Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-10-09
WILL FORGE NO MORE
Arrest of a Clever English
 SWindler.
vICT1MIzED A NEW YORK FIRM.
He Had No Difficulty in Cutting $ll,600
 From Laidlaw & Bros, Bankers.

He Led the Detectives Put His Track
 Long Chase-FinalIy Discovered in
 Paris Ewing Like Prince--Win Be Ex-
 tradited and Brought to this COuntry--A
 Long and Successful Career of Crime.
 NEW YORK, Oct 9-Inspector Byrnes was yesterday notified of the capture of a clever English forger and swindler, who swindled Laidlaw & Bros, bankers, of No. 14 Wall street, to the extent of $11 600 about three weeks ago.
 The firm does large letter of credit business with foreigners visiting this country. A distinguished looking man, about 30 years of age, with flowing whiskers of the Dundreary type, entere the office Sept IS and presented letter of credit for $25, 900 from the New Or leans Banking Company of London.
 The indorsement of the note showed that $5, 900 had been already drawn on it, which allayed any suspicion that might have arisen in the minds of the bankers, and when the English:nan non chalantly remarked that he would only take then an amount sufficient to cover his immediate needs, a paltry $11, 500, and leave the remainder in their hands, the money was paid without question. Next day Laidlaw & Bros. cabled to the London banking concern that John Boyce had drawn $11, 600 on his letter of credit. The reply received ten days later was not productive of pleasure at No. IA Wall street. It was to the effect that the London firm knew nothing of any John Boyce, and that the letter of credit was forgery.
 Inspector Byrnes was notified of the case and detailed Detective Sergeants Golden and McNaughtsto run down the forger. They looked over the passen- ger lists of the steamships that arrived here about the 18th of September and ascertained that three men, one of whom answered the description of the forger, came to this country that date. They were traced to the Union Square Hotel, where it was ascertained that they stayed only one night. The next morn ing they separated, two of them going to Canada and the other, who answered the descripti on of Boyce, going back to England on 8 steamship that sailed that day.
 The detectives followed the two men to Canada and caught them. They claimed ignorance of any forgery, and said that they had made the acquaintance of Boyce on shipboard and knew nothing what ever about him As it could not be proven that they had any connection with the swindle they were released. In the meantime the Scotland Yard detec- tives had been notified and took up the trail. From the description cabled to them they recognized the forger as Henry Danarais, better known by any one of the numerous aliases he had assumed during a long and successful career of crime on the other side.
 He was trailed to Paris, where he was found living like an Oriental prince in one of the best hotels. He was cap tured Wednesday b4 M. Guron, Chief of the Parisian detective force, and will be held to await the arrival of an officer from this city.
 The extradition papers are now being prepared. Detective Sergeant McNaught will deliver them to the French au uthori- ties. He will sail for Paris next We'd nesday