The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-06-29
BOND SWINDLERS. !
TONY rRluMylaArE OF roveAs.
Three sew Workers who Were Caught In Thslr
Clever nanipulatIOn.-r Scandals In
Theatrical Liit-A Free and Easy Lie.
Paupsr Immigration 10 this Country.

NEW York, June 2S.-Isaac A. Briggs, a
broker and Wesley Lyon, q lawyer, both
Of this city. with Emil Bne q lawyer,
nearly 70 years old, OF Stamford, Conn,
were arrested on charge Of selling forged
Missouri State bonds 10 Ed R. Kirk, a resi-
Of Hoboken, N. j., doing business in this
city as a sail maker. Kirk was induced 10
purchase the bonds at the face value
OF $27l,1s5. But subsequently, be-
coming suspicious he instituted in
ouiries, by which he learned
Brie had had similar bonds Autographed
in this city on the representation that he
was State official Of Missouri. Briggs
was sent to State prison some years ago for
attem pting to blackmail John Jacob
Astor. Brie ranks as q professional iorger
and was arrested in Michigan in 1868 IN
company with Father Charles Lacca. Wet &
ley Lyon was arrested in this city year
and half ago on the charge OF selling
forged bonds, but was released on bail and
has never been tried. When Briggs. was
arrested there were found in his possession
bonds OF the New York 4 Albany Railroad
Company, and Chicago, Brazil * Ohio
Railroad & Coal Company. They are sup
posed to be bonds of mythical companies
prepared for swindling purposes.
THEATRICAL SCANDALS. ll
John @. Gray, referee in the suit for di.
vorce brough. by Mary A. Tearle against
George 0. Tearle, leading actor at Wal
lacks Theatre, reported to-day in favor OF
granting divorce to Mrs. Tearle upon the
ground Of adultery committed by her hus-
band with the English actress, Ethel Arden:
The evidence taken shows that Tearle and
Miss Arden lived together as man and
wife in this city from October, 1881, until
NAV, 1882, when Miss Arden went to
England, where she was married to man
named Scouler, with whom she is still
living. .u sgos3.h Yv Ni
The divorce suit brought by Edith Belle
vile against Frederick Belleville, leading
actor at Union Square Theatre last season,
was set down for trial today, but was adj
journed by consent of counsel until October.
In this suit the claim for divorce is based
on alleged adultery. The husband who in
turn claims, although he lived with Mrs.
Belleville and called her his wife, he never
was really married to her and that he is
legally married to his present wife.
pAuPRH IMMIGRATION.
The Commissioners OF Emigration to-day
resolved that all immigrants coming to-
tnis part from almshouses or eleemosynary
institutions Of foreign countries becharged
to the Collector OF the Port, "as
unable to take care OF him or her
sell without becoming a public charge"
unless authentic evidence to the contrary is
produced and that the Collector be asked to
detain in the stream vessels carrying emil
grants for time sufficient to permit an ex-
animation by the Inspector. An officer ofthe
Anchor Line to which the Furnessia belongs
said no official communication had yet
been received from the immigration Com
missioner, and that they would not take
any passengers back without pay unless 1t
is properly proven they are likely to be-
ronia nuhlir chaFpeR