The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-06
FOUR ROSES ALL ONE THIEF.
STORY or THE blank MONEY Or
DERS STOLEN At BOONEyILLE

Jcweiier. tn New York and Other cities
sold Diamonds ON the Forged Orders
They Are Recovered at the Express once
mud then stolen by nm EXPRESS Agent.
Through the arrest in Bonneville. Ind. few
days ago OF n clever thief and forGer story
has come out in this city which with the do
sratches from the West. makes an interesting
yarn OF q novel bit OF swindling. Ten DAYS ago
Superintendent William Plimlcy OF the Money
Order Department OF the New York Post Office
received a letter from Postmaster c. VI. Ham
mond Of bonneville informing him that money
order blanks numbering from ;,G.3S2 to :sG.3f9
and from 81. i37 to W45O had been stolen from
tho Post ONCE. They were stamped with the
official seal. the letter said. and tho thief
would probably not hesitate TO forge the Post
masters numo.
Tho very next day there came from the
Clearing House one OF these money orders for
the sum Of 800. mado payable to Tiffany 4
Co. 1t bore n very clever forgery OF Post
master Hammond's signature.
Superintendent Plimley hurried to Tifrany's
and asked how they had got tho money order.
They showed him letter dated Bonneville.
which read thus:
GtS1txa,S, Enclosed please md postal order for
500. for which please send one gentlemans dia-
mond shirtstud and send at once receipt OF this
letter. as It is to be birthday present For private
reasons insist that you send by United states FIX
press in an unmarked package to- Yours respectfully.
Send at my risk.
And did you send tho stud7" the superln.
tendent asked.
Eyes. We sent him n stone worth exactly
500. 1s there anything wrong about tho
order?"
He told them what he know. and suggested
that they telegraph to bonneville and order
the express company to hold the package.
They did so. and received word that tho pack
age was In tho safe Of the express company
and would be held until further orders. Supt
Plimey sent word to the leading jewellers in
town warning them that stolen money orders
from bonneville were being sent through the
mails and mentioning the numbers. He re-
quested hem to inform him II any such orders
TO any Of these warnings clerk brought MIN
three money orders that had come. with tho
Sased fG tn the the serss and bore
$ss ss ~ f
d ns4 % and sx the e9s hf S
once, had sent tho goods that had been asked
for, and had deposited the money ordersin
He wentat once to Henry Abbott 4 Co and
asked them from whom they had obtained tho
S %o4 for Tnsy at Witch sn Sad
ceived. but signed "Roso WHITE instead Of
shose Elackk." Abbott had sent the writer a
W5s.% and iahnsto 'n'se Sss 5saSnea nose
!. on teleGsraphng to Bonneville it vas found
On Friday Superintendent plimley received
Eord that TIE i, packages were on their way
to notify him when they received their. goods.
and they b, al promised to DO So Sunerintend-
Nsw o hs snr yet So
few days ago Inspector Nickery OF the Post
onn ersstsd at
Booneyis Post oSe and SHs had sen, item them ali
'nf nyns ef
der K Co. Jewellers. of Cincinnati. with a let
to the one; RECEIVED Gy the New
Thorn The Superintendent Of the ie' Money! D
enna ,nat x hs stoen o rGs
Investigate: yiekery Earned at The Boons g
was mailed. Frank Forrest Ind come into the
ofllce several times to ask II the mail had gone
letter With snccimens Of Forrest h.n d ritz
ing. the guilt was fastened upon him. and
mnss he VIII Wh the I he
ton wa. going on. Postmaster Hammond Of
Eooneyll, heard from other most offices that
esived in 1ndianaEolis. two in Chicago c one in
and three in Cincinnati: They were al! signed
hose White lose Black. Rose Jones, or Rose
| Thorn.
Inspector Vickery learned that Forrest was
gambler and had mania for diamonds.
| Now comes a third chapter. which may ex-
plain why the four New York jewellers who
| are waiting for their diamonds have not yet
received them. desratch has come from
Louisville; Ky. saying that Fl. H.. Lostetter.
| the United Statos Express agent Mt Hunting
| burg. Ind. was arrested on sunday morning
| In his possession were found two diamond
studs and lady's gold watch: The diamonds
| were in package that had been shipped at
bonneville. Ind. for New, York and was to
| pass through his hands He stole it and EN-
ployrd a man to take his place while he went
to Louisville to pawn the diamonds; He con-
| fcssed that lie Eambled and that he had fire.
Guently stolen from tho company to make
| good his losses.
Tho details OF both these stories are lacking
| here. Superintcnaent PIimley said yesterday:
Perhaps this second man was n confederate
| OF Forrest. or perhaps he WAS merely stealing
! OH his own hook. OF course l do not know
| whether the diamonds he stole nre the ones
| that were on their way to Tiffany and those
| other jewellers here or are an entirely differ
ent lot.
| I-t,k, UDt