, 1877-08-19
u1rr cu,r Aco TR1BUNE: SUNDAY AUGUST 49, -s1EN fAo

trouble at Springfield, but thore was fear that
nm application there might result, through s0mc
in something getting out- out,
contrary to the expectation, Gesne! ma1e at'onee ~
resistance whatever. He took the lntel!genIio
of G' his lace Changed, aud he walked Of Of
to the room which was temporarily ass1gnsso e Gu
him as Indifferent and as eeod,natureo " = h.nn
were going to q card-party. weston A1u a.. 20. ~
invited down to the sherman no1io, ier+man hau
been told to be at certain poot at - ,.1o
time, and there 10 pick up an 1ndisauuaa o,'3 "m
would be pointed out to o. h,n thc eus ga3tcrciose ter
as he states, or to get glass OF beer o. so2G s
thiu.. else, aud came within an ace OF missing LIS
man Luckily, his negligence did not fesuis ~
badly Us it might, and Weston too was arlessea
aud taken to The Pacific. There tho two men
were .---....,-,.,r
from Thursday until Yesterday. Their rooms
we're changed at brief intervals, and they tlle!a@
selves. by ujqht and by day, were Kept hauo-
cu1fed and caiucd to the bedposts-. -
UPON EXAMINING GEsSER's 1NuSA o+
it was found to contain IN immense :sortmgntoi '
implements necessary for his profession. ihere
were great number Of little bottles containing
inks Of all colors and kinds incladinE 5ne n'nst
expensive bank inks; 1ntcro.copes aclus, fHttH,
brushes. pens, tracing implements, ano serc atsc
dseats 9 a ftss tue a5aRsf NSs %9ns ID
ssSstod ssashed drafts af on Which everything had
hcan oblterated by acid except the
coshier,s signature: and alse an immense num-
Der Of tracings Of these sane drafts. Ing ysa ou,
>jcct or the latter requires e1plana.lon' nes
nnx;nT them for small amounts on certain
baai-s7 ona tLan nh1t4ratinr with ucid all tho
,s,e ,.rrs La a1"a,,t Tie ashicrs name. Before
.h. urai ,.ae Jono owevrr very careful tracing
ths Mas uong, g uo"eee sna,, Tho laracr oount Eus
%as taken. Inen, wneH ~. ~ draf, Inv lad on
written u W tne iaeS - ~ nu,nher nj the let
tue tracing tao-sltnue u nuuc1 a. - 'ar ra+or
ters and nGures Whlsn "ese ta u4 h,ni,t ~ @ 1roft
amount. II, lor 9nsl9h;,s, sacl oJ -, thn trat.
Tor Tor los.y-n'e ~ To'lI ,,,e 1efrers which went
to make up four nanoreo an1 y, iu.'o
fye dollars" If they ehose 10 I'LL III u u
craft with thut amount: These traglngs can IN N
every instance be identified by the bahks anu
thus furnish absolute evidence. The ohlftera-
ton Of the Ink was remarkably well done. An
examination with strong microscopes ialleu ~
show that anything hau been removed, e1cept,
perhaps. where person kneT tna. aetu 1itTas atau
been used, he might lancJ tnat ne sam u 1t.ae.
ence In the color OF the paper. nut tnat alnaoss
imperccptlble difference ceased to appear wnen
the false letters and figures we're "l1tten on tae
face Of the draft. -
As REGARDS cHEcKs,
the OperAt100 was perhaps lille AoAo eo'n -.
Gated, since IL apparently required more con!ea-
crates. They had to learn from somebody IN
bank or in the Office Of firm deoosislng IN
particular bank just how the deposit account
stood. It ia said that some forged checks hare
been drawn for sums as high as S75,oJo, anu
that these checks were not only made tor
amounts which were in The bank: but that the
false check had the correct, OF nearly the cor
reel. serial; that is, II the. last check
which this particular firm had sent to the
hank was No. 1896. the forged one woaid be
1'S20. 1889. or 1881. So, in the case Of the
foTpery on Wiuslow, Lanier &; Co., the forgers
gnt their Information either from somebody in
tie firm's office or in the Third National Bank
of New York, To draw fer greater amount
tha,, tha arm had to its credit would be q dan
'1arars m1state The obiect was to get as near
+ az nossh1e to eize a man's nile as closely as
tbaS ronId tt5 ts aIlegel that these Two per-
ond the other the Intelligent hanls,
navc hcen working together for nearly
ten wears. and have during that time plundercd
hanks to an amount extending into millions.
Se;thcr Of them has sver been arrested before,
and neither has been suspected. Many Of the
hrnyv losses here by banks have never been
made nntic. since communicating intelligence
of them would iniure the banks credit, as well
~ rehrct unon the capacity Of its officers.
Tie arrest Of these two men III Chicago was