The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-01
RoWLEs' BOLT ON BONDS.
An Ex.County Engineer Arrested for
Forgery.

About noon to-day there was considerable ex-
citement created around the Courthouse owing
to the fact that County Auditor Cappeller had no
titled County Commissioner Joseph Reard IN that
q forged bond had been attempted to be passed on
him.
There was q short consultation between Mr.
Cappeller, Mr.. Reardon and County Solic tor Chas
W. Baker, which ended in the latter filing an .aff-
davit against Samuel 2. Bowles for forgery and an
arrest.
About II O'Clock Bowles visited the Clerks, Re-
corders and Auditors offices, and at the latter
place attempted to get warrant for sum of
money on forged coupon.
This kind OF business Auditor Cappeller says
has been going on for some time. Day before yes
terday aSl,Oy0 coupon (bridge bond) was pre-
sented to Mr.. Cappeller. He at once came to the
conclusion that was forgery. He stayed the pay
ment until to-day, and last evening went to the
Lafayette Bank, whence the coupon came. Here
he ascertaned that the coupon had been ''sent
hither' by Mrs. G. Brakeman, of Aurora, Indiana.
| Mr.. Cappeller at once jumped the train and
called at Mrs. Brackman's residence about .
o'clock last night. From her he learned that her
brother. DIR. Sutton, held quite number of these
forged bonds. amounting in fact to $4,000 The
forgeries were on bridge bonds, building of roads
improvement bonds and on the Clinton Springs
avenue bonds.
Bowles was County Engineer from 1873 to 1876
and then was dismissed. Owing to his being an
Engineer he had access to the bond" papers, and
according to the affidavit filed against him, ht
made use of this privilege, and got hold of q!
many blanks as he desired.
| This morning another coupon was presented t
the Auditor by Mr.. Bowles, and the former there
upon determined to have the man arrested.
| Cappeller filed an affidavit before Squire Rowe
| kamp, and then Commissioner Reardon, Mr.. Cap
peler and police officer started in pursuit o
Bowles. They found him on Main street aDov,
Thirteenth, and from the lively rate of walking i
looked as if Bowles had an inkling of what was iu
store for him.
County Auditor Cappeller says that the last cou
pom presented to him (and on which Bowles wa
arrested) had been raised from S14S to $948. III
also alleges that all of the Clinton Springs avenue
bonds presented to him are forgeries.
Mr. Cappeller had for some time been suspicious
vi Bowles and therefore had notified the bond
holders, who had claims on him, to be careful
i what they were doing with their coupons. HI
had rejected several of these fraudulent bonds
but still about twenty to twenty-five had beel
konored, the sum paid being over $25, 900.
Bow'es, as stated above, was taken before SOUR
| Rowekamp on the charge of Obtaining m 1ney OF
the coupon calling for $s4S which had been raisec
from $148
He waived an examination until next Monda
and his bail was fixed at $1,000. Mr. Cappell,
says tnat he will have Bowles tried on this and
about twenty five more cases as soon as he can gel
| his witnesses
Mr.. Bowles, when taken before the Magistrate
| refused to say anything to the STAR reporter
who attempted to interview him and Civ
| his side of the story. All he would sa,
| after reading the STAR item was that 1t was a
much as he had to say about it, He would no
| say whether it was exaggerated or not. He tool
the matter coolly, and seemed only anxious to se
how many charges were going to be preferret
| against him.