The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-08
rhn nillinnaire renlied: aTen Thousand

The millionaire replied: ''Ten Thousand
dollars" Chamberlain became excited.
.1Whv MIR. Blaisdell, - said he, 1--WE have
nearly three times that amount O.
paper in the bank endorsed by you
! The capitalists face blanched at this
SIT must be mistake; l know have
never endorsed Coieman'S paper to any
suchan amount; there must De great
mistake somewhere"
sThereis no error regarding the amount, "
retortcd the cashier. at strikes me, too
that we had better look into this matter"
Then Blaisdell and the Security officials
put their heads together. and the result OF
a hasty investigation showed something
very seriously wrong. Several brokers
and money loaners were visited, and IN a
very short period S227, 600 in notes and
other securities were discovered, but to
only part of which RlaisdelPs name was at
tached. Blaisdell pronounced all the sig
natures purporting to be his, forgerles.
Detectives were set to shadow Coleman /;
his books were Overhauled by an expert &C
countant, and the opinion of the ex-
pert on the handwriting secured
was to the effect that Coleman
was a forger. Coleman was then
confronted with the evidence against him
Without mincing words the young at
torney at once broke down and confessed
his crime and wept bitterly, and begged
his hearers not to spare him. He was al
most beside himself. "Send me to the
penitentiary," he cried. mo mercy is due
me: l do not ask for any. have been weak
and foolish. l can only say | deserve my
fate. No one can ever know how L regret
that l have violated the confidence placed
in me by Mr.. Blaisdell."
1t is stated that the money secured from
Blaisdell by Coleman was lost entirely in
real estate deals. The young man has con-
siderable real estate, and his equities have
all been turned over to Blaisdell. 1t is re-
ported to-day that Coleman's father
and other friends will come to
his assistance. If this proves to
be the case, probably the matter
will be settled The Security bank holds
So, 200 of the forged paper, all of which is
late this morning that Coleman had
forged the names of several prom
inent citizens for amounts amount
ing from ten thousand to twenty
thousand dollars. Coleman occupies a
handsome residence on Portland avenue
and lives in good style, employing several
servants. He has charming wife and two
or three young children.
1t now appears that Blaisdelrs was the
only name forged, but that number of
people are out by reason of holding forged
paper. The names of those holding spuri-
Gus paper and the amounts held by each, so
far as brought to light, are as follows: Dean
Bros, Minneapolis, $4,000; n. Peck, Min
neapolis, SlS,50O; E. w. Peat, St. Paul,
s., 200; Frank Egart, Minneapolis, $l3,5OO;
Eustis Bros, Minneapolis, $4,000; Julius
Schult, Minneapolis, $1,000. The gentle
men and firms mentioned above are nearly
all engaged in real estate and money loan
ing. Just what action they will take is not
learned. e. G. lockwood, of lockwood q
Coleman, was asked to-day if he could ac-
count for the action Of his partner. He re
piled: II would have trusted Coleman as
far as honor goes with all 1 have or hope TO
haye''