, 1870-05-28
E1PPED n THE BUD,
An EntcrrriA1nR Young Sw1ut1cr Detected
In the Preparation OF Il tsl-
Ennt5c Fraud

On Thursday afternoon last young man ca1led
Ut the store Of J. W. Middleton, No. 1876 Lake
street, and ordered TWO dies to be made, one 10
stamp "bills accepted" and the othez to stamp
chccks. He represented hinseN to be nephew
ct Ill. 4. E Goodrich, and said he IVES the pur-
chasing agent for the Lake Michigan steamboat
nEe- Nj. Middleton, not being favor
ner. as soon as he LETT, went to Nj;
Goodr.chE once and told him OF the order, and
asked him about it. III. Goodrich nas astonlshed,
acd Il marked that his nephew was not purchasing
ptrpeuatcd, after thanking Mi. Middeton for the be
information, be called upon Superintendent Ken
re'sam. Hlis was instructed to look ID the Sounr
ne had tod M Middleton shst as1 he would a call
hnEy foE them. AT the hour appointed i p. N.
Xesttrday.he entered the etore and askel
t s1f' ord ssaaSs IL es n fsx L. Tse
= desire to ~ them on some bills he
had in hls poctet u order 70 sec IL they were all
quite number OF bilfs and checEs, In each case
using the die made for the purpose He then placed
the documents in his pocket and remarked that he
had no money Just then, hut would 20 to The ou1ce
and Eet some and return IN half an hour. He left
the store, and ~ he stepped Oh the sidewalk in
who had hecn watching him all the lime, and who
had Instructed the clerk 70 allow him 70 do what
he wanted with the dies, took him into custody.
he made IN effort to throw a bundle OF papers
away, but Ellis took It from him. He was taken TO
the AEmory, and gave the maine OF John Deano.
When Ellis returned to the Central Station he
examined the bundle OF papers, and found It coll
ralned q large number OF bills for different
amount, and checks on the First National Bank for
the same amounts, signed an. Buntlin, Cashier"
now, hlr. Rutltn u the Superintendent and not
the cashier Of the Goodrich Company, and had
Soy Of the checks been presented for payment ut
Ills bank (Which Is the same the company deposits
IT. funds tn} the fraud would have been discovered
~ oace; but the partte8 who had received the
checks In payment for goods would have been the
losers.
Otlauo had Visited almost every prominent dry
eoods, tolacco, liquor and furniture house IN the
tty and bought goods He would order the goods,
x quest thar the bill he given him, and say be
Wtniu take 1t TO the ofllec, get II approved, ]
and send check for the amount ELLIS
~ once advised all the firms
interested he covld md, but there arc quite /
number yet who believe that the orders were given
Y Y tond Ede agent OF the Goodrich Company.
Inese latter are therefore notified that such Is not
the case, and that 1t L. useless for them to make
up the gcet1R.
Had not Ellis captured him when he did. one of
the most gigantic sw1udeb ever perpetrau Il n ma
c!ty won1d have been committed. The biIIs lalen
from Del'no represented nearly $50 ,O00 TO ahoW
that DelRno had Partially for some thIDRs. ss
PGc:a1y carpets, liquors. and seRars some 81 The
bills are mentioned: Charles thatcher, linuors
sas.; n. R. Wood, carpets tslaao: i. s. ca11ap :
Co, furniture. 9G46; Godateln. separg 81 9A.
Singer Hall, wh4kiea1 3lsk.
The prisoner will have hearing this mornInp
He appears to he confident thar nothing viii leet
done with him, for he remarked 10 Ellis. & Won
have no case against me; have done nothing.