The New York herald., 1878-02-07
BOGUS CHECKS.
TWO MEN, NAMED FISHER AND RICHARDSON.
LOCKED UP AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE FOR

TWO MEN, NAMED FISHER AND RICHARDSON.
LOCKED UP AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE FOE
QUESTIONABLE OPERATIONS.
| For long time past complaints have been
made almost daily at the Police Central once
that gang Of men were passing bogus checks upon
different merchants throughout the city. Sergeant
Kealy IN the meantime detailed several Of bis most
| expert detectives, including Onicers woolsey and
Kerns TO follow up every possible ciew. q was
known 10 the police that there were Two "bogus
check gangs existence and yesterday one o! Them,
consisting OF Fisher and Richardson, were arrested
Fsner has many aliases two OF them being Cozzens
and Herman.
The two swindlers who were always we'll dressed
and are exceedingly prsssnable men, would call upon
some wholesale firm and that they were out OF
town merchants or the agents OF some out OF town
firm and wished TO buy a bill OF goods. They would
buy certain amount of goods and then give an
apparently good cheE IN paymeen' rne om"nn, rmeSS
exceeding their purchases, varying IRON $50 10 500
The merchant, suspecung nothing. would casn inc
hand the ''' balance 10 he swindsr. who
would quietly walk away. The plan was
successful almost aa sss1y nssns sSoS GIVING
the change tho swinder would cooly say that nc
would call the next day or sendt tor the money rms
would in almost every instance disarm suspicion ana
the IN oney would be forthcoming The following lot.
will serve to illustrate one OF the clever tricks OF
the torgers. II was written on Saturday last:-
NEW YORK, Feb. 2. 1873.
DEAN SinEncIoscd please find check for ssio also the
boy have difference In money, also reesiptsd bill
and having little matters TO attend 20 an obliged
everything prove satisfactory, remain yonss re-
smfe.se send some of your cards with the boy
Both of the men were In the habit OF using the
messengers OF tho American District Telegraph Com
pany IN their transactions as IN this way they were
boy got It, and would avoid the unpleasant
ness or being preseut If discovery were
made The above letter was sent by OF The
sengers, and Fisher and Richardson sent similar
Collins Co., in Water street, dealers IN hard
ware. Tho numerous firms that mad suffered Dy the
dent OF District Company, OF the matter, and he
issued general order to the company to be on the
Lookout tor the gang.
Thus ther guard, tho different Offices OF tho
the swndlers to 80, but. lued to ancied security BY
their long immunity from arrest, they went ON doing
as they had done Early yesterday morning ing Fisher
way, and said that he wanted TO leave town,
but was worried about some. important messages
he bad sent on tho day before and had as yet re-
ceved no answer TO them. William Rooney, ono OF the
messengers attached to that DISTRICT suspecting that
Fisher was ono OF the men that was concerned
in the swindng, determined to capture him. and
so told him that one OF tho boys who had
taken his message the Day before lived near:
wait Tho gentleman waited and Rooney went out,
notior his brother messenger but for Sergeant King
the time The sergeant readily responded and FASTENED
with Rooney TO the Office Fisher, 1t seems, must
walked iesureiy away. When Rooney and tho Ser
geant drew him he increased his slow walk 10
rapid one, aud finally his walk TO run across to
Third avenue. Al the corner he sprang upon an up
and rapidly distanced the Two pursucrs; but for
time only sSnvsn'nt n. butcher wnss cart
Fish
sprang from the car ana again took TO his heels.
Alter short chase M however be wns Was captured and
threw away what appeared to be package
OF papers, and this was noticed BY ms
the Central Office tho detectives went back and
utter removing OF the curbng found In cuveSt
the Of his partner Richardson and ns place Of
abode, No. A King street. Detectives Kierns and
Woolsey then went there ana succeeded IN catching
the other member oil the enterprising nrm. In his
discovered portmanteau containing num-
Dor OF articles necessary to the successful forging
OF checks. Checks on The Mechanics and Traders
Bank were found. and hand stamp similar to tho
used by cashiers In certifying checks. These
were removed to the Central ONCE, with the second
prisoner During the afternoon they both taken
to court and remanded again 10 tue custody OF Do
tecte Sergeant Xealy, AZ tue Central Office. where
they passed the night ~
IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES
Among tho papers found In the portmanteau were
como which freely explain tho past movements OF the
two men and throw some light upon what would have
probably been their future movements but for
their arrest. In addition 10 the checks OF the
Mechanics ana Traders Bank there were types
arranged to forge tho certificates oil the Greenwich
Bank, National shoe and Leather Bank and Chemical
Bank. The check book of the Mechanics and Traders
Bank had only few checks remaining, and some OF
these were prepared for use. number OF stubs
showed that the book had boen well used as far
back 1915 Transactions appeared with james
Pryor. James Kelly. Hadden Il Winans, Thomas
Tns.cher Mutual Gas Light n%,a Company Eliza
Engs Co., c. Bellows Co. and o'connel Brothers.
The amounts opposite these names aggregate about
81, ZOO There are many stubs upon which there are
NO marks, but they were probably used IN the same
manner tho others In January Of this year checks
are entered upon number Of different firms,
and they are nearly all made payable
to ~. q. BURTON" alias of the nrm. The entries
Tode Brothers, $3.50; Giemm 4 Korner, $3.50; Condict
Il Patton, $500; Condict Patton, $40; "D G. to
f. NJ. Fisher" $3.50; I. NJ Sheppard, $3.50; GLENN Il
Korner, $40; T. NJ. Sheppard, $170; T. NJ. sheppard,
$3.50; Condict Il Patton, $3.50: sc. X. & Co.," $420.
THE swIyDLEn
Among those who have been swindled and who
have called at tho Central ONCE arc:-Spencer, Smith
Il Co., No $50 Canal street; A. B. Cohen, o No. 107
Waldstein, No. 545 Broadway; p 9. Goodng, No. 70e
Broadway; Florence Hall, No 706 Broadway; +. r.
Marks, No. SIC Broadway; G. q. Gunther's Sons, No.
lS4 Fifth avenue; ID. Farrington, No. so Beekman
Elm streets Many others are expected to call tho
detective Office to-day.
Fishers previous history is known tho police, and
the letters and papers found In the show
spects. He connected 1t would seem, with
"rhe Mercantile Bureau, Jersey CITY," the
"Guarantee Mercantile Association the ''Mcr
camille bureau Fourth and Walnut Streets.
lection Company Of America, established 1851" Lot
ters were also found addressed TO Charles Fisher
Co in New York, Baltimore and elsewhere, from
1Iiyings,onc," "Frankie" and "Spain," who are
H. kl.aa Lran In SAn,n AZ