Evening journal., 1891-07-09
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The PennsyivanIa Railroad Companx
suffers From the Depredations oi
Soheming Rogues.

| The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
1 suffers From the Depredations of
scheming Rogues.
For several weeks past the directors OF
/ the p, w 4 B. Railroad Company have
had an inkiing that forged checks We're
being pres nted 70 the banks with which
the company deals An inves igation has
been IN progress for some time On
june 10, the officers OF the First
National Bank. this city, were notified Of
the rumor and cautioned to use extra
care when paying out the money on all
railroad checks that there we're pre-
| sented. Yesterday the following com
mnnicatiou was received at the bank
GEORGE D. ARMSTRONG, Cashier. First
National Bank
Wilmington, Delaware, July 8, 1891.
DEAR FIR referring TO our letter
to you Of June TO- relative TO the forg.
ing Of pay roll checks OF the philadel.
phis, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Company and affiliated lines We now
hnd that the probability that we then
notified you Of has taken definite shape
and the Hudson County Natioaal Banks
OF Jersey City, N. has had presented
TO It several forged pay roll checks OF the
fennsylvania Railroad Company.
These checks we have seen; the for
gerry is an excellent one and readily
liable to deceiva We advise you Of this
and will again make a reques I that extra
oillgence be exercised In the examination
before payment of payroll checks Of
these companies
yours Respectfully,
ROBERT w. SAITH
The forged checks are like the original
ones Ia every way, and II will be exceed
ingly diffcuit to detect the criminals
who manufactured them The First
National Bank officers have determined
TO take rigid steps toward preventing
the preparation Of the scheme there,
however, and will employ special de
tective and one Of the best that can be
secured, TO trace the felons.
The New York Herald this morning
contains the following:
A clever scheme TO swindle Jersey CITY
merchants and banks was revealed
through the bad Judgment and impatience
OF the swindlers, who expected 20 realize
many thousands Of dollars. They issued
a cleverly executed spurious pay check o
initiate those used by the Pennsylvania
Railway Company
~ ~NAf foh1 ENJn TO DhHQ1 OutH "a
month and employs "bearer" checks.
which are cashed at the Hudson County
National Bank. Thousands OF these are
cashed every month. and to aveid the
delay at the bank the majority Of the
employees have them cashed by the mer
chants
Several saloon keepers always keep
large cash balance ON hand when pay day
arrives to accomodatest their patrons. The
hands have not received their pay for
June and will not for several days. A few
empl.yes doing clerical work have been
paid, but All order has been issued to
stop the payment Of salaries until new
system has been arranged
The bogus check Is dated May. The
first known TO have been presented was
90 Friday last, and the dealers were not
prepared TO meet them The exact
number the men got rid OF in other
quarters Is not known. The police and
railway officials state that only seven Of
the bogus checks have reached the bank.
aud the amounts range from $50 t1 &3S.
The mea who were duped were all So
loon keepers Police Commissioners Kelly.
Patrick McArdle, James Fitzgerald and
Adam Strup are the victims The fraud
Was detected on Monday by Cashier Il ar
denberg, of the bank