National Republican., 1874-07-04
TIE FORGED CERTIFICATES.
TWO MEN ARRESTED As IHH GUILTY
PARTIES.

TWO MEN ARRESTED As TIE GUILTY
PARTIES.
Further Developments AZ tie forgery of orders
for policemen snd fremeH's certificates upon
Comptroller Bakers o.Ece We're made yester-
day, and the matter now appears to be ap-
proching a focus. The mauLer in which the
fOrgeries were perpetrsted has been stated in
TIE REPUBLICAN, aul republication is uI-
necessary. Comptroller Baker, District At
torney William A. Cook, and Major Richards
Yesterday held q CONSULTATION on the subject,
and they must have decided to at once prose
cute the case and bring the guilty parties to
Justice, for at the conclusion Of the interview
MAJOR Rich ards instructed Detectives Sargent
AID MCElfreEh, wLc have been working up the
case, to delay no longer and ertcr proceedings
against the parties implicated. They visited
the Police Court, and upon their affidavit two
warrants were issued hv Mr.. L. 6. Dawson.
clerk of the court. The first was against Albert
II. Underwood, cOlOred, CemplOyed as a mes
Eedner in the cOmptrOller's office, and mem
her Of the recent House Of Delegates from the
Seventh distriCJ,) bY Detective McElfresh,
charging that on the 2itI Gay Of March Under
wood did, WllliGIly aid lClO1lOusly, forge and
utter as true the name Of ). D. Angel to
certain order on George Z. Baker, comptroller
oI the District Of Columbia, with intent to
delTaUd. Tie other was sworn out by Detec-
tive Sargent, cbsrCiLg That on the 10th day of
February, 1874, Thomas B. Warrick did, will
fully and ielCLiously, utter as true a certain
false and forged order upon George E. Baker
puTpoTtlng 70 be slgu-i ty enc Il. Steele, with
intent to Gefraud.
Armed with this authCT.tY The two detectives
went in search of the accused, and soon found
them. They were taken first to Police head
quarters and afterwards 20 The Police Court,
NJ. ClUSS asked that the cases be continued
until neXt Tuesday, and thsg they be held
under s., 600 bonds each. The court so or
Gered and 81 two O'Clock the marshal of the
court accepted James Penny bondsman for
Underwood, and James ". Dsy for WarTick.
hr. Underwood. uEG of the parties arrested,
has LeCL for some tine employed as messen-
Ger in the CCmUtTD.ier's Office, but for the last
sky dlys has enjoyed the privileges Of fur
lOUgh to attend The sessions of the District
Legislature, being a nemUeT of the lower
House, which mas his Inst and last term. UD-
ii tie past year he was president Of the dis
tTiCS Republican c.uL, AID has figured quite
CoIspiCuOusiy in local pUI.iCs Ii is but Just,
however, TO the accused to say that N a con
Versation with him lie denied that he had been
guilty Of any criminal act, and was satisfied
that, if justice was GCIs Ct the trial, he wOul1
lie acquitted. He is 1yIOTEuJ Of the nature Of
the evidence to be produced against him, but
le6ls CCnHuSEJ LLaL Hf can glEc ! SOOl account
Of himself and all tho transactions in which be
has been engaged while IL the employ Of the
Comptroller. Warrick, his companion in this
unfortunate stair, is Young colored =. an
about 25 years Of age, and came here from Vir-
ginia during the war. lis father was a we'll
known colored clergyman in that State, and
young Warrick graduated from Howard Uni
Versity as a lawyer, and afterwards acted as
clerk for Col. Wm. II. Slater during his ad-
IN nf fht. IF e M
Since the detectives took hold Of the case
more fcrEerics have been discovered, Gnd sd.
di'icnal cLes cane to light as late as yesterday
morning