The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-12-19
E. NJ. FIELD A FORGER
The Latest Charge Against the
Alleged Insane Man.
HIS MANY CROOKED DEALINGS.

District Attorney Nicoil Says That
Nothing Can Save Him from Sing
Sing Except Proof of His Insanity.
His Forgeries Said to Aggregate
$25o.oOO.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 19.-Edward NJ.
Field was indicted yesterday afternoon
by the grand jury for forgery in tina
second degree on two counts. The first
charges him with forging bill Of lad
Ing and the second with disposing of the
game with fraudulent intent. and in the
opinion of District Attorney Nicoll, un-
less the accused is saved by being found
insane, nothing can prevent his going to
Sing Sing. The indictment found yes
terday was forged bill of lading, issued
to Knouth, Nachod & Juhne, of No.
South William street, this city, against
a bill of exchange sold to them for 825, =
600 marks. Mr.. Nicoll said that Field
had forged the bill of ladlng for myth
ical cargo of wheat on board of ship
chat never existed or never sailed the
sea.
A Forger for a Quarter Million.
The district attorney said that SO far
as he has ascertained Field has COM
mitted forgeries to the extent of about
$3.50, 600, and that the money had appar-
emily gone in liquidating claims on the
exchange and elsewhere. Mr.. Nicoll
said he was not an expert on bookkeep-
ing, and could not tell yet what the
books show He had only examined the
books for about the last sixty days of
the firms existence.
In that time the firm did not appear
to Lave had any money OF its own, nor.
90 far Us he could learn, for some time
previously. Field had evidently gone
on raising money ON securities deposited
or hypothecated with the firm until he
could not raise any moro, and he had
then resorted to forgeries. Mr.. Nicoll
said he Thought that very probably
other victims of Fields rascality would
now lay their cases before the grand
Iury when they found they could not
get their money by refraining from do
ing SO. Already the particulars of a
number Of these cases have been given
TO the district attorney.
His Dealings with s. ". White.
It is believed that the Indictment of
Field for forgery, and the investigation
by the grand jury Of numerous other
frauds said to have been committed by
him will bring about thorough ex-
posture or hla trnnSactlOnB With y. ".
White & Co. In that business it is said
by men presumed to be familiar with
the circumstances that Mr.. White, when
ne was attempting to make his corner
W Wai corn, put up I'ield, Lindley, Wiechers
q Co. s $3.50, 900 in margins for that pur-
pose.
Field, it is said, never bought bushel
of corn, but reported purchases to S. v.
White g. Co., and then when the bottom
dropped out of the corner and prices
went down, reported to Mr.. White that
he had sold the corn, and the margins OF
course were gone. Another version is
}hat not only did Field fail to purchase
form as strTcted on S. V. White &
Co.'s account, and for which the. mar.
gins were put up with him, but that he
sold the market against $. V. White &
Co., and thus contributed to the defeat
Of the corner.
1t also said that when the deal came
. 70 an end there was, according to S. v
White & Co. b books, balance due that
firm by Field, Iindley, WiecherB &c Co
pf between $50, 900 and $40, 900, which s
". White g. Co. Were unabled, however
20 get. Indeed, il is said that MIR
Field, when White & Co., failed said thai
1here was balance of about $l00,00(
duo to his firm, but he very magnani
Hiously said that they would not press S
v White for payment.