The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-15
IYES'S DARING SCHEME
THE Crime of Forgery Added to the
Charges Alrsasly Piled up Against
the Gay Fsnancser OF Walt
street. New Work.

NEW York, Sept. 1A.--The Ereaiay San
In the last edition prints sensational
story of am attempt to rob the estate of tls,
late Christopher Meyer of S7,OOO,OO by
means of forgery, ansi charges Henry =.
Ives with the crime. One of the !Swn's
headlines il as- foliows: ''Ives as u
forger." ''His bold scl,enhc to rob Christie
phcr Meyers estate" 7,OO.OOO WAS thu.
booty ''Ives traced the dead mans ini-
tials and Stayncr touched them up.'
''Perjury hut an Incident" ''rhc master
thief calmly told wooslruT the "details lac,
was tn swear to-
The San says: Henry =. Ives, vino has
been often referred to ian these columns
a master thief, also ranks high among
for,ycrs. Narrative will show that he, by
the forgery of two initials. {. and NJ, was
i'm n fair way tn obtain al least slOO,nD in
cold cash and open a till which contained
something more than S1,WO,UuO. Ives
added to his previous crimes that of for
fh;s "a fact T Is nMbiis,,sd ,ousia% for the first
time and can be s,ii'stantiatcd whenever
il shall become necessary. =,
For several years back Meyer has had
dealings with Stayner resulting worse for
Meyer tn the tune of about SlOU,UO. Stay
ler was indebted for that to Meyer and
after going into Insolvency compromised
the debt, leaving "a balance of many
thousands of dollars unpaid. When
Stayner and Ives became squeezed for
funds Stayncr bcthouRht himself of "A
novel and effective cxpeiient for recap
turing old Meyers con fisleiice and making
nm n contributor to u scMtntt ltl wIlcIi
he had embarked with the thicvinR Ma
polcon. After drawing on the mineral
range fund, OF which Ives 4 Go. had
made thcrnselvo; repositories immcdi-
at.ly after they Lad got control of the
road, Staynor presented himself to- Meyer
i'm high moral attitude. He declared to
Meyer that he had come to perform what
hc considered his duty a christian and
am honest man. He was now happily in
funds sufficient to discharge the last cent
of his obligation and il was for
that praiscwortiIy purpose he had
called. Meyer from that time on gave,
implicit cretletlce to all OF Stayncr's =
declarations and was soon persuaded Ivy
him to give his road to the syndicate,
agreed to receive for them when piir-
chased and brought To New York a total
of 500 shares of Cincinnati, Hamilton IL
Dayton common stock at AN average price
not to exceed l15 per cent, and tai carry IL
for them, receiving per ccnt.for the uss.
practically IA loan by Meyer to that cx.
tent upon the stock, since u was agreed
that Ives and Stayiier should vote upon
that at all eIcctious of the road and at
stoskholtlcrs' meetings. This agreement
was carried out Icy Meyer to the letter.
the existence of the swintlling firm of I'll.
=. Ives x CO., and when the inevitable cx-
posture and crash came ii was still so held.
The exposure of ives and Stayner's uIi-
ssrtipulo,isliess and daily mention of his
own name in connection with them and his
grave. i'm u few months. Within three
months after Myers death tllers. was pat
into operation through Ives agency
scheme to impovcrisli Meyers estate the
and tn open to himself and his t.onfstier-
ates a mime of 81 ,UU,UO.