The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-15
SEVEN MILLIONS
Henry $. Ives Charged VIA
a Stupendous Steal.
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1ves Iays Plans To Make : n>a.
Robbery ef the CArsssepA.p
Meyer Essas@.

NKw fesk. sept 1.-THE Esxssss s..
In It's last addition, priafx \ seasat ts..s..S
sscry OF 40 s'ismpf 10 rob the estate af o.
late Christopher Meyer OF s-.oe.e an \.
means OF forgery. and Charges uenrx :
Ives with the crime. The Saa's heat,,n.s
rad - follows "fves ss fcrx~rs p~s.ss.
% his bold scheme b. rob the chrisssnnsrr
Meyer estate of t7seeo booty -.
traced the dead mans initials snS stasr,s,
touched them mp Perjury bat an sns.a.
dent The master shisf calmly told we.sS-
run the stories sle was ~ swear to~s
Ives story tefis how Never wsx f,sssprs.ss
u lend money 10 ives All ssaynssr. snsi
how the discovery Of their crimes 6nsifs
drove aim to his grave.
For several years back Meyer nss hsA
dealings with ; ay nor which hsd gsssu lre6
worse Tor Meyer 10 the tune ai slsss, Sl,ss
o<e. Sssynor was indebted Tar shcye shss
sata Ia Meyer: and after going into insnl.
yehsys cuIapromisea the deht. lesstux 4
balance ci many thousand dollars uupssd
When stay nor and Ives became santys.si
for funds. staynor bethoaght Aims<li ef =
novel. effective aud cxpesfiens war for re-
capturing cid Meyers confidence aud maxi
tng hitn q contributor Ia the scheme In
which he Dad embarked with the thiryinr
Napoleon of finsnce, After drawing on
the Mineral Range fund, of which Ives q
Go, had made themselves dcpcxisos.es i'm
mediaiely after they had got control of the
read, staynor presented himself 10 Never
IN high moral attitude. He declared 10
Meyer that he had come To perfotm what
he considered his duty as Chrissian aId
an honest man; that he Was now happily
in funds Sufficient to discharge the lnst
cent of his obligation and IL Was for that
prsiseworthy purpose he had called.
Meyer from that time ON gave implicit
errsience To ali of Sfssuor's ,iectaYati,,ns
"a ~ no A.s.1 ~ .s..<n
his aid 10 the syndicate formed BY lvcs,
steynor & Meter. He sgrced Ia receive
for them when the purchase was made aud
brought 10 New York, total OF ~ 90 shases
of {. II. Il ID. common STOCK at an average
price, the amount not 10 excced ls per
cent, aud 10 carry IL for them. receiving 8
per cent for the use ot his money on the
Arrangement
This was practically loan by Meyer 10
that extent upon the stock, siacc Il WAS
agreed that Ives and etayncr should cast 3
vote upon ali elections of the road and at
the stockholders meeting,
This agreement was carried cut hy Meyer
To the letter. The stock WAS he'd in bis
name during all the existence OF the
swindling firm of n. 4 Ives & Co. and
when the inevitable exposure and crash
came IL was stiii 50 held. The exposure of
Ives and stasner's uascrupulessness. the
daily mention OF his own name in ccnner.
v
grace drove Meyer 10 hts grave In few
months.
Within three months after Meyers
death there was put into operation
through lves' agency . scheme 10 impov-
erisn Meyers estate and open up to him.
In the fall of lsSs suit was began In Ohio
courts by Albert Meter W. Henry s. Ives,
George III. stayDor and one OF the exeru.
tors Of the estate Of Christopher Meyer
for the balance Of the purchase money Of
this syndicate remaining unpaid. No
sooner. however, had plaintiffs begun the
case than the conclusive character ol the
action revealed Ives and staynor nom
inaliy. The defendants were the prfnct-
pal witnesses whom plaintiff called 10
prove the claim against themselves.
Neither was solvent, and the manifest In
tention to turn over only to responsible
defendant the estate OF Meyer, and 10
essary TO prove that Meyer had been .
partner OF ives gang. and ~ such was ~
sponsihle for all their losaea Meyer WAS
dead and could deny nothing. Ives and
Staynor therefore produced q document
which fully met the ease.
The Sss then gives In full the argument
which ives aud StAypor said made Meyer
. full pAFtnsr with them In the cineiu-
natti. Hamilton and Dayton deal. Thia
document was signed by II. !. L., q. NJ,
q III, = The sun charges that Ives forged
Meyres' initials Ia the document and .
powerful msgnifying glass shows that the
initials were forged, II gives detailed
account of the conception aud execution
OF the crime. A San reporter thia morn
ing had niniervfew with Ives. He still
insists that the initials were genuine.
The sua says: Henry =. Ives. who has
been so often aud so freely referred TO In
these columns as master thief also ranks
high among forgers. The narrative will
show that he, by forgery Of the initials
C. and M Was IN fair way to obtain q
east sl0o,0 in cold cash aud 10 open the
till which contained something more than
1000, ,U0. Ives added 10 his prevtouq
crimes that of forgery In the latter part q
last December This fact was pubiishe9
today for thu. first times aud can lpe ~
whenever IL shall become no.
aaaary