The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-05
A FORGER'S CAREER
As a Newspaper Correspondent
Writing up Banks,
He Succeeds In Getting into the Confidence OF
Various Institutions and Swindling them
Byrnes Lands Him at Last.
Especial to THE acknowledgements Dispatch

| Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch. ]
I New YORK, June 4.-Ernest Allan
Cheiriton, alias 4. A. Camosen, alias h.
Allan, who has successfully uttered for
geries amounting, according to his own
confession, to over $4,000 is prisoner at
police headquarters, having been arrested
yesterday by Inspector Byrnes' men upon
advices from the authorities Of the state of
Florida and the island of Jamaica. Accord
| ing TO the prisoners own story, he arrived
in New York eighteen months ago and
went to work upon daily newspaper as a
reporter. He remained here a short time
and then after a stop in Philadelphia went
to Denver, Colo, where he was employed
uDon the Republican. From there he went
TO ST. Paul; thence to Texas, reporting
races at FL Paso, Fort Worth and Dallas.
He next appeared at San Diego, Cal. /,
where, as far as Is known, he tirst COM
menced his forgeries- While in Phila-
delpnia he had prin ted letter-neads and
blank drafts OF the anglo Mexican bank"
JuareZ, Mex. and another banking institu-
ton in Australia, both of which existed
only in his imagination AT San Diego he
represented himself as correspondent of d
newspaper syndicate writing up the bsnk
ing interests OF the country. He would
luc UtIA OulC4dlS HuOnl nc 1ulcE-
viewed TO sign one of his drafts
for a small amount on one of the
imaginary banks just TO show
their methods of business" The official
would sign some name TO the blank then
Cameron, as he generally called himself,
would take the paper present IL, at bank
in some other city, and produce letter
like this one found among his possessions:
''JUAREz, March II, 1890.
DEAR SIR-We have been instructed by
Sir Allan Chelriton 10 notify you that you
can draw on Melville, Evans IL Company,
75 Lombard street, London, England, etc,
for the sum OF $500. which he begs to in
form you must last you through this year.
In the meantime in case IL may take week
or two until IL is collected, he has in
structed US to forward you draft for pres
emit use for the sum Of $50 which we will
enclose to our San Francisco agent"
The letter being written on the "Anglo
Mexican letter heads and signed by G. +.
Ward, cashier, and Cameron being very
glib talker and young man OF good ap
pearance, he easily obtained the money. In
this way he passed two Of these worthless
drafts, each for $3.50 in each of
the following places: San Fran
cisco, Fresno and Los Angeles.
After this, it becoming too warm fer
him, he returned TO New York and took a
steamer for Havana, Cuba From there he
went to Tampa and then to Jamaica where
he got into ''good society" and worked and
cashed more worthless drafts Among the
prisoners effects when searched there
were cards upon which was name Sc
Allaian, Kismet," turf correspondent for
the HorsemdIi, Breeder and Sportsman, Inter
ocean, Kansas City Times, Dallas NeicS,
Denver Republican, St. Louis GIobs-Demo-
crat, Courier Journal, San Francisco
Examiner, Times, Union and Ore1OHidn. and
blanks to appoint correspondents of the
Southwestern Press syndicate, Louisville
KY, and the badge of the Inter Ocean.