The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-12
1HE WALL STREET FORGERY.

BUCKINGHAM IDENTIFIED Az xoroRrous
couSTERFEITER AND BANK EoBBxR-RExD
IN TAN THOUSAND Liars BAIL.
Buekinga am, the arrested on rr,dny by Dstsc.
tive Dunn tor iryos TO PASS forged check saak
OF New York Tor 81, 2ts u.s. vac vest ,rdsy
arraigned at the Tomos Police Court before Justice
smith rho prsoner ~ q nue-lookrpg man, aboat
thirty Eve years OF tail and well buL with open.
pleasing features 40 was dressed tashlonaLly.
Henry "a. Eei-hey. Tho bookkeoper OF Batch 4
Foote, made aGaavt shat tho Signature OF The
nra's nam to the cnecx, although vel executed,
forgery u L. Atwood, iscoiving toiler OF the
Phoenix Bank. which the check was drawn, also
made allaavt that the certiacAslon was forgery.
when asked what ho mad 10 say, prisoner assumed
a noachalant air. and repaed"l AN aol saslty" The
usual questions formal then put,
Uut ihe prisoner aecnned to answer any OF them
cept that donce, sAylas that Ae Used 70
reside in C.raine street.
THIS refusal reg ,rded as strange. AZ tho timo
OF Buckn.h ms arrest the police tells certain that ho
oil offender and sergeant kesy, Of The 70.
toct,ve squad, sutamoaei his oldest officers
hun, but Deiec,v. wooissy ony seemed aos to place
hln. he looks very much IKE ChAuncey Johnson, -
SAID he, .Dat cou Z swear 10 II" The Shauucey
Juhasoa referred 10 Of tho expert couser
letters bank robbers IN TIE country. he served
sing sing and always waioned oy tue po.
lice dangerous CRIMINAL Yesterday after the fos,uA
examination had oeen competed Detective woeissy
determined TO Try the old prisoner JUS
Ssniln mad just annouuced that the bah was
$4,000 and The prisoner was about 10 be led down
wlen Woo1sey, who bad previously been ~ tau
background, stepped forward, and, loucbiug him on
the sboaider exclai ned, ~ iam,iar toos:--
'Wsl. Cnanca, my 10Y VS. been a long time since
you"
BuoktnghaIn's hand. toying with hts warch cnsiu,
fell 10 ns side and bis tace turaed wbita
A glance The deective's eye Shaved that Ne
lzed. dis VOC wavcrei rs no an swered, Weu,
you've 20, me an, the last tne dda't saisiy yoa
tlntll nm ffA1 -
seicommand, anu ne went 70 has cell very much DIS
printed.
cnAuScEY JcHssos's CAREER
The career OF Cnanncry Johnson, aas, IN this case,
T. Buckingham, Is perhaps as noiorou, that OF any
IN ID trrn NIL H. was called by the late 5upcrin-
tenasut of Ponce Ma,scu a .nnodei crossman, aud
his exploits he Uank robbery aud sneak thevins
line are snown 20 .ne pee o. ',s e''ss coun,
young man N appearance be Is no ap
prentice IN his nas Of business. having
been concerned many OF the important ROB-
0eres that ntve occurred "a the past thirty years
10 was dr.t brought prominently before The pc ice IN
1850 1881, wnen was arrested Tor robbins osrk
IN Wall street OF s. $50 Waxing into the Dapx
day he cooy asked employs question that rs
During his absence Jonnson reached over The
rating and took tho above named
rom tue desk, hiding i under hls .oat.
aud Johnson tuangrd MIN win emno ana departed.
fhe way that h, was eaasnt was as peculiar 40 The
eamp.ing moro tnan one ~ lei h,m
into tpc hands oil trc law. 10 .hose lays there was
near the old Broldw Theatre. One eieniBg Johnson
tue room playing heavily, and Yankee suih-
van present, noticed that he bad
large number hundred dollar bills. he
gave this iniorlDation 10 old Joe Keof
the detective. who happened 10 be there. Keel
stan y--surmisng IN Il the money Vas the proceeds
OF sonle robbery pproachcd Johnson aud sad 10 an
undor oDo;--
.Jonnson, must have my stake''
Johns.n Immediately repiiei, tninking that the de-
tectivc knew the truth, ''At right"
raay went 10 Johnson's room and johnson pulled
out vAlsse hidden under zoe bed
Offering Keet oil The money Keel, IN
der pretext aud another, got him
aroanl TO the Fifteenth precinct station house.
OF winch preciuc the present veteran Inspector Dxs
was tue4 Captain and mad nin ioc<ed up 10 then
returned iound most oil the stolen money 10 tho
vuiisc JOHNSON served ERIN TIE State Prison,
and very shortly alter getting out WIS caught asain
Stealing valuable package from tie Fun Avenue
hote olice. For tons lie served anotner term. Aner
gcttlng again ne IS arrested by Detective WOOL
soy Tor burglary rh'rccatn street, aud was ssat