Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-09-03
The FOrgeries By the Wall Street
Rlng-The Heaviest Swindle
Of the Particulars.
Names of Some Heretofore Re-
spectacle Firms Connected
with the Penltentiary
Offsnse.
Another Counterfeit FiYe-Hun.
dred-DOllar Bill-The Mani
tOba Affair-Tammany
Organizing Etc.

RrscHoRFsHE1m q COMPANY.


NEW YORK, September 2.-Blschofi
sheim & Company, bankers in London
and their agents here, II. Biederman 4
Company, having failed, by themselve
or through their friends, to settle thei
accounts, the courts have been invoke,
to declare q settlement. The property
Of Blsehoffsheim has been attached.
swINDLING FIRMS ASSETS At
TACHED.
The funds Of Kendrick & Co., alleges
swindlers of Sanders & Hardenbergh, BY
means of forged bonds, have been at
tached. It appears that Sanders & Har
denbergh's check to the order Of J. +
Franklin, for twenty-five thousand dol
lars in payment Of forged bonds, was col
lected by the Union Trust company O
the Fourth national bank, and put t.
/ the credit of Kendrick & Co., which
firm on Saturday, early, drew for checks
on the trust company for eleven and
! eight thousand dollars, but the man at
tempting to collect it was informed oi
| the irregularity existing, and that the
I checks could not then be paid, since
when no one has sought to collect.
| WHAT THE SPINNER THINKS OF THE
LAST COUNTERFEIT.
A Washington special says that Treas
urer Spinner has stated that he never
saw better executed counterfeit than
that Of the legal-tender note made pub
lie yesterday, and that the whole issue
Of thirty-five millions of dollars, will
have to be called in and new series
issued.
HOW LEONARD BROWN STANDS IN THE
FORGING BUSINESS.
A short examination took place to-
day in the case of Leonard Brown, SUD-
posed to be the main Instrument in an
attempt to place counterfeit bonds, and
be was remanded for further exanaina.
ton to-msrrow. Brown rsrofe ne was
Ignorant Of the fraudulent character OF
the bonds when he gave them to brokers
70 negotiate. Holbrook stated that on
Thursday last Brown rendered bond,
stating that he had thirty thousand dol
lars' worth of the same for sale. This
bond was shown Hosford, of No. 32 Pine
street, and arrangements made for its
negotiation; but on Holbrook return
ing TO his Office and scrutiniSins the
bond, he discovered the forgery, and
immediately telegraphed all over Wall
street a notification Of the forgery.
Brown informed him few days previ-
Gus that ne had brown-stone building
for sale for thirty thousand dollars cash,
but since then Holbrook discovered that
the house did not belong to Brown. A
month ago Brown tried to negotiate a
note of thousand dollars with him; on
examination it was found TO be spurious,
A DIVIDEND IN ERIE.
The Erie railroad directors to-day de-
clared q dividend Of one per cent. on
common and three and one-half per
cent. on preferred stock,
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. PROBLEM.
The directors and promoters of the
CON -Inental railway had meeting here
uo-day, and talked of building the road
and solving the cheap transportation
problem within two years.
ERIE's ANNUAL REPORT.
President Watson, at a meeting of
the Erie railway directors, presented a
supplementary report, covering q period
from September 80, 1872, till June 80,
1873. The working expenses of the
company show an Increase of S27l, 900,
while the gross earnings increased ST.
Oo5,5 The net comparative increase
has been SSl4, ,563. The working
expense of the road have been S67O7
per centage of revenue. There
has been obtained from various parties
during the year property and money
amounting to S., 81, $50, worth to-day
more than the interest, and no part of
which has been carried to profit and
loss account. Other suits are pend
ing, from which large sums are likely
to be recovered. President Watson
was given permission TO visit Europe on
business and for his health. Lucius
Robinson, viee-president, was elected
The books Of the company will be closed
from September 18th till October Srd.
TA0IMANY.
The Tammsny Hall committee on
organization held a secret meeting this
evening, at which an animated debate
took place on the rights of the organiza-
tiOn IN the appointment and distribu-
ton OF inspectors OF election and poll
clerks. A committee was appointed to
wait on the police commissioners.
The State central committee will issue
a call tomorrow for State convention.
MORE CHAT ABOUT THE BOND FRAUDS.
Mr.. Denny, chairman of the govern
ing committee of the New York stock
exchange, said to-day that he was con-
fident that no other bonds than those of
the Buffalo, New York and Erie, and
the New York Central, have been coun-
terfeited. The treasurer of the New
Jersey Central road says that he has
neither seen nor heard of any forged
bonds Of that company. The secretary
OF the Western Union telegraph comps-
ny makes a similar statement in regard
to the bonds of that company.
Messrs. Haskins 4 Brains to-day tenn
pOrarily suspended business. 1t is now
understood that the advances of this
firm TO the swindlers amounted to forty
thousand dollars.
COUNTERFEIT FIvE-HUN-
DRED-DOLLAR NOTE.
To-day another five-hundred-dollar
greenback was received at the sub-tress-
ary, making the third received since
Il is believed at the sub
treasury that the counterfeit bills come
from the west, and that there are but few
on New York. The bills
have been examined by the experts of
the American bank-note company, and !
are pronounced by them to be the best |
bills that ever came under |
their notice. Geo. w. Morlor, of the |
says that the paper on |
which the forged bills are printed is |
lighter than that of the genuine. He |
also says that the face of the bills can |
not be distinguished from the genuine,
but that the letters on the back are |
hinged with green when they should !
be perfectly white, and that blue tint, |
peculiar to the genuine, is not percepti- |
Die in the counterfeit.
THE MANITOBA AFFAIR.
A Washington dispatch states that |
he Manitobs question will be brought |
before British tribunal in q few DAYS,
he court holding special session there |
or, and 20 other causes will be tried. |
Thornton says the British gov
srnment is firm in its conviction that 1
he action Of its officials wss strictly in |
With law, and expresses his |
conviction that the decision of the court 1
will be adverse to the parties now in |
;ustody. The court win be held at Fort 1
3srry or Winnipeg. Meanwhile the |
to release the American
prisoners on bail is rejected.
ECCLESIASTICAL LAW.