Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-07-17
A Young Lady Forger.

On Tuesday oflast week a young la
dy entered Bushong's bank, and step
ped up to the window of the paying
teller. She was the daughter of re-
spectacle citizen, about twenty years of
age, quite prepossessing in appearance,
of affable manners and very well ednca-
ted. She presented a check purporting
to be signed by her father, who is and
has been Il regular depositor in the bank
for quite number of years. With the
check she presented the bank-book. The
paying-teller, Mr.. Harner, eyed the
check, then the young lady, and eonsid
ering that so large an amount of mon
ey was to be drawn by young lady
when her father might just as well have
come to the bank himself, inasmncil as
he was seen on Penn street almost
every day he became somewhat supiei-
Gus, and directed the attention Of Mr..
Henry Bushong to the case.
Mr.. B,ishong came from his private,
office and upon recognizing the young
lady as the daughter of the person in
whose name the checks was drawn, di-
rected the money to be paid. This was
done, and out came every cent of the
old gentleman's bank balance with the
exception of some sixty dollars. The
young lady took the money, went up to
a side desk very cody, rolled the bills
mp very carefully, placed them in his
portemonnie, and very innocently step
ped out of the bank. q .ada 81 tlE
On leaving home in the morning she
had told her parents that she expected
to spend the day with a friend down
town, and they consented, knowing that
she would meet young gentleman who
had been paying her attention. This
person was a handsome young foreigner
a comparative stranger. good-looking,
genteelly dressed, and not over twenty
four years OF age. Tuesday night came
and passed, and on Wednesday the ia
ther discovered that his bank-book had
been mislaid. Searching the premises
thoroughly, it was not to be found. he
Immediately went to Bushong's bank
and made his loss known. "why,"
said an attache of the bank, our book
is not lost; your daughter brought it
with her yesterday when she drew out
that money" Drew out what money!
asked the father, in utter astonishment.
And then was told the facts of the
daughters banking transaction. The
amazement of the parent upon hearing
such startling intelligence can be imagi-
ed. The, father then told. the story of
the strange foreign gentleman who; had
been paying attentions to his daughter,
and vague suspicious of forgery and
elopement rose In the old mans mind.
The young lady's friend was visited, but
she knew nothing of the whereabouts
of the missing daughter, and had not
seen her for several days. Then the
fact became plain, the daughter had
committed forgery and eloped.
The check was shown, and was found
to have been drawn up in the lady's
handwriting, and the signature, which
was very nicely and accurately fmiratsd
is supposed to have been written by her
lover. The daughter had never been TO
the bank before. .4t.. .-,sfsl.. i la'
Who her lover is, is not definitely
known. He arrived in this city shoft
time ago, formed the young lady's ae-
quaintance through Irritation, Il is
thought, and so managed affairs as to
induce her to participate In the direct
robbery of her fathers dollars. 10 Is
supposed that the pair left for NIXON
the afternoon train.-ReadiRg (Pal So
zetfe