New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-01
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
RANKERS FOES BAFFLBD.

Financial circles are greatly excited over
vuuered forging Of q 100000 worth OF New-York
&sn,ral Railroad stock certificates. Over 100000 worth
have already been seized, and it is believed that as
psh has been successfully negotiated Detective
capt. Irving privately warned, about month ago.
81 contemplated attempt 20 food the market with the
spurious securities. He urged the detectives OF the
central Once exercise increased vigilance, ana per
eonally Joined them In VAIN effort TO discover anu
capture the swnders before they could execute thel
plan. On Friday stranger who styled himself Leonard
Brown, broker of No. ll9 Broadway, left genuine
certificate for q 600 with Ooott & Co, bankers and
brokers of No. 40 BrOadst., for negotiation SUISSE
uenty he left certificates, viii Oh appeared 10
be genuine. Upon examining them aiterWard now
ever Mr. Ocott discovered two bearing the same mum
eers He promptly took them all 10 the once oil lhe
railroad company where the l6 last received were ue
elared fraudulent the one first received being the only
genuine one OF the lot which represented total OF
slT,oo
Just before noon. on Saturday, Brown called at the
srBee of Wooster Sherman, in Nassaust, ana desired
90 negotiate a sixty day loan OF $4,000 on 80
Central certificates for 900 each He left one oil the
certificates as a sample Of the remainder, and went
away promising TO return at 1880 II. with the Others
az TO receive check for the loan After his departure
Mr. Sherman went 70 the Office Of Thomas Denny * Co.,
iD CbauDcey Court, TO negotiate the loan, taxing WIN
him the certificate which his clerk, formerly employed
IN the Office of the Railroad Company, had previously
examined aud believed to be good. Discovering that
the certificate was forged, Mr. Denny quickly sent
for Detective Sampson Of Police Headquarters
who was on duty IN wal-st. Detective Sampson went,
by agreement 70 Mr. sherman's Office, where he found
Brown. elderly man. Of tall, spare figure, neryOusY
pacing the hallway An instant later Mr. sherman ar
rived and bonded the certificate back to Brown, saying
that he had been unable obtain the desired loan Brown
regret and placing the certificate his pocket
started % 60, when Detective Sampson arrested am
and took him into the brokers private office. twenty
eight forged certificates including the one Just men
noned found IN the prisoners pockets As he mad
offered 80 10 Mr. sherman as collateral security lor the
lean, the detective suddenly asked "Where are the
other twO' Brown, inadvertently u IS behyed replied
that he had left them with j. W. Eddy a 20 OF NO, ~
Pines, TO negotiate for him Detective sampson TOOK
the prisoner 70 EDDY Co.'S office and recovered the
certificates which discovered 10 have been left IN
OF Charles j. Williamson, for whom Brown said
ne tbS prsoner described mse more fully as
Leonard Brown, c.. born in New-Hampshre; and a
Broadway. He said that he married ana lived with
ms family at No 10 East Thirty-eighth-st HIS bnsl-
ness he alleged strictly legitimate and honorable,
and II 10 add mat the detectives are unaware OF
any previous suspicion against him He stoutly AYERS
that he unacquauted with Williamson until the
latter called upon him TO negotiate the certihcates' ~
The forged certificates are said 10 be OF sueh skHul
execution that is difficult 20 distinguish them from
the genuine. kilograms Of warning nave been widely
rcrs of the Railroad Company have issued circular ask
~ and SKIES of 7C and seyens of the Buffalo NewYOrk
aud Eric Railroad issued since the last payment OF in
icTest TO present them, at the offices OF the
Railroad Company for inspection. The detectives
BrOad-st whose they suppress, had received re-
speetye $4,000 and $4,000 worth OF the spurious GER
uhcates which would make total of SlOS,000 worth
already seized; Capt. Irving with his detectives IS
searching for the iorgers and ntmates that he expects
To make large seizure to-day.
Thomas Denny called at Police Headquarters, early
last night learn any further developments had been
made by the detectives. Mr.. Denny had long private
conference with Inspector Waine but the result was
that the Broadway firm said to have been Vctmzed.
That OF Hardenburgn q Co, bankers, irom whom
received the sixteen spurious certificates, instead Of
Iectives Hurdenburgh Co.. 1t is said, purchased the
terth,ates from customer hose name they refuse TO
and viii do the same FOR another firm whose name Is
withheld. bat to whom they reported 10 have also
sOiG $1,000 worth OF the bogus certificates Both police
aud brokers greatly mystihed, and appleleIsIye
Of difficulties and dangers not yet revealed.
JHE READING EAILEOAD BOND FORGER BETRAYED BY
A RING
The skllful fOTger John s. Young, alias
John H. Horton, Francis C. Vaughn passed through
this city Saturday charge OF officers Of PnkertOn's
Detective Agency, the way TO Lancaster, Penn. On
May &C. under the name OF Horton by which he had
known "a broker, the prisoner exchanged an altered
been certificate puportng 10 be for 200 shares OF Reading
Railroad stock with Reed McGramm CO., Of Lancas-
ter for like number OF shares of the Penn
sylyaIia Railroad Company. He also sold
similar certificate 10 Reed Henderson Of the same
place for sc Goo for which they gave him draft
Osgood Co. Of tins city. Immediately aiuer the pur-
chase, however, they called Horizons attention
eral susciousookng ink stains the certificate, and
expressed doubts It's commences. Horton assured
them that 10 genuine ana they allowed him 10 de
part with the draft Coming directly to this city Hor
presented the draft to OsgOod Co. who paid him
the money after he had been identified by Wall
1T. broker who had become acquainted with HIM in
Lancaster. After receiving the money Horton Imme
dately disappeared.
Having been employed TO search for the fugitive the
PiukertOns caused very description Of the
swndler TO he printed $1,000 postal cards and widely
circulated This part Of the description: cameo
ring black oval ground, about three-eghts by FIVE
fights Inch with white female head, mounting moder-
ately heavy and rather plain" Horton entered a
clothing store in Providence, r. L. 10 purchase coat,
and James L. Bliss, ir the clerk, noticed peculiar ring
upon his little finger The clerk had Of the
postal cards, and at once called in an officer
Only $40 in mOuey found IN his possession but the
altered certificate which he had sold 10 Reed Hender
his trunk at bis boardnghouse. He at first
denied his guilt, but his identity having been fully
dablished lie made apparently complete confession.
II appears that while living Providence, he was &C
ustOmed 10 visit the Board Of Trade the banks and the
brokers Offices TO consult the stock reports He also
correspondence with Wal-st. nrm, who only knew
al him az A. Vaughn. He s also said TO have been in
correspondence with several New-YOrk banks. When
taken 70 the station house in Providence he asked his
aptor much he expected TO get for the arrest and
apon receiving the reply that the expected
aO, he offered $1,000 for has liberty He boosted that
S mean S s s aPgG .rSf5 VERY S
blot a trace of it's transformation. The Reading
certificates altered by him originally for snare
zach He had successfully negotiated about $4,000
worth OF them
FORGERY on SMALL SCALE.
A boy presented for payment in the PeO-
plet Bank at Canal aud Thompsonst. on Saturday, a
check for $loO, purportng 70 nave been signed by
Alexander Mcdonnell Of No. 60 Macdouga-st
Mr. Mcdonnell having closed his account at the
bank, the teller sent for officer. Meanwhile Officer
Field Of the Fifth Precinct had been watching a