, 1869-02-05
ALLEGED EXTENSIVE FRAUD.
Five Wall street 0psr asuFa Essied on
GDa.Rs OF Conspiracy to DsfrAua
The Ua1an PAciae II 1alr-Ad Company
-el25,000 Worth OF Flrrs moftEaxe

u GDA1Rs OF Conspiracy to UsfFAU4 |
The Ua1an Pacific K1alr-aa Company |
-sl25,O00 yorah or FlfHs Mortgage
DenoA 1nyolveo.
From the NV To,k Times, Feb. 8.
A very bold conspiracy to delraul the |
Uplon Pacific Railroad Company was made
public yesterday. the parties alleged to be
inE. 1t the Tombs Police Court, to answer
the complaint made against them By Mr..
BENJAMIN F. Hmm, the Auditor ol the Rail-
road Company; It sppeazs th.t about the
middle OF December last a nan named Fred
the oitcc Of the company, and informed him
that he could negotiate a loan for the COM
pony, rs he knew certain cspit slistn WIN
would he wiling to advance money On good
security. Ham stated shat the company
rcady money Tor outlay on t:ielr road, and
would gf:c proinlssery. note for the
alter date, and u coll4sexal security would
deliver an equal amount Of frat mortgage
tonds Of the company, to be returned TO
the company on repayment Of the loan.
Gootall, day or two sfteF, called on Mr.
Ham, and Introduced Wesley Lyon ~ the
astnt aud attorney Of one Ssmoa Wolff, Who
md Integrity. III: HAN believed these state
mtnt<, he ss7s, and on further nezotlitson be
! obtained loan or 310o, ,U~U from this Volt,
as he supposed, through Goodaii and Lyor,
Tor which he Rave note payaole Ia four
monsns for Stu, 600. anl al.o delivered, per
mts:enger, one hundred and twenty-five
1 nj rtcage bonds Of the company. liz re-
ceiycd 10 due time . receipt for the bonds,
| aud . certlacate at dcpo,lt for sos, 5,58+s9.
The dag following this transact N, or tae
eth Of December. Mr.. Ham was surprised to
find that large quantity Of thc company's
market at prices considerably below the quo
tasIcu price of the company. lie aecording-
ly entered The market a. buyer, and with
the ccmpan5's funds bouzht up s6l, 900 worth
| OF these depscciattd bonds. Tno discovery
w,s then made that these bonds we're por-
| ton Of those delivered to G,odall and Lyon.
who had esidsutly broken faith, aud
placed the collateral security TOR
Their loan On the market for ihe purpose
Of realizing .he margin Of SO ooo. Al n.
yestlcation followed IS d matter Of course,
Captain ]. hn Toung, Of the Central oMc:,
being ca|1ea IN during Its progress. BJ much
sitting Of the case: Il vas anal1y JIsc 2vered
that one James WIikinlop, d!.as WhiskeT,"' !"
a. be las ot.en been mixed up In rome very
: | pecult2r iransacu IDS, Captain Young put
,, Detctsve NcDousal on the case, Who,
: through the clues 2iven him oy Mr.: Ham.
| Traced out the workings Of the ada1, In
which one volney Wright ,tas, aso Rpns11eael 10
+ Of valuable md interesting cha acter vas
: | also obtained from rei4.,le eonrces, npor
which Information Mr. Ham uade IN afEde.
. VT before Justice Bowling. This affidavit
. vas made On the eth Of Japna1y, and snpl
!. VIZ WILKINSON =. tho pf,pcipsis il ID: allcxee
; rms nir.cT 10 dtnaud. The affidavit or com
!. pIsIat vas onl5 made public Yesterday. ane
{ % h.;am;a | +. lam, Of No. q Nassau street
y beng duly sEorI, deposes and saEs that Or
or abo0t the 18th of December, 1888, at The
| clty of New York, In the county Of .sea
I York, Frederick 4: Goo. al cane 10 acPo
= ncnt, who Is the Auditor IN the ot1lee oi u,
6 Ia t,;rn that be 1tioodAlD knew of responsible
nafties x ho had money to loan, aud that h'
i rou1d obtaIn from them loan, tor the ust
:, : Of The sid railroad company, % tat aEaoun
: 0! one, TWO or three hundred thousand dvi
Z iars, tnIs depopent haring had an.1ortty b.
q rratou Of nis said of3c4 q auditor, 10 maxi
y srd negotiate lca:s tn behalf Of sait
lce comnap3, and believing said statement Of th
" aid Gofda1l, offered him the sun Of one-hal
t Of one Per cent On ne suoQns q any noue
y pan5, that subsequently, and on th
f9gh day of December, 1868, the saI
Goodall came again into the of1ice Of she sal
;, railroad company, bringing with him NJ
4. whom he introduced to atponent as Nes!e
= = aeent md attorney Of the person he tGoodal
-. b: previously spoken OF 10 depohent, IN
u Who vould loan The said Company the snl
of k10O, Goo on the first mortgage bona o. u
sa,d company as security, and tua: me 50
~ focdall and L. on stated then and there u
nsrne oi said party who desired 10 make u
inan 10 be simou Wolf. and that No was
. man OF IN at wealth, Of uldoub:ed tntesrit
ho perfectly reepor hble, and a retired mtrch IN
,ur list In ! rev hours thev attr the said Goo
il. all seglp cane to The Office o1 the eempa!
~ and sisted tha. they were 1eady to ma
-, the taid toan deporent believing the stal
ne msuts made. By the said GoodAl and Il
ini 20 be true IS 70 the sa1d no
lit, and thst the transaction Was II good iai
leg. caused one hnndrtd Aaa twen'y-1
INK doLata' worth Of the first mortgage bonds
~ | the said company to Be taken b5 m:sser:
= In The Office Of the company, named aes :
nfh u, L!ndeu, to IN Office IN the buitdlns,
srd s. Snstau street, where tho .sasd Lanoett
thr Nysted the bonds 70 the SAID L!oa. u.
are whom he received two papers, one ~ oeat
~ rtce311 for The sid snortEsEc oonda ana
rith nihtr a crrii6cste OF drp.s.t Of the sag
he's. fo5, $3.50 u currency, pa5ao'e 10 tes r us
ftn H.. - - Jen,n.nt ihat said Certificate q dspt
auS 1.E w.s nepns,sed to the credit Of tue SAID !
.v ~. rn,h rttupary ID the said Fourth Nat'o
lug p.nt Dtpos ent fu' ther says that the az
~ ~ ment u,ds between thas dsponsnt snd
~, aid Gcodall and Lyon was that be tde
nxn ,rk nen,, wa& to give tie said Goodsl th- sur
ne. &C hll Of o2s rex esrs ~ copana: