Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-08-29


interference, Arrived there his appear.
ance with the officers excited some SEN
sation and quite a crowd collected
around. He took things quietly, and, as
usual, endesvored TO make the best OF
the situation. When the train, which
left here at 8 O'Clock, came along, he was
placed on board.
We had some conversation with
Messrs. Field and Prout OF the Vermont
party, and from them and some other
sources learned some facts OF interest In
addition to those already published. By
the way, We were misnformed yesterday
in regard to the position OF the Vermont
parties. Mr.. John Prout is Attorney for
the Rutland County Bank, and 1t was he
who made an argument before the Gov
ernor on the matter OF requisition. Mr..
W. nj. Field was Sheriff OF Rutland Co.,
and Mr.. FL. H. Smith Clerk OF the Court.
Farley" under various aliases, has
beer In what he calls the business of
altering checks" and raising money on
them, for many years; and Is one Of the
shrewdest, boldest and most successful
operators in his line OF any man in the
country. He has bed the banks at one
time and another to the extent OF many
thousand dollars. The forgery for which
he is now arrested was committed in
March, 1868, and consisted Of the pass.
ing OF forged drafts on New York, on the
banks OF Rutland County, Brandon, Mid
dlebury, Vergennes, Orwell and Bellows
Falls, Vermont, where he had been
spending some little time operating as 8
sheep and cattle buyer, and having
raised the money on these drafts, sll
within "a hours, he left for parts un-
known, and could not be traced beyond
Bennington. The officers OF Vermont
banks have been after him ever since,
and utterly deny that they ever made
any settlement with him, and scorned
tie imputstion that they would be
guilty of compounding felony. They
said they did not make or save their
money in that way. In the course of
their searchings after him they have
had four acquisitions on Governors OF
States for him, and have had him ar
rested twice, but he always managed TO
get off through some legal quibble or
otherwise. II appears that he has Sc.
cured friends high in official position,
has bought up police and detectives to a
large extent In prominent cities and has
confederates a. many points who are
always ready to come TO his rescue, so
that by strategy and bribery he has been
able TO pursue his ueiarious business
with impunity, and has grown bold in
iniquity, 30 that after his arrest here he
avowed what his business had been. but
deaed any one TO prove anything against
him, and offered 10 bet that he would
get ont Of this scrape. He claimed that
he was simply general distributing
gent, who took money ont OF rich
bankers who could afford to lose 1t
and distributed it around among the
people generally, aud ought to be re.
garded rs = public beuefactor.
he scorned to do a mean thing, he did,
and cared nothing for money for himself.
He told some with much gusto how he
had "come II" over the wary bankers,
and how he had won over policemen and
other officers OF the law to his side. His
liberal dispensing OF money, and genteel
address, had gained him quite q number
OF friends here, who appeared to take
good deal OF interest in his welfare and
feel much regret at the difficulties into
which he had fallen, and hoped he would
free himself OF them. The sympathy
felt for him by some was increased by
the supposition, which proves to have
been unfounded, that he had paid hack
some OF the money whlch he had taken
from the Vermont banks, and that this
was an attempt to get something more
out OF him, almost In the nature OF black
mail, after he had once settled Had he
been a less genteel and liberal rascal, he
probably would have found fewer sym
pathiZers.
Full particulars of the manner In which
his indentity was first detected here,
would be interesting, but We are re.
suested not to 60 iuto details. We may
say, however, that photograph aud
circular Offering reward for him, was
received here some years ago by one OF
our banks, was drawn out of pigeon.
hole by accident, and young lad first
pointed out the similarity OF the photo
graph and description of the dashing
gentleman Farley" fiourishiDg about
the city; and, after consultation, the
documents were placed in the hands OF
Under Sheriff McDougsl, who preceded
to work up the Casewith his accustomed
shrewdness and skill. The photograph,
Of which the one sent here and elsewhere
was a copy, by the way, was left behind
by Farley" then passing under the
name OF Clark, In an empty trunk when
he left Vermont.
The forgery by which Mr.. Darling and
the Bank OF Fond du Lac was taken in,
was committed in 1861, and consisted in
the presentation OF draft purporting
to be drawn by the Toledo branch OF the
State Bank OF Ohio, on the Olean Bank,
OF New York, for Sl575. We hear that
Mr.. Darling was brought here this week
on dispatch assuring him that his
mouey would be refunded. He got out 8
warrA yesterday, issued nv Court
Commissioner r. j. Chase, for "Fariey's"
arrest here for that forgery, but the
Sheriff had already surrendered him to
the Vermont officers. Mr.. Darling has
attached two large trunks which Far
ley let behind him.
There is feeling here that the con-