The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-24

BON FoRaERE-MondaY at noon Judge
George 6, Boyd, Of the County Court, was
approached by Mr. I. a. Higgins, the
photographer, who held 10 his hand note
Tor $50, drawn In favor Of the Judge and
signed hy Mrs. Ffeese. The note was also
endorsed BY Judge Boyd. Mr., Higgins
asked the Judge II the d snAture vas gen.
uine, TO which he answered, "Most de-
cidedly not" Mr.. Higgins then told the
Judge that he had received the note from
Allie Freese or as be Is more familiarity
known, Count Freese, who had owed
him q bill and had given him the note,
asking him 10 deduct the amount owed
and 10 give lin the change. He asked
the "Count" Il the note was q good one,
and the latter had assured him that Il was
perfectly good, as his mother had given It
tohim andtoldH him The udsehad endorsed
It He (Higgins) had taken the note and
taken It 10 the City Bank aud to the Com.
merriAl Bank to have It discounted, but
each one had refused, and n Of the
Cashiers had atirmedahAt the signature,
or rather the endorsement wa q forgery,
and be had thereupon brought Il TO the
Judge.
The Judge, as soon as be became &C.
Quainted with the facts, went to Prosecut.
ing Attorney Jordan and relS'ed them TO
him. The latter consulted nth Sheriff
Hngle, and It was determined 70 prose.
cute the matter. Sheriff Tingle went to
MI. Higgins, gave him q receipt for the
note and took charge Of it This was late
in the afternoon, and when everything
was arranged, and they went 70 look for
the Count" It was discovered that he
hAdleft the city. The telegraph was re.
sorted TO and dispatches were sent in vAri.
Gus directions, and later It HAs found that
the Count" in company with q fellow
named Jesse Myers, had left the city by
way OF the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and ST.
Louis Railroad for Columbus at 1 o'clock.
The Columbus Chief Of Police Vas tele.
graphed to lookout for the tueitives, and
at $50 O'Clock yesterday morning = tele.
gram was received by the Sheriff, In
nouncing their capture aud detention In
that city. Warrants were then worn out
before Justice ". ". Miller and reQuisi.
tons obtained for the boys, and at eleven
O'Clock the Sheriff left for Columbus TO
bring them back.
The affair caused considerable excite
meut IN. the city yesterday IS the Count
is well known as : sport aud has been
rather prominently identified with the
gambling maternity Of the city for some
time past He and Myers for several
weeks back have been running a faro
bank on Twelfth street, but this mys-
teriouSy closed up 4 few days ago, andiIis
supposed it vas 10 ''get whole" that the
forgery was reSorted to. The Count has,
since the induction OF Judge Boyd, been
employed as page at the County Court, to
which position he vas appointed ct the
earnest solicitation Of his mother, by the
Judge, and as an evidence Of his gratitude
cOunterieited the signature Of his friend.
Jesse Myers, the partner and companion
OF this young man, is E~EnErter and l.
also 3 young man OF bad reputation, hay.
ing serVeda sentenced the county Jail for
petit Larceny, having stolen 80 from the
the till Of A. II. Walter, the grocer, in
November, ISIS
The note drawn BY Freeze was for three
months, and the susnicious part Off was
that the name Of Judge BOYD was written
across the top and very close 70 it. Itnow
transpires that he tried the same game
about two weeks ago on the Com.
merciA Bank, when he offered = note
drawn in favor Of himself and endorsed
BY Peter HumbeFgeF, Ut should have been
Hum6igSer,) for $50, which note was re.
fused by the cashier, Mr.. S. P. Hildresh.
ATumor was also current on the streets
yesterday thssthe"C Count hadbeen under
the espoinage of U. S. detective for some
weeks past, and he was even now under
suspicion OF passing counterfeit money,
and one person stated an eastern Shower
ofthe queer had been seen giving Freeze
4 small bag Of counterfeit silver money.
These rum0s possibly grew out Of the
present prominence Of the Count, but
these and dozens OF others current res.
teniAy, vent to show that the boy Is Ger.
Ainly : very preclrious youth.