The New York herald., 1870-03-17
WALL STREET WICKEDHESS.
Jachais Among the Bulls and Bears--H Heavy
rorgeriss on Wall Street Banks The
Names Of the Victims but Not the
Names Of the Forgers.

focre are certain animals OF the carnivorous order
~hicn when they Ia c oacc tasted OF blood become
etisry savage aud viii rot be appcased until fully
gofged with A. Now. wifnout iutimatng that the
bulls and bears Of Wall street belong 10 that class OF
animals. u mar be stated. without fear Of contra
e'con that the lesser creatures Of the gold market,
shc wolves and Jackals of ,De .slreet,n sometimes
oeveop fcrocious Instincts exceedingly dangerous to
quiet people. Tue desire to OBTAIN wealth, not by
patient industry. but oy . sudden coup. though
somewhat general, Is intensified In those whose
special business IL a to dabplc In stocks and yell
IN tho Colo Room. Ca wealth blood, consider the
dsrcpuaDle operators Of waIl street the jete non,
Of reputable bankers ana bro.crs-JacKals. and the
oiinic viii be complete. A successful hit ON the
rise or fall OF gold, "A oearlsh trick In scrip. or o
ouIiish toss OF STOCK do-s not sasy the thirst OF
these animals. but whea Is for Gorcer Efforts From
shameess deception securitios by which the Wall
street jackai ills his wallet at tho expense OF q
foolish or country specuator absolute fraud and
forgery. IA bus . short STEP That many take It
che record OF the last lew months bears ample cvl-
dence.
Twiil he remembered that in a recent article in
che HERALD ntled the "Ways Of Wall Street,"
II was stated that other revelations concerning the
operations OF swindlers would Shortly be published
IN this journal Rumors oi frauds and forgeries In
Wall street were anoat down town; but nothing
very definite could be obtained until yesterday
Indeed this second chapter OF the revelations Is
still incomplete, the names OF several firms and the
amounts Tor which they were vlcLimlzed not having
been obtained. Enough - gwen. however, 10 JUS
tify the hints thrown out In the article referred TO
and to put the officials OF Tue banks on their pIard
On the 18th OF last month Messrs. Fisk Il Latch
drew cneck on the Fourth National Bank for $53 ~
On the following day ~ was presented and certified
70 In the usual way. The person who presented 1t
for certlfcatOn was Jackal; ne put The precious
paper carefully away and scalnpered or To some
hole In the nelghb0rhOod not yet discovered. The
cneck dld not Lurn up again for some days; bur
when II did II had a very respectable appearance.
The picayune sixty-two censs hao disappeared. but
IN their place St0ud two portly O's, winch made
legend on the paper with the red border read 'pay
to the order OF Jacka $1,000" IL was handed IN TO
and promptly paid by the Tradesmcn's Banking
ASSOCIATION, No So Wall street. As the stamp of
the Fourth National Bank was ON 1t aud the
alteration OF the letters and figures very clcycrIy
Gone no suspicion OF forgery was entertained The
dlsc0yery was only made on the lst OF March, when
the Fourth National Bank balanced their books and
!ound 80, 543 81 wanting. About the same time
tackal-prObabiy The salnegota cneck for City dol
lars drawn BY Verm,ile Il Co. on the Bank OF Com
merce and changed 1t to $4,000. first getting IL cer
tihed as IN the first case. IL Is known that the
jackal also triod how lar he could 20 with She ST,
Nicholas Bank by altering check for thirty dollars
drawn on tnat institution 10 10000. buI navng re-
ceived hint that mis- mpcrtlnence would be resented
gracefully Withdrew. IL IL understood, however,
that he was successful IN other places anu du
nourishing business. lilo is aow supposed To oe en-
Joylng his ot,am cum d,0 IN some mider climate.
Thus lower true tae'' has its ridiculous SIDE.
The victims OF these bold IorgerIes hope thai the
Jackal Will repent ana return one Of these spring
days IN sackcoth and asncs aud crying peccdIs. AT
least, no other explanation can be gwen OF their
action. or, rather. lnacton. lue Tradesinens Bank
1ng ASS ciation refuse 10 give the name OF the
fOrger or To state wn0thes he had associates, whe
other bankers ''grin and pear III" slienLy. Inc
1ackal has the money In MS possession wherever ne
n. and. rs long as lie chooses TO renaiu abroad,
can drown every whisper Of hush money IN
the refrain Oi .Shoo. N.Y. 1helc might De
some chance OF catching tho rascal f his
name ana description were given TO the
press but Us 1t IS generally considered better 10 coni
promise with than TO punish such exceedingly smart
operators THIS will hardly be done until 1t too lae.
1t Is to be hoped that Mi. Jackal aw enjoy himself
while on his travels ana 20 into politics when he
returns The pity Is that ne as not employ ell 70
alter the New York charter; he would have done il
well.
The success Of the jackal mentioned above stiml-
lated brother animal Yesterday 10 20 ana do IKE
Wlse cneck was passed III al the Nintt National
Bank FOR sum not stated late III the day. The
name OF Charles Unger u co. was forged and the
check was duly certified. No particulars or the
forgery could be obtained al the hour when Wall
street put on its ngntcap and rested IRON LABOR.