New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-15
UTTERING forged NOTES.
CHARGES AGAINST A NEWARK MEhChANi
A WARRANT ISSUED FOR HIS ARREsT-THE STORY
OF THE CRIME


OF THE CRIME.
warrant was issued by Police Justice Ricord. of
Newark Yesterday for the arrest oil q Ofviiie uea-
ton a commission merchant, on charge OF forgery
of mercantile paper The warrant was gym !" a.
detective who started for Ocean Beach, where MI.
Heaion has been staying with his family. Ine
affidavit on which the warrant was lsSueo was
made by John vermyea commission c deaes in
the affidavit Is that Mr. Heaton passed upon MN
note for $3.50 which purported to have peeh IN
dorsed by William J. J1oe a eefG q bs aIg I
No. 81 Bowery New-York. Mr.. yrrmilyea stated
that he held altogether about S2.47O OF iorped
paper given to him by Mr. lieaton for money loaned
lube or that of Heaton's father-in-law. William b.
Bradner. wealthy fruit dealer III Newark s 500 ne
paper of Mr.. Heaton with the same Endorsements
was held by the second National Bank of Newark.
Nearly wG sgT Mf MaTne Snd
those TO whom he owed money WIS man nalleu
PIerson, whose claim was 500 TRIBUNE report,
or was told by Mr.. Nermllyea yesiehrdgTy t4 far
$50 in liquidation of this claim,
and that Pierson asked hi. advice abOutlt As the
not. was Endorsed with the name OF Imam r.
Bradr,er whose financial standing was COOL Mr.
Vermilyea cashed the note for Pierson, aud 4 MAS
Paid before il %anTsd Sqme veT mS "nd re-
ouested loan Offering note indorsed by William
i. Jube. MIR. Vermllyea showed the note IN me
Second National Bank aud compared the indorse-
mani with The Endorsement on note held by the
hsnk and found them to be similar He therefore
advanced tho money and the note was ultima icy
paid Afterward he made frequent loans TO MI
Hcaton on the Endorsed paper uutIl he held num-
her OF the notes when his suspicious were aroused.
The note for $3.50 on which he bases his c99rge,
was dated June ID, and was due yesterday. OIher
notes to fall due upon SUCCESSIVE days Mt. yer.
milyea called upon William U. Jubc, who lives at
No. l O30 Broad-s. Newark, ana submitted lne
notes TO him. remarking that they would he likely
to come back upon him for payment Mr.; JuUe as
stated by Mr.. Vermilyea, denied that ne had made
tie Endorsements, and subsequently he learned that
the Endorsements of Mr. BTadner were not genuine.
Mr. Vermllyea stated that Mr.. JUDE first informed
HIM of the existence oil the i9rgea paper ~ ono
Second National Bank, remarking that u nad oeen
mis- intention to issue card stating That he ud0rsed
no commercial paper for any one. MI. Nermllyes
afterward called upon Cashier Or'on Oh te necond
National Bsnk, who, although rotcent, ala not
deny that the bapk held the amount OF paper
named. n,.e.1l ~
j. He has been engaged i'll shipping fruit and vese-
tables aud is well connected go
Detective Stalnsby returned last evening WITHOUT
Mr.. Hcaton, who was not at ocean beach nor MS
81 have not Endorsed note for Heaton in over
year." said William n. Jules, :" and have not seen
fhe Young man III that time. regret That MI YER
milye or Cashier Orton did not send me WORD "hen
they cashed the first notes, for could nave saved
them trouble. Vcrmilye did not show me any notes
bearing my name.
DISTRICT-ATTORNEY DOWNING'S TRIAL.
The trial of Distrct-AttoTney Downing, OF Queens
County who was charged with accepting BRIDE.
was begun Yesterday IN Long Island civ before
ex- A torney General Fairchld who was appointed
by 10 vernon Cleveland as commissioner 10 lake
the testimony Attorney General Russell conducted
the prosecution and he was assisted Oy ChsiiSs
Benner and w. I. P. Milliken. Senator james W.
CoyerL and J. II. Scarborough appeared Tor the
defendant. The first witness was John II. Des-
mOnd brother of Robert T.. Desmond, who was
killed last year by his brother James kellly
Desmond testified that he had paid Mr. Downing
two checks for 800 each with the understanding
that the case against Reilly was to be vigorously
winch the checks were taken was iden1hed. lhe
witness asserted that Mr.. Downing had SAID
that he was offered $3.50 by the defence u lei up.
bis conviction in which he announced
the sentence that he was to receive mcst',,
Desmond corroborated the story of John H. Des-
mond. Francis Turner, lawyer IN the once OIL
Colonel Z. 5. Spencer OF TINS CITY, teslhe1 tnAl tno
checks drawn by Desmond to the order of District
ATTORNEY Downing and Endorsed Ivy him. were re-
turned to Mr.. Downing on receipt OF $500, ana were
Immediately destroyed by the ls
Samuel johnson, clerk of MI Downing test;
fed Tor the defence. He said that he had received
one of the checks from Desmond. but had after
ward returned ths money. Distrlct-AttOTney DoWn-
ing said that he had received 500 Tor the purpose
as lie understood, of paying some extraordinary
expenses 10 which the prosecution nad Deeh put
The examination will continue to-day.
SEALING A CONTRACT IN ARAB FASHION.
The Executive Committee of the Bartholdi Statue
mot Yesterday at No. III Broadway and awarded
mass which is to be the foundation OF the statues
pedestal TO +. Hopklnson Smith Il Co. Mr.. Smith
Ia wel,.kuown TO the art world as a watercolor
artist and he is also known architects and con-
tractors as the layer OF the concrete foundation 1or
the Race Rock Light house-the largest mass OF
concrete ever laid this country. Its dimensions,
however, will be far exceeded by those OF the mon
strous mass required for the Foundation, OF the
Colossus Mr. Smiths bid was SO "a per cubic loot,
without the cement which will be supplied by the
engineer-in- chief. General stone.
The contract was signed and sealed at p m. by
- &n1fl o.
| with red sealing-waX the ordinary mode. but
General Stone said he woud seal in the Arab way.
| His official seal as Pacha was highly mostened with
INK, so as TO fill the ncised Arab characters only,
leaving the surface clear. Then small sDot OF the
paper near his signature was moStened and the seal
was pressed upon it, leaving an imprint OF his Title
| and name in Arabic.
THE MEXICAN TELEPHONE COMPANY.
the Mexican Telephone Company. was held
yesterday afternoon at the oitice OF r.
NJ. Delano, one OF the directors NO. o
| Beekman-st The executive Offices OF the company
are in Boston, but +. b. Beaumont, president, Will
lam Reed treasurer, and +. +. G. Bryant secTetarn,
were all in attendance. The holders of $4,000 out
OF 100 900 shares represented in person or by
| proxy, and increase of the capital stock from
| 81 900 900 to 81 100000 was voted; Out OF 300
stock holders only about fifty residents OF New
York the others beng New-England men. Inc
increase of stock rendered necessary 1t is said,
by the demand for increased facilities for the lines
| which have been in actual operation over year,
There are 300 subscribers i'll the City OF Mexico and
there are already between 400 and 500 applications
ahead.
ONE MANS PRESENCE OF MIND.
| crowd of people were upon the ferry bridge at
| the landing at New Brighton. S. IT, on sunday at
| ternoon, when Edgar Brown. dock-hand; tired TO
| lower il. The extra weight of the people caused
the wheel TO fly from his grasp, one of the spokes
| struck him in the face, tearing away part OF his
cheek and pieceof his upper Jaw and another spoke
| of the swiftly revolving wheel broke Brown's
| shoulder bone. Although almost unconscious, the
| the injured man reached over and dropped the
ratchet pin into the cog that holds the wheel III
place. thereby checking the fall OF the bridge after
which he fell back insensible. Had 1t not been Tor
Rro bra nd of mind. large