Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-01-19

past Tyler has been acting as foreman of |
the Hussey mine at Cornucopia, but was |
removed by Superintendent Perkins for |
certain misconduct on his part, and We |
are informed, but can not vouch for the |
authenticity Of the report. that he had
been engaged in the forging business
while in Cornucopia. After his dis
charge he came to Elko. where he loafed
around for awhile. The other Sunday
he stepped into business house in this
place where he was partially known, and
secured the loan of $3.50. upon the
promise to pay that amount when the
bank Of freeman & Co. opened in the
morning, but with this capital in his
pocket. he Jumped the train and started
for Eureka. Upon his arrival there
he went into heavier business-that
of solid forgery. Several days since
Immel & Co., of Eureka, sent to
Freeman K Co. q check for $500
drawn on common blank, in favor of
Tyler, and signed by NJ. P Freeman,
| individually. Mr.. F. being absent, the
check fell into the hands OF Mr.. Grant.
the cashier. and he, at one glance, saw
that it was forgery. On the return OF
Mr.. Freeman, Immel & Co. were mott
fed of the forgery, and had Tyler ar
rested. Since his arrest the bank here
has received notice that he had passed
another check for $500. also a forgery.
but in this instance it was drawn in
favor of another person and endorsed.
The forgery is a very poor one, bearing
no resemblance whatever to Mr.. Free
mans signature, which. by the way, is
very hard to counterfeit, and the only
surprise is that Messrs. Immel & Co.
did not detect it, as they have handled
many checks drawn by Mr.. Freeman.
The latter gentleman also thinks that
Tyler has passed some other similar
checks. and it will be we'll for oil bust
uess men to look out for them. OF
course the bankers in Elko lose nothing
by the transaction. Whether the Eu.
reka folks get off as we'll we can not say
but the chances are that they are losers
to q greater or less amount.
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CHKss.-The match between Mr. Bird
the celebrated English chess player. and
Mr.. James Mason, of this city. termin
ated yesterday in the victory Of tn,
young American. Mr.. Bird brought tt
this country reputation warranted b,
the results of his contests with the bes
European players, and from his expert
ence and well-known skill it was yer.
generally conceded that he would viii
: the match Just finished. OF larg
Q number of off-hand games played will
4 Mr.. Mason prior to the match Mr.. Birt
4 had won a majority of twelve; but thos
. who knew the New York player the bes
: were satisfied that ho had not done jus
n tice to his powers in the games men
b toned, and that in O set match his de
termination and fertility in resourc
:. would render his chances very good, eve
~ against such an acknowledged expert a
Mr.. Bird. To test the matter the Ne,
e York Downtown Chess Club. with praise
,. worthy liberality. subscribed purse c
500 to be presented to the winner of tn
y match. and play commenced at the room
8 of the club on Tuesday, the 28th ultimC
/ The winner of the first eleven game
"a was to be adjudged the victor. and at th
end of the nineteenth Mr.. Bird resighe
g. the game and the match. A recapitul,
It ton, shows that Mr.. Bird won four, VII
70 the second, eighth. eleventh and thi
~ teenth; four were drawn - the frs
= fourth. seventh and seventeenth, viii
70 Mr.. Mason scored the third, fifth, sixth
ninth, tenth, twelfth, fourteenth, q
at teenth, sixteenth, eighteenth and min,
= teenth The result is very creditable
. our young countyman, whose modest d
d meanor deserves no less praise than b
or kill New York Herald.