New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-14
A FORGER'S PLAN III WAKrED
EDWARD HALL ARRESTED AGAIN.
now THE ILLEGAL PRINTING OF GUATEMALAN
DANK-NOrEs WAS PREYENrED.

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A tall, slightly-built man, age fifty, visited
the office OF schuze Benedum engravers and printers
at No. 1s3 Wllamst, on Friday morning. and left two
plates with the required shades OF ink and 200 sheets
OF paper partly printed with the request the sheets
be printed from the plates. bank note OF 100 pesos,
or 500. Of Fl Banco International do Guatemala was
left as sample Of the form In which the completed work
was to appear The plates skilfuy engraved One
was to be used In printing the portions that appeared
red Ink and the other for the portions black ink The
stranger gave the OF George wilson, and said that
he lived In One-hundred- and-twenty -ffth-st
AS soon as Wilson had gone Mr.. Benedum went to
the Office Of Jacob Baiz, the Consul Of Guatemala and
with him visited President Goodall, Of the Ameri-
can Bank Note Company. The original notes
Of the Guatemala Bank were printed By tho
American Bank Note Company. Mr. Goodau
at once began earnest efforts to detect the person who
had ordered the plates to bo printed which, de-
elared were forged limitations OF the real plates
Chief Agent Drummond. Of the Secret Service to whom
report OF the sent ordered that the office Of
schutze Benedum be watched, and yesterday morning
the man who gave the name Of Wilson arrested as
he entered the building. lie was identified as Edward
Hail. who has served terms of imprisonment for forgery
and who has been several times arrested for completely
in great schemes OF fraud Hall refused to say anything
when arrested. He handcufed against his protest.
and taken before Commissioner Shields Mr.. Drummond
had made a complaint under the act OF March g. 1884.
which makes 1t felony punishable with fine Of $1,000
or imprisonment for lye years to bring into this
country to possess with intent to use,
plates for printing counterfeit bills OF corporations
thOrlzed by the laws OF a foreign government Under
this complaint Hall was held in $1,000. Deputy Mar
shall. Billie and Jeirie took him % Ludlow Street Jail.
A man answering Halls description took the same
plates and paper 10 another enraver for printing two
weeks ago. but the engraver unable after several
efforts to DO the printing satisfactorily and the plates
were taken away On Thursday.
Chief DrummOud when asked as to UaPs career said:
Hall has been mixed up In most OF the principal
forgery Of recent years. He Is snlful pen.
and his part OF the work has usually been tho
writing Ofthe signatures He is known engrayer
and tits supposed tnat he made these plates him.
SELF but IL Is possible that the signatures Of the president
and of L. H. Martini the cashier OF the bank were TO
have been written by him. Hall has been long known
to the police. He under my observation IN 1873,
when he arrested with William +. Gray for
the forgery of a check. In 1879 he charged with
completely in the forgery Of the Greene County bonds
In this State. He WAS arrested In lo-O and
convicted I'm Reading PENN OF the forgery OF R.adlnS
Railroad scrip. one Of his accOmpces was arrested IN
Reading by Detective PnkertOn and another In this city
by Inspector ByTnes Hall was sentenced TO two years
bonds of the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad we're
$4,000 OF these bonds aiOat. Hall vas ac.
cused OF having been concerned in this trans saction
with George Enge, who Is dead, and j. \:
Coumbiui, who is UNDERGOING long term OF
imprisonment. Hall his residence as
Jersey Ciy. He lives, believe I'm HObOken, but d2
not know his exact place OF residence lie Is native "
NeW-JeTsey"