New-York tribune., 1878-11-19
THE COURTS.
Unr.r FORGERY CASE.

l"'' ,,r,z rrGUN-TEsTIMoNY OF TIE
TRIAL , o nv TIE NEw-YORK LIFE INSURANCE
'1', "d Davis took up in the Court oil oyer
'u"s, yesterday, the trial OF Charies W. on..%
| SIC los indicted with Charles Becker as % nU goo -
incjrals ia the forgery Of cheek ioi -, Isnrarno
I+,no 10 he drawn by the New-AoIA - - ,o,, 90
Co,o,anv on the Union Trust Company inV poto.,S a.
i,, ,,a ,otter company in January lo''' iou'o
PAID ny lhe ''''' A., ,oedium height very thin ana
~ i" -. 90 rosted as TO suggest III so young I'"
WIN '"V0 V- uo was represented by John H. DOS
nooa Tr,omos V Gator and irving ""ru ~,
.,sv pbelps conducted the lroSo'u'ion' "SSru ~ -
49,, DistrictAttOrney Herring ana hen'S h' n"N
Assis' s asked for q list OF the witnesses before
Cd Iury aud for the minutes OF the evidence
ine "-" ,,t, This request founded on an affda-
dAo ,t,,er stating that he was employed by the
st Oh company al the time OF the forgery ara tna
twenty-one months aited S concerning il by going TO
% nstTict Attorneys office ana submitting 10 sercL
tue irv He was afterward arrested as witness
ing nq 80 o06 hail Then he arrested OH an lndict-
anu aJ reonired 10 give $4,000 bail He ultimately
gave and stated that he could not give the min
sf Ine The evidence none existed. MI Dos PaNsos
quash the HGiTfnb be or moon tdf 'A oi
DistricAttoIney Phelps opened the case lor tne pros
ecuon He stated the theory OF the prosecution 70 oe
,6t tbr forged check traced from genuine checK
mo 2j8 for S15OOO0) POntez ana one E,lctt' known
as Joe Elliott, had been intimate Ellott' becker
and one Chapman IN 1876 had been engaged III lol-
in syria. Becker ana ElllOtt escdpel
@ for tbs crime and returned TO this country IN Inc
SIMMER OF 1876 Shortly after they returned they met
Ponfez and devised this forgery. POhtez, MI Pheips
said procured for them the genuine check WulCh hau
been nscd and cancelled. The cheek was obtained To
make from It d plate The print from tins plate was
fcnnd 10 be a good one. Then there was long de,ay
THE deposlt of the Insurance company was low lHe
y suddenly ran up 5000 000 and the torgerS haSored
tnelr preparations to obtain the money 1hcic was k
YmatIu, tle check still larger sum than SGl0UO,
for the check was given by Poncz and the check was
NEGOTIATED through Others who took one half the money
obfamed The other half, mainly IN the form OF god
drafts was divided among the three th-n named
Charles Becker had confessed his share III the
would be for the Jury 70 decide whether
his evidence Nitn such evidence as would DC gwen 10
sustain II was credible. w
Morris Frank in, the president OF the company ana W.
H. Beers its vcc-presIdent. testified That the chcck was
a forgery They stated that they had from ntY 70 sew
pntv epoyts and during his ten years OIL service hdV
known nothing against POntez until tins proceeding
Theodore NJ Bana, cashier or the company, staeu ls
reasons for believing that the Sl5OOOO cneck had beeh
used It was found out of its order. The check ABOVE
and the check below cut as to be less sabe Tor
taking or tracing He described the vault IN winch tc
papers kept-a heavy granite vault WIN an ioh
door within which the safes. These ola vouchers
were however, the outer part of the vault WheGe ac
cess could be had 10 them when the door was OIeh'
During the day the door only an nOn-gTatlng. me
crOssexamnaIOn was directed to show that others than
adjourned. 1t is understood that Becker viii testiy
to-day for the prosecution while Elliot has been brought
from prison by habeas corpus to testify for Pouttz