The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-12-11
THE EORGER.
lie Turns ous so be n Horse Thief from
Vermonf-EHis Little Story.

Frank Green, the man who forged the check
on Loring, Short & Harmon, Thursday, turns
cut to be horse thief from Swanton, Yer
mont, named William Marvel. Some time age
notification was received at tho police Office in
this city that a team had been stolen in Man
chester, n. H., and with it was a description OF
the man who borrowed" the team and the
horse, harness and wagon. 1t seems that th
man Marvel was thief. He arrived at Lew.
lston with the horse and sold him to Mr.. Geo.
Raymond, a stable keeper in that city. Mar.
vel, alias Green, obtained employment in the
stable giving the name of William Phelps.
After leaving the employment of Mr. Ray.
mond Marvel came 10 this city aud Raymond
discovered Wednesday night that he was try
ing to get check for $3.50 cashed in this city,
to which Raymond's signature was forged.
Green attempted to pass it on G D. Latham,
Whitman Sawyer, and Mr.. Woodman ,stab!ers,
without success. Bef>Ie he left Lewiston he
borrowed a watch and chain and $6 in money.
Mr.. Raymond was in town Saturday and recog-
nized Green as the map Phelps who was en-
ployed in his stable. Mr.. Raymond held a
private interview with the prisoner and it is
said that if the matter was looked up sharp it
would appear that he has been one of the num-
Der who has been carrying liquor from this
city to Lewiston.
This man Marvel, alias Green, alias Phelps,
was taken before Judge Knight Saturday morn
ing and pleaded not guilty. He took the stand
and told the following story: He said he was
born at Swanton Falls, Vermont. and that bis
name was Frank Green. He had not gone I'M
der any other name except that of Brooks,
which he gave the woman where he stopped on
Newbury street. At the age of twelve years
he was thrown upon the world by a separation
between his father and mother, the former be-
ing very dissipated man. His mother being
unable to keep him, he was sent to his grand
fathers at Swanton Centre, and remained there
about year and half. He next removed to
Boston and was waiter in Jenness' dining
hall under Faneuil Hall Market, where be
stayed till he was II. he then went to sea and
was gone from America seven years. On his
return he worked in stables and shipyards in
and about Boston and Chelsea for some time,
and then went to Chicago and visited his moth
er. In the following spring he returned and
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Bottoms First Illinois Battery, was wounded
at Corinth, taken back to Pttsburg Landing,
thence sent to Jefferson Barracks and dis
charged in 1868. He then came east to Con-
cord, N. H., joined the 9TH New Hampshire
regiment under Lieut.. Col. Hatwell, and re-
manned with the regiment until discharged
July 8, 1865.
The first time he was ever in Maine was
when he visited this city at the time when the
American House was burned. He was trav-
cling with TaYlor's company of Indians Since
the war he has had no occupation or trade ex-
cept door-tender or "supe'' in travelling com
panies.
While in the army he knew a man named
Stevens Brewer who owed him money for
whiskey he had furnished him. Since 1866 he
had not seen Brewer, but heard he was in Port
land and came hither Thursday to hunt him
up, and met Brewer on Commercial street,
near the Boston depot At first Brewer did
not recognize him, but quickly came to his
senses when he was told that if he did not pay
his debts he would be handed over to the police
as Green had heard that he was keep ing a
CRIB in Portland. Brewer said he had no
money then, but if Green would meet him at
the same place in an hour or two, he would
raise the sum. About 8 30 p. m, Brewer came
down the steps By the station. He said he had
no money, but gave him check for 5000 and
told him to go to the bookstore under the Fall
mouth Hotel and they would cash it, He went
to the bookstore about 5 p. m. looked around
and went out. At Z o'clock he went back and
asked MIR. Harmon to cash the check Har-
mon gave him $3.50 in money and $50 check.
The $50 check he gave to some of the girls in
Newbury street, and they were arrested while
trying to get it cashed. If Brewer had passed
Worthless check on him, he was not guilty Of
forgery. He said Harmon did not recognize
him at first at the station, and denied that he
ever saw Mr.. Spring or Mr.. o. X. Harmon-as
testified by them-or that he had any note of
Hiram Brooks, or that purported to come from
Brooks, and said he was mistaken for some
other man. He never presented the check
any where else but at L3ring, Short & Har-
mons.
This story had tDge of thinness about it,
considering the strong chain of testimony
which contradicted it, and Judge knight de-
cided that there was probable cause for hold
ing MI. Green, and he was committed in de-
fault of $4,000 bail. The three girls were held
in $500 each as witnesses.