Telegram-herald., 1890-06-07
GRAVE ACCUSATION
Charles M- Goodrich Faces 5 Police
Court Warrant.
1 CHARGE Of FALSE PREIB1S
Le4ls Kahu Obtains = Warrant for tne
Arrest u Goodrich. Ch2rgius hiss
Mlgh Dras - HoErhlsss ns>k
-OLksE >4u4liAF charge

The friends Of Charley Goo0reh VII
u ,loeked y ,earn that h.s arrest o.
caarge " obszlnag money under taiss
pretsnses has teen pTeyenteC only by
IN prospect OF a settlement with the
complainant. Charles ~ Goodrich .
well-kuOwn 10 business and social ciT-
c-es ln the clgy. lie has enjoyed
pleasant popularity, 2nd the ineil ale
lea an0 aoula not be PANIED ~ So
h.m come 20 gUef. But the truth :
out, aud MT. HOOdrch stands an AZ
clsea man.
Louis Kuhn, barkeeper for J.. :.
Melel s. Co. alleges that Mr Good
ucn. on the 23tn OI May, went iutO tie
saloon, about : q clock IL tae evening,
and asked hlm " cash check drawn
Oh the Oh NaU0ual Bauk iOrsl0. The
cneck N2s casled, but when prescatA-
ton Was made al the tank, MT.
Kuhn was told that there were
no funds there % meet T.
Learning tnat TINS MAS not the only
paper OI the sort which had been pre-
seuted al that counter, Kuhn entered
complaint, ana secured warrant iCr
the arrest OF Goodrich Oh the charge OF
obtaining money under false pretenses.
The warrant vas put into the hands OF
Detective Kennedy tor service. When
that Othcer was about 10 execute the
papers, he found himself confronted by
circumstances which no statute ever
Yet talked about, but which all hu-
manIty recognizes as painfully
real. The officer WAS gwen -
understand that 4 the service
OF the terrible process could be, IN any
way, deferred for few hours, the oc-
caslOn for the complaint would be taken
away, and a consequent necessity iOr
arrest Ooylated. The humauitIes Of tie
case prevailed during last night, ana a.
the moment TINS paper goes ~ press,
Air. GCO4rch is stil a free man. AS
the amount involved is only SO, II j.
altogether probable that a settlement
wltn Mr.. Kuhn may be effected. Mnen
II comes 10 q question OF mans hu-
mau.ty 10 man, lr Is found that charity
does not always lnger around the most
sanctunOnIOus faces.
1t there were but single case of de-
fault, the conduct OF Mr. Goodrich
would be eXphcable on We'll established
theories; but since the above disclosure
was made, very many other Ike cases
have come 10 hight.
I. VI. Clark & Son, on May 81, cashed
an empty check tor Mr.. Goodrich. H..
q. Barlow, OF Oiney, Shields & Co;
Jonn G. Eble, of East Budge-st.; PECK
Brothers, druggists; George ". Nun
son, the Union ticket agent; all report
having casned checks tor Mr.. Gooa-
rlch winch proved worthless at the baak
counter. They ranged ID sums from alJ
10 $50. The usual form OF THESE checks
was payable to SELF and signed by
&c. NJ. Goodrich & Co.." and they
were all drawn on the Old National
Bank. The firm of &C. NJ. Good
rich & Co." went out of busi-
ness last February, and no checks
signed by the firm name nave been
| honOred at the bank since the dlssolu-
! ton. That great many checks have
| been drawn IN the name of the firm OF
! &C. NJ. Goodrich q CO. since that Iirm
ceased to exist, seems too painfully cyl
/ dent.
! \ large number of the victims
| above enumerated are said To have
! expressed a determination 10 Put their
! cases into the hands OF the prosecuting
attorney. If Mr.. Goodrich should
! conclude 10 adopt with all
his creditors the policy pur'
| sued in tins first case, the aggregate
would not be large because of the small
/ ness OF the separate checks. Bnt mas
much as little Is yet known Of Good
rich's financial responsibility and back
ing, the end cannot surely be predicted
| at this time.