Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-09-11
Correspondence.
Our New York Letter.

A lSupendous Forgery-Gredt Excitement in
Wall &.-Corruption and Plumber in the |
City of Chwches-Perils Of City Life |
Jottings, Stage Gossip.
From our Special Correspondent
New YORK, Sept. Q.
BOLD FINANCIAL EXPLOITS.
Financial circles are greatly excited over |
a rumored forging of a 81 ,O00, 900 worth of
New York Central Railroad Stock certifi- |
Gates. Over slO0, 900 worth have already
been seized, and 1t is believed that as much
more has been successfully negotiated.
Detective Capt. Irving was privately warn
ed, about a month ago Of a contemplated
attempt to flood the market with the spuri-
Gus certificates. He urged the detectives
of the Central Office to exercise increased
vigilance. and personally joined them in q
vain effort to discover and capture the
swindlers before they could execute their
plan. On Friday, stranger, who styled
himself Leonard Brown, broker of No. 1l3
Broadway, left a genuine certificate for
$1,000 with Olcott & Co., bankers and
brokers of Broad street, for negotiation.
subsequently he left 16 more certificates,
which appeared to be genuine. Upon ex-
aiming them afterward, however, Mr.. Oh
colt discovered two bearing the same Iium-
bers. He promptly took them all to the
office of the railroad company. where the
lG last received were found to be worthless.
the first being the only genuine one of the
lot, which represented a total of Sl7 900.
Both police and brokers seem greatly mys-
tilted. and apprehensive OF difficulties and
dangers not yet revealed.
SERIES OF SYSTEMATIC TTEFTs.
The ferment into which the city OF Brook
lyn has beea thrown by the disclosure Of
Rodman's defalcations is simply indescrib-
able. Some idea Of the excitement that
prevails may be inferred from the readi-
ness with which the most startling rumors
and absurd reports are caught up. repeat
ed. and believed. Any one who should
start a story that Hugh Mclaughlin had
absorbed the entire available funds of the
city would find ready believers. Accord
defaultcd to the tune of HUNDREDS of thou
sands Of dollars, but the Board of City
Works were under a cloud and all their
funds stolen. The Tax Office showed de
| falcation of two or three millions. the
Treasurer OF the Fire Department Fund
had absorbed all the money he could lay
hold of. and rottenncss and corruption pre-
vailed universally. The most of the stories
were credited to the comptroller, and We're
reechoed with elaborate comments by the
evening papers. Thus the public mind
was kept AT fever heat. and the credit of
the city and its fame were at low ebb.
INHCMAS CONDUCT OF A CONDUCTOR.
The brutality of a certain class of the
men employed on the street cars was shown
in the conduct of two conductors and
driver, when a man was run over and scri-
ously injured by car No. 302 of the Third
Avenue line, near Eighteenth st. and Third
Ave, Friday evening. The injured man
fell from another car of the same line,
which wa. urged on by the conductor, who
made no attempt TO aid the sufferer. Both
the driver and conductor of car No. 3O2
also showed an inhum an haste and grudg-
lngly waited till the mangled man had
been removed from the track, when the
STAGE GOSSIP AND JoTTINGs
The Black Crook is having an unprece-
| dented run at Niblo's and is likely to con.
tinue the whole OF the season.
The Nokes Family, are to be found at
the Union Square Theatre. in Fun in a
Fog;" this piece although very successful
will shortly be removed 10 make room for
The Bellies in the kitchen" which is said
TO be their best play.
The Oranges paper. The ScRhe. will
make its appearance on the 18th inst The
Office corner Of Fulton. Nassau, and Ann
streets is putting on quite "bucolic gard
as Nasty says.
Some disheartened husband asked the
Kew. Henry Ward Beecher if he approved
OF wives spending their time at watering
places and leaving their husbands TO the
mercy OF servant girls. and received this
characteristic reply: NO woman who val
ues her domestic happiness will leave her
hus band thus unprotected"
lSsIDER.