The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-05-01
The ALLEGED BOSTON FuRGEalfs.
Operations on n Grand Scaic-Account of the
Method and Names Of the Victims.
IRON the Eyenlng TeleCrnm OF YcsterdaY.l

BosroN, April 30, 1865.
The forgeries OF c. NJ. Thomas. the envelope manu-
facturer, alluded to in dispatches to the telegram,
turn out TO he the most extensive ever heard
OF IN thus country. AS near a. can be ascer-
tanned he was in state OF financial embar-
rassment about twelve months or more ago and
then commenced to issue forged paper In small
amounts. lie was cautious at first, and kept an
exact account OF the number OF notes nc forged
and managed to redeem them before it was dis
covered that they were bogus
AS he was successful in this very easy but dan.
perou5 method OF raising funds he became conf
dent and issued so many notes that he could not
remember the number he had In Circulation and
he was consequently hanging on the verge of dis
cOvery, not Knowing at wnat hour his operations
would become known.
In 1862 he gained an unenviahle notorietv in
Springfield BY forging the names OF various parties.
and they compromised and "hushcl up the matter
for fifty cents on the dollar. This was done at the
earnest solicitation OF his WIFE, who il said TO be
beautiful ana intelligent woman, and who now re-
sides with her two children nc Dorchester. She is at
the present time In very poor health, and the action
of her husband Will not tend 10 hasten her
recovery. subsequently, when Thomas COM
nenced business operations in Boston, parties in
Springfield were very cautious In their dealings
with hiu and he was ut first obliged to pay cash Tor
all The goods he received. He gradually reyained
their confidence, however and they gave him credit
Tor small amounts and then larger accounts, which
he paid promptly.
several of the parties in this CITY whose names
were forged, or who received the forged paper. at
FIRST distrusted him, but he is genial. agreeable
companion, took them home aud treated them hand
somey, and thus led them to trust him. He has
shown bad trait Of character by passing his forged
paper almost wholly upon his personal friends--who
hardly deemed that he would thus involve them
rather than casual acquaintance.
For the past few weeks he mas evidently feared de-
lection, aud last week he called on several of his
friends and actually cried while begging for money
10 redeem his notes Finding that he was deeply in
voved he disappeared and II has been discovered
that the total amount OF the forged paper h about
$4,000, while his liabilities are said TO be $4,000
The parties whose names were forged are +. II.
Bender OF Albany n. Y: 7. J. Doolcy, of Troy
N. y: Glodding Bros, OF Providence X l.. Joshua
Tucker, dentist, OF No. Hamilton pace Boston, and
+. r. Fuller
As stated yesterday his forged paper Is held 10 the
amount OF some $4,000 by Peter Goodnow, OF ~
State street. OF this cy TO the amount OF $4,000 or
$4,000 by John Godthwat OF this city. and TO the
amount OF from $4,000 to $1,000 by James y. and
George j .Dockncy, OF Boston.
Thomas could not have had more than 900
with him when he left, and II is therefore, plain
that no dd not try To leave 10 make money, but
TO escape arrest and imprisonment and the
the anest envelope manufactures In the country
and large stock az his place, No la Sudbury
street. An account ~ stock IL being taken at the
mandatory to-da and II n believed that hts assets
between $4,000 and $40 600 and II his liabilities
do not exceed $4,000 his creditors will receive
thirty cents on the dollar. The only remembrance on
his property is q mortgage Of t8,SOo
In Springfield and vicinity Thomas was largely In
debt for paper, owing the hoiyoke Paper Company
$4,000 Greenleaf Taylor Manufacturing Company
$500, Union Paper Company 5000, Columbia
PapN CQlnkey 500, P9Efrp Paper CVmpany