Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-29
WANT TO FIND RYND.
Several Banks Anxious to Locate the
Allegheny Lumberman.
ANATTACHNENT ISSUED FOR HIM.
Charges That he Forged the Names of
Prominent Business Men.
SIDNEY FULLER ONE OF HIS VICTIMS

Several banks In the two cities are
anxious to discover the whereabouts of B.
r. Rynd, the Allegheny lumber dealer
who has been missing for nearly two weeks
There are rumors that he is safely located
in Canada, but his attorney says Rynd was
taken to an insane asylum somewhere in
the East.
Within the past day or two 1t has been
found that Rynd has forged notes on a num-
Der of banks in the two cities, the total OF
which may aggregate over 5000 The
banks are the losers in each case, they hav-
ing advanced him the money on the in
dorsements he had forged on the notes
The Central Bank yesterday issued an at
tachment against him to recover S3,116 06,
due on promissory notes In the suit the
bank people say they expect to prove that
The signatures of A. NJ. Bowers, W. G.
Anderson, Henry Bakenfeld, T. B. Benny,
Sidney Fuller, J. W. Gerard, S. j. Skin
ner and j. B. Finley are forgeries
Sidney Fuller, one of those named, is one
of the wealthiest and most prominent busi-
ness men of Du BoiA He has lumber in
terests there and in this city. Prior to 1882
he had large lumber yard in Allegheny
and for tour years Rynd worked for him.
Forged Notes Went to Protest.
The first intimation he had that his name
had been forged was last Tuesday, when he
received word from the bank at Parnassus
that q note Endorsed by him had gone to
protest. On investigation he found that
Rynd had forged his name to the note and
there was about 81, 800 more of the same
Kind of paper at the same bank.
Mr.. Fuller came to this city on Friday.
Since that time he has found forgeries of
his name alone to the extent of $40, 900 and
has not yet visited all the banks. In addi-
tion to the 1000 at the Central Bank,
nearly s., 900 were advanced by the ALLIE
eheny National, and nearly 81, 900 by the
Enterprise Bank on Beaver avenue, Allie
gheny According to Mr.. Fuller, Rynd
worked a slick scheme on the Enterprise
bank For more than year Mr.. Fuller's
name was regularly forged to notes which
were promptly lifted on maturity. The
notes were for comparatively small amounts
until a short time ago the amount was piled
up to nearly 1900. They have not all
matured, but Mr.. Fuller thinks the money
has been secured.
Speaking of the forgeries last night, Mr..
Fuller said: "a month ago 1 was in the
office of John Hastings, the Allegheny lum-
Der dealer, when he remarked that was in
dorsing Rynd's paper. As had sold Rynd
lumber years before. never receiving any
pay for il, and consequently cared to have
nothing to do with him, as Mr.. Hastings
knew, was surprised at the remark and de-
MED the statement
Forged $4,000 Worth of Notes.
"I have since learned that Hastings had
$40, 900 in Rynd's notes on which my name
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lett, went to the bank, stated the case, got
the notes and went to Rynd's Office. He
took Rynd to an upstairs room and charged
him with the forgery. He denied 1t and
started to leave the room, but
Hastings picked up q shutter and,
blocking the doorway, told Rynd
he must secure every dollar of the money
TO him and the bank or he would never
leave the room alive. Rynd 'fessedrup then
NO idea that Rynd had been doing the same |
thing at other banks, and so never said a
word aboutit.
'Mr. Rvnd's attorney tells me be is in
sane. 1 don't believe it. 1t looks to me
like a scheme to get rid of paying his debts.
He owes one Michigan firm S13, 600 for lum-
ber, Cowan, of Allegheny, $4,000, and
many other firms smaller amounts. The
total Indebtedness SO far as heard from
will reach S12O,Ooo, but his assets will not
cover more than S2O 900 of it"
The SherIf1's sale of Rynd's lumber yard
on Irwin avenue, Allegheny, began yester-
day. Hastings and Fuller bought all that
was sold. The yard will net about SIS, 900.
Since the court made the rule requiring the
Sheriff to produce the money realized on
the sale of Rynd's kensington lumber yard,
which realized Sc, 00O it is probable another
sale will be necessary. Mrs Rynd, to whom
her husband confessed judgment for $50, 600,
is said to have bought the Kensington
property in.