New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-30
sCOVIL,S PLAN OF FORGERY.
LAWYER HENRY DAYS SAFE pLUNDERED.

& swan which was announced on Monday, has eN-
poscd an extensive forgery by clerk IN the law
Office of Lord. Day 4 Lord. The customer whose
name was concealed by every one acquaihteu VII j
the facts was William h. scovi, coiihucu' '''i
IerL of Henry Day. of the we'll known law hrm'
MIR gcovil has been in the employ oi the hrh lo'
long time and has held q high position 10 IL sau'
:, club and social circles ia Brooklyn. lie iN
member of the Brooklyn and the Carleton Cluns Ahu
of the Young Republican club and member ol
.le New York Petroleum Exchange. and SUD
scrbcr of the New York stock Exchange. Some oil
4he brokers who have suffered loss by his p''"'IAr
operations SAY that they mover had occaou TO 0ouo'
1. honesty. Mr. scovil is supposed now to h'
fugitive from Justice bnt the eNtcnt oi his l"R'''S
and thctts ~ not yet known
tnr DISCOVERY As ACCIDENT
Tho ds,oyrrv of hta crimes was largely acct
1ntI lie gave chc,ks ON tine Mercantile lwH'
Company for si0.OOo 10 pcWolf y Swan on t'-
d,y The fact that the chccha we're dcpo"i'' ln iN'
Bank of the state of New York too Late for rrf'hrn-
tou led 20 inquiry Ivy t1o bank as to in' him
guaIr-. and tlc other fact that the trust company
had uo uuds with which to pay ihe .hrcH' "I''N
Iu 10 iucitcd un examination of hr. 0c''l i''""~'
IIss.d that the trust company had loaned n'm
~-5.o1o on mixed collatcrlls, and that on saturday
in attempting 20 make "a transfer of Municipal '"'
Light Company stock 10 discovered that tir power
Of attorney ON 10 W., forged. Au officer of OBJ" COM
pauy /, flowed Mr ~cosIl 90 d., country rcsnl urr
where he had gone 10 spend sunday with "''
family and brought him back late at night 10 th'
citv IL is said that Alr Scoyil confessed ms crimes
ia part at least. aud transferred 90 tAr ta't conn
u4ny h,, real estate in Brooklyn. the equity W
which d, reported 20 be worth some N'V0oO
Whether any other transfer wa, made has not been
made public. As soon rs thrsccurity hHd been o'
1aIned. Nr Scoyi parted, and since that t.mc no
trace of han has been found although detectives
have been engaged n the search.
El,r-HN ur THE DisuoNOEED CHECE~
The return of the dishonorel check. ON saturday
caused President Edwards of Tine Bank of ta' state
o Sew York who had objected to receiving Jh'r
without crrtifeaton ON the preceding dar. To- t-
marl au explanation from DcWolt a Swan. Mr.
Edwards sad Yesterday -that Dob consequence 'i
representation, made 90 hlm by MIR D'Nou hr a1-
tuorlel the ccrtItcaton of the firms checks to tA
smoGur OF ~Il~.oOO for the purpose of taking nH
time loans which were supported by uaasUal col.
la,cral, One of these loans was hal by 'he Mutual
LII. Insurance Company and the SMALLER one, Wui.u
WIS for about $4,000. Ivy the Metropolitan Trust
Company The ccrtifcatons We're mHde ou tHc cone
Gtou chat the bank should have 'h" ri-ht o. sell
H.. collateral securities, which were worth cone
sidorlbly more than the amounts borrowed "n them.
The securities were delivered ro the bank officers,
but IN attempting TO sell lot 0i United states
Company
transfer had been stopped Itwas or Monday tbat
the loans were tabcn mp aud tie forr Iy of the
powers of attorney discovered The suspension oi
III. stock brokerage firm WAS announced soon after
ward
EXTENT OF TIE TYRGEIIrs.
The extent of the forgerc- has not been dsooy-
cred The securities are SAID % have been taken
from tine safe of the Jaw firm hy ocoYi, and % .r
the personal property of Henry Day and las wife.
Nr Day authorized the statement Yesterday tn't hr
wa, unable 90 estimate the amount of securities
messing Notices TO forbid tac negotiation OF c'I-
tifc,te. of stock in the namc of Henry Day of tie
following p,mp3nles were issued: Rochester HHt
P.tt-bur1 Railroad American Cabin, United States
Trust Ihrd Avenue Railroad. and Horn Nuter
Mining Companies After further cY"mnJt'u
another notice covering lI,tenurg and Western
Railroad. Wabash common and American Fire In
surucc toc,- was issued. Whether the l~t ls come
pet- is not yet known. Most of tho certificates
are understood to 5e IN Mr Days uauo, bu; those
OF the United states Trust Company IN the rame OF
hs WIFE
VuAi .oNI or ME. DAYS FAFTNTF- say.
Mr. Day was bus ly engaged the whole of the day
IN carefully comparing his securities with the st IN
his possession. Dane Lord. one of his partu.'s.
sad rod 1HIBrNF reporter:
l- soon a. tac Joss wa. discovered which was about
hand. Of dctrc.v and i've or . n,cu have siuo, ai.
time been hu 80 work searching Tor itrr 10 c.'-'
attended 10 mo- other bo-inc--. t,t a. present seem 20
bc aDou, as FAR from conclusion 70. when uc-1u. W.
J. ~covi cime INTO oar cluu'' @'H' ''.''' ''' 90
Tie was then about thirty year 1 age H' l"i. -li.'
position could n no degree bee termed coaad.u,i ono.
Nc employ confidential cirt"-. n i'ci, "ni c'''
member or thr hii4 a ,, li.if, & ,',, %" - ., l I
-, ~ ~ tpt ~ moi ol one which woud have warranted Au
I'm lng after the fashion he ad $50 Nt. tlr o"nri,
rooEyu hut -o far as m aware Dee po-'..-e mo- ofor
e., ID
country house m Connecticut Ii" ISL. ~HHii; 7air'I
h.'n 90 hu-lne-- and "r undrf-.'n 'i'' ~. '''
O. his own viii which We Liuu-u uc ruhii'Ifl NIr
spsculAtons The -ocIrtc, hc stole were i drno- ird
iu .arg' safe lr Day room "I'. ai,' ,oul"i.H
Tie Important legal documents oi tht hi..- iAr
seruriuee "eir a.. tAe Ie' ',',i' ,,, , . cam h'.
Iiri' iit "i'E TWO N.,t' i" 49, H....- , it t-....
been ciected -coNlI must rii+e u''l' ..ii /. ,'
mus. iay. taken opt a baudle a. 70 time slipping ia tAc
bogus papers when hc sent ly .lr ba' in me -tt
f.r some legal Documents 11-t of tAe cclrros verf
r1i-ursotii1e and d, SIR Days aaue was forged ol
upon Mr. Day Thus lis personal iose must le
sugnt We are however. completely ia The dark as TO
TIE number OF value OF tac stolen securities. We con
Sd,f our duty 90 taAc every nr@,7 iH o"l l".,eI io
bring tAe offender TO Justice and --al siIe no tfo",e
several children and his family. who are. heeve. at
Back Rock. Conn. are being closely shaio"cu'
Later in the day another member Of tlc firm
stated that up 10 that time no word had been herd
Of the dishonest clerk, nor had ir Day been 3b'e
= iorm even an approximate idea oi MS io,S"AI'H'
however would run ntO many thousands
scoyIL AND TIE MERCANTILE TRUST.
Henry c. Der1ing, secretary of the Mercantile
Trust Company. SAID that Scoyil had kept an ac-
count there i1r some tme-how long be was uot I'd
position To- state. 1t was ordinary running
account OF no particular importance, and was no" /
closed. Last week check for a large amount +
drawn by >cogl had been presented for payment /
ana ov Mr. Deuug's order was returned marked .
"v account. Mr. DeWlug unable t0 Iercol- I
~ iie amount OF tais check or 70 hose ORDER %
"N drawn Further than this he had nothing 70 /
Say about lir Scovii
sCOvIL's METHODS.
30 far as could be ascertaIued. Scoyils methods /