Evening star., 1868-08-26


Atnoon to-day the case Of Georgiana Sch are
man, colored. arrested by Detectives Clarvoe,
Bigley, and McDeyitt, on the charge Of aiding
and abetting in the larceny Of national bank
notes from the Treasury. and attempting to
pass $50 note feloniously taken from the
United States Treasury on Mr.. Furst, was
taken up by Justice Walter, al Police Head
quarters, when Messrs. Phillips AMI II. Ross
Perry appeared for the accused, and Mr. Burr
OF the Solicitors Office, Treasury Department
Mr.. Burr called Mr.. Hyland r. Hubbard,
comptroller OF the Currency, who was sworn,
and testified as to his duties in preparing and
having charge OF the National Bank notes until
they are delivered. May 1st, 1867, witness had
on nand 50 impressions of two notes each-one
$50 and one Siu0-making Si2,0vO of the First
upper right hand corner from 1869 to 1855: in
lower lett hand corner 67l to $50, inclusive
Inc TWO notes on sheet We're numbered
alike;
Mr.. Furst here produced the $50 note which
the accused attempted TO pass.
Witness resumed:-In May the notes Were
taken from his Office; sometime from the first
TO tine seventh. When they We're taken out
they had the numbers and seal on, but were
not signed by the officers OF the bank. They
We're all In one package, and the last he saw Of
them was in the vault OF his bureau; These
their order. Witness identified the note as one
OF those stolen. 1t now contains names which
were not on the notes when taken from his
officers OF the bank, and has their of1cial sig =.
natures certified under the seal of the bank.
The signatures on the note exhibited he believes
are false.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Phillips A larg e
number of notes We're being issued about tast
time; witness does not make personal inspec-
ton OF all notes. but thinks he made personal
inspection Of these notes on the occasion OF a
general inspection OF the notes in the offic. &.
witness would not swear positively that he
had seen the note in question beforr; the stolen
notes We're in one package, and were in the
vault; witness could not remember that he had
called of this pac ckage.
.Sdmusl furst, sworn.-Witness did business
al 495 9TH street, near +, up TO one week age:
dealing In fancy goods. DC. Witness identified
the note as having come into his possession two
or three weeks ago last Saturday; was standing
In front of his store door in the morning, and n
lady passed going next door; short time after
she came out and entered witness store and
asked for magic rufiiing. He showed her some
and told her the price, and she bought several
articles including magic ruffiing, asking the
price and then without anything further the
bill amounting to S4.7r. She had with her a
large fancy willow basket standing on the
show case At the time from which she took out
sent TO the bank To have IL examined
and If good to get it Changed
The boy came back, bringing the note She
said that she had received the note at the mar
ket, and SAID that she would have 10 hand /.
back 10 the man from whom she b I'd recei we'd
il. Witness refused to give her the note aga,n
and told her TO bring the man up to the store
She gave her name as Wilson, and was about IN
leave the store, when he asked her TO nav for
for the goods which were in the basket. She
replied that she had no other money, and wit.
ness asked her TO leave the goods, and she
hastily pulled them out, with those she had
bought from next door. and went away
TO bring the man up, but witness did not see
her again until Saturday last. Witness thinks
that II was two weeks ago last Saturday when
this happened. Witness saw her last SATURDAY.
on Capitol Hill, In a grocery store, with the
same basket. No one had come for the note up
to this time. The note has not been out of his
possession or sight since ii came back from the
bank. She said that she had never seen him
(witness) before, and if she had bought goods
from him she had paid for them; thinks that
she was little confused. TWitness identified
Mrs. Schureman. who was sitting within the
bar, as the woman The man who kept the
store Schurenan said that the woman was his
wife.
Cross-exammed by MIR. Perry The neigh.
boring store where she first went in was Bretts
Il Son. They thought there that she was afraid
to attempt TO pass the note there. Witness cid
not tell the Detective that she was a white
woman, but il took him some time to determine
whether she was or not: came TO the conclu.
sion that she was very light colored woma3,
or very dark white woman. Mr.. McDavitt
ana witness went past the store, and he re-
MARKED That she was about the same size as the
woman; would net swear that the basket was
the same the woman had ia his store, but il
was one like il.
BY Mr.. Phillips Thinks that the name of
the boy who took the note to the bank Is Frank
Newton Witness read the name of the First
National Bank of New Jersey before he had
ascertaIned that II was a bad note: witness
looked At 1t with glass. Saw in the .Sun of
thursday last statement OF the Comptroller
that the notes were abstracted; looked at the
number, and found it TO be one of the missing
notes; went 70 the Comptroller last SATURDAY.
and info Crmed him Of the fact 1t was f,etween
~ and IL o'clock when the woman was at his
store; can't say whether 1t was two or three
weeks ago. She appeared to tremble on Sat-
urnay When ne Identified her positively.
The prosecution here clost d, auo the ac
cused asked that the case be postponed until
Tomorrow.
The Justice postponed the case to II O'Clock
Tomorrow.