New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-30
NO TRACE OF FOSTER YET
THE FoRGER BELIEVED TO BE IN CANADA

THE ATTACHMENT AGAINST HIS PhofE"A"
u,nr prRrIc-MR. NoRvELL's AFFIDAVIT
There was something OF a sensation at the Produce
rxcho,,s Yesterday IN consequence Of the rlImor
,bat another forgery of $50 900 mortgage had oesn
discovered The excitement was allayed som7"n@s
when Secretary Duncan Il. Norvell, OF the 'ra'ui'S
Find said that there wa sabsoutely no tru'h ~ ."o
roport. He said that the discovery OF the S-''ooo
fraudulent mortgage on Friday, bringing INC "'-
dcfacatlon up to $4,000, was the last
The trustees had examined the whoe OF ".0
mortgages and had found them correct Inc peoFo
on whose property the money OF the fund hsa "e'"
advanced had come forward and had gwen c.r
tfcate that the mortgages were correct ina' >,
he said, most Of them had done so. Mr. 'or'o"
stated positively that $4,000 was the iui' eA-
tent of the forgeries Of Foster Yesterday ateroon
the managers OF the Produce Exchange heia
meeting and instructed the Complaint Committee !"
hiring charges against Foster, With view 10 MS
dismissal fro membership The charges were duiy
made In accordance with the bylaws OF 'he hN
change and he will be summary dismissed Oh 'h7
ground that as counsel TO the Exchange no PiV
sented mortgages that have proved 70 DO iras'.
lent The meeting Of the managers vas ealea
Gov the nurnose and before they met the COM
plant Committee had been instructed to LING 'hess
charges This will prevent the heirs OF fos''A
from sharing in the benefits Of the tnd
Alexander E. Orr the president OF the ExchAneo'
SAYS that Foster has gone 10 Odhaa@
seen near tho Grand Central station on w.ad'
evening lust before the Montreal express .,,inst
The attachment granted By Justice " br,en 4, "a
the property Of Foster which was secrc.iy tafors
hands Of the Sheriff. that he mlgnt &c, Oh hem
the fact Of existence vas made public, iSs con-
filed In the supreme Court together win M ,J,Ie
plant and ahdavs on which u waS o@sSc Exchange
of the suit Is Inc ar by Duncan e.
VEIL clerk of the board Of trustees OF n9 rrchance:
Fund Alexander f. orr. president OF me t 49,
tees and Lewis H. Watts. Assistant Deputy kes,5hs ia
The principal affidavit IS by Mr No ae that Il
others are corroborative Mr. Noryell deposes d he
is his duty to draw cheeks where od heen customary
10 give these checks 10 Foster 70, u 900 900
borrowers. On July 90, 1857 check LOT ~as cssbed
and returned TO the Exchange Endorsed by fUsnr
and with the words A C. Mckeon mortgsss rages
it, Foster gave the piaintii nohas aS Nos 50 and
East Fortynlnth-st. The morteasorrs, ann and
| lam l. McKeon and his wife, sarah b. sichson, n
the instruments were gwen 70 WHAT pirported
TO be the Registers certificate ana sea- ,, NV
| documents The interest was paid regularly ~
| Foster II has been ascertained ina, .he Se"
| were forgerfes ard the seal counterfeit -. 81.
Mr. Norvell saws he met Foster last luesua, o. 80.
Produce Exchange and told him that me tr r..
wanted all the bonds and mortgages verined' Ven
wanted 10 begin the next day but Foster said ne a
been out of town and was tired and wanted the worn
postponed until Thursday at q. NJ, saying 'n' IN -
the meantime Norve could prepars In ae,ns and dis
covered the forgeres. meeting OF tns t Teii e,
| held Foster could not be found ana Norsen a.
presses the belief that be has gone 10 an ~ either
SAYS he found that Foster not on board Oh ei n
! OF two outgoing steamers which II might have peen
supposed that be had taken. He adds thar VIVIAN az
f. Clark told him that Foster, before ne aIsap ona;
| rank on collaterak deposited By him. Inc sun ~
for the recovery Of the $4,000.