The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-28
a GRAND GOLD SWINnLE.


cured ON Forged Gold Certincates-Tho
PerPetratOr-HOw He Effected Rls rs
cape - The Victims Lawsuits and
Cross Suits Growing Out OF the Affair
The Matter Soon to be Brought Before
the Courts, Etc.
On the sd OF May, 1885, q man by the mama Of robD
R Rhoss who had been engaged in business as "a broker
IN WaiI street. for about six or eight months sue
dollars in gold from various bankers and brokers in
published Of the affair." WV '''
now THE MONEY WAS PROCURED.
,n, me money was chiefly procured on number OF
Contnental Bang, but portion Of the total sum was
bonds. bonds Gigantic as was the amount involved, the
hours Of Twelve aud Two O'CLOCK ana os % %oetwSen the
camped with his booty ~
dscovered and the detectives were put upon his mack
SpH Sh9 say nds the swinde was perpetra,ed, the
never since been arrested. The whole transaction
cation has but strengthened the opinion generally
lis details planned with unusual skill,
THE MODE OF ESCAPE.
The manner in which Ross so successfully made his
have appeared at the time has hapeS ~ nay
brought to light On the very day that the fraud was
money had been obtained, he embarked on a board
% %yeSsei called the Dakota, which mad been waiting,
pose Of enabling him to evade the pursuit of justice.
voyage in the harbor
DAKOTA
until within few days of her leaving New York, had
Hotel Just before her departure she had been pur-
is reported 10 be a banker in buffalo AZ the time of
the sale the vessel fully prepared sea- and was
voyage. She was commanded by a man Who had
SeSn S 70 Ms Ms pos 9y M Leland at the
no unm rote IN the subsequent history of this
THIS CAPTAIN
nothing certain is known, 10 is supposed that no H
Identical with man who was removed for mscon-
duct from the command OF the ship White Souall at
Rio Janeiro. in 1885, another sailing being sent
out from New York to take his place It is alleged
PendeRlass e Co.. and that he again discharged
1t is further stated that the parties who planned the
frauds selected him specially on his noor
Of bearing Ross Beyond y0 be s %
Re a he y shoa@ as %Ps Ss
appointed captain, while the vessel yet remained in
Induced Mr.. Ewell to recommend him.
SHARING THE sPoILs
On leaving New York the Dakota sailed for South
way anchored outside Maranham, where the most
Il is that The cSpan Ssead %fS 0
fulfilling his share OF the contract, and land
s Gt FOR 2G' s passase SSd ae
the ship lying outside the harbor for four
he had extorted twenty-five thousand dollars of the
he rapacy his by the 70
of his position, and doubtless repented bitterly
pis!ely in his: power. As soon as he had complied
with the demands of the Captain, and had safely
in laying plans q revenge, but At once, BY LAVISH
ct the .S e hd o at o 50 pH s
desperadoes, and instructed them to assassnate him.
aasnted With the designs Of Ross and at once le
Maranham and proceeded with the Dakota to Rio
vessel was transferred to ihe possession Of Maxwell @
Wright Co., the consgnees, and sold The captain
about Two months ago.
RETURNED TO NEW YORK
bearing with him his share of the spOils II IS re-
ported that he brought home magnificent set of
chased IN \ Rio and. and presented it to his wife. He
Continental Bank that they would arrest him
acquainted with the fact Of his return no efortSwas
made to m nm rar as an OF Ross los and he
Maine, where he has since been living in the most
been allowed to evade entirely the appropriate re-
ward of his part of the swinde The facts connected
with the departure OF the Dakota have been brought
to the knowledge of the Board of Underwriters. and
an ad euate and satisfactory explanation his certih
cate sailing g-master will be revoked.
asserting condenty his a6y 70 Clear np the eg ater 9nI
as he affects him personally but excusng him
ground that his wife is seriously ill.,
EXTENSIVE LITIGATION.
Meanwhile there have been almost endless lawsuits
arising out of this enormous swinde The parties vic
timiZed have naturally endeaVored, ifpossble find
%6eh ey he sGsned The of ts
bank teller of the Continental Bank appended the
certificates was executed with remarkable skill and
The most experienced experts in this city have failed
discover any difference between the genuine sigma.
ture and those alleged to have been forged.
Messrs Black d Spaulding and Groesbeck d Co.,
the other chief sufferers: have therefore, opened
proceedings against the Continental Bank, on the
ground that the signatures genuine thus in
There is also suit between the Commonwealth and
Continental Banks, which is founded on apparently
yet stronger grounds.
THE WHEREABOUTS OF ROSS.
Ross, il is supposed has remained since the date of
his escape, in Brazil where OF course he perfectly
secure there is eXtraditOn treaty existing be-
tween that country and the United States. Gro
Mise & Co. and Black g. Spauding, it is said,
believe that il he could only be brought to this
tablish the fact that the certificates were
forged and that the Continental Bank is legally
bound 10 acknowledge them as genuine, notWith-
standing the manner they may have passed OF It's
possession But of course the obstacles standing
the way OF bringing Ross back 20 this country are
Mapped and possibly some such course have sug-
gested itself his desparing victims: would
extremely dangerous measure and one likely to re-
| suit in serious consequences.
IL is said that IL has been contemplated aDply
MI Seward and endeaVor to obtain his cooperation.
though in what particularly assistance of that
teman could help the matter exceedingly enigmat
cal The sufferers profess themselves strengthened in
their convictions that Ross, ii he told the rnth could
! give evidence adverse 10 the
CONTINENTAL BANK,
by the alleged fact that the latter institution although
| twas made acquainted with the circumstances ot
Ross escape the day after his departure from the
rested. The bank, on the other hand. state that the
| Information given them appeared az