The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-19
FIELD INDICTED FOR FORGERY.
How One of the Firm Tried to
Fool an Uncle.
Lost the Money Inherited From the
Weichers' Estate in Speculation and
Tried to- Replace 1t by IA Crooked
Transaction With German Firm of
Brokers-For This Field Is Indicted
for Forgery in the Second Degree.

NEW YORK, Dec. Observation-Disclosures
grand jury to-day returned an indiot-
ment against Edward Nj. Field, of tho
defun,t firm of Field, Lindley, Weichers
IL Co., charging him with forgery in
the second degree. The indictmentsigs
predicated on the statement made by
Bankers Knauth, Naohod Il Kuahuds
Following is a statement made bVS
Messrs. Knauth, Nachod Il Kuehne
relative to their connection with the
Field-Lindley failure:
1t seems that Mr.. Reuter-, of Ham
burg, an uncle OF Weichers, one of the
partners of the defunct firm, had in
nerlted about S1OS,000 from the WEIGH
CTS estate and that this money had been
lett In Weichers' hands The latter
used it for specializing in behalf of tho
nrm, and reported to his uncle that in
SIDE OF sixty days the money had real
lied q profit Of $4,000 aside from in
terest
His uncle, however, pressed WEIGH
ers for tho money, and the latter there
upon, on behalf of the firm, made out
one-day sight draft for 49S, 900 marks on
the firm in Mannheim, Germany, by the
name of Dittenhope 6 Chaser, with
which they had had various transac-
tions, but where Field & Lindley ct the
time had no balance, nor did they ex-
pect to have any in the ordinary course
Of trade.
"They counted upon covering this
draft by means of cable transfer, and to.
obtain tho latter, there being no funds.
forgery was resorted to. On Noyember
20 Field and Lindley arranged that we
should make cable transfer of 49S. 600
marks equal to S1lS,0O0) to the firm
In Mannheim, and at the same time we
should buy their thirty days sight bill
OF $4,000 marks equal to ST., oOO) on
the samo firm in Mannheim, such bill
being accompanied by shipping docu-
ment for $4,000 bushels of wheat per
steamship Triumph.
Some days previously they had al
ready sold to us similar bill OF 100, 900
marks equal to Sio,oo0) on the same
hrm, likewise accompanied by shipping
documents for 43 ,OOO bushels of wheat
per. steamship Dolcontti. All these
shipping documents have since turned
out to BIO forgeries. There were no
such steamships in port at the time and
no such wheat. Fortunately we dis
covered the forgery before the draft
was presented and were able to stop the
pay ment and thus save our money" q
1t was for the above transaction that
Field was indicted.
Field still imagines, according to the
doctors, that some ono is trying to
poison him, and for that reason he can
hardly be induced to cat enough to
keep him alive. From the time he
left the asylum at Mount Vernon with
Inspector Byrnes' men until he WAS
locked up in Ludlow street Jail he ate
nothing. The night he was locked up
ne ate piece of toast and drank cup
OF tea The next day he would take
nothing but glass OF milk, and yester-
day he would eat only piece of toast.
DIR. Matthew ID. Field, his cousin, has,
not ted Mr.. Field since he has boon
in the jail. Yesterday he requested the
jail physician to get Dr. Douglass, of
bellevue Hospital to ass st in che treat
ment OF Field. DIR. Douglass has charge
OF tho insane pavilion at Bellevue.
The two doctors visited Mr. Field i'm
the afternoon. They say he is suffering
from melancholia, with the delusion
about tho poison, and they are treating
him accordingly.