The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1871-11-04

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The bonds received by him wert
Nos. SO to 100, inclusive. The checl
given by Downer proved to be forg
cry, but before this was discovered
he had disposed of the bonds and the
smaller check received by him
Detectives Elder and McDougal were
informed of the forgery, and at once
put themselves in communication
with the various out-of-town detec.
tives, giving them description of the
forger.
Traces of him soon began to appear
He had opened an account at bank
in Toledo, Ohio, and had deposited
what purported to be a certified
check for $4,000, drawn by Babcock
Bros. & Co., of No. 81 William street,
New York In favor of j. H.. Ransom
& Co. be drew $500, and escaped
before the fraudulent character of the
check was ascertained. At Toledo,
as well as at other places, he pro-
fessed TO be purchasing wool. Soon
afterward he deposited a check for
SIC, 900 in the Royal Canadian Bank
al Montreal, and attempted to draw
against it, but the officers of the bank
refused to honor it until they had
commun1 rated with Babcock Bros. e.
Co., ON whom the check was also
drawn. The operator did not wait for
the desired information, but went
West. The bank officers sent a
description of him 10 Superintendent
Kelso, and thus Elder learned of his
whereabouts and started in pursuit,
but returned after an auavailing
search.
On August 23d, the City National
Bank of Poughkeepsie, received from
the Ocean National Bank three drafts
for 5000, $1,000 and $500. These
drafts nurpolted to have been drawn
by the Poughkeepsie bank ON the
Ocean National Bank to the order of
Samuel E. Collins. An investigation
proved that the three drafts were
originally issued for $50 each, and
that they had been skillfuIly raised.
The original filling in of the drafts
had been so completely erased, that a
powerful microscope failed to reveal
any trace of it. These drafts were
traced back from the Ocean to the
Oriental Bank, and thence to the Dry
Dock Savings Bank, where they had
been received and paid. It was ascer.
tanned that a short time previous y
man giving the name of Samuel f.
Collins, but answering completely to
the description given of the forger, of
whom Elder was in search, had opened
account, depositing several sums of
money and drafts, and drawing
against them, finally deposited the
drafts in question, drawn the amounts
in full, and closed his account. On
10 the newspapers of this
city published a telegram from ST.
Louis, stating that q man giving the
name of j. G Whittemore, had been
arrested ON suspicion of being the
person who gictimized Sc eral banks
in Indiana, Illinois and Missouri.
Among his effects were found letter
of introduction purporting TO have
been issued by the National Bank of
Commerce of this cit. The evidence
against him was not deemed sufficient
to warrant his detention. and he
was discharged before Detective
Elder, who had set out ut once for st.
Louis, reached that city. He was
the man for whom the Detectives
were searching, and success at length
their efforts. They learned
that the forger was again in this city,
and arrested him ON Monday night, as
he was about to enter n Broadway
car at Greene and Fourth streets. He
was locked up at police headquarters.
Several persons connected with the
banking institutions of this city,
which the forger victimized, identified
him yesterday. Among others were
Judge Henry r. Low. Treasurer of
the New York and Oswego Midland
Railroad Company, who recognized
him as Arthur Breed, of Fulton,
Oswego county, New York, and stated
that nearly year ago he had obtained
$500 of the bonds of the Midland
and when arrested, had
given and forfeited bail. One of the
officers of the Bank of Commerce of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, called yester-
day on Babcock Bros. & Co., of Will
liam street, and informed them that
man answering the descrip-
ton of the prisoner deposited i'm the
bank check for $4,000 purporting
to have been issued by Babcock Bros.
& Co., and endeavored to obtain
$500 on it, but failed to do so; the
bank officers declining to pay any
thing on it until they should be salts
fed that it was genuine. The pris-
oner has passed under many names,
but it is believed that his real name
is Henry Young.
He was committed by Justice Hogan
to the Tomhs. Several complaints
viii be made against him. He was
arrested nearly year and a half ago
on suspicion of having shot and
robbed Harvey, the messenger of
the American Merchants Union Ex-
press Company, in the express car
while leaving the Albany depot.
James Filkins was afterward con-
victed of that offense.