The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-03
= 1YgonEsA1E Raid ON THE BANKS

Tho additional details furnished by later
Georgia exchanges OF the wholesale swlnoles
,,,on the banks of Savannah, Macon ana
aupusta, reported iu TIE NEWS ol last satnr-
day. prove them to have been conducted Win
remarkable sdroltness and skill. The ope-
rations appear to have been Simultaneous
and of course concerted, and three members
of the gang have been arrested, but Whelner
the money that they obtained from the oanhs
will be recovered is not yet known. In All
ousta the yiclimized Institution was Inc
Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
Last Monday morning stranger, of respecta-
BILE appearance and business-like ueI.ano.' mS. -,
giving his name as George Holiness ca,.eu ~
the hank and presented to the pres'uen' :"
.L,f,,,v forged letter of Introduction from LUG
n,a.,dent of the National Bank Of the Repuo-
i,c or New York, and an equally we'll e2eculea
certificate of deposit In the same oank .,
$4,000. Both documents were suo)ecteu
RI the usual careful scrutiny, and appearing
to be all right, the certificate was promptly
cashed, and the swindler went on ''s way re-
,oicIng. The certificate was sent, IN the orol'
nary course of business, to the Ne" iolk
bank, and on Friday dispatch was recelVeo
from there saving that 1t was forged, ana Inc
Anonsta banking company opened their eyes
.,o +, bs uncomfortable TACT that they had peen
ouIetly swlndled out OF over ssouo. Inc ue'
.cr,n,ion of the swlndler was Immediately
telegraphed to various parts of the country
and be was arrested in Montgomery, Ala
The Georgia Central Bank, OF Macon, was a'so
swindled on the same day, and In precisely
the same manner, out of $500, by one Ben
nett, who, with supposed accompllce giving
his name as George Morris, has since been ar
rested and held tor trial In Macon. The third
victim of this remarkable series Of torgerlet
WAS the Merchants National Bank, o.
Savannah. There the swindler gave hii
name az Thomas C. Holmes, aud presented
certificate of deposit from the Bank o.
the Republic, New York, which he de-
aired to be cashed; ahd, when Informed thai
he would have to be identified, he pleasantly
remarked that he had provided for that con
ungency, and produced letter from tne
cashier of the bank mentioned, certllyihs ~
bis signature, aud Introducing him TO lue
hanks Iu this section as prominent mefcnan'
and man of means. comparison ol s'sna
tnres apparently proved that everything was
right, and the check, which was for the nice
little sum OF nine thousand dollars, was
cashed with pleasure. The swlndler then lef'
on the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, but Is be-
lieyed to be the same man who has turned up
and been arrested at Macon under the name
of George Morris. Since the arrest OIL Ben
nett and Morris, (or Holmes,) dispatch has
been received from Chief McConougb, OF the
st. Louis police, saying that they have been
committing torgeries on the banks of that
city, and requesting that they be held until an
officer could be sent from there. This lndl-
Gates that the operations Of this gang OF forg'
ers have extended over large portion OF tue
country, and entitle them to the unenVlaole
distinction of the champion swindlers Of the
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