Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-11-26
CHARGED WITH FORGING CHECKS.
A Respectsble-Looking Young Nan Ar
rested for Passing Spurious Paper.

Sergeant John T. Hall, of the First dis
trict. made an important arrest yesterday
morning Just outside Of the Police-Court
building.
Ihs man taken prisoner Is thought 70 be W.
n Bass, aud connected with his name on tho
books u the st1tiOn-house are the G'ialeS OF K.
y. Young and WikersOn. Tho charge Is forgery
md while there was only one warrant IN
tho case there arc four charges. Sergeant
Hall has been at work On this matter Tor several
days. complaint having been made by two or
three Nau-street merchants that bogus checks
had been passed upon them. The name used IN
these transactions, the number OF which is not
yet known, is eaid TO be that OF Mr.. Green' a
Manchester brick manufacturer. His initials
arc j. R., but the checks passed and thus far dis
covered are signed J. II. Green.
one Of these checks for sS, bearing date OF
November 9th. WAS passed on AR. william a.
Clarke. from whom pair OF 63 shoes we're pur-
chased, the remaining 50 being paid IN money
Another check for s6.25 was passed on Mr.
Jacob Levitt, who sold 70 the person from whom
the paper was received 81 worth OF underwear
and the balance was given In change.
From what Sergeant Hall can learn the same
person has been operating In Richmond ana
Manchester and all Ot the checks have been
drawn on the Planters National Bank oi this
While In tho Police Court yesterday morning
the officer noticed a man answering the deScrlp-
ton that had been furnished him Of tho
alleged forger. Ho mottoned to hr.
The6. NoI on. Who was IN the court
room. and upon whom an effort had been made
10 pass one Of those bogus checks, and they tOl-
loved tho prisoner 70 the door, and Mr. Nelson
s1id he was elmost certain that the accused was
the person VINO attempted 10 pass tue bogus
check upon him.
The ohicer thon interrogatsd the man. who at
frst gave the name Of w. w. Bass, and said that
no was from DaGville, but later on he said thls
was not his real name and that he was from Cn-
cinnati, and exhibited what purported 70 be let
ters Of Recommendation from the master me-
chanic and superintendent OF the Cincinnati
division of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway.
The arrest was mGdO and Bass dlids Young
was taken % the station-hOuBe. Upon being
searched a check signed -. X. Green,n and pay
able 10 r. p. Young, was found This was for
$40 and was drawn on the Planters Bank. This
noper yaa taken from between tho shirt and
other underclOthing OF tho accused.
When one Of the chocks referred 70 above was
tenderod 70 Mr. Nelson he observed that the
signature was J. II. instead Of J. T. Green, and
knowing this gentleman (Green) declined 20
honor what no was certain was not genuine
Nessrs Clark and Levitt both identified Bass,
and upon his person we're found a razor and
pockst-knlfe corresponding with articles de-
scrioed by Messrs. Walden & Co, OF Manchester,
upon whom Sl0 check was passed. The
prisoner Is about TWENTY-FIVE years old, nye feet
tn inches. rather good looking aud wore q
black cutaWay coat, lead-cOlorod pants, gold
watch and chain, and charm bearing the inl-
tial letter +.
Sergeant Hall learned that ". W. Bass had for
several weeks been taking his meals at 9l7 east
Marshall street.