New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19
ADROIT FORGERS AT WORK.

CoAMiTTED-sTATEMENT OF 8. L. BLooD-AFfi-
DAVIS OF MORRIS FRANKLIN, EDWARD KING,
AND ANTHONY W. DIMoCK-wHAT MR.. MAX-
WELLS LAWYER SAYS.
The heavy forgery upon the Union Trust
Company caused much interest in business circles, ana
general topic OF conversation In Waist yesterday
The forged check 25 regarded by those VINO
examined II as an exceedingly skiful imitation. The
water-mark OF the New-Yora Life Insurance Company
was little instuct in the spurious check, ana some OF
the shading seemed heavier than III the genuine INC
Government stamp the detectives believed, was also
forgery The face of the forged check was as fooWs
Al the efthand upper corner was mo. i2oo' anu az
the right "New-Yorl Jan. ., 1877. Union Trust COM
pGny Of NewYork pay to the order OF George 1" MAY
well sixtyfour thousand two hundred ana tWoh'!-"'e
dollars The signatures were g W. H. Beers Ae'uiS,
Morris Franklin. President" At the lower teithahd
corner was 1904, 225." Across the face was written
"Good W HB" The certihcation stamp OF the Union
Trust Company imprinted across the race Inc
check was indoIsed Pay S. L. Blood or order Geo
Maxwell" and below that rs. L. Blood, PIP. L. u "!shF
man. Atty" .
ST Blood Is member of the Stock Exchange, but not
y, ,ho cold Exchange lie has an Office at No 1G New
st and George L. Maxwell occupied desk and trans
acted his business there. MI. NJod stated 10 lhiEUN
rcporter yesterday that on Jn he Was ABOUT 10 ~ ~
The Gold Room 10 borrow $4,000 In gold when naNwth
said that had money that he should not use until
thc next day and offered 1t 20 Mr. Blood He produced
the check of the New-York Life Company for
s64o25 say ing that q man had arranged with nm 10
purchase gold with It for that company Maxweh TOOK
The check to the 1rust Company and had it ccr,
led properly Seeing that the eertdcation was genuine
dr. Blood gladly accepted the accommodation ana agreed
tn ourthase the gold desired the next day On "enes
IA, morning Maxwell gave him an order TO purchase
$4,000 ia gold. Tic check had been placed to Mr..
Bloods credit in the Nee han!cs National Banking Asso
cton and the checks IL pay for the gold were drawn
against the deposit in regular OF business and
~, IL a1gp IN
att1uey 10 enable him this business. Thus
the first purchase Of gold $4,000, was made on JAN D.
leaving about 81 900 in Ir BOOd's hands To MGXWeIs
credit. This purchase was made through RICHARDS q
Cohen brokers, No. ExchanSecon:t On jan ., $1,000
more gold was purchased of W. T. Hatch d Son. They
gave n gold check that amount PAYABLE TO bearer, at
Naxwells request. Mr. Blood added: 1.-THE man VINO
did the business with Mr Maxwell was an utter stranger
10 me- knew only Maxwell in the transaction lie has
been member OF the stock Exchange for 10 years ana
had always been regarded as trustworthy man Max
well had two letters that pupGTted TO be from the New
York Life Insurance Company. These have since been
asccrtaincd 10 be forgcres The fOrgercs were very
adroity executed and the headings were fac-SimeS OF
those used ny this company"
The first letter a. follows:
NEw-YORK LIE INsrRAN,E CoMr4ST,
gro. l. MAXwrLL esq; Beine dts.rons 70 chaLse our
the purchase sale q gold Government an other IN
' Pcns@ Quote rc ID say Or 100000
The second letter was received by Maxwell On the day
following aud read
Nrw-YoEK LIVE INSURANCE COMPANY.
9ie AND 3is BROADWAY. NEw-YoEK, Jan 3, lS17.S
MtxwE Esq., Please Geye for TO ~, the o sGS'GT
OF this company. Respectfully, W. H. btERs'
On tbis second letter the lower lefthand corner,
were the figures 5, $4,000, $500 check $500
After making the purchase OF " T. Hatch Son, there
sin remained in Mr.. Boods hands between $500 and
s7O0 As soon rs learned that entertained
NaNv ;fp
WAS forgery Mr. Blood fastened to Mr. Hatch and in
formed him Of thu facts far as they had come to his
knowledge and payment stopped on the $1,000 gold
check which had not been presented
Horace Brown, who has occupied an Office at No 80
Broad ST. for several months arrested on Broadway
abn, a3O O'Clock on Wednesday afternoon by detective
Thomas Sampson on a charge being implicated III the
forgery Detective Sampson sent two men TO arrest
Maxwell, but they found him suffering from broken
mike the result OF accident Wednesday as he was
going home. The officers instructed to take charge
Maxwell but lie permitted TO remain AT his house
until he RECEIVERS somewhat from his injury. Brown was
taken Police Central Office "nd locked up there on
Wednesday night and yesterday afternoon was brought
before Justice Duffy, at the Tombs Police Court for OK
animation. The forged check for $64,2 three en-
yolopes addressed 70 Geo L. Maxwell, and the TWO
forged letters given above, and afdayit from the PreS
dent Of the NcwYork Lc, the President OF the Union
Trust Company, and Anthony W. Diuoch, were attached
20 the complaint
The affidavit OF President Morris Franklin Of the New
York Life Insurance Company stated that the check was
forged and that the signature very good imitation
Of the deponents real signature. He believed thai
Horace +. Brown Of the persons concerned III
making and utt1rng the forged check for the following
reasons: THAT Brown negotiated with George L. Max
well TO become financial agent for the New-YOrk Life
Insurance Company AID purchase gold for the company
Brown had no authority to cODduc the negotiation, and
was in no way in the employ Of the company. Brown
stated that he had made this negotiation under the drec
ton OF named Roberts, who was or said tina; lac
was in the employ of the company. That Brown also
attempted negotiations with other brokers' that Max
well having con ened TO undertake the business, the
check was brought him in its present FORM except as
10 certincstiOn, by person TO the dtpoIcnt un
known that before bringing the check this person took
10 Maxwell letter hereto attached dated Jan. 9 1872
and purpOrting 10 be gned by William H. Eeels; that
Maxwell received tic check and bought gold with IT,
which he delivered 10 the said unknown person; that
the check was paid in the usual OF business by the
Union Trust Company. and came TO deponenPs knowl-
edge on jan 16 tcn, upon seeing it, deponcnt declared
it TO forgery No such person as Roberts is in the
employ o. the Ncw-Y0Ii Life Insurance Company, nor
was any person authorized to conduct such negotiations
which were only for the convenient uttering OF
The forged check"
mn. affidavit OF Edward King President of the Union
Trust Company, stated that the check was certified on
Jan 9 and paid by the company on Jan 3, IT having
come ~ the company through the Mechanics Notiona
Banang Associations that when the check was returned
10 Ito Ncw-York Life Insurance Company IL was sent
back forgery.
Aathonv w. DimOck stated in his affidavit that on or
about Jan Horace t. Brown 10 his Office at No
Ixchugcc r and said that he could control the rur-
eha o. large quantity OF god for institution which
was about invest two million dollars In gold,
AMI asked what the commission On such purchases
Nj Dim ok replied Oue-siXteenth OF l per cent
Brown then said that the company Of the largest
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