The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-10-12
From Chicago Tims, ssps. "a.
A Royal Forgery.

s"u must extensive iorKcrlcs eveg
perfesrated in this country have Just
come TO light. The crime WIS plan
ned and executed in New y ork, and
the author thereof was pursued to
Illinois, AFTER series Of most ingen-
ions c5orts to shwart the ininions Of
justice, and was finally arrested on
last Wednesday in Kane county, in
this State.
| On tho llth Of July, a man ensrr
ed the ONCE Of the City Bank of New
York, Of which Moses Taylor 4 TO.
are the managing directors, and pre-.
scntcd the teller with a check pur.
porting to be signed by Cornsliu
Vanderbilt, and c,lling for the mag.
nificcHt sum OF $4,000. The teller
hastily scanned the signature, which
seemed genuine, and then, a. he had
frequently been called upon to ca.h
checks BY the same gentleman for
even larger amounts, handed the
mss the sum required Tho indisid.
ual left the bank. and the incident
passed from the mind of the teller.
a few days iaior' however, Il was
learned that the check was forgery.
The startling information was at once
communicated TO the authorities, and
the emcient detective, Geo. Elder, of
the special force on duty ut the head.
quarters, was detailed TO pursue and
arrest, II possible, the guilty party.
The latter had Of course disappeared,
and had doubtless bad SUFFICIENT time
to seerete himself quite efcctuslly.
Elder at once fastened to the bank
end asked the teller for = personal
description Of the man to whom he
had paid the money. The clerk was
unable At the time to recall accurate.
y the personnel Of The individual,
but after little effort he drew with
his pen so accurate sketch of the
forger that the officer recognized the
portrait N tina, Of one John Living.
stone, alias Lewis, ALPS Matthews,
alias DePeysteg pcrsou of cqnsid-
cradle nosoriety in the giminal
world
Detective eldor prosecuted his in
quiries With igor, and soon learned
that his man had departed foi Buiia-
10. Thither the, officer repaired in
hot haste, and, after several days in
yestigatiop, discovered that Living
stons, after purchasing number Of
horses in that city, had left for Chi.
cage. To this city Elder next came.
Here his search was nos so immedi-
ascly successful. Inquiries for pev-
eral days revealed nothing, until
finally, with the MD Of Detective
Samuel Ellis, i was found that Liv-
ingstoae had been stopping for a
number Of days previous At the
Brighton House, but that ke had re-
Gently left there, after making moro
purchases Of stock, will, tho avowsd
object Of settling in Kane county,
where, he said, he had purchased =
farm.
This farm, the officers we're told,
was said to be located near Black.
berry Station. To this station they
proceeded, and there found that they
we're at last close upon tic object Of
their pursuit. He had purchased
and was living upon tract Of land
sbou. four and o half miles from the
station, aud which consisted OF about
900 acres, known as the Camp and
Woodman farms, For this farm he
had paid e25, 900. Tho officers pro-
cured buggy and at once started
for tho farm, which they found 10 be
very ane piece of property It WAS
stocked In the most lavish and ex-
pcnsive manner. The stables con.
tanned about forty horses, nearly all
Of them worry fast and valuable. Tho
wagons, carriages, rcapcrs, and other
farm implements we're of the latest
inventions, and duplicated many
times more than there was any need
for them. II WAS shout ten o'clock
on Wednesday morning when the de.
tec,ives drove up to the place They
a once recognised Livingstone inland
ing in farm door.
Ellis leaped from the buggy, and
advancing 10 his man, said, " How do
you do, Mr.. Livingstone at the
came time resching gu. his hand.
Livingstone took his hand, but 70.
piled, 4 / don't know YOU, sir, at all. y
lie would have turned away. when
Ellis placed hi. hand upon his shout
der, and said tina. he know him that
he was tho msa he had been looking
for some time II have a Governor :
warrant for your arrest on the charge
Of forgery. This is Detective Elder,