Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-12
TAKEN TO JAIL.

E7ouds of Eight Thousand Dollars Re-
 auired-The HI. e. HOtehkiss For.
 gerfes-The Proceedings in she Court
 Room-FruAtIess Appeals-The H1s-
 tory of she Case-Gne False Step and
 Then Several More.
 Henry G. Hotchkiss, treasurer of the G. M.
 Hotchkiss company of West Haven, who was
 arrested for forgery, was brought before the
 City court yesterday morning. His case was
 continued to next Saturday. Being unable
 to furnish bond of $8,000 he was taken to
 jail He requested to be allowed to ride to
 jail in hack instead of in the Black Maria, but his request was not granted and he ac- cor6ingly rode in the criminals vehicle. At
 the court City Attorney Daley was prosecute ing, Attorney Hamilton was present in behalf of the Yale National bank and Lawyer Webb of filling 6 Webb appeared for the accused. The prisoner was accompanied into court by his aged father, who appeared much broken down by the disgrace occasioned by his erring son, An assumption of uneoncern and an apparently calm exterior lilly concealed the anxiety and nervousness of the unfortunate young man. He is about thirty-ive years old, short in build, of dark complexion and was dressed in dark clothes.
 Attorney Daley in his address rehearsed the charge against the prisoner and the ns- ture of the offense and asked for 8 bond of S, 900 in the case.
 Attorney Webb made feeling plea, speak ing of the age and responsibility of the father and the weight of the calamity which had fallen upon him, and of his willingness to cooperate with the Yale National bank in making good any losses that had occurred. He could go on his sons bond to the amour t \ of $4, ,OO0 or $5, 900, and the attorney asked L I-n oLk kIoLc GT1aI @ bond would answer the purposes Of the law and set free the son who could then aid ' in unraveling the financial meshes of the cor ! poration involved. The young man could not call upon his relatives to help him, who were aged people and not in circu instances to go on the bond. Besides, none of the money obtained upon the forgeries was used by the accused for his personal beneft-not one cent; all was turned in to help the affairs of the concern, as 1t was in an embarrassed condition.
 MT. Hamilton, for the bank, said the bank felt sympathy for the accused, but the of- fense was serious one against public morals and not to be passed over lightly, and an $S, bond was not too large.
 President Bradley of the Yale bank arrived ! at court shortly after the continuance had been decided upon and departed with Attor- ney Hamilton. While in the lookup the \ prisoner made the following statement:
 
 I these forgeries went into the G. M. Hotchkiss company never received one cent benefit from my act whatever. l drew my salary and that was all. Our joint stock company was formed in 1885 at the request of the Yale National bank. This bank became possessed of stock in the company through William Parmelee, who is now dead. The bank was not satisfied with some of his trans \ actions and attached his stock, I believe, | for about $8. 090 or $9, ,000, and held it ever since. don't want to have anybody suffer ' in this affair but myself. Nobody knows the suffering I've been through since forged the | first note two or three years ago. The first forgery was committed in the belief that it would be tbe last and that the business of the concern would brighten up 50 that l could pay the note and nobody would know any thing about my crime. But instead of an \ improvement in business there was falling off So forged another note and continued
 to do so. knew in what way it would re- \ suit. don't care to mention the names | of the other firms whose names l forged on the notes. You can get that in- formation from the bank, at least I'd rather you would. There's one friend of mine in New Haven whose name I used on one occa-
 sion without his knowledge. That note was
 for $500 or $400. That and the four notes signed with Carey, Moore & Col name are the only ones of New Haven parties. All the others are of New York and Lowell (Mass. ) firms, where our company had dealings These notes were made payable at the Second National bank. I had them discounted at the Yale bank. They were looked upon there as 6rst-class accommodation paper.
 1T would make 8 forged note and then present it at the Yale bank for discount. When that note became due would either ! renew it at discount or pay it. Our com- pany therefore had the use of that money on my forgery. These four local notes we have \ had the money on, and the arrest, of course, prevented me from either paying them or re- | newing them. The other notes outside of \ New Haven will probably bring the' amount | to SIS, 900. Yes I would make it a point to | call at the Yale bank few days before the notes became due and renew them or pay \ them in some cases. At the bank they had | no idea but the notes presented were genu- inc. Besides the forged name of the firm, | those notes were also endorsed with t the name of the G. M. Hotchkiss Company, my name appearing thereon as treasurer of \ the concern. Yes, Acknowledged my guilt.
 I didn't want anybody else to suffer for my \ crime. My father knew nothing of these \ criminal transactions until my arrest. No more honest man lives than he. No, sir; the | president of the Yale bank never attended any of the meetings of our company, that is, | one of the stockholders meetings. That stock was represented by proxy"
 \ President Bradley said yesterday that the Yale bank did not directly hold stock in the G. M. Hotchkiss Company, but held stock of the concern as collateral. Two expert acs
 countants were busy at the bank all day yes
 terday examining the negotiations made by Hotchkiss, but it will take two days at least \ to Gnd out the exact extent of the forgeries.
 Nearly twenty years ago the firm of Hotch- l kiss & Futile started 6 small manufacturing
 business at the foot of Kimberly avenue just
 across the West Haven bridge. This concern has been through many 6 crisis.
 | In 1872 its name was changed to the Rotch
 kiss & Futile Co.,, and it was in July of this year that Henry G. Hotehkiss, the forger now
 behind the bars, first became interested in
 the concern. Later the concern was merged into the G. M. Hotchkiss & Co. The inter-
 est held by the late Willis Parmalee in the
 concern came through an attachment into the hands of the Yale bank in 1885. TC
 protect the interests of the bank the concern ! was made joint stock company under the
 name of the q. N. Hotchkiss company and
 the capital increased to S40,O00. G. NJ
 Hotchkiss was made president of the com. | pany and Henry G. Hotchkiss was made itf
 treasurer. The business of the concern has
 not been brisk of late, owing to dullness ir \ its branch of trade.