The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-23

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Sept. 3, Jonas Plerson, proprietor of
hotel In Catskill, was astonished by re-
celvlng per express package containing
$500, directed In his care to ]. G. Hogan.
Naturally cautious, he directed his clerk
not to deliver the package unless the
man calling was fully identified On the
the 9Th, man arrived who called him
self j. q. Hogan. He asked If there
were any letters for him. Two were
handed to him, which he opened and
read. He then inquired the way TO the
express office. The clerk asked If he
expected anything, and he answered,
Yes, a money package" The clerk
said the package had arrived, but told
him of his instructions, on which Hogan
showed the receipt given by the express
company when the money was delivered
to be forwarded, and said he had received
IL In letter. He also said he was In no
hurry for the money, and IL might be
left In the safe for him until he called
for 1t. This, of course, deceived the
clerk. Hogan then went to the express
Office and deposited draft for 81 ,45O for
collection. This, 1t was afterward dis
covered, was altered from the one given
by the lie Roy bank for So, payable to
John Hogan. This was the transaction
that got both Hogan and Lyman into
trouble.
Other members of the same gang were
as expert. On June Goth, a man calling
himself William Brown purchased in
Bridgeport draft to his own order for
81 ,450 drawn on the Importers and
Traders Bank of New York. The next
day stranger appeared in Railway, N.
j., and introduced himself to the cashier
of the bank of that place, saying he in
tended going in business there, and
wished to open an account. He depos-
tied $400 In bills and two small drafts,
which were paid on presentation. A
day or two later he deposited draft for
collection for 81 ,450 on the Importers
and Traders Bank of New York. Mr..
Fuller, the cashier, did not know the
man, and out of ordinary caution wrote
to the Importers and Traders Bank,
telling how it was received from
stranger. The latter bank telegraphed
to Bridgeport, asking If the draft was
correct, and the answer came back, Yes ,
To make sure, they sent 1t on by mail,
and the bridgeport bank sent it back,
saying:
" It's all right"
On the next morning VIM. Brown
presented the Bridgeport bank the gen
uine draft, and asked to have his money
refunded. The officers knowing they
had mailed back to New York similar
draft only the night before, suspected
something wrong, and telegraphed the
Importers and Traders Bank to arrest
the man In Railway but IL was too
late, for he had disappeared. Police Ser
geant Wright of Railway, was in Jer-
sey City that day, and he heard that
Brown was wanted. On his way home
he saw him on the train. Brown soon
saw that he was watched, and in Eliza
beth he jumped off the train. Wright
quickly followed and, after long chase,
found him hidden under barn in an
open field He turned his prisoner over
to Chief of Police Kerns, of Elizabeth,
and on searching him, Browns Bank
book was found in his pocket.
His true name proved to be Henry
Warmers and he lived with q man named
Johnson, at 35 Sixth avenue, BROOKLYN.
Chief Kerns and Chief Campbell, of
Brooklyn found in his rooms a complete
set of tools, press, dies, and everything
necessary for counterfeiting, also the
impress of $5 bill made in rubber.
In Bridgeport an effort was made on
the First National Bank, but it proved
unsuccessful. A man calling himself
Frank j. Saxton purchased draft June
2Sth for 5000. On July 9TH he purchased
another for $12.25, and ON the 18th he
came in to buy one for 81 200 For some
unexplained reason the cashier became
suspicious, and made out the 81 200 draft
in red ink. He also cut the number out.
In this condition the draft was useless
for " raising" purposes, and though
Saxtcn took it away, he brought it back
in few days, and asked to have his
money refunded. The 5000 draft was
collected through the First National
Bank of Gloversville, New York, but
the smaller one was never heard from.
These are but few of the swindles by
this gang. Others are known to the
police, and it is supposed that, as the
participants are now under arrest, many