The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-01-31
Arrest of n FOrger.

Early in October last, very gentle
manly person, giving the name of j. r.
Livingston, was introduced to Mr.. God
dard, the Treasurer of Wells, Fargo &
Co.'S express, by Mr.. Clark, broker
He expressed desire to purchase $780,
600 Of Kansas Pacific bonds, and at once
commenced his negotiations. Day after
day he called upon Mr. Goddard, and it
was not until Oct II that he concluded
the bargain lie then bought 100000
Of the bonds at 771, giving in payment
TIallgarten a. Co.'s check on the Park
Bank for S77,50O. He had been so long
in deciding on the purchase, aud had act
cd so courtcously throughout the trans
action, that Mr. Goddard was thrown
completely of his guard, and accepted
the check without question or inquiry as
to its genuincss. It afterwards proved to
have been altered from 81 900, while the
ccrtiGcation Of the teller Of the Park
Bank, which, it purportcd to bear, was
a sheer forgery.
Mr.. Goddard endorsed the check and
deposited it in the Continental Bank,
whence, in due course Of business, it was
sent to the Park Bank. This was on the
18th day of October, and the check
should have been verified on that day,
but owing to a pressure Of business the
matter went over until the I4th. On
that day the bank officials discovered that
Hallgarton & Co.'S account was over
drawn, and so informed them, aud this
led to discovery Of the alteration Of the
check.
Mr.. Worth, cashier of the Park Bank,
Mr.. Goddard, aud Mr. Cornelius L. Timp-
son, cashier Of the Continental, held
consultation as to the case, when Mr.
Goddard suggested detectives Ga moneyed
mans universal panacea). But Mr..
Timpson knew too much to give the case
into the hands of detectives, and in two
hours did as much as detective would
have done in as many months. He found
that Livingston had deposited the Kansas
Pacific bonds with the Commercial Ware
housing Company as collateral for a loan
10000, receiving checks ON the Park
Bank and Manhattan Company for
$4,000 each. These checks he had de-
posted with Cauldwell & Co., on Wall
street, with orders to buy him $50, 600 in
U. S. bonds. After they had purchased
the bonds he called and demanded them,
together with the balance, $27 800.
Cauldwell e. Co. refused to deliver
either the bonds or the money, as some
thing had excited their suspicious and
they wanted Livingston to get somebody
to identify him. He brought Mr..
Chadwick, Broadway broker, but the
firm demanded that he be identified by
the President of the Commercial Ware
house company. lie went in search Of
this gentleman, and while he was gone,
Mr.. Timpson, who was looking up the
checks of the Warehouse Company, en-
tered Cauldwell & Co.'S Office, and ex-
planned the true condition of affairs. Mr..
Timpson was accompanied by two we'll
known detectives, and it is supposed that
their presence deferred Livingston from
returning Atany rate, he didn't return,
but started post haste for California or
some other distant point.
After he left it was discovered that his
true name was Lewis Van Etten, and that
he was leader of gang Of counterfeit
ers, who had everything ready to swinde
Wall street to the tune of half million.
Detectives were at once sent after him,
and at length traced him to New Orleans,
where he was arrested by the Chief of
Police and held to await requisition by
Gov. Hoffman.
Van Etten was brought to this city last
night by Detective Sampson, and is now
lodged in a cell at the Police Central
Ofice.-M y Sun, ofhe PAN inst
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