Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-18
ROLn FORGER.


 Which He Obtained By Forging
 Thompson & BeIden's Signatures.
 young man with an abnormally large and well developed cheek and small black moustache mado himself conspicuous by his transactions with number of State street firms yesterday His cooluess ands daring are seldom excelled and are only equalled by the facility with which he walked out of the roach of the police and his pursuers.
 About noon Frank I. Thompson, of the firm of Thompson 6 Belden, dealers in oils, glass, etc., 39S State street, returned to his store from dinner. His partner, Mr. Belden, told him that MT. D. s. Glenny, of 270 State street, had sent up to the store to say that that gold leaf which had been ordered for them had been misquoted it being S6. 75 5instead of $5.75. MT. Thompson said he had not or dered any gold leaf there and did not know anything about it. Scarcely had the words been spoken when telephone message came from Spencer 6 Matthews, of 241 State street, saying that a young man had just ob- tained five packs of gold leaf there and ask ing if it was all right. MT. Thompson asked the clerks if they knew anything of the mat ter, but they did not. He immediately started for Spencer & Matthews store. Just as he was going out the door young man asked him the price of white lead. He named the price. The young man, who ap peared nervous and held a large paper pack age under his arm, said that MT. Glenny had offered iJ to him for a lower price. MT. Thompson thought it very strange that MT. Glenny should have offered his lead at lower price than the usual one. He, however, eaid nothing and went down State street and met MT. Spencer, who pulled from his pocket an order which was as follows:
 NEW HAVEN, Sept. IT. Messrs Spencer & Matthews: ,-.,,. gold leaf and charge the same to our account.
 (SfgnedD Thompson & Beldn.
 Mir Thompson immediately recognized that the order was forgery. NIT. Belden's name was misspelled. The order was writg3 ten in plain flowing hand.
 MT. Thompson went to MT. Glenny's and ascertained that the same man had gone to him with an order for five packs of gold leaf, but as he had only four they were not taken.
 Word was sent to Depot Policeman Kenne- dy and the central office giving description of the man.
 
 store he saw the young man who had asked him about the price of white lead. l He stopped near Brooks store. MT. Thomp- son got Sam Betts, clerk in Spencer 6 Matthews, and pointed out the young man to him. Betts did not wait on the man who | got the gold leaf, so he couldn't positively identify him. But c. H.. Peterson, MT. Glenny's bookkeeper, identified him positive ly as the one who had asked for gold leaf in his store. Meanwhile the forger had started up Chapel street. Messrs. Thompson, Peter son and Betts started off in pursuit. They followed him up Chapel, down Orange, up Crown and when he turned down Church they ran after him, being then but short distance behind But the man was>not seen after that. He had gone into some store or saloon and escaped. thor ough search was made, but the bird had flown.
 The young man wore 8 dark suit of a stylish cut, straw hat, was tall and of good address. His conduct in going about the several stores and in going to Thompson S Belden's with the gold leaf under his arms, which he had obtained by forging their names, was certainly very bold. The police should have been notified after MT. Peterson had identified the forger, and then he might have been captured.
 The c. 1T. A. U.
 The following were elected county diree- tors at the c. T. A. U. meeting in Waterbury Tuesday evening: New Haven county, W. H. Kane, Ansonia Henry Burns, Waterbury; Hartford county, John Mccarthy Hartford; Middlesex county, John Slavin, Middletown; Windham county, D. P. Dunn, Willimantic; Holland county, John Flaherty, Rockville: Fairfield county, John Stone, Bridgeport; Litchfeld county, John T. O'Donnell, Thom- aston. The following delegates -at-Iarge to the national convention at New Haven, Au- gust 6, 1885, were chosen: J. T. Walsh, Mid dletown; Dennis Mccarthy, Willimantic, and Thomas Kehoe, New Britain
 Death of a Worthy old Public Ser
 want.
 Elias Cottrell, the faithful and worthy mes senger of the New London county Superior court for the past quarter of century, died Tuesday morning, aged seventy-fve. He was native of Westerly, R. l., and came to Norwich some fifty years ago. He took the contract for and built section of the Norwich and Worcester railroad, which was being constructed when he came to the place. Before the New London Northern railroad was built he, in partnership with his brother, Wheaton Cottren, ran line of stages from the old Merchants Hotel, which 1 was situated on Main street where Austin's | block is now standing, to Hartford. Thirty l years ago he was the proprietor of the Amer | ican House of Norwich, and when the Nor l wich and Worcester railroad was opened ran l a line of stages from Norwich to Montville to l connect with the New York boats. Many | years ago, when East and West Chelsea were | two distinct corporations, he was street com | missioner of East Chelsea. He was first a l Whig and then Democrat. He leaves @ | wife. They had been welded 55 years.