemsniy looking
called at The National CITY Bank, OF this city. and pre-
ssn,ed check for s.5 600, purportng TO have been
signed oy C. Vanderbilt and payable 70 the order Of
Henry Keep, President OF the New York Central Rail-
road Ga the back OF the check the following in
ALB NY July s, 1857
The American Express Company will col oct aud de-
HENRY KEEP, Presi. N c. R r.
The man who presented the check stated mat DE was
a messenger OF the American Express Company tue Su-
perinlen lent which la1 sent hun have zoe check
csshed Q. executing TO the letter the orders
Of Mr.. Keep. The Signature {. Vandeibllt appeafin'
genuine payag teller Mr. Worlh unsuspcious as to
the cha acter Of the man, paid over the full amount,
$500 S vera DAYS passed before The forgery dis
covered.
On the 10Th OF August Mr. Vanderbilt, examining
bis checks drawn the bank, discovered ~ and the
element that followed bank NAV be better mag
ined Than described The affair was Immediately laid
before superintendent Kennedy. VINO placed the work
ing up oil the case ia the hands 81 detective George
Elder. who al once on receiving his uctions, pot
himself together do Whatever he could toward Oh
tanning a clue to the whereabouts The DO a forger
FRS, and foremost owing TO the taste OF tho
OF tbs waniiug one" executed with pea and INK and
furnished with this I'D. he starred
maneuverings AT Harlem he hrss struck his trst.
where he that he orger had purchased
eral valuable horses Thence he traced him TO Buffalo
under the names OF Lewis Depeys,er and Matthews,
thence Chica o, and dnav to country place live
miles from Blackberry station. there he was
found TO be luxurating IN plon'i;uness obtained by
his illgolten money! He mad purchased
two facms for $4,000 and another
for 50 600, botn of which no tad heavily
stocked. aud hal employed large number OF men 10
work them In his barns were found forty verf valu-
abe and several teas worth each from S3o00to
$4,000 Besides all these had savcra ght wagons,
any amount fancy harness and altogether, farm anu
stock he Possession OF properly 10 ht value or
$50 600 He vas arrested by Mr.. Elder
companed by Captain va es and detective Samuel A.
Ellis. OF the Chicago police, both o. wiom did eooa
service ID the appreaens on OF the Dryer bls re-
before the rascal in his barn attending TO his
horses and seemed highly indignant a the intrusion OF
the officers
in greenbacks found ABOUT ms person after the
officers nad searched MIS- pockets and they ascertsned
from the farm hands wno had been einpotei Dy ne
with lha three handles TO his name, that lie was
o the most overb aarlng disposition, aud con-
santly carried N his hand, when making the
rounds OF his acquired acres, heavily loaded
whip, which he did hesitate use uron the backs
OF those dispensed him or no did no seem 70 act as
he desired they Should He is described US STOUT ouil,
porty lookng fellow, with slight poilsh OF the gentle
about him. but VITA strong look or the puiiy IN
his rugg d countenance
The irlend OF orger idle soon as the
arrest OF their chun was brui.ed about and ie hours
after his apprehen iney sue GU habeas corpus in
his favor aud made efforts to have It served on the
officers The latter Informed OF their intention, ana
a. au ok as they could harness of they put
the man wagon and, at dead Of night drove rapidly
Illinois, did they sp until thsy nad reached
Dover station Indiana Thence Elder
for this CITY, where safely with his prisoner
Yesterday The forger confronted by the paying
teller of tine bank, Mr. Worth on his arrival and that
gentleman fully identified him as the man VINO had
the forged check The accused says that ne
was formerly conductor the Albany and Boston line
aud also on Soataern line. Be leaving Blackberry
station detective Elder had an attachment issued
against farms which the forg,r had purchased go a.
70 prevent their illegal transfer.