Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-01-01
Remark able False Persouation Case

ARREST OF JOHN A. GROW. LAWYER. THOMAS
&. DOUGLASS. TREASURY CLERK, AND
OTHERS
Mr.. John \ Grow. for some years a LAWYER
of this city. who figured in the police board in
yestigatiOn. and who was under Indictment
here for forgery in connection with a claim
AGAINST the government. was arrested in New
York yesterday on charge OF forgery and
SubOfnatlOn OF perjury. IN connection with an
attempt to collect certain interest on t. )
bonds. as the attorney Of John Slattery. 81
mutaneOuS with the arrest in New York Dep
uty Chief Benson. OF the Treasury secret ser
vice, arrested here Thomas G.. Douglass. 4
clerk IN the Treasury. Tor beng concerned, a
= alleged. in the same transaction, or giving
the information from the department which
aided III the preparation of the alleged fraud.
Secret service officers state that in November
last. Grow. a. attorney for John Siattery. pre-
Scntcd claim at the Office of he L. :. Treas
urer; accompanied by power of attorney pur-
porting To have been executed by SldfferN. Tor
the co lection of SAOtn interest i'm gold. The
suspicious Of the Treasurer were aroused and
he required of Grow that his client should
identity himself before the Assistant 1. :.
Treasurer in New York. who had previously
paid interest tO Slaitery. and knew him. Grow
communicated with his man. and they cX-
pressed an UnWilin gneSS 10 present themselves
before the officer referred 10. The Treasurer
then suggested that Mr.. SlattcTy b. identified
before I. : Commissioner Shields or some
other well known officer. Grow took Nlattcry
before I. :. Commissioners Benedict,
with certain witnesses. who Identified
him as The man he represented himself
To be by number Of sworn atitdVitS.
The Treasurer. Mr.. Gilfillan was still not Sdt-
iSfed, and sent AL the papers To the Assistant
Treasurer ut New York. and notified the chief
of the secret service a. 10 what he had done.
The machinery of the service was at once put
in motion to find ont who Mr.. Grow was con
nected with. and also 20 find 0ut something
about Mr.. John SattcrE. IL was dS 'ertainPd
that Mr.. Siattery had mails addressed 10 him
81 New York, W iiiiam>burG. ANA other pll rrS
Pending these Investigations. the Us. rredSu-
T.F.
identified before | = Commissioners Shields or
some other government officer in whom he had
confidence. At length Grow complied. and
with his witnesses appeared before Shields.
when SiatterN SWOrc that he was John Slate
~. and that Grow was his attorney. and the
witnesses were Just about tO give their at1idd
Wits III the same direction when secret service
officer stepped up and arrested Nli'tery and
WhiSked him away. No sooner Wa SlltterV
arrested than his companions scattered. In
the meantime the Investigations of the Spcrr;
service officers had uucdTlhed the genuine
John Nldttcry. 4 very eccentric man. living i'm
The upper part of New York civ. the life of a
recluse IL" informed the officers that he never
heard ui GrnW: never made him his attorney:
had not sought the collection OF his interest
through Tn" agency OF any one: knew II was
safe IN the hands OF the United States and
when he w3nted il he would make demand in
person. The bogus SlatIeTE was arrested 4 Is
above stated and taken tO Ludlow street Jail
III default 81 bail. where he now lies. His true
name i said ~ be VIM. II. GiidnrSieeVp The
principal actors in the conspiracy. a man
named Richardson. whom they succeeded i'm
arTeStlng sunday. Closely following his arrest.
came The arrest Oi john \. Grow. and he il
held in New York To answer. Since the arrest
OF GilderSlPcVe. Grow has been writing letters
To the Treasury CONCENTRATING the govern
mcnt on the discovery of the genuine SidttcrN
and upon lis narrow escape from The payment
OF 5000 in gold To the pre.ender. Gilder-lceye.
TIE ARRESTED MEN.
Grow and Richardson will have hcaringin
NJ A44nl hsatn 4 q
Commissioners. tomorrow. Douglas was AZ
rested II fugitive from Justice from New
York. where he had been some time past.
Commissioner WOOllurd issued a warrant for
Douglas and when he could not BE- found there
he sent the warrant here. ON this warrant
Deputy Chief Benson SWDTc ont warrant be
tore Commissioner Mills. charging Douglas
with aiding and assisting in til" false making
OF an affidavit and publishing forged paper
ON this warrant Douglas was arrested rs be
lore stated Yesterday afternoon and taken be
lore Commissioner Mills. who committed him
10 laIl Tor hearing IN default Ol bail in
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