The New York herald., 1878-09-30
THE UNION TRUST FORGERY CASE

GEORGE WARREN, ALIAS NORMAN c. MARriN
THE ALLEGED FoRoEG, BROUGHT TO TIKI
CITY.
A carriage containing three men stopped In front
OF Police HcaGquarters yesterday morniug rho oc
cupants alighted and were shown into Supcrntend.
ent waiiing's Office. where private consultation
took place. One OF tho men was subsequently taken
10 a cell AMI locked up. Superintendent waIline sa,d
that tho prisoner was George Warren. alias Normau
G. Marin, ar rested on suspicion oil being concerned
IN the ss4 225 forgery the Union Trust Company Of
This city. 1he gentlemen who brought tho prisoner
to no Central ONCE Detective Reeves, OF Cleve.
land, Oho, AMI DR.. :. II. Carney, OF tho new York
Life Insurance Company.
FORGERY.
Tho details of4 The forgery with which George War
rem is said to have been connected are US foioxs:-
About the 1st OF January, 1877, Mr. George Maxwell,
q broker al No 10 Now street. Was accosted by o
Stranger who showed him letter purporting to have
been written by William II. Beers, Ao.uary OF
the New York Life Insurance, Company, ask.
ing Mr. Maxwell what terms he would
become . financial agent OF the company
In question On the Sd OF the mouth the stranger In.
ducea Mr. Maxwell to ouy 500, 900 gold Tor hi. sv-
ing him for that purpose check Tor $64 22 ccrtned
By tho cashier OF tho Union Trust Company, No. Is
BroAd.ay. on Tuesday, January TO- the cashier Of
the New York Life Insurance Company, while basnc.
ting his accounts, found discrepancy oi $6a 2.5,
which accounted for by tho discovery OF cheek
for that amount against the U mon Trust Company,
dated January 3 Tho number OF the check was
duplication o. that Tor $3.50, coo, tho latter
being for by stub IN the cheek book, while
tho former to be bogus President Frank.
lin d eclared that he would have suspected MS
ON name be \ forgery ceveriy was II counter
icted. The workmanship OF tho false instrum-nt
was admirable, but the paper was seon be some
AhulCD Fsef d
. Mr. Maxwell who on January II, the day follow.
ing tho discovery OF the forgery, nad met with an
accident ana was confined Ia MS house, was placed
under arrest on the 10Th. On Wednesday evening,
tho 18th, horace Il. Brown, of No. "a seventh
nue, been arrested the strength Of an afidav
President FRANKLIN, setting forth MS belief tnat be
wcli Two days Iaier the prisoner was taken TO the
Tombs Police Court, wnerc Judge Duny hxed the
amount vi ms bail at $1,000. In default of which he
was hold for ''probAbie cause"
For some time sliusions had been made to mys
ter,ous parsonage who supposed 10 Ds NJ Tue Dot
tom oil tho case, ana whose arrest, u was thought
would lead to importzr, developments IN o;hcr Tor
ton was therefor expressed when after u determine,
search. tho police succeeded 10 arresliog George
coad"ms msoa.S .So Jsnusr9 % was eo Ioe
Iur.d Office, NO. 30 Dey street. By
Detectives Field ana o'connor. He had on ms per.
son SIS 900 BONDS purportng to navc been ISSUED
by Ihe l. ana Office IN Washington. The prisoner was
taken before Judge Duty ou toe Saturday following
aud beid In default Of $4,000 Brown was present on
this occasion, aud admitted his connection with Chad
wick. third party, ono L. A. Brown, was
present, he saii,saat his first interview With
Chsdwick. julius Keller, VINO had ootainsd so. 50O
portion Of the proceeds OF the forgery, was sxamine
and said that the check Tor that amount had bses
given him by an acquaintance named Baumann, whs
nsli uctcc him 10 pat II IN ban9 or use In starting
business toge her. He was held Ms witness and sent
10 the House oi Detention
On Wednesday. February :, Mr. Maxwell
Was was placed on tue stand a. I'm 'ho iono:
of his knowledge OF tho case. Hts story was very
eioar and co@pls,e It was claimed, however, by
han cd al,bx nj ~
closely examined the following day. that Mr. Maxwell
knew that tho transaction In which he
did MT know that the sGi.22o check
| forgery. hc also said that Brown had
broken, aud that he (Brownj had retained $3.50 as
his share OF tho spos Tho balance ne claimed 70
have given 10 Chadwick. THIS cheek. ho SAID, was
| changed at the sub-rreasury, but both the cashier
aud paying teller to one OF whom he claimed to have
wnen placed on tho stand Another examination 10
| tho case was held ON tho 1870 o.. feb
ruary, at which tho prisoner, Maxwell, was
tni, tine Mr L.sweeu T. Hurlbert testified to being
Introduced Brown 1t tho Treasury Office, on January
! { or 8. Brown got "a ten thousand dollar goid
| certiucate cnsngec
on the strength oil informston furnished by Brown,
of the other principals IN tho case, search
was made ior George Warren. IL Is said tnA
] he kept carefully away from his old haunu
| A. last. however, the detectives became
viuced that the man they were dcsirous secure
was an itinsrant agent ior tno exhibition OF o
ana that ms sphere OF opera
| tons Onio Working on mis- data warrant
Tor Warrcn's arrest made out and placed In tho
! hands oi Detective Reeves Warren was exnioi,ing
| the Instrument Ia YouDgstown, ONO, whom hc was
apprebendcd lie was taken TO Cleveland and brought
tncnce to TINS city.
! He seemed much surprised when arrested, ana
readily consented 10 como East 10 meet tue charge
without sbirking tie Issue by compelling hts captors
! to remove him IA rcquisition. Ho claims that ne
mas been IN way connected with the Tor gerry; bot
tho officials caused Incarceration equally
emphatic ,hat they have caught the right man. fscy
represent WSrren ~ having notorious record, and
aege that he has already served term OF six years
| IN sing sing Tor robbery. Whie denying these ale
cations ths prisoner proclums bis abiiity TO provs
abi but this docs not snake tho latin OF tho de-
tcctyos they will establish his pcity In the
forgery case.