New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-13
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

LOCAL M1SCELLANI.
THE COUNTERFEIT RAILWAY BONDS.
AFFECTION AND ARREST or THE PERSONS con-
Nr(rRp WITH HANDLING THEM-REMARKABlE
YoRoERIEs.
The statement in THE TRIBUNE yesterday
q The discovery Of counterfeit bonds Of the California
ana Oregon Railroad Company has been confirmed and
che implicated In the forgery have been arrested
by police detectives. TRIBUNE reporter yesterday
called on Fsk Hatch p. c. Calhoun President OF the
Yotn National Bank Joseph u oryis banker at No 70
Nsssau and the officers Of certain railroad companies
and obtained from them details Of the transactions whcn
Ied TO the discovery of the forged bonds Dnsmore
publsher Of Tie Stakeholder In this city, applied 10 FISK
Hatch and subsequently to MI 0rvis to obtain loan
Tor Q friend named George r. Hazewen OF x7'ooo'
rendering % collateral security ten Of the counter
eet bonds Of the California and Oregon Railroad
Company which were quoted At 30 in the market bo'h
hanNere declined make the loan on the groud 'na'
they we're not then loanng money on railroad securs'
the application then turned over to NJ Emmons,
note broker at No LAB Frons who took the BONDS ana
.-c..aoa 70 negotiate the loan. Mr.. Emmons's first
sAep vas TO inqre as the genuneness OF the sigma
turrs on the bonds lie submitted them TO Mr. Cshouh'
spe of the trustees Of the road who said tha' inc "
ure on the bond looked very much Ike his own anu '
Emmons claims that he declared 1t to be genuine Mr.
Emmeps then took the bonds to the omeers
sxners Of the road, who stated that they
vsre genuine The Mechanics National Bank then
advanced the money taking the bonds Is collateral Inc
hank officers made the loan on the represen'ao"so ~
Emmons who customer Of long stana'ne ""u "
cell known In the city. The pastdue coupons Oh VIC
nond. were seut by the bank for collection TO FISK
Hatch the fiscal agents Of the road and the paying 'f
mon a conparson Of the numbers and an examnation
=, the boohs after consultation with the frm discovered
The forgery The bank was informed immediatey, anu
Mr. pinsmore upon being told OF the facts re'urheu @
money and gave the name OF George X Hszeweh AZ ~"
Is Broadway as the person for whom LIE hao soie'ea
The loan. no...-
information Of the forgery having been gwen 70 De'ec
tive OfHeers Elder and Macdougal, those omcerr, VII"
THOMPSON and under the personal direction OF
annerntepdent walng arrested azewell on the charge
~ utter,nc forged bonds The prisoner who os years
OF age admitted that he had given the bonds 10 Ehohs
Tor the purpose Of raising loan upon them ana %, ne
eci who the person was The satemeat was not Ue
p Harexen admitted tat he had received them
from George Marshall pr %arsba,I adIitted
no, he had given the bonds to Hazewe and That he
had received them from William Rae broker; RESIDING
has often appeared in similar transactions one OF the
ocers asked Mr. Rae but the servant denied tha ne
mm a. This story was not believed and watch was kept
on the house, while Marshall was taken 70 toe e
S"nse with letter which she delivered at Marshall
O1ccrs seized III. III nehou
Narsha TO call upon him that night II nc aINeu no
before Ii o'clock but not, 10 visit him without Ia
before going down to the Office In the morning ibis
confirmed tie suspicious OF tie officers tia' hae WAC
Still In his house. ,, p.o, horso nm
While the officers watching Raes mouse on
Ucdnesday night "a man who was recognized ny tbe OH
rers "a Ned Hail. but who gives bis name as Johh T..
Was arrested suspicion and taken TO Ponce Headqua
ters Rae kept himself out OF sight during he agn'.
Aft4r two futile attempts had been mace oy the omees
10 gain admission into Kaes house yesterday
thev made such noise at the basement door tnat tne
ssryant admitted them fearing that they would alarm
then admitted that he had received the bonds from an
oer person whose name he did not KNOW III the pres
ence al Ned Hail. and that the latter had caeu upon
MIN several times to get from him either the bonds OF
~. money Rae was also taken to Police headquarters
Ned Hall has been suspected by the police Tor some
,, ana II is stated that confessions have been made y
The which will lead 10 the discovery OF counter
iet bonds of another road Ten additional p0has were
secured through Mr. Hazewell, making IN ali twenty
bonds OF 81 900 each, which IL is believed Is the oti
nunber forged The cOunterfeits arc nncy executed,
aud the signatures OF the three trustees Eugene key
r p Huntington and Pho C. Calhoun are initiated
orfectly, and almost defy detection While the
souuterfht bonds differ in material respects from
lhe genuine, the engraving Is IN some polhtee
better in the counterfeit and is remarkable specimen OF
,s kind of work very close examination SHOWS 'nat
The paper In counterfeit is not equal to tat 10 tne
Seec the difference The prisoners were brought down
10 the Tombs the Central Ofoe YESTERDAY
by Detectives Elder Macdougail and thompson on a
charge Of completely in the forgery Judge Duny Sent
the case Special Sessions ana the prisoners viii
he brought before Judge Wandoll, at the Washington
place Police Court, at 10 O'clock this morning. MI
Hazewe ell is also held for examination