New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-28
MORE FORGERIES BY Mr.. PE1SE
his MIND BELIEVED TO BE AFFECTED.
Tnr FILLING AMoNG rRUlr DEALERS AND GHocLRS
YESTERDAYS prVELoPMrNts.

gur FILLING AMONG tRUir DEALERS AND GHoCIR5
-YrsrEEpAY's DEVtLoPNtNts
detectives Robert Piukcrton and Charles lIaRon
yestcrd iv morning took the fruit importer Joseph
M. p,aso. from his cell Ia thc Old slip follco
station. and escorted HIM to Police Headquarters,
where ho was vowed 10y the men under Inspector
li,rnos The prisoner acted puccly and asked 10
Hr nllovrd 10 ride up iu the Elevated cars hu' re-
pcmhcrug ms singular conduct Whoh u" was ar
rested the detectives male the journey Nv
n surface ear from Police llcallnU''ts
Trnse WAS taken To- the loml7 ana W-
imuncd before Justice White William u. COY
the venerable president ol the Mochumct Innh,
charged the prisoner With lat nR iHt,uii W ui,n
The hluk under tho crcuustanrcs related ~ Nc-i',
has Tmrr\r. III counsel for MIR Ita9e h9hcd
Tor sprciHcatious ard MI Cox requested moro llm'
no lac dad not have the exact hEultA 4t Ii' 'on-
maud prl-o was TcWandru 10 hIS ''u ~ Wv 'tiP
bv Justice White mill to-day When ne VIII po
The "ilci oi Mr. pcosc was The cause of much dis
question yesterday among the wh"''al' uul, u '"'l'
mud pr,tct4 the,itN. In ucioiCuuona Aouhg man
ptcscut "a two notes 10 the him ul NCn"Nr' ''l,'
a Cu.Nhul,sllo rttcuts Ht No. 80 W a7hllh'orn'"
tcnsr Nh N,DuNcfl had u0rCcollcctuuo OF any tn'h
notcr nuj concluded that they were l1lH'l'r ,lN"
thr uotp held hy he Mechanics bHhk uhl'd dNN
20 for IA us -. To a lNh' ~ ''po'''' ~
MonuvtIl apid that lac dad not learn homw'ol ~,
pot.un. holding thrar two note" lh,l en"uV,'u
10 sry.iul tlsusaud dolluts. lie could not fnV now
,un,, ut .urh forged uuttp of the htW we're oul
until thoy had been presented 4" inc, Tor lu'lV'-
ton, II was stated also lhal dulIuH 'h' "'n W."
inorr forp,ricn ol their huu name 4" notes IoI
thousluds had been shown 10 hur, 'lh"h' ~
Sons dealers M foreign irnia at MN Mullt' ~
Various wnor- spread as To im' rN"I' , ~ W.
peasc's iorgcilts, The lowest tHlh"l' P"' uI'""
was $40 900 while some fruit dealers pace u
M high as 100000. MI. fodSo deposited ia
The Mechanics Bank, ana TINS Institution Is
sinnosed o hold the greater part of his forged pa
per Mr. Cox paId visit 10 the OId Slip Nlallonht
dusk lost night, and had an ehtehuGH n',oiNioN
with the imprisoned fruit importer lie was met
canning out and the following conversation cnSutd, :
Mi Cox, 1t is said that the Mechanic, Bank
hods. the greater part OF aoS on @'oooo VI 'ii'
1ease's forged notes. Is IL true ~,
No said the bank president gruhly >,
"Sre there any new developments to-day J.
Notwithstanding Mr. Cox's assertion it was said
that The bank held several of Peases notes
10 which the names OF firms IN fhiiaue 'PIlla
are puzzled by the reports and are waiting LOT de-
Telopmcnts MI WOrdlmgcr, "A fruit dealer AT
Broad and Marketted sts sand that he hAg an IN
teryiew with the prisoner in Old sip. ana aSkeu
him point blank II lac had loIgcd the name Vi Dis
firm MIR pease's answer was simply n curt No
MANY friends of the prisoner called AT the sI"tion
during the day to see him. They all agreed that
Mir. Pease was a sufferer from mental alteration.
His actions could be accounted Tor on no o,h =,
a lunatic asylum; Others pom ed TO the iact tnat
his eldest son Charles, on the death of his wife,
had 10 be put under surveillance as luhatlc, 10
prove the theory OF hereditary INSANITY
SAID an intimate friend OF the accused man.
WHY >houd go" Pease, who Is worth am willing
20 swear fully 100000 or notes a d Iun h. Mss OF
was OF TIE old tsabls ed m0a-st- ne cnht5 oi t's
city four wears ago lie did business III
Tie Old man did some sixteen year a'o ana en- ms
cbildrep veal nv Joe has been downtown for many
years himself la the canned goods and ilul me ne WIS
once . memb the nrm Of Mayo N Peas m ftaV, +
sf. VII ma firm won't out ~ Ousile.s ne iOrueu a
ship tn James bod hroheriD law OF Gov
emor Albeit. of NeN y rsey. IN nm OF odd fcase
hid Office IN Broadst Tat tTn dissolved 3nd TWO
years Mr. Peasc went Into business undcf ms own
;smr al No - Heavel-- He dealt mostly In
tard mes olive oil ana such things nlJeIts.
lie also became inter, st.d in some W,s,ern
business and bought goods IN his own name
and sbippcd them To QWnlau brothers. Of Chicago lie
had business fea ions with j. h. Ofm by. dealer IN
cs-nel goods I'm CHICAGO. and with H. d. Davis Co.,
dealer I'M canned an fancy goods In milwaukee lie
wound up hi> Wc.t-m So cuHuons about ak months
ago about @3i, 900 out Of pocket. MY opinion ana
the general opinion of hi- filcn r. ina he was W"ik'u
INTO tcaVy buyug by lot Of brokers, Iatey ana he
lacked brain go tr Co. carry on ms hurhtS- ulhh
be put those notes into the ba viii he eNpncl non OF
taxing thou MIN -cf when they ell due ana ihh' w,
over temporary loss OF cash tut X, now Ie VII
mike thD lut-ts good 10 the Mechanics OF Whatever
% her old .ptifiiy iOi