Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-25

aw.r,e.n Crooks Caught I'm Crime In
Oporto.
Nav York SUM-

am.,tc.n Crooks Caught I'm Crime IN
New York SUM-
Insneetor Byrnes recently received
CONTAMINATION from the American tohsui-
General in Portugal detaiIing the arrest
In Onorto. on october 18Th, OF two Amer,
cans for trying TO pass counterfeit Igvo
notes ON the Bank Of England. Inc
Americans called themselves Lyman AUS
Tin and william Henry Hatfield. Ihey
col The cashier OF the Branch Bink
~ Portugal in Oporto 10 change
n good $50 note for them IN 'oca'
currency, and then got gold lot the cur
rency at the London aud Brazilian b'nk;
They exchanged the gold Tor another goov
Rank OF England note. and then went oach
70 the Branch Bank OF Portugal, where, IN
stead OF presenting the goou ho.c' soC9
presented three counterfeit noWs ioI tVJV
on The Bank Of England, and asked 10 nav
them CHANGED at the same rate as Tue guu1
ESQ note. These notes were ~ ohcc loun"
40 Inc couufoffelts OF excellent workman
I'm The cashier caused the arrest of tue
mon end thew were locked up at police
headquarters, where Aust'h ucscI,ou"
himself as fifty years OF age, an Amcrlcln'
and druggist. Hatfield said he was fiity'
a tnbacco.mcrchant, and native OF Roches-
ter. Ny. Austin, on being questioned %
Police. COMMISSIONS AmancIO Rodoipho
pinbejro da Casio Rebeiro "a good deal
hiocor name than French). made state
mont setting forth that. having failed IN MS
husiucss A. druggist, he had come 10
Furope TO seek his fortune. In september
ar Oc,ober he met a man named Morgan III
a ganhlinp.house in London, from whom
ne bought three ties Of 600 each, sixteen
of go. and three on cleo, aud disposed OF
all while travelling but the three E1jO
notes ..,
Austin prctcndod that he didn't know
tho notes were counterfeit until be had
only the ESQ notes lett, ana then ne
couIdn't help Welding TO the temptation 10
use Them as he had the others. In fafl.
he said he met Hatfield. whom he told
about the counterfeltS. Hatfield agreed 10
aid him in passing the notes, promising TO
nav tbe expenses TO Portugal and to al
vance the money to get the good El0 ho'e
which was 10 establish their credit Win
,be hank officers. Austin denied that ~
had ever been arrested before, ana slld ne
vs. an honest man until his failure ~ DUST
rc>s caused him to get money neidrlouNN.
Hatfield admitted that AuSiin's statement
concerning their joint operations was lr'ic'
Al ibcir trial Dr. francesca de Paula,
tleir counsel, pleaded In their behalf the
soct Of their being foreigners, FAR aw@v
from home. without money ana protection
and asked The Court 10 deal ltnlently VIII
tbcm. The Jury brought in verdict OF
ott,plpting 20 pass counterfeit bank notes.
Thcy wee sentenced 80 eighteen months
imprlSonnent IN the House of Correction
and TO Day fine OF nine and quarter
cents and costs. They will have TO serve
sixteen months aud four days
Accompany ing this communication were
photographs OF the two prisoners, whom
The Consu-Geuoral wished the Inspector TO
Identity il he could. The Inspector had no
trouble in dong 20. lie recognized Aus
tin, the once honest druggist. whom only
d, re disaster had driven 10 dishonesty, a>
Walter Sheridan UiiGS stuart oidS i,ll>ton.
n notorious thiG and lorger. Hatfield
proves to be Bill Bartlett, also 4 profess
,iopal scamp.
LYMAN Austin Walter sheridan stuart
Gql,ton has had varied career. In early
life he WA a hoTse-thif in Missouri. After
awhile he gave Up being specialist ana
be,imc q general thief end confidence
man. Later, be was h.fih ~ncIk, ana
finally fCrgcr. A. long ago as ISIS hc
got i've years in the Illinois pcrrroiAri
Tor rothirg Chicago bank. lie Wa ~
rested for bslugc0ueerncd in stealing SOL
eco from thc First National Bank OF SPRING
field a wear or two after Ills release. hui c--
oaped conviction. lie had something io d'
with forgery which cot the N1fliln'
Fire Insurance Company Of b1'tlmoie
$4,000 in 1870, an he also assisted ln
stealing $4,000 from the Mechanics Bans
OF Scranton year or two later.
Uc made the greatest effort OF bis Ide III
1873. when be- hired Offices in This city and
tccamcamCmhcr oi Tho Produce ENthljr'
under the name q RalNOn. Afjcr be hjd
spent ~evCtal months in establishing his
credit and reputation for ,pcc.a5iiiiy, lie
hyUoihcc9tcd forged paper purpIun- u
rcrrc.Cut 100000 worth Of Buffalo, Nc"
York anu Erie railway bond, with The
New York Indemnity Company iJr @i.O'',
with which Dc Red t. Europe. lie returned
I'm 1874 and was arrt red in Washing
ton. aud W.. sentenced 90 five years Do
sing sing. Ho did a comparatively small
bueire,. when bc eot ont, and m 1881 $50,
sent 10 The Eastern lcIi'cnjl.r} Tor >'eli-
ng diamond, % n0ycry great Naluc. H. 1881
uc cot two NcarS ~ -. Louis for having e
hi,or he had served his term, about six
months AGO, lac went to Europe with Hat
field and several other professional i'~2 'T>
10 place counterfeit Bank. oi-Eugla1i note,
on The Continent.
Hatfield. or BHtlctt, !, famous not only
for Iii. crimes. tut for c,c1pln- plni,h IL
nert. lie VIZ. concerned, for instance, IA the
Phnci.Mil. robbery in Brook'yn ia iNN0'
and va, sentenced to twenty yeT,' i'm.
urisoAmcnt. but cot out through SOME lee1I
! tccEniralIiv after scrying two years. lie
/ I'm, since been repeatedly arrested Tor vlr'-
Gus offences, principally forgery bu; as
| often la, got %. one rci,"n Tor his I'M
| muuiy Is that he is the middlew,n be'
tween the forror and the uitorcr. II" gets
| the PAPER from the m Ncr, Will" ollcr
clay il do0n,' and he, cDn>cquf 70!
dce,n't appear in the opcra,ionatalL Boil
he and sheridan are Of good appcar1nr"
and are calculated 10 make good lmpre'
sion upon the un>ophi>ticaied. inSppc'o
Bymos has sent Their pedigree TO the Por