New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-29
ON FORGED CERTIFICATES.
MORE OF W. /. PHILIIpss OPERATIONS.

hcpelrancc OF W lllIHN L. uiihI>i
Il 30. 10 south-st., who failed on FRIDAY. Besides
She 81. 900 loan from the NewYork Produce Ex-
change Bank, on Il forged warehouse certlhcate. "
was found that he had obtained $4,000 by iofged
warehouse and margin certificates. his discovery
had an effect on the market which was irregular
frst up and then down-throughont the day. In
Gates was by Ward n Foster. of No. az PearI-st;
they purchased from Phillips 10000 bushels OF
oats for June delivery and each party pe. ap to
usual margin of five cents bushei or pI,oUU , ~
cover any loss that might occur before the VIII e.
Eoster closed The contract and sent to Phillips on
Saturday bill for a clam Oh So 2V;,,, Tur
learned of the disappearance OF pihillps IN me- No
IayTE on s HnaScd AS Ses sHS they found that
Phillips had withdrawn the deposits on snscI o.s
margin certificates. The name OF ara H. Ward
was 40 like the regular signature OF HehrS VAIN
that he said he cord not have detected tle ~ sy,
brown Gill & Co.. who have an ONCE III Iie INV NV
Produce Exchange building tcm amonntins
:" 10 200 from the New-York Produce Exchange
Bank. The deposit was withdrawn on I'VE l9,gca t
margin certificates of $500 each Mr. GIL sald that
with the exception of the ii " the signature WAS
good .or+;soa+os . ouos
&ion a. 10 financial responsibility has arisen, when
the hoard of Managers OF the Exchange has referred
40 the Law COMMITTEE According To the rules ol
the Exchange, before any original margin can DC
withdrawn one of the parties must lndOls9 inc Ce!
tiicate and then the superlntenueht OF INC hss'S.
ant superintendent is to order the Dahh 70 va! IT,
The EX change receives no compensation lot manu-
ling these margins but its rules prescribe that the
sunerntenGent or assistant superintendent, shan
members may be required to place in his hands by
the rules regulating the respective trades Oh VIC
Exchange, but the Exchange shall incur no The
sry responsibility i'll respect TO such margins. re
notices sent IL the banks with the MAJ slns " 20
ACKNOWLEDGMENT those sent TO the oult Ii. Na-
tioual which declined 10 accept OF the SohIi'On,
aud those sent TO the New-lOTk Produce EXcnalige
Bank-have printed upon their face subject 10 tne
by-laws and rules of the ew-iork Produce hs.
change" On the notices sent 20 the Ne"-io1N
Produce Exchange Bank is printed
This ont for the eonve fence of the mem
beers Exchange and no responsibility is lheEeu y!
the Exchange IN connection herewith
President Baldwin of the Fourth National Bank.
said:
The fact that the margin certificates were Endorsed by
tle assistant superintendent ana ordered US 10 l tno
Senosits TO william l. Phillips relieves us OF any re-
Accessibility or loss from forgery. We accept Ihe oiue5
upon the signature OF the assistant supenehdeh anu
II makes no difference whether Ward Fosters Sig
nature was forged OF not .
Cashier sherman of the New-York Produce Ex-
change Bank, said IL was an open question as 10
responsibility for the payment OF THESE MAJ gins vi
forged certificates. -
Another swlndle was perpetrated on the bak tH Ud
The Manhattan Company, at No. Al NalI-st, 70 inc
extent of $4,000 by means of forged warehouse
cert hcate representing several hundred barrels OF
h9 nan Sae done business with Mr. Philips and his
father for the past forty years. ana we always leu n
m tie highest esteem. Ii Is simply one OF those cases
where Won think you know a man and don't lie OBJ
tanod loan from us Of 600 on An 4[lenM n of
other certificates which now turn out 10 haNe 1eeu
forged.
THE FRENCH MADAME" CONVICTED.
Mrs. Eliza Parret, known as the French
Madame" was convicted OF violating me eAclse
laws Yesterday in the iCOurt OF General Sessions
Witnesses had sworn thatthey bought liquor at No;
"a West 1hirty-tirSt-st and that the WATERS pald
the money to Mrs. Parret Ex-Asslsfant District
Attorney OByrne in opening the case Tor me ue-
fence said that he would show that the place was
not owned by Mrs. Parret John Loertchner testl-
fed that he had been waiter IN the employment
of ,,rs Parret at $50 week, but that IN Septem-
Der he bought the place for $4,000 and SUI owned
IL. Gott(riod AudslSh, waiter, cOlIoDoleu 'ae39
statements. George Dumain, also waiter said
that he at the house N lhlTty-irst-st an Tue
evening OF January "A and did not remember nav i,
Inp seen any of the witnesses for the prosecution
there on that night. "WhO Is your employer
asked Assistant DstIict-Attorney Fellows Oh cross
examination. u,t.or
Mr. Fel'ows-why do you call him John " II ne Ne is
four empoyerl Were you III the haDt Oh c"i'hs MIS-
The No. called him John until he took the
place, but now he is " Mr. John"
Mrs Parret testified that she had sold the place 70
john Iaerchner, and produced the bill OF sale.
The witness is a large, stout woman. She spoke
English with difficulty. Judge GhdeTsleeVe charged
tbe mry that il was necessary for them TO decide
whe her Mrs. PaTret was the proprietor Oh 'e piGce
betore canning 10 a decision as TO her guilt. The
fury after short absence, returned WIN NeTdlct
OF guilty and Mrs. PaTTet was renanded until 10
day FOR sentence. The usual sentence for suoh o.
fences Is fine OF imprisonment LOT thHtJ Gays Vi
sIXty days.
CARING FOX lnt ClllS REV I'M IL
The Sinking Fund Commissioners yesterday an
tl,rTizod The Controller to paw S3s9, 900 of the z
PEI cent city bonds and transfer S4O0OQo from the
surplus revenues of the interest OF the SINKING
lie city de5t The premises adjoining the Fulton
Ferry aud part OF the slip were rented 10
The FishnOngcTs' Association for twenty one
years at an animal rental of $1,000
Controller Grant sand that the Aldermen
had authorized the establishment oil 1eifieS rom
West FouTteenth-st. 10 Iioboheni from East
Twcufy.tbird-,t, to Brooklyn, and from point
between Piers and 3, East River to EowanHs
BROOKLYN. Alderman Grant said that the res0u,
ton establishing the last named ferry was passed
over the Mayors veto without having oeeh re-
fered GaeS to he bT2PeT oSnse fo for
an opinion. \ letter was eceived nom the Ilre
Commissioners asking that certain plots OF ground
belonging to the city, in East Sixty-seventh and
nrt ''t Coz on cngire house site. The
Board also wished 20 establish training school
there. The Controller was requested TO report on
The ,nattcg The sale of the leases OF the Bay
Ride and Staten Island ferries, running fron
Nhitehall-s;., was ordered 10 be postponed ioI
resolution was adopted protesting against the
bill now before the state senate imposing Oh the
Sinking Fund Commissioners the ddty oi making
contracts for street cleaning.
THE NEW STEAMSHIP AUSTRIA.
The new Anchor Line steamship Austral arriy ed
from Liverpool yesteday on her first TIP having
made the voyage to SANDY HOOK III a NIUE over
eight days. The Austria Is b'lt ot md steel aI na
her dime lNlOllS are IL lhiIpN>' Lux "
fect; lonuh between pcrpcndlculars, ll3 iee'
breadth of beam - feet: depth of hold. 81 feet :;
displacement. $500 tons; registered tonnage
b.5ss tons She has double bottom, with space
OF three feet between the two shells divided into
water-tieht commandments. Sc has also athwart-
ship watertight bulkhcads fore ana AT III the mann
Ln6 She has five decks the promenade, an upper
deck Of steel Il main deck, low er deck, and oTiop
deck. The double bottom Is httcd for water
ballast 20 keep the vessel at a constant depth as
the coal is consumed
The promenade deck 900 feet in length aud 40
. Of 4 hfa- .,If.t
s1pgcrs. On the upper deck Is the drawng-ro0m,
80 feet by Is feet, and about 9 feet high, finished
In white enamel and gold. II rs furnished with
handsomely upholstered sofas, tables and chairs,
and a piano. At the head oi the saloon stairway,