New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-17
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THE ARREST OF EMANUEL CORTLZ AN EX-COSvICT,
FOR PASSING A NUMBER OF FORGED CHECKS.
Emanuel Cortez Spaniard. age iifty-tiye, alias
Antonio Gonzales alias Gravie notorious forger
and counterfciter was arrested Friday night about
IL o'clock at the Grant House, No. As Ncw-Bowery
and locked up at Police Headquarters on the charge
of swinding various firms in this city by means OF
forged checks. Ia tho last two months Inspector
Bvrnes has received some twenty complaints from
various firms that Spaniard of small stature, about
fifty years of age, with a small mustache, had swim
died them out of sums of money. ranging from 500
to 5000 by purchasing goods and presenting checks
which proved TO be forged. On April /, Mr.. Kent
woch furniture dealer at No. , llenry-st., in
formed the Inspector that man of the above de-
scrption had bought furniture of him to the amount
of 500 and had then offered check i'll payment
This was refused, when the Spaniard gave as refer
ence man named ScnOenenberg, at No. As Chat
ham-st Kentwoch threatened TO call the police,
when the Spaniard fed leaving the check.
Detectives fealy, Rutland and Hines were put
on the case They found that SchOenenberg was
pedler. and it surnised that he was friend of
the Spaniard. AyOung woman. May Wilson. lived in
the same house with Schoencnbere, and through her
the detectives traced the Spanlard: She dlscOvrre
that the detectives were watching her and was very
cautious. On Friday night she left the house in
Cbatham-st walked to the elevated station at
Chambers-st. and West Broadway, took the cars to
Franklin-st., crossed town to the Bowery. took
Third-ave;, horse car to Chatham, Square. and
then walked to the Grant House. New
The detectives. who had followed her, went into
the house shortly afterward and foqnd the Spanard
in her company. He was taken to Police Headquar-
ters and locked up. He was recognized there as
Emanuel Cortez, notorious fOrger by Detective
Reilly and Others. lie finally acknowledged his
identity. Inspector Byrnes had him quietly re-
mandeG at the Jefferson Market Police Court until
to-day. The following is the list of the firms he
we're drawn: Eugene Creed & Co. lie leather dealers
at No. 27 Spruce-st., S175; Henry We'll, furniture
New-York County Bank Reed St Barton, dealers in
plat d ware at No. CSC Broadway, $36s on the
New-York County Bank; Wilhelm & Graef dealers
New-York County Bank Moses Friediger, boot and
shoe dealer at No. 2G3, First-ave., $l26 20 Oh the
New-York County Bank Banakz & Peter Le1anc sa- & Bros
W. Fiske dealer in iron and bronze at Park and
College-place 1888 OH the New-York County Bank;
Charles f. Matladge, dealer in provisions at No.
27G Greenwich-st, $175 on the American Exchange
Bank; l.. Brandes * Son. dealers in plumbers sup
plies at No. AZ Fulton-st., Brooklyn, 800 on the
American Exchange Bank NJ. Farrell, art dealer at
No. 201 Grand-st., $l65 20 on the American Ex-
change Bank; G. NJ Haywood, dealer in hats at No.
$50 Grsnd-st, $lS5 on the American Exchange
Bank Henry Welsh, grocer at Nos. 49, 1873, 135
and 1877 Franklin-st. refused to make a complaint
OF to show the check; Stephen +. Shourds, sta
toner at No. 10 New-Chureh-st' $50 3i 63;
James ID. Johnson, stationer at No. 29l
Creenwich-st., $5S (refused TO make com
plant or give up the checkl; Fredrck Addee
dealer in plumbers goods at No. 52 Cllif-st, 800
on The American Exchange Bank; w. H. Cort
stove-dealer at No. 80 Water-st., $50; William
Porters Sons dealers in lanterns. at No. 271 Pearl
ST. $50, and Simon Alkus shoe-dealer at No. 4S5
Canal-st $3.50 on the Peoples Bank. The total
amount represented by the checks is -, ,437 H. be-
sides the checks given to Henry Welsh and James
ID Johnson. Cortez in many cases gave checks ex
ceednp the value of the goods, aud received the diff
ference in cash. He secured the goods i'll all cases
and disposed of them. $500
Cortez was first sentenced to the Island in 1856
for assault and battery. In 1859 he got two years
and six months for forgery. In 1866 he was locked
mn at Police Headouarters for hotel robbery, and
made his escape by cutting the wooden bar of his
window and lowering himself TO the yard by rope
of blankets and sheets He was sentenced To the
State Prison in 1865 for three and six months
for forgery In 1873 he was arresetd for buying
piano Of Stenway * Sons for 5000, and giving q
forged check for S5lO. He received four years and
half The police had known knothing of him since
the close of his term i'll 1878, until the Inspector
learned of his last operations which led to his arrest
| nm Friday night