, 1869-08-03
FORGERY.
4 Young Man Alters Certificate Of
Stock and Attempts to Raise
$4,000 on it.
Detected and Arrested.

On Tuesday Of last week Nj. Hammond, Of the
1T1n Of Field, King 4 Co., real estate aud iosn
brokcrs, calted upon Thomas Goodman, President
OF The LumherNnns Insurance Company. at htg
ONCE On lASallc street. Accompanying him 1a4
Francis Il cnllda. Secretary Of the Western sta-
Metal Company, who was introduced to
Mr. Goodman. Nj. Hammond stated ths, he
fifteen shares Of the Lumberman'a STOCK, IN the
nAtDc ot LeTtseA BrGoka, wool merchants on
south water E street, which, h. said, he wanted
LAwItnce. md The other seven to remain IN tue
name Of lenlscs Drools- Mr. chEiAs hs said,
saae fsa S 1T or III tsh 2sn4sa tnsn
Secretary, Mr. Miller. not being present
at he ume> contrary Y tae rules Of The company: !:
10 he the Secretary Of tne Nlrcfaicc improvement
company. and rald Mr.. Hanuiond the amount de-
mandeI fo. tie eight shares Of s,Mk. in ti1 rres~
uetub" III the stock book for John lawrence. Mr..
Hammond a1lh C'hllda then left the ONCE
TN Thurtdn! Childs Waited thy otllce again,
had been placed IN t,lr gutter ior nrc mtnu.ea,
Then placed on thu Sidewalk md walked mud
ssmre ur1n r toy nye nnute. n.y. o!e Al! ,he 1et.
rubbed out, earfnR hole III the certificate a.out
half an nch ~ diameter The oval nsure on the
Sn', !n which ha'! , bscn n figure had sto
laH,cs. aud hal forwur''e,i thc certificate
e e, BEIRUT, ,,.,,.e wlrre he Tired. wnlle y
Hi& ShhtcPsMn Had hccomh ~ II
va, mud he had written Tor clear c.rtlnca.c,
Mr.. Goodman. tuspccilng nuthing, lsEuct Certitl.
cnte ~ tor etRhi .hares which thilds took ant
trpaIted. Ab0ut IL o'clock III Saturday morning,
Mf. kran, Of thu nrtn Of 1.unt, prsston 4 Keat,
t'thhmnn'a office, but be was not III. Ycstesiay
InoIulng lie called again, md rstsculed to Mf.
HoedhBn, certificate representing eighty shAreh
I 't i VIZ ii ''i i'EAs. s'' iitsO liz ~! Ky
whs fofRerr. II" having been a11etl ~ neEht"
Mr.. tiuoiuan nhkcl hlm where he got 1t, amt he
lepDed tI,st MI. fIuan. Of ihe nrm of H,oan i
Adams, tl'zern IN real estale No: ~ Aa,ilson
which he waited hr. Uoohnhn found Mr..
Elonn at biz oflee, and informed that hs hal
received H. frum Francis II chIlls. Mr..
Hoya~an tty thsn dl,. Msnl 70 inS central HIa.
warrant ls.uetl for chElis' arrest lie then
returned 10 Mr. Floan's o[|rc ami was
tnh tbAt t1b'bs Has C1pFclHfl thnTe In = sbptt
time. IN als7nt ten minutes Chll,ls eame In. aud,
arm. AMI Walked Into FHttn hack u the pfce,
Mr. Htkbtah Rskefl him wheFe liz Rnt The riRhtJ-
etRte cfrtntatr and tie replied ihht hc hat gscfl
y and he acknowledged tial lie sls aud i,esse'i
Mr.. u. MT 10 ehwse him, ht,,, 10 keep It put t,f
The Newspapers. NF. '4ttplnyan sail lis lniy
to III" p!,l'IH woul, hyt pTrsntt mi,
y ". ,.ssn as, !" ,.,,rs %"%.' %s'"%.' . m s,a ss: ::
wht'tt M rxRllllnatI"t. h,ni was Arlf III lt.'So
1'*'1 tnF l,tal u Alrunfs thR. nfief aa rr.nyet'
IT" tettlflratn ~ rlHhs hlarra. hn *iIHtnl Il tT
tthIt. an'l I''nA II IN Ar. llI"An k,l sb1 hin In
4hu wntth ha,At tH.tthi. Mr.. ttl'ta'l hsIt At4 hn
~uul! rI,irasnt to tHhu Tho amount, Ah1 wri,i Il,
[d'tt, lrnsl'i krHh WIN jF''iHisn'l Ia tDAn hlIh
Ihu Huny, Mr. kran tiit Uni .ltn llan appearance
VI tlir rrIIttrstt. alN consequently tuk to Mr.
(lDI.iinpn. WEU Uncovered tnn EufHerY kDil p:o.
srllletl thu |Ass VI ja,HA,