The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-07
TIE F0RGERS HUNTED DOWN
a NEW PRISONER ADDED TO THE P1RTY
amman IN TIE TONES.
The New York life Insurance Compnny's
President ON the Beers Aspersion Gesner
Endenvors 10 Escape by LAW from a rrest.


President on the Beers A.pe ersion-tiesner
Endenvors TO Escspe by I.nw from Arrest.
Another prisoner was taken to the Tombs,
Police Court. yesterday. to answer charge
OF completely in the tGi 900 check forgery.
1t was said that he goes by the names
OF Daniel d. Wright and Phil Stanley. the
former being correct. The officers say that
he ~ been an ally and companion OF criminals
In this city for ycnrs. and has had frequent
transactions with irresponsible curbstonc brok-
ers. The late United States Marshal Murray
arrested him several years ago on a charge OF
stealing Government money from the navy yard
In Brooklyn. He was involved In n forgery In
1873. but got out OF the trouble through n
lack of evidence against him. The detectives
Of the Union Trust Company have had
evidence to connect him with Col Gcsncr
in the i64 900 forgery. and have kept watch
on his movements. He suddenly quit the city
when it was tclcgraphcd from Chicago that Col.
Gcsnor h ad been arrested there. and went to an
obscure village in the southern part OF Long
Island. returning on Wednesday last. In the
mean time he had been indicted with Gcsncr
and others. and was arrested at +. VI. yes
tctday by Detectives ConnOr and Field of the
District Attorneys office rs he was walking out
Of a French fiat dwelling In Seventh avenue.
north OF Forty fourth street He was imprls-
oncd on a warrant from Judge Gilderslecvc.
William II Beers Vice President and Actuary
OF the New York Life Insurance Company, said.
yesterday. that he would not say anything fur
thcr about the tGi 900 forgery than whnt had
been published in THE sun His counsel John
l.. Knox advised him that il was imprudcnt TO
converse about the ease, for fear that he might
disrloee something that might defeat the puns
oi the prose- ution. Concerning the rumor that
he had returned from furop" because ot the
dis 'overy oi discrepancies in the builders and
nj d
cncd appointment oi receiver he SAID there
was no builders and loan account, and consc-
qucntly there could have been no discrepancies
In 1t. II" doubted that the examiner had said
that sums of money had been loaned 10y the
COMPANY on property for which there were np-
parently no "A strnrs OF titles filed in the Office
Examiner Mccall had not made any examina-
ton OF the, mortgages OF the, company ana
had not been asked Ivy telegraph To- return from
Europe . explain any dis .repnnries; AMI. in
st"ad of his return being a sudden onr.' he
Engaged his homo passage nearly clsht weeks
Mr. Morris Franklin. President Of tho COM
pnny. chnra 0tcr.2cd the rum1r that Examiner
Mccall had srok IN IT, him about any us rrpan-
ciss. and threatened the appointment of a re-
criv"r ~ silly invention. II was gotten NJ -
inJure the company. which has s33 900 600 Of
assets and s60o0.OOO II surplus funds. He
added that for several days stories have been
insiduously circulated that the officers Of the in
suranco company had hand IN the toi0lO
/ forgery. Tho source has been nse.rta aimed. Int
/ tention from tn" forgers. Tho-" in Il position
/ To- know the facts about the forgery, as far rs
/ developed in the Investigations, lrngunc" the
Beers as fal'rcations Mr. Franklin saws it is
absurd 10 suppose mat "a man ~ wealth ana
inilnsncs shonih p.rc himsri IN i a nnsltlon
The officers Of tho Union Trust Company. on
whom the loss Of the s6i.Dn tails. have no
/ iIth in IN" stories about him. Ihr'" o. ms are
mad. plain about the forgery hy \ lee rr ID mt
| Becr-'s statement. rs made - The Sun. Tho
first is that the sGi 900 check Is "A traced check
i H.
uinc check for lj0 0OO dated Sept. :. 1873 and
the third is TINT this check was stolen rom
returned again after the registration lad heen
traced Col q G'suer IS charged with having
| who did the engraving on the check. incud ng
! the Internal reNcnu" stamp. has not been Dis
closed by the officers. Charles BE- kcr. Gn cs-
capped convict from Turkey. was ind tod
months ago as the engraver. and is now out
| under bail.
Tho discovery that tho signature on the
| tGl 900 check Ind been traced IL credited to
| Superintendent Bnngs of Pinkcron's. who " :
| employed to solve the mystery II the forgery
H"dete.tcd the minute evidences Of similarity
| between the signatures on the genuine rheok
for $3.50 600 and those on the forged one. When
the mon Trust Company dropped the case
eX-TrraSury Agent Jayne took II up. and. with
the information that had been already gathered
Yesterday. Ciesncr's counsel. Mr.. Oliver. had
him produced before Judge We-tbrook on Il
writ OF habeas corpus. 1t was contended that
ton. and that 1t was illegal for the Grand jury
10 iniit him pending the examination and III,
decision in his case by police magi istrate. The
argument on the writ was adjourned.
Additional evidence has been received agains
the forgers within n few days Weston anc
Gcsnrr secretly met in small hotel back o
Flshkill in May. which was during tho p"riot
that the former swore before Justice Iufy that
he had not seen Gesner. Weston has not rcap
peared in Chicago since his escape under hal
from here. He passed under the name of vii
son in that city ut one time. When found GU
he said he took tho alias to escape from hi,
creditors. and enable his lawyers to settle witt
them. Nothing is known Of the life of StephcI
Galloway who is locked up in the City Prisoi
on the same charge as Grsner. He comes from
Waverley. which is said to be much frequentc,
by criminals Mike Walsh. who is serving
long term in Cherry lIil prison for the Wells
horO bank robbery. was caught there. and Thos
Bell. who wns arrested in 1875 for pass ~
forged BuiIalo and Erie Railroad bonds on th
Elmira Bank made il his home. Galloway il
| uuA LIlLn.. ~ inlI AAnnl he knnMs nLnul Gnsunr