The New York herald., 1878-08-16
FORGED GREENE COUNTY BONDS.

PERsIsTENr sUspICIoNs OF \ PoUdHKEEPsIE
BEoKxR AND THE REsULr--TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS or THE BOGUS SECURITIES uH-
{, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. STORY OF rHB
HOLDER. wa' n ieyl tia
taN reHH CArsKrIL, August Ii, 1878.
The unearthlng OF $4,000 worth OF forged Grocns
county bonds through tho sharpness OF Poughkeep-
sic broker named lliam 9. Hill has caused consider.
able anxiety In Greene county, the people fearing
more OF tho same kind are oaoa. Tho circumstances
which icd to tho detection OF the bonds worth tell
Ing. William q. Hill, the Poughkeepsie broker re.
ferred 10, sitting In his otnce last Fri-
day, when tall man. apparently sixty years
or age, entered and asked him IL no desired 10 pur.
chase soms bonds. Ito said they wore Groene county
bonds, OF the denomination of $500, and lie had
twelve OF thcm. Mr. Hill said ifthoy not held
high would take them, but that the stranger would
have 10 FIRST Identity himself before wo1ld trans.
Ter the money for them or would have to send them
10 him through his bank. Tho man went away, aud
in his absence Mr. Hill wrote 10 the cashier OF q
national bink In Great Barrngton Mass, where the
man, who gave his name us william George, SAID he
had an account Tho cashier replied that such man
TO the bank snort time ugo ana deposited
$500. saying he was from California, and thai was all
he knew about bim adding maj he thought strange
the man should refer Hill TO them. ~
49, PRoSouScgD GENUINE. aF
On Tuesday of tins week Mr. Hill was passenger
to Poughkecpsie and met George on the tram rno
latter asked him II he was ready to taSo the bonds
II some arrr ng eme could be made that would be
Satisfactory Mr.. HiIi told HIM he would 20 TO
county, Mr. Frederick Htl, who 10 also cashier the
Tanners Bank ot Catski. To this George asscpted,
tho noon boat and arrived here is,o Tuesday alter.
noon. He went at once to tho Tanners Bank, and
found the County Treasurer and showed h,m
that tho County Treasurer al once pronounced
them genuine. George returned 10 PougaSsopsie and
told me broker Hill, wnat tho Cnnny treasurer hai
said but tbon the troxUr Wouli not bs convinced
aud said no would 80 see ths County treasurer IT
sentcd nnd both came mere yesterday. Whom they
entered the Tanners. Bank, George wont up 70 the
vo 5roashi those bonds h.r. asaio 70 sec IL they
TIE broker from Poughtsepsis then said 10 tbs
latter replied In the afhrmativo M . lf,srs 81
EVIDENCE or rnE FORGERY. 4e5s-al
Even ihen the broker was B0L convinced ard
Tor an iutcrvew IA the back room and all en-
tered an auieroom, when the broker asked mo
cashier TO sh nlm the matured coupons which had
been paid. They wore brought out whep ths broker
pinned OF tho bonds 70 Ins table and sndsavored
nj; then no measured a genuine bond shown
by tho cashier, aud atterwards one OF the
great difference that II was appsrenl 10 every ono n
the mat all oi tho ~ 00O worth OF bonds IN the
strangers possession were counterfeit SAID Tho
:-'Belore tho attempt WAS maus " hO those
coupons wouid have purchased thoss bonds without
hes'taiion as genuine" Tue broker dcsro,
dono, anu no and the broker neparted together.
On tneir way 70 poughkeepse, ON the aiternoon train
tho broker succeeded IN getting she bonds from tne
stranger, and when the train r,acned Poughkeepss
AN officer was IN waiting 10 arrest George % = tos
gram sent IRON here by Cashier Fred HbL aud no wM
brought back 10 this place to-day snd - now 70 lsh
awaiting cx animation. lun Iif tat atF "a
STATEMENT or rHE ACCUSED gI
He says that received ths bombs IRON one george
Hyde, who resides In Berkshrs COUNTY, MASS. Ioer
aud half miles from Great barringtou IN excnahss
for farm near there lie sold the iarm ior tlzoOO,
aud Hyde gavc him $l2 900 IN those bonus and SsVO
iu green backs lie snys he wss in California from
1913 TO 1851 builder. aud made money
last; says ho has a son 10 khode Asiasu
and calculated TO start him IN the bat
business with the proceeds OF sno IArm SAFE, no
thinks the mans namc who Introduced him TO hyds
was Glover, but ~ not positive. lie sad ths Pongh-
Ike, broker told him would give him 70 S25 Tor
the bonds n they proved 20 be gcnu,uo He says he
sale of Inc arm he offered tho bonus Tor sale Troy
and HUDSON ho didn't deem the prics offered big
epouIn Said ne :--.I never knew therc any thng
wrong about them. Nobody but fool would 90 rignt
to that County Treasurer with forged bonds II no
knew tlioy were ivres ?" Ia...WI Us haaA
Whom asked II he lad employed counsel no replied
IN tho negative aud said no didnt know whas TO do.
Ito was nearly crazy hadnt slept all night thlnking
OF IT. He supposed tnoy would send Tor George Hyde
come hero. Wnen askcd bc knew any one IN
treat Barrington who could identify MIN replied
that there was boarding house keeper there Who
would know him.
I MHf Bosps vousp. saa.sgtI
-Four thousand dollars more Of the bonds were fcuad
the pvstm istef at Great Barrington search tn
records there to see n transfer OF fnrm property
been made tnerc wItnin thrcc montns with tho panca
Of Hyde aud George attached TO the papers and has
received "a reply giving negative answer. .eti
Tue caee certainly looks bad for the prisoner thus
far. lie VIII have ansthcr hsastnG sA xSnAay nsxA