Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-16

Bank, of the Southside, S275; the Iron and
Glass Bank, 500 TO 81, 900; the First Ma
tional Bank, of the SouthsIde, 1925, and
possibly S625.
1t is also thought that individuals hold a
considerable amount of forged paper 1t
seeEIs that the most of the money secured by
Brosi was on renewal of old notes. His
forgeries were discovered first by the Ger
man Savings and Deposit Bank, with
which he had had an account for several
years. The particulars of his trans
actions with this bank, and the
circumstances which led to the charges
against Brosi, are given in full by the
cashier, who was seen by DISPATCH re-
porter last evening. Mr.. Erny said:
Mr.. Brosi has kept an account, and has
donea discount business with US for the past
six or eight years. His transactions were
always favorable until within the
past three months, when he be-
gan to bother the bank for
no cause TO suppose that there was anything
wrong, although we noticed that during that
time, his demands for money began to in
crease. On Thursday morning Mr.. Broei
came to the bank aud asked if we would paw
check for him amounting to $50 go, which
he had given on Wednesday. 1 refused to
accommodate him, simply because he had
no money on deposit.
PARTIAL DEPOSIT.
about 10 o'clock a letter came with S25
enclosed, sent bv a messenger bov. The
note stated that he would have balance.
SCI 80 at the bank before 1 o'clock, as If we
did not receive it by that time, the check
would have been returned to the clearing
house marked no funds About l
o'clock a second messenger brought
a check for the balance of the amount The
check was on city bank, and we had it
certified by telephone. Our suspicious were
then aroused, on account OF his being so
hard up ior money. / concluded we would
have his indorser call at the bank for the
purpose OF having an understanding, as his
notes had been carried a considerable length
of time, and although MIR. Brosi had been
requested repeatedly to reduce them, he had
only done so TO a very trifing extent.
well, his indorser called Friday MORN
ing at 10 o'clock. After a discussion, he
said he could not state the exact amount for
which he had written his name, and asked
Us to wait until he would have a talk with
Brosi. When he returned, in the afternoon.
after having consulted the family, he said
he had not indorsed any paper ior Mr..
Brosi for some years.
MADE THEM SUSPICIOUS.
That proved to us that Brosi had nm
doubtedlv secured money on forged paper.
and we figured up the amount to be 81. .035
He also forged his iather's name to notes
aggregating $500. He forged his fathers
name as the maker of the notes, and also
forged the Endorsement The notes
signed by his father were presented and dis
counted at the bank bv Mr.. Brosi. Both
the maker and the indorser OF the notes
claim their names were forged. While this
&c ola Nv
lures are such perfect fac-similes Of
tine original, that the most expert could
hardly detect the difference. The notes we
now hold are all renewals, the original of
which were properly made and indorsed in
the bank, in the presence of the officials.
''Our directors held special meeting TO-
day and placed the matter in the hands of
the banks attorney, Mr.. George N Munro,
for prosecution. We are patiently awaiting
further developments now"
While the bank officials refused to state
who Brosis indorser is, it Is learned through
his friends that it is J. E. Miller,
OF Steubenville, another uncle, is also
a victim. 1t is said that his
name is fraudulently placed on the
paper held by the Peoples Bank. 1t is a
note made by Brosi and indorsed by John
.. Slemmons, the wholesale jeweler, of
Fifth avenue, with whom Brosi dealt, and
Mr.. Butte, the Steubenville uncle.
TOO FAR FOR HIM.
When The DISPATCH reporter called on
Daniel Berg, the cashier of the Manufacture
ers' Bank. that gentleman felt disposed TO
deny that they had any of Brosi's paper
"We haven't any of any account" he said.
"Mr Brosi was either too far away from u.s.
or we were too new for him." However, a
relative of Brosi's fixed the amount said to
have been secured from the Manufacturer
Bank.
Mr.. Thomas Atterbury, of the Iron and
Glass Dollar Savings Bank, tried 10 give
out the impression that he was aware of
Mr.. Brosi's method of doing business by
saying that he supposed Mr.. Brosi had
issued forged paper to people who did not
know his business as well as the people of
his bank did. But it is admitted by the
relatives that the amount they are involved
for is as formerly stated.
A relative of Brosi's, who had worked hard