, 1874-12-16

German preacher. with having committed alul-
'terY With Sohroedora wife.
| THE WRONG MAN,
MEMPu1s Dec. l5.-Iho man captured nt
Ho!ona, supposed to be White, tho lcndcr Of tho
| Colinth Dunk robbers, WAS not tho mau rantod.
BT MAIL.
THE OPERATIONS or GEORGE +. H1Ir,
| , From the 4Setr Yors fr'ortd, Dec, H. =
Tho following history of tho recent bond
1ofsorlea md tllo caroer Of George T. Hit, alias
j. l. Batchelor, was giYon to tho police reporters
last night:
Tho career Of Hi!t from hla boytood 1ns bcon
marked with incidenta which would furnish eub
1eets for bctser dino novel than nny vet pub-
lishod. In his youth ho studied medicine with
the intention Of becoming physician. and WIS
well road IN toxioology. Aftor his studtes In
won't INTO tho insurance business in Chicago.
"nefo ho also apcculatcd III grain. Ilo rras m
act'Fo operator, aud eager to mako money. His
career III q s~indlcr began with hfs connection
WIN tic npuElous Safeguard Fire Insurance. Com
pany OF philadelphia, Of which l,o was Secretary.
1iilt managed to get control OF tho concern, in
auccd somo respectable men to put down their
na'heo as Directors, agencies wore established in
tno 7arloub States, and largo commissions yycro
o'lo,eo 10 agents., all risks woro tnltcn. and q
similarity III title 10 that Of resnectn-
o'o company brought In large amount of
business, and tho Golfers Of tho Safeguard in \
low months contained $4,000 In tho shapo Of
premiums. When loDsea occurred thev worn
manipulated as suited tho purposos of tha
aehoners, aud every effort was mado to etaya off
payments. In spite Of tho cunning Of tho men
"l4o we're ut tho head Of tho conspiracy. troubio
arose. Mr.. Forster, the insurance Commis.
aonoT OF tho State Of Pcnuayyania, an enemy Of
wildcat apcculatioua and swiudliug ins,lr.ucc
sc'r1enes not,lod Hit TINT tho npsets of lie
sl gasasd Gopany T3a haye to be
ihs Safeguard had bnt fow genuine assots and
had to mako good showing Or bn stamped ont
q IT,, exstol'Se : hortgagcs 'vcro manufactured
e4tonf u, t1 ~ 6o o rha9elphln property to tho
9ccidcnt to 10 on Louisa owuoG by QUO of tia |
Directors Of tho Safeguard. II,lt was ,,cariv
getting into sorapo through this, us tho Direct
lo thout y, l2ea'g E over tue assota would have
one ~ m,, OF their number bud beon mortgaaod. In
addition to thia mortgage Hit sought to n,aIso
lug company appear solvent by investing q lnreo
noL ern Stnaa ~ dv9 opo b2nds issued by tic South
noml'al 2, valuo. THIS Issue nilt thought Mir.
Forster would contound with tho genuine Stata
louda which stand woll iii tho market. Desjdea
:n1s, he received from tue wildcat" insurance
srn now in. prison. a larua n,nnu,.t ~ ntai ntninu!
Unitcd States registered bouds thn nn,nca m
loldcrs Of which had boen altered. Iho ntsaia .u
seEo ;1; completed by lot Of forged railroad 10
insurance Commissioner waa 1oodw;nkad a' arI trI
ave llls Company certificate, "A"
When tic Insurance Commissioner notified
9o y ,;;1 nofottas peopoa Eiro Insurance connany
els would DO had H1,t shook hnnls viii, ,n Us ~
otnry, II. prit.dlo, now a fugitive from inat;ee
nd agreed to bolster tho Company IN , wifi,
pu,io,'n collaterals aud stolen ana forged bonds
bout $1,000 for tho bolateri1lg, hut among thn
ollaterals were tho S,100, ,06b Of Southeru
onds already used by Hit to got certificate
,r , tue Safeguard Tho insurance Con,mlorion- !;
lon out. 1Iilt, finding Printlio burshep to him. 6
ircuIated rcporte about him whicl, fnrcod i,i.,,
fly to parts unknown. 1Jiit mcanviiIa i.'d Iad
tied up his oflco i'll Philadelphia Iu1urioualy, :
: in to creditor. About thig time iiilt formcd Il
10 acquaintance Of m aotroga not ot4nIa ,'n.
nown to tho New York stare, an5 u
'dgcd Ier In Philadelphia lotol. whore
10 passed as Mrs, Hit, Thls cutnhlisI,mcrt i,a
ipportou WITH ull Tic cxtrayara,,cn of n no1. mo
,au ricAo, mud hiu visits to Nov Yort w.rc r. rros
ue'lt, and entailod tho expenditure Of |aFRs
.tns Of munoy, q hiA taatos ran on fasL b"rsees e
scheme to flood Now York au othcf t,ite. w't,, c
furious securities. lIa ononed aSnonnIm Vii. VII. u
INKS and trust companies wberovcr il" anil e,
I'd men to trust him. but III many cancs, m aud aud Il
lla, llo encountered slanIclon and mistr,tst
7. Paul. tho President OF ths Third Nnfon"i N
lnk of Philadolphin, was alio auspicinua ~ o.
~, but by tloIicate 1na,,unyerng 10 Euanaged II
borro" II. 1000 on an altered 81. .O00 IjniicG cl
atea reGlutcrcd bond frpm Mr. GayIt onn ctt ~ b,
Q customers OF tho bank From anothnr ,nnt,s Il
concern in Philadelphia Ao, borrowed AK i'm III
stolen aud altered Unitod States registered IL