The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-26
THAT CHECK FOR SG2,22j.
DROKER BROWNE TiKEY rROM MS
CELL TO BE 4 UJTNESS.
Avcrring that the Cheek II Genuine, md
Throwing out Dark Hints Against the Ir-
surnncc Company Brownies Telegram.


AT $3.50 yesterday afternoon the Tomhs
Police Court room was cleared " its louneers.
and the persons most Interested in the 81. ,25
check forgery upon the Union Trust Company
were admitted. Justice Duffy having taken his
scat Chief Clerk Rockwell called the cnse Of the
People against George w Chadwick. The
prisoner. who has short. reddish gray beard
and hair. stood erect at the side Of his lawyer
and awaited Developments Sylvester l.. Blood
n broker OF 10 New street. the first witness testi-
fled that George l.. Maxwell handed the forged
check to him and said that he MAXWELL had an
uptown customer who wanted some gold
Previous TO that time Maxwell had said nothing
about an uptown customer. The check was
handed to Mr. Bloods cashier, and he deposited
It. On tho day following the witness paid
t53is7Gd to Richards & Cohen for $4,000 worth ~
gold. which Maxwell had ordered from that
firm. On the 9TH inst. witness gave a checl,
for $500 TO Maxwell. Then witness paid TO W. r.
Hatch Co. slO.lii25 for $500 in gold which
Maxwell had ordered. On the 9Th inst with, ~
paid Richards Cohen si.o5 commission on the
purchase II 81 500 gold. On Jan. witness paid
81 Tor MaNwels dues 10 the Stock Exchange.
lne amount OF the check received 10y witness
WIS ~42,o. me amount ne paid out tp Max
well. or his order. was sil1sis6. and there is
dre to Maxwell, sio.lt The witness identified
MnNW.ll signature on the back - the cheek.
To Gen. Tracy the witness said that he had
known Maxwell for ten or twelve years. Max
well formerly had the office at 1G Now street hut
gave II up To the witness on condition that he
MAXWELL should retain desk room in it,
Whether Maxwell had 10 bunk account WIS un-
known To the witness. lie opened an recount
IN his books Tor Maxwell when the latter handed
him the sGi2L5 check With, ~ lid n,t ili'.i Ion
Maxwell concerning the check. H. was not SUR
pr.srd at MaXwclls having II check Tor so large
AN amount,
William II. Doors, Actuary and Vice President
Of the New York Life Insurance Comranv. tr.ti-
h'i tnat inc signature IN tue lower left hand
corner was not his. and that that Of Mr. Frank
lin. IN" President. in The lower riglt-hand cor
n"r. was forgery. The letters appended u
the complaint against Browne and which were
written upon the Insurance. company's letter
paper. were also declared To be- forgcrics Mr.
b'ors ~tilled that the New York Lie Insurance
Company never purchased any gold and that
Maxwell.
Theodore F Renter. cashier ~ the Now York
LII" ln-uranc" Company. testified that their
pass book with the onion Trust Company was
made up on the 10th inst. and that then the
check Tor tI.2l5 first came to his notice. That
check was dated on the 2d Of January, and WIS
numbered .2Ni. The company did give n check
ntnht Identical number on the ith of January
Tor tlsoVw, AMI the check previous Ia that was
numbered 2Ss and WAS for sg 5d7 80. The
forged check was compared with the blanks in
IN" cheek book. and found 10 be exactly SINH
APPLETON & Co.
There WAS % stir when Horace f. Browne was
called. He was taken from hi- cell In the lily
prison and led into the court room. H. testified
that h. had lived in New York seventeen years.
ana was broker Six or seven weeks ago he
was introduced 10 George W. Chadwick 10y l.. A.
Brown. Chadwick had some South Brooklyn
ana Park Railroad bonds, and desired the Wit
mss To sell them. Witness tried 10 sell one
hut failed Then he gave il back to Chad
Wick, and the latter said that there
might !" something else for witness to do in
connection with some savings institution. Chad
WIZ limited that savings banks at that tlmc
wished to s,l securities of dGrreciatcl valn" 10
but IN ~ Their as~"t-' that such work must le
broker WHO was handling large amounts II
mun"y. Niin0 - called upon Maxwell and 1T
forth hypothetical case ns follows. Assuming
that large institution wishes tp change it, So
curtos ana make him the broker. would he
undertake the work. Possibly the commission
Maxwell SAID that he would think the propoei-
ton over. Witness told Chadwick. and he said
large institution. and that the cheeks would h.
IN large amounts. $4,000, or moro. The COM
receive one-haf Of that. witness TO receive one
tlird OF the rest. and the remainder Ia b- divid-
ed .lSswherc; the corrrspondence 10 Toe
direct between the institution and the broker
anu thadwiek and witness 70 he unknown. Tho
witness talked with Maxwell about H. and Max
wei sItiSil"i himself that there would be- no
risk. He was ready Ia 10 TO work. Chadwick
had not then given the name of the institution.
Witness handed Maxw"li's card 10 Chadwick
AMI Tia" correspondents" wis begun. The letters
purp"lti to come from the New YORK Life In
On the day before Wv Years. while dining
with Maxwell and another. witness reeriVnd uu
anonymous note Informing him that the bu-l-
=
Tuesday morning. thc 2d inst, he called upon
chadwick. and he said TINT ia" orders hnd gone
down To- Maxwell. Witness saw Maxwell VINO
was Just gong Ia get the check certified. A
m"s-"ng"r wiS waiting IN MaNwell- office.
Maxwell returned nnd said that IN" check WIS
good. On the following day Maxwell said. "
have been round 10 the insurance company hut
they say that the man VINO wrote the letters Is
not IN their employ. When the messenger
comes again | will send the letters back /
told thaoiwirk about this and he said that ii
-t.lR ,AI 49, ia ..f
gold. That night he said that h" had made "a
nlstaket thht he should have purchased the
check, IL" delivered $4,000 worth II tho gold.
lEot $500 from Maxwell and gave sl,n If il tl
fhadwirk On the neM Jay Maxwell -nil. |
certin-ato ci' The' $50 W WIS a soIi i ch eek
Maxwell gave The, witness the $1,000 gold
c"rtiii.at" ami told him 10 hav" It broken. H.
sad must give those parties s5.en nor.
witness supposed ellmeAnt the New York
gold cert ileate broken. and handed ChadWio,
the 5000 in gold certificates. and kept the Other
himself. Aiterward he gave Chadwick si.Juo.
day Or I'VE after this Maxwell said to wit
bought a gold check II this check had NJ,
company rndors,ment i would he al right,
sad. 'nlood Is acting y"ry sifangciy nl~ut
tis.,' Maxwell handed tho check 10 Wins
must be 'ndors"i. When heard that there
wis trouble brewing, won't 10 Maxwell and De
Siill mat ne WIS watched, ANA must g't ont Of
the way. lie advised witness To- find out what
was the trouble AZ rWard witness went -
MaNwelis house. and Maxwell said that he had
been hauled mp before the Union Trust Come
pany and catcrh-rd. lie said that witnesses
h"-t plnn might b." u - 10 the Union Trust
Company and tell all bee knew about the check.
iu"-s dld 20 there, and met Mr.. Pr'khufn
and others III" tull them that h. would try a.
uuI the messenger WHO took tho check 10 MAJ
we'll.
A telegram was hero shown BY Mr. Paelham.
anu witness read 1t.
q " 'hr'7i ,-@h 'tk D'y 't'si, Jt'f ION r.e o.,aA
iark Hotel before ten.
Witness said that he was the sender NJ that
telegram, and That he hnl talk with CualWick.
vino sand, Keep "a siin upper lp. and don't
know ans thing about it,
The with ~-. i'm answer 10 Con Trnry, sail
thnt he WIS assured that the trlu-artirn Mis-
entirely Legitimate, that II was his impression
HAT some OF tlr ON nr- of lhH inst iut'un Wrre
covering up their tracks, uni thai u d .fal'iiDn
or Snmt ihug rl-" needed "a cOlrr. H. knew
that twenty 1--WE yer cent. romill0Slnn was very
large. H. understood that the officers of tho
company were forced Ia rifHt something
through indirect means, and were willing 10
Day Literally for the work
The witness further said;
! believe it. to Ice l'eifmntr regular check Mr.
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