New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-12-30

an when Roberts left England he teegrnphed Farley
| to meet him. which he did, anu hooertS SAN fA''''
Some time about the latter part Of December, Ts
aud he showef me a $1,000 Western Union Telegraph
bond and $500 Western Union Telegraph bona, I's ama
two seals TO the bond the Companys seal aud the can
collation. stamp SEAL He also sn0w ed me sone usST
road and said had only Is pieces OF $1,000 each, ana
four pieces hat imperfect, making 81 pieces III al
Thought, but did not know were tho bonds
Gleason had pusd on the 81 sheets OF ae paper m abSas
thu New Jersey Central bonds aud saiu ne was Ro'ns
took the $500 bond of the Western Union Telegraph
COMPANY ana the Cancelled revenue stamp IRON tue
% pond OF tue amc Company an TO e nSSp s sSe
the order With OF nseal in tho inorning nh no, So o.
busy nn after me Sol l'' St W. 1sRea
| nearly to O.insteads house, when we met o'ns,eau
coming down the road IN NJ, Mr. hi and he
told me his father was not at home OUT Woaii o. o ~,
day Roberts AMI got III the wagon ahn yonne
OnseAd drove down to his employer sCore heH 'n0
| ferry. ,.... ,...u.., h,o ,.,,,,,a
TO- ,.u am john 0ln.,esd aout January,
sJ va. dnvus frn ny hon. !" r|s S~nD ,, ~ Fort Red
s nSn o Ts% nSd M s pm cS ro
et. ,,.el where my Father " asd TOO nm hI 0.
TO Por, Richmond" The who v" with Ps'u' on tins occasion
/ In,nI K,~rts and went down together 10 a few
days after lnis hut am not sure our wnen iound
delivered red W hS t p'Ma h res sGg COM
| pa,y TO MIN When went 10 Port R,cumonl alone
Omstcad promised TO have them done as soon ~ 10
could saying mat his vile going visit TO Long
! Isianl, aud wOuld do the work III her aOsencc'
rIaI. lett MN and reported RDOerus AMI Gleason
what bad done. Gleason told me tnat tnere was
another bond coming, and he dill not thlnk lucy e"n'
he put tho market before the coming summer ls3,
but best to get ready and tod me to see EngsS
| ana tell aim 10 come and hin aud sign tue DouuS
did So and L gels called on Gleason and signed az
the Buffalo, Nc@Y"rk aud Etr bonds i'tt un'gnrd on
the IS, ana commenced Tue western uoloh Ao'N"P"
| bonds iu January, 1878.
| THE BANK OF ENGLAND FoRGERs INVOLVED.
| Roberts got Walter Sheridan to buy Western Union
| Telegraph and Buffalo. New-York and Erie Railroad
and sls5 OF old style revenue stamps for
tho Western Union Telegraph bonds Some tune about
the middle Of January, 1873, Roberts aud Gleason told
me that the 800 bonds Europe oil safe and
tnat the parties there would not them now AZ they
Thought they something better, and that the bonds
would come back from BdSell ana Mac ionhel
ABOUT this time, January, 1873 also tried TO buy for
New JtrerY RIlroad Company. famed to yet any
O.nsteads twice after the seals Dnt lhry were
not done, Toe last time went was sLnuay, IAN 70,
| Is73 and he said he would have them done III
lnrcc days. told him hal TO 60 to Boston
about week. but II was gone l!ngrr nc would
near from me through SoG O B.a and
about n. my wife came To see me, ana gave
| o. instead, unsraed In the letter to Ronerts tod INN
to consult Gleason aud n they thought It best my Wme
otherwise to send il by mail In letter to Omstead
saId that detained IN Boston, and told nm to
TO NV wife, III dId not call in person, ana III
closed So which Gleason gave me to pay for the seals
| The following statemcu Of John A. OImStead Mrs
Mary j. Petts and Theodore OlmstcId core oorative
OF Petti,s statement above referred to- "dded by
| Mr.. Phelps
| John A. Omstead says that, about February 1888
Mrs Pctts called at nv place o. business win stt,r
seal and stamp Mr- Prttl4. and also stated that Mr.
Pclus was "a tronblr IN 6oston ,o y, Fob
l,73 called al tue house OF Andrtw L. Roprrt.
No lOj .,t Twenty first ST. Nrw-Y1rk' 20 sec MN IN
regard ~ ny husband, "ho hdd Oec aIre'tciih n1s,on'
Mass. met Mr. Roberts ia ms pIior IN comp thy WIZ
Valentine Gleason. Al th| time Roberts asked me II
| knew a man named john O.mStead; toll MN that
di not nat hal heard the name before DertS sald
work to he ion. hI, Roberts. when he, H. wished
me to get. H. that Olnstcad lived near lrt Rich
| mund, aud described 10 me how to mud hH hOuSc.
asked was anything opiv. aud thnH nS asked
| GIrIson # ne, Co. hdL not pai spence go Robert
and irasOu Id NrrsLOn IN reSarl To s2O "nrh
ad D,cn gwen by tlc 10 Spence to pay Tor the WORK
(ilasou SAIL this mdn Olm>tral wOni give me so'o
bond and ana get tnr bond, aud not lax the
Things, unless O.mstcad gave me the pond SAN
1il%ason nor K,ncrts told me- what other things
were. GrasOn sad something ABOUT spence getting
and payns Tor sleigh 10 take INN. Gleason, or Roberts
+" n1tc ,I'o nousr and spoEe aDout Valentines stable,
| AT Port Richmond. RDhcrtS hht.y iolh me 30 et tue
matter s,.nI for a few days | called the following
sind " Robert, aud he me letter wnlch mad
aireaIy been written, an so or S25 IN ho enVrtopc
| addressed To Omstcad. | asked wat l should DO
| wIth Ia" tnnSe, It shoLtd Drln; thsm to
his house; he SAID no; tnat II he ana no'
Tne same day / went TO staten Island. and lonnd
| | the letter 10 him. ana iItcr rtaulue
nc a. led ! gong 20 gave me things to- ani
| tod nim rther Roberts Gleason. H. asked he If
| knew them | aso told OmstcLh that Gleason wanted
me To be aud get the DOnd. Olmscdd SAID he ala
not the thIugs ready, nnt Would gave me p"rt
OF them lie them gave Inr $500 western Union I1lr
grapn bond, and round piece OF metal about the size
OF seal said bond. aud about half an men thlcA
| done up think, III TN toni, wrapped WIN PAPER
acrW ara opened the piper but id not taKc on the TN
lo, to see what aud OF metal II was. Olnl>iead
TO house that he mad gwen tile Work 10 parry ia
| New-YOk TO DO. hut htd not YET received H.
| hnt,n. nd
AMI gave IT, ltu lie took of the TN lOii, dnd"A
ag' the pS I S Si e,% EaSo oL "i me VIII pee
| uOnd was pore / took II from my pocket Gleason
| a.krd me wnat Oluolrad SAID, and how attrd
told MIN Oilnstcdu was probably afraid nau utcet'c
About a week aficrward, this Same boy. who Is Olm
steals son, Drought stamp frame AMI die tosrturr
done up III brown pIprr To my house NO. 3 81 'rHS
pace lie tadt ms father told iin to .iy t't the
stamp would have used number Of tunes before
It would make q good Impresson dnd for Inc 10 tell this
the party for whom tine work was lie spoke OF Il
| tr- a. the party. took oil the paper WRAPPER AMI
using IL piece Of paper wnlcn wao under the due ana
OF the die upon II, III idc an
| otucr impression on il, which was very laht' made
out the nam Palmer, and there were NOue hElics IN
tue center Informant lltntlniS tlo lmprtHon' w. n
Palmer New York, Oct H. loGj that MAS iohh1 upon
press OF the pleccot brown paper when accompanied
tle stamp. | d.lyercd the scamp TO Mrs Gleason III
huIoc orly-clgnth,, where had previously de-
| hyered the bUn'i and other artIce.'
| Pettls concludes his confession as follows:
INSTRUCTED my wife to mail the letter in Boston. and
to 60 NcwYork aud to Robertss house that the
letter mail would reach there soon rs sue did and
that If Roberts and Gleason wanted her to take the
letter to Omsirad, do aud told her that Roberts
and Gleason wOuld ucO~e 81 IN the lrtrr Du they Ill
not Uli give OluSteat so or )j rs hc wanted
itnd 10 tell O-tc al 10 do the 500 OOuu anu seals
I'm parcel ami T. leave them her house, II he would
| or could deliver them 10 her AT once. also III
strucIrd her that WHEN she received the BOND and seals
from Om>tead deliver them 1T once 10 either RoUcrts
or Gleason. sac said she would do rs directed her.
AMI she left NewYJrk. Snc afterwards told thdt
| sue had done all that directed her to DO and
| that sue had seen Roberts. Gleason, and Olm'
stead, aud had obtaurd the seals aud bonds
| from Oimstead. and delivered them TO Gleason.
(rh statement is also cOrrUbOratei by John A. Ou-
stead and Mrs Pets Roberts had the type wlth
the hgures $500. Western Union Telegraph bond
| eLLY ID Jumc. ls2. sOmrM hero IN