The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-27
ToSTOy'S GREAT FORGER.
,s,oW. rHE FTGITTTE, TRACED,
NI''' mr. NOT ARRESTED.
.,. preziI Planned. aud Frustrated by
f"In' Failure OF steamer TO start-Tho
",.,,, ,nv Accompanied by his F"miiy-Tho
tuP Preacher and Spectator.

-. Failure OF Steh"''I y" -, r,,
,.,,, .nv Accompanied by hts F"miv-Tho
80, ot IA Preacher and SPECTATOR
= II winslow, one Of the proprietors OF
n,,,,n Pos, and Daily Ner'' and ef-mem-
the NJ. ssachusctis senate VINO hcu from
IN after negotiating forged paper 10 inc
mt Of k9JvO or more. mas oeen cieaip
'A,,,bisc city. ON saturday last ne nppneu
.,,,s,,.,a for himself, two women ana oOy'
A., s,,,rer Nelly Martin, for brazil un-
.,,'n,,clv Tor him. the sailing oi the steamer
"a ,sen postponed until next week AZ the
"a. ~ the BrA2ihan steamers ~ i'ne s'ree''
,h.t,ll,wlnr f,cts were obtained Yesterday ''""'
: tucker X Coz agents for tue 'he' i"e MA"
w,o 4. s,pposed to be- Nr. Ninslow came 10 inc
,,a,,,,r'. wharf. In Hro'klyn' anu sa'u tnS. ne
sn1 1Iis fan,,, had just arrived rom rhi'auel-
oh,,. and desired good rooms IN the NeIy MAR
-, ma clerk in charge at the whari informed
AZ. tyt,.l,W that the steamer would not san on
49,, d,y. and told him to 90 to the New horK
.c,,s and secure passage. os the Nelly Martln
-ould certainly 60 week from the following
r,,rst.y. The applicant said that he would do
a. and nelked AwNv toward Fulton ierry' lie
~ ~ cav sri r,u A the New York oilce. ana MS sun
olu olum, nvt ,bsr,thnuta are unknown. He ap-
s,ia,ed much agtlted, and said that MS tamlly
we're at 4 hotel, and would soon arrive with
Their ,ts 80 III and i'm, and answered til
lssa..ss,e,,,ion Of win,low uerfectly. Detectives
from Boston who are here have no doubt that
ihe man was re- lh inslOw
A VETERAN oN THE TRAIL
r,o n,.,nn detectives are led In their search
ii, Wr Ham. a veteran Of the police force OF
hat city. aud inquiries arg being made az tne
hotels IN Ncw York and Btooklyn 20 aseertaln
40 tha straref's wharf. IL IA supposed that
wnsow. after leaving boston on Thursday last.
cane " New York, and then went 10 WISH
lnstnn HIS pre- euce In Washington Is Ger.
ain, because he telegraphcd from that
rlty 10 one OF his business partners
ia Boston. stating that he would return
ueliaiely after sending this despatch he took
the train for Sew York, intending to arrive here
bs force Of detectives are jubilant at having got
on tho track. 1t IS now stated that the amount
obtained by WinslVw IS the fruit Of his forgeries
NAV reach half million Of dOllsrs, and that
Two hundred thousand ~ the lowest probable
amount. BESIDES swindling banks and iudi.
vdual- 1t Is supposed that he defrduded several
Insurance companies by causing his house to be
set on Ere and then claiming that the damage
vas much greater than was really the case.
Among tne Insurance companies probably swim,
dac are the NJ mover OF New YORK city, ROYAL
falAliAn, tuAi Of Massachusetts. Springfield
Fire and Marine. and Sunolk Mutual. IN,
heaviest l.scfs 10y the fOrgeries are the National
Rank 1f the Commonwealth and the National
security Bank ~ Boston and the Boston Pos
Cunpany The Boston detectives Who ere II
NnN York looking fNr W lnelpM are MUThln.
fJr auDerAl reward which has been offered.
wiNsLow's CAREER.
wrsiow was torn at whitehall. v. Y, In 1899
and hi.b yhlod VS. passed In Ware, where h,
worked m a factory. saving his earnings viii
tue determination to get a liberal education
win the view OF entering the ministry. fn
hi. lnurmr .hle energy enabled hun tn accom-
pisl ana in lstl. when about twenty one year
Of age, he was called To church at Phiillrston
From here he went To the nelRhborlng town u
south oyAlstOu, where he preached with grea
Acegtauce. Chester Flctory village was TN
next scene of his pastoral labors, aud he VIZ
there when the war broke out. lie then raise,
acOmpany ~ forty-eight men and Joined Bill
wilson's ZOuayes. While the regiment wa
lyinz at Yorktown he was commissioned b.
Gov Andrew a. chaplain of the Nineteenth
Resiment Massachusetts Volunteers. His healtl
failing him. he was subsequently transferred
through the personal influence ~ Presiden
Lincoln, - the Gu iplaincy Of the flagship Ian
caster Z the Pacific squadron. II Was while II
Ills service on the Pacific coast that tie first de
yel0pei a mania for paculation, as when IN
~ qIadron lay before san Franclsc he was ~ IN
babit = going ashore and daDbline in minin
and other fancy stocks, making as high as sfp
or 500 one Gay and losing II the next. Iii
health scain falling him. lie was discharge
from the service. lie next appeared IA a mi
isier IA Franklin. then At Meridian street, L d,
being offered him to emlgr tie TO Sedalia, Mo
b. removed his family tnlther, and resumed h
Old business Of preaching on the drst day OF n
week pnd selling boots and shoes Oh the oth'
ak. Aug q. ls's. his name FIRST appeared
business or publishing agent OF /tOn Hcrdh,
which Gilbert Haven " the editor, aud tn
position he held w To Fen. ., 1871. During th
time he was Instrumental In organizing branC
OF the Methodist Church at Brookllne, preacl
ing there for several months until they wei
aDie TO locate pastor.
Tue next two years he was in the State LeUi
lAtIrr, aud was an active prohibitipnist aud
yer, prominent member. Something Ike ye.
Ael the papers announced that Mr. NinslOw WI
- be tne business manager for DIR. j. {. Aver
Lowell. but he was soon after engaged in bus
IN I'll Ia lla m
Agement Of the DIly Nclrs, he having purchase
Il when the CORPORATION went IN baukruDtc
In 1875 he represented the Fourth Middlese
District In the Senate, but failed Of a renOmin
ton last fail. Ia the same year he formed
combination aud purchased the Boston PO
f0f tl1jDD FROM Beales, Greene Co. This ne
AssOci tiun, known IA the Boston Post Con
pauv. embraced several prominent names, an
Was regularly organized under the laws Of IL
Commonwealth. MIR. NinslOw was treasur
anu practical manager OF the company thu
ilrn.l and iha oil al sInck &nl 0nl