Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-30
Fraudulent Certificates tn W ,sst,iEsG
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but not 1ashiiy, aud having the appearance Of
clerk, called at the office Of Gibson Brothers,
printers, and presented an crtlsr-parcr with
np;nted heading: Executive OMee District
Of Colombia, Washington" Sc, and signed
Ill u. Cooke, Governor: per ). directing
}hc firm to furnish two OoGSs OF certificates ot
iudob,odnass-40 in all.
He requested tina: they should DO done IL
TWO days Mr.. George Gibson replied that he
work cnuld not be done in that time, aud he
went of, saying that ne would rerort. TN
| FRIDAY ne returned, ond asked thar the Job 10
finished on Monday. Ihl5 Was net promise;
him, bat he was told that he could nave tic
| books On Tuesday, ard he called on that 1ny.
! They we.o not finished a. tlat time, anu re
said tina. be would wait until ', clneSGay lncEn-
ing The books were 0tilyvTcd ut thai tlola and
| when asked Tor the order lie hal pgesaCte':
| when be first called. he replied that ,l2 had
| misiaid it, but gave a receipt as follows:
| Rec d. Of Gibson Bros. two hooks 'certIi .!
Improvement Indebtedness.
J 4. JONES for Auditors G!i'.r.
| Washington, II. {.
lie stated that he could E,c found al Ia. ctS&c
at any time. The following m0rnlE..; Thurs
day last) Mr.. Gibson haprcnel lnto The "itce
| Oh the Board of Public WORKS. where ho nlet
the auditor, Mr.. j. 1. LAY, oL' w':ou i!e s,1c4 :
! Did you get tho twu bonk% l'r.uted t"s tvu
yeslerlay?' Mr.. Lay rc,,ii&d c3:a- e oad OF,
! da-e.! 40 books Of the sies:rlnl!, nauie.!, and
azs cd ilr Gibson what ho lpuauy ~ INC sues
J tim. a mutual cIpi,nal!Jn cnsli.u j,n@'. rs.
| Lay a. ynac saw tha- al att:nE: i:a's been
made to forge aud lss;.2 fraudulent crTtija2G,
OF the turln above d>.cIii,ad, and tvoh i,.ll2e,
| diatc steps 10 Illustrate the r!pt.
| 81 tho iy,+ :,,,,,.l;,rlv tn lee
President Shepherd, and received Instructions
60 fclinW the luattcr up vigorously The ON
Gers have been actively 10 scarcE. OF ;hc >upIul-
ed Etarties, and have no doubt Of being able to
bring thHu to beck with vory tt,: delay. Facts
| have been Developed To show thr conncctlon OF
parties IN this city with the tY.ltS;ctrn, but
\ whathuT crllnlHa!:y u put rciualn5 IL be seen.
| La the mcantlllG, AL the >u>lmclci parties are
! under surveillance Of the police. With ref
rrcucc 10 the amount ol daGnagcs likely 10 grow
OCT Of tire possession By outside parties OF Tie
blank furns referred 70, tic pubic need have
4 no apprehension il:l%ElncA - the HnSt trlu-
\ gent ulea:tlr2a have bcci t:aro ~ prcctiio the
feasibility 81 d successful forgery. Ii may he
! idlua nat The precautions; taken By tic tth
c:.ra o! tie Beard OF l'iiI,: Works III ,lc isa';;:
Of al thc certificates III this inrlu IT, pg,rc;at
their duplication render it Impossible fr any
ono to impose upon the beard, or MIR; il
credit by any attempt to iGis, ujon The .Itl"
| here any limitations 1T them. and nov tia:
| pullici.y has been rivrn the matter The pliie
abroad will hc Oh their guard, an! only plI
chase certificates Of The Boar! Of Pubic Works
Of l,crsvns Of known responsibility aid 10
| tcgrity. Necessary to make these carl,6catn>
negotiable the tnrgcr will have to immitatr th':
signatures of three different officers, the har,'
writing of the r"r;,rn VIII" flied out the !A"!y
OF the bmnl, aud the signature OF the enicgscg
on the back.
Exaggerated statements have been sent out a.
to the amount which might be realized ~ TIC
certificates, but in no case could the amount eS-
coed $500, 600, a. each Of the books contalr 3G.
| two hundred blanks, and the largest alnnunI
| authorized to be Issued on one certificate l.
| 1896. The report that any have been regotiae-
| detection OF the scheme came too s;on. The
criminals doubtless expected that Il would be
some days before the fraud would be di,co7rccd,
| but it was found out even before they had tlme
! TO forge the signatures requisite to ILL out tho
| certificates.
The person who procured the books from
| Gibson Brothers is described as about forty
years of age, five feet eight incIl": hig, wear
ing red wblskcrs, and was cvl'cGty put for
| ward to dc this part of the work "a net being
known here. An4thcr person well known OF
Pennsylvania Avenue hal inquired t,.2 day be.
\ fore Ct the Mcs5rs. Gibson what they T0nld
prin, fifteen hundred Of their certificates tJr
This pcrsou WIS also present when Ike party
calling hiri2of Jones caiuc with Tie forged
orier.- WISH STIR.
Aw.uaUa County lTEMS = From tt. Lee
burg Washington AT q meeting Of the
Boar; e Supervisors on Friday 81, SO, Was
appropriated for the benefit Of the poor; 800
10 tho Commonwealth Attorney, fuz pros
ecuting Mrs. Lloyd il the late famous child
poisoning Case, and $50 tor repairing gutter Oh
Market street. along the Jail building. The
Board then passed On order to notify the cor
poratc authorities, Of Lceshurg to remove tie
market building within sixty days, and il Dot
removed by that time, directs the sheriff to
sell it OF public auction, to he removed within
fifteen days from the date of sale.
On Monday last about fifteen thousand an
lars, Leesburg Corporation notrs--rccs Of the
war-HoFe given 10 the flames in the streets of
this town. Most of this was currency Which
had been redeemed
MIR. William Hunt, we'll known to the peo-
pie Of this vicinity as good cStinllh!e c.t:zau,
died at his residence in Leesburg, on Friday,
at an advanced age.
The Loudoun National Bank has declared Il
dividend Of pel cent 10! six months, ending
lst Of July. This Institution is most admirG-
bly, managed
The Lccsburg Academy closed its session On
Friday when the Board Of Trustees adopted a
vote Of thanks To tho prlIyclpaisNr L. ii. lem
pie.
A daughter Of OK Cav +. =. Stanton, Of
Washington, was married at Belmont on lue5-
day to Mr.. J. H. Moss, of Topeka Kansas,
Mr.. Richard Eleator, has clover On his farm,
near the Point of Rocks, which measures near
y four feet high.
FAuuu!ER County ITEMS. i From the War
rcnton lpdcx commissioner Il. /. Scott
under decree in case OF Russell vs.. Ashty, Sohi
on Monday last 2InO acres of land near lprcr-
villo to Jas H. Skinker for 81, 100. The knScy
Mills, near auckland, were sold by Com r. v nj.
II. Payne, under decree in case Of Dclarlann