New-York tribune., 1880-01-14
FRAUDS LARGE AND SMALL.
DETAILS OF THEFrs AND FoRGERIEs.

HAIGHs CEEDuOEs.
Tie losses Of merchants aud bankers are
not all tlr results of forgery Of gigantic
swindipg. Sm'n pliorines IN postage and
revenue stamps, wbigl in Che total amount
to large sums have been discovered. If
Is believed that Benjamin c. Bocert while Co..
lcctor Of Bergen County. y. j.. over issued county
L eds 10 the amount Of .5i .O0O and it is supposed
that hcused them as coatora! security for his loans
member of the gang OF forcers who
have been caugot IN Attempting to deiraad the
Phenlx National Bank oi this city, TUNED States
evidence yesterday. y. Lloyd Hugh proposes TO
pay bis Indebtedness in full the business to be CON
ducted bv trustees.
MERCHANTS FLEECED OF STAMPS.
LARGE GAINS FROM SNAIL PLfEEINGs-HoW M
PL0YhRs ARE ROBBED on POSTAGE AND RtN-
ENUc sTAdrs-INCIDENIs ~ PITY KNAVLrY.
4 clerk namcd Ward. employed at the office
Of the Coibm BsnIn2 Company, at 40. 115 Broad
way was arrested on Mon|ay for the met
OF postage stamps. lie Imprisoned D
f'e fou's aIl the case against biuL II Is
understood. WI be prosecuted. ward has ciaree
OF tle sra'.p dcl tmont in hc bauns house ana was
RECEIVING st.a.y a. $500. lie had applied
for increased fU. and II is sam that Lis sa'iy
Was 20 have been raised this week & $500
On Monday D. wa, seen Icy detective selling
s,amrs a.; wen known place in Nassau and tb' lea
e. The discovery of hi crime Tho postage account o
the hankile oouoluy suce the beginning of December
been about GOO itis believed thlt the cl'rd mu-
have converted 20 ls own nearly t1rd Of this
sam.
Wiiarl s. Riddle. elective. whose Office ia at No %
Piuo has been cugg ged ioi the last c-hteen months
in TO detection of einilar tAeits In June.
ISIS Ride was walking in Chatham-st. when
his attention was attracted by somo loose
stamps exposed for sale the window Of pol!cy-shop
Besides the s.amp. ncr- wcro also some stamped en
volope5. Something ia the appearance of tho
stamps or tle inct chat they were lying in
tie window or pace the business Of which
was weIBrovu. arr b-ued The de.cctiges suspicious.
While ne iay in wait h'r, whom he tracked ai'cr-
ward to the o.!o o. i1lge steim'iP company
cui rcd tie sAop ANA sod slna quanuty OF slarns.
hundred aeits committed by clerks il banks Offices
AMI stores.
AMOUNT or TIE PLFEGIEGs.
The amount OF thee repeated prios, il believed to
Oc very large Ii IS not GREAT while tnat clerk of
H. b. ClaA1 & c. was detected in roObng that firm ID
| a similar ioaEneI. The firm lost by hi, theits
al least $1,000 before thy we're found out,
and it was believed by members OF the firm that the
losses exceeded $4,000 L. other offices there Is less
onportuuity To steal large sum- but in these tbe
difficulties the OF petty tiityng are more easily
uVcrcOmr. few tUos@ stamps or stamped enyt0pes
Few stamped checks Whcn are hAle Iel, hale " s NV
Government. may disappear easily from most 0hcfs
wei known to ihe thieves at discount
IRON nominal value. There 20 regular schedule ot
cent according 90 the deuOmiua on oi tDe stamps ana
the quantity cf red for sale or on any other terms tha
the Necessity ~ the tlici ~ demand II = dlcscr
tlade il wlic one mtn may secure good bargain III
= opOrtIOn 20 the fear or iueXprncnce or the incl
Tie dI.coye ~ of the THEFT dom results In anN thing
more Iqu hc discharge OF the thicf Few o tncm are
.od aud against these ING prosecution Is
those WHO have been TINS detected are not
ev,n DISCHARGED. Tdcy arc sometimes sons, {" ileY
u@ar some relation to ae partners; some
times they are even members OF ID, same chuicn and
The xposure oi thr petW CRIME Wiud Dr 'ueit u'l.r
dis-racc These and Otner reasons ,raa thc Alo9tts
to overlook crime IN trusted clerk which mas re-
suited perhaps ~ au Insignificant loss
INSTANCES OF his SMALL THIEvlNG.
One OF tie earliest discovered by Detective
Riddle was that Of clerk employed IN large law office
in the PARK Bank Binding on Broadway. The
lawyers refused to believe the charge The box
containing the stamps stood on top OF the desk
OF one OF them, who alone had the key The theft
was confirmed the following day ~ The lawyers
themselves large card board manufacturer In
Wnlian-st., who kept regular stamp account
| the ,uilt OF q Young clerk who was selling
stamps. boy employed III the music store OF Wlin"m
/ A. Pond & Co. IN Un ou-sguare, one day sold slO III
stamps charged with tie tAeit he ncsDo"iedged
IT, He had accounts he sail, ~ TWO 'avluGs DaAs nu ne
had rot made deposit for several months although MS
| thefts had been reguiar He surrehdered MS oSuA-
clerk in public Institution the president OF which
| is so president OF a downtown hank, was is az
| charged upon the discovery OF thefts OF tba
| Iuno' He also sold $40 IN stamus on the day
| he was detected a clerk at Madame DemoreslS
had KEY made TO t he stamp box from when he p-
lered frequently Many of the sinp~ were OF large de
nomina ion used in sending parcels OF paper pa terms
through the mails. He confessed tha DC hhd stolen
! large amount during the time he had
followed the praetee e was aoGns DO @ IT, ySs
nckno owedged by clerk employed at DlXonS CfuciDle
| Work.. the loss made good by his hondtnen.
A eoored porter who had been emp Dyed for eight
| Years by the Western Union Tel graph COMPANY
! ,Sjs kind of theft lie had sold day
small quantity, and when taken to the place OF sale
there merely to get change for a gold dollar. His
| evasion added 10 the theft. cost him his place
| afnlan ha afa
6ces after their occupants had left them foT
the day yonng % nan IN me s,ere epp3y IL RrooS
way. BroOme-st, was discovered stealing STAMPS
and has frequently taken part In amateur thearicas Ill
that city lie was DISCHARGED. ,.,.. ,.,. ,...,..
in musical Instruments and has branch houses IN other
cities doubted The truth of charge mat one OF us
ward the same clerk as seen selling stamps again On
again reporting the fact the detective vas met
+ 5y the same doubt of the clerks guilt. the
conversation was overheard. however. by the
clerk who was in an Sdonng Hs 6SsI@s Joom Saa Sns
true when he the detective say he meant to pur
sue thief Tne bookseeper Of the irm had declared
hs knowledge He was amazed to know mat they had
been taken one sAeet al a time. ,,
The excuses AMI explanations made by some or the
persons charged with theft we're plausible ana some
Fl aincd that he had obtained the stamps which le had
sn'hor aop rO"i unng in Flfth-aye The young clerk
was from the South; his indignation at me
his brother. the amanuensis. and had frequently
been 10 he house where he was employed. He failed
icronIniou " IN finding the house Of the Ffthave.
author he had no other Tor his Dos
OF the stamps ne was dschaieed yI9nS fIdE
ana Thlrty->econds claimed 10 have received stanps
a'0lo Ioan ''f Tnhappiy he had torn up his friends
letters, which woud have proved ms assertion. m D.
Is s TaS va M 'AgI sent by HE employers He boldly wrote it,
but uc found mat IL was really TO Dc sent ne con
fessed that he was guilty
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