Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-26
4 Female Forgcr.

Female Forgcr.
The Reading Pa. Eagle says 1t was on
Tuesday Of this week that young lady enter
ed Bushoug's bank. and stepped up to the win
dow of the paying teller. The lady proved to
be the daug ghter Of respectable citizen residing
in q romantic spot on the ou tskirts OF the city.
She is about twenty-five years OF age, quite
prepussessing in appearance, atfable manners
and very we'll educated. She presented a
check purporting to be signed by her father,
who is aud has been Il regular depositor IN the
bank for quite number Of years. With the
check she passed in the bank book. The pay
iDg.teler, Mr.. Harner, eyed the check, then
the young lady, and considering that SO large
IN amount of money was to be drawn by the
young lady when her father might just as well
have come to the bank himself, inasmuch as
he was seen on Penn street almost every day,
the paying-teer became. somewhat suspicious
and directed the attention Of MIR. Henry
Bushong to the case.
Mr.. Bushong came from his private Office,
and upon recognizing the young lady as the
daughter of the person 10 whose name the
check was drawn, and not thinking that SO re-
,pcctable lady would be guilty of committing
10 rross crime as forgery, he directed the
money to be paid This was done, and out
came every cent Of the old gentleman's bauk
balance with the exception of some $50. The
Young lady took the money, went up to side
desk very cooly, rolled the bills up very care.
fully, placed them in her portemonnae, aud
very innocent!y stepped out of the bank.
At her parents house things moved on very
smoothly. The beautiful and only daughter
had left, as she stated, for the purpose of max
ing call aud remaining down town with an
Intimate lady friend until the next day The
parents had consented to her going, knowing
full we'll that there she should meet the object
of her alteration. This person was handsome
looking, genteely dressed, and not over "a
years of age Tuesday night came and passed,
and on Wednesday the old gentleman discover
ed that his bank. bo X had been mislaid-
Searching the premises thoroughly it was not
10 betound. immediately went to Bushong $
bank aud made his loss known. why, said
an attache cf the bauk, 'your book is not lost;
your daughter brought it with her yesterday
when she drew out that mouey." 'Drew out
what money p asked the father in utter as
tonishmeut. And then was told the facts of
the daughters banking transaction, The
aulazelucnt of the parent upon hearing such
startling intelligence can be better imagined
than described The father then told the story
Of the strange foreign gentleman who had been
paying attentions to his daughter, aud 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 where.
abouts of the missing daughter, and had not
seen her for several days. Then the terrible
facts had became plain tho beautiful daugh-
ter had truly committed forgery and had
clopcd.
The check was shown, and was found to
have been drawn up in the lady's hand
writing, and the signature, which was very
nicely aud accurately initiated, is supposed to
have been written by her lover. The daugh
ter had never been to the bank before.
Who her lover is, is not definitely known.
He arrived in this city short time ago, form
ed the young lady's acquaintance through fiji.
tation, il is thought. and so madaged affairs al
to induce the innocent young girl to partici-
pate in the direct robbery of her fathers dol
lars. 1t is supposed that the pair left Read
ing for New York on the afternoon train, and
are ere this on high road to ruin, spending
the money 10 jolly trip to lands far distant
from here The daughter left no word letter
sign; nothing behind to tell the story OF hel
fight. The parents are in total darkness as tc
her whereabouts, which places them in very
sad situation Previous to this act she had al
ways UCCu d hluu, uoueot ouo oLSuiSu1
loved by her parents aud respected by large
circle of admiring friends, and this sudden
blow is severely felt by those most intimately
connected with the family.
The names of the parties are withheld, out
otrcspect to the good names of the parents Of
the erring daughter. 1t is to be hoped that the
steps taken to secure the male wretch and hlE
prize will prove successful. Whether the
twain are married, or whether the foreigner
viii only be true to his paramour until the
money Is all gone remains to be seen.
CoM.-There are three countries in which
The coal deposits cover an immense area
America, England and China Of these China
M, has by far the largest Including the island OF
rormosa, the exteut of the Chinese coal field
Nl2IOOO square miles. America comes next,
with $4,000 square miles. The measurement
G' 1900 square miles for England is, however,
deceptive. The English coal seams do not
cover cover very large extent of ground, it is true,
ouI they are Of remarkable thickness. In COM
parlSon with these three great coal producing
Iouh!neS, the continent of Europe is anything
nu' rich III this Indispensable fuel Germany
poSSGSSes rs only 5000, Spain S,O00 France 1000,
nv TTu pSielum Ge 200 square miles of coal area
r.;I. nHc Chlnese coal is almost untouched. No
1aiIG'oS penetrate the district in which il lies :;
10 adequate means of TRANSPORTATION are nea r.
II Is vast undeyeloped storchouse for future
hausted.
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