The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-06-16

iiOhS EoiiiS NSPNiiNSN' WIZ INhN
ing for n period of sixty days, and
are briefly reviewed as follows:
He made the acquaintance ofThom-
as Lowthian, the Denver capital
lists, who owns a very desirable
cattle ranch in Lincoln County, and
knowing that II. Milne was desir-
GUS of purchasing, Roberts cndeav-
ored to bring about Il trade, but
the owner declined promptly to
sell, and the would-be broker pass
ed out Of his mind. but he did not
pass out of the brokers mind. Re
turning to White Oaks, he exhibi-
ted to Milne a neatly executed
forged power Of attorney from Low
Their to dispose of the ranch and
make the necessary deed. Small
amounts were paid by the buyer,
which Roberts pocketed to pay his
expenses for the final measure.
Examination shows that he had
forged the acknowledgment of a
Denver notary public and used his
own Lincoln County seal by care
fully making the impression i'm
perfect and obscure. This docu-
ment was recorded at Lincoln and
the fraud escaped detection. Milne
was satisfied with Roberts repre-
sentation and gave him a check in
final payment for SO, 900 to the or
der of Thomas Lowtheir, upon the
delivery to him Of bogus deeds.
The forger came to Las Vegas and
forged again an endorsement on
the check, Pay to the order of
William N. Roberts, Thomas Low
thier." This he presented to the
First National bank and asked for
Pueblo exchange. The assistant
cashier being informed by HIM that
the amount WAS in final settlement
of the ranch sale, of which Roberts
had previously talked to him, yet
being somewhat suspicious of the
man who presented the check for
$4,000, by good Judgment, instinct
or intuition. made the draft on Pu-
eblo payable to the order Of Low
thier again, instead of to the order
Of Roberts. The latter was again
equal to the occasion and endorsed
this draft as he had the other. He
presented it in Pueblo and it was
placed in his personal credit. 1t
does not appear that he felt it nee
essary to hurry away at once, but
on the contrary tarried in that city
several days, making small checks
against his credit and then went to
Manitou, at which place he asked
a bank to cash his draft on the bal
ance to his credit in the First Ma
tional bank Of Pueblo. The latter
institution being questioned by tel
egraph, said the draft was good.
Roberts got the cash; the FIRST
National bank of Pueblo was out
$4,000 and the villain had flown to
, Denver, thence to Salt Lake, San
Francisco, New Tacoma and finally
to Seattle.
Few schemes, legitimate netari-
Gus, have been as well laid in the
territory of New Mexico as was
this one So cooly'did he operate,
that in two months nothing suspic-
ious was detected in his actions,
and frequent letters of instruction
were believed to have been r%eceiv-
ed by him from Mr.. Lowthian.
1t is believed that the correspon-
dence between him and his wife,
yet remains in Lincoln county, led
to the discovery ofhis whereabouts.
r. f. Lyttle, cashier OF the First
National bank, Pueblo, was with
the party yesterday. having gone
personally TO Washington territory
to take the governors requisition.
His spirits appeared quite as well
up as Roberts were down. A large
portion oftho money was recover
ed.
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