New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-22
MANY DECEIVED BY FOSTERS SCHEMES
A SUSPICIOUS LIST or SAMEs-vAiNLY TRYING TO
SECURE HIS RELEASE.

| SECURE HIS RELEASE.
| An additional complaint against Gay w
Foster, Of No. AZ Broadway. made AT Police Head
quarters yesterday by Charles Parnel. secretary o
the California Vintage Company Mt No. 81 Parkplac".
He said that Foster had acoomplice In the person OF
C. V. Sergeant, who had Office at No 100 wslkerst
and professed TO hotel and extensive tracts OF
land In West Virginia and Peunsylvsnia. Sergeant or
dered wine and Foster his reference. Eos
ter said that Sergeant wealthy and Trustworthy
man and Sergeant obtained wine vaIued al
SiOO. It was not until Sergeant had sold
tho wine and disappeared that his character
known to tho company. when Foster
arrested the detectives found IN his possession list
OF which he tried TO destroy. Many of the per-
named in t I've In Phiiadephis II IL suspected
that they persons whom Foster has swindled, aud
the poce will communicate with them. Foster IL said
to have carried n regular system of swndling by
bu ying promssory notes with bogus drafts foreign
banknehonses. The following is the list OF his sup
posed victims:
Platte yc0 Dow CLARK oaIdaer Cleveland: Barre,i,
* o I bsm Ssfse pb hTS n. SaTon
son. Sob chari. il. MoGTs Pla,so.fa Ny c. NJ t%os
Glassmr rsaegna LsG,ss PO%s Jo"G San dIna
ssSeras Wiling 3i co. Ohio ward = Collins Bei4rs
n noo 4 B. nn fG, rG PsnP Penn NOTE n
Doves T l. J. A Meet New Haven Dr. A. s.. Alexander
M HH'laan1 6 L. k'' fsns :;'
HAIRY NJ Geaiy and D. Barnsy ali OF Philadelphia.
Foster arrsigDed at Jefferson Market Police Court
in the morning the comp snt Of Joseph De Long OF
swinded MIN ont OF 1853 Fosters counsel tried 10
the complaint dismissed ~ The prisoner called
plea failed he tried to have his client because
thers was sufficient proof that there such
man az :. NJ Godfrey. OF London. Foster having paid
Mr.. DE Long with draft upon Mr. God
frey, of No. So Queen Yotoria-st. Assistant DIS
trict- Attorney Pnrdy said That this ws me
S Gs Ga TTsv. sss%n S
persons who Knowingly draw checks on persons on
whom they do have a claim. but not claim for any
other case was that ~ Ferdinand ward.
Foster was held In $1,000 bali, but was taken before
afternoon OF habeas corpus and cerorari. and
his counsel asked that he be discharged, claiming
that he had been Improperly committed to
reasons for desiring tho release Of Foster
dismissed the writ holding that they were III
sufficient and hat IL was an abuse OF he time OF ne
the police and bring the before the su-
preme Court on such plea.
paper dealers at No. SO Duanesr, said to TRIBUNE re-
porter:
We have suffered loss through the peculiar bust
habits Banker Foster and w IT, Parsons CO. OF No
27 State bat subjected TO consider able annoy
ance and enience General John r. Mulor Of No %
their paper to our notice on July 2 lie brought
telegram r. W. Capp Of Boston. Mass asking HIM TO
inquiries respecting 'ml-sory note Tor r0O2O nac
by w. Parsons So psysSe a. ts D os W ID
Parsons and Endorsed by W H. Parsons This note had Den
offered to Capp in part payment for real estate Win ie
the maker address, SO Duane-st. Immediately in
formed General Mnou that the paper not ous but
OF the name. called Foster at his so
called bank" The first glimpse had OF the hasy room
obtain Interview with Foster who SEM ont
WORT that he engaged on important business in h private
which we have had to repy in the same manner to