The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-11-10

The ALLEGED FoRGER OF LETTERS AND
AUTOGRAPHS. - Robert Spring, who was
before Mayor Fox few days ago on the
charge of being concerned in swindling by
means of forging letters and autographs,
was rearrested on Saturday last, on war
rant issued by Recorder Given, OH 4 new
charge. The complainant is Major Petite.
ridge, of the Post-Office Department, who
has in his possession q letter containing
q ego draft from England, which had
had been sent in answer to q touching epis-
tie forwarded by Spring to the executor OF
4 wealthy EngliShman recently deceased,
insinuating that his "kind benetactor" had
attended to his wants whenever solicited to
do so, and representing that he was in
prison in Elkton, Md, and in great distress.
In order to carry on the deception more
thoroughly, the writer mentioned DR.. Haw-
ley as particular friend of his, and the let
ter was accompanied by one purportlng to
have been written by the Doctor, in which
he set forth he had taken great interest ii
the Young man, and believed him to be Of no.
BILE blood that efforts were being taken to
effect his release from prison, etc. Spring
admits writing both these letters, and they
show him to be an adept in the business in
which he has been for years engaged. In
order to avoid detection, he had LEFT an
OTuCT III luc ElhIUI E)OsI-ouACC W AtNC LIZ
letter of the executor forwarded to the La
zaretto, and from that place TO the Kelly
vile post-otfice. Spring was committed by
the Recorder to answer the charge of fraudu-
lenty making and altering written instru-
ments to the prejudice of other persons
ghts.-Phladelphia Ledger.
The Philadelphia Inquirer publishes the
confession of the prisoner, in which he
says:
elm October, 1868, I first wrote letters
signed 'E.' l believe about eighty forty
to Baltimore and forty to Richmond. The
postmasters Of Richmond and Baltimore
were requested to redirect to Camden, n.
j. !; after a time, and thinking the postmas-
ter Of Camden was suspicious. l believe L
ordered the postmasters to send to Darby,
Pa. From the first letters to 'E.' received
many answers from Camden post-office-
say under twenty-threc containing money,
SIC, Is, and 81, the latter two registered
letters, in name of S. r. Hampton, NJ. u.
The first amount was received from MIR.
Frank Kirby's sons, Yorkshire; the e5 from
DIR. Tatie, Brighton, with promise OF
another 60 in q week, which | afterward
received at Darby, a registered letter, but
handed to me without a receipt. | suspect 1t
was an oversight, as it was given to Inc by
Mr. Bunting's daughter; l wrote 10 MI.
Frank, as this was from the Doctor himself
on ELS, and she sent me draft for .e40 on
Stewart Il Co., of Baltimore, which S. e.
Co. sent through Adams & Co. This, be-
lieve, was last January. At the same time
a lady. in Maidstone, Kent, sent me e5, but
l forget the name, and 4 gentleman from
Farnham, believe, sent me Is. The names
have slipped my memory"
1t furtherappears he wrote several letters
directed to Baltimore, Annapolis, and Rich
mond. The prisoner is also charged with
forging an autograph letter of General
Washington, and of having in his possession
n letter purporting to be signed bya dauSh-
ter of Stonewall jackson.