The evening world., 1893-11-02
BOLD fORGERs IN COURT.
Manhattan Bank Sharps Re-
msnded for Further Hearing.
DIR. Selden "Crows" Again in the
Laws Clutches.

DR.. C. ". Selden. of III West Forty
ninth street, who on Jan. "a was charged
with having caused the death of Miss
Margaret Foster Cresswell by a criminal
operation, is again in the hands OF the
police. He escaped responsibility for
Miss C~resswelrs death because the evi.
dence was not strong enough to hold
him. Now the police believe they have
enough evidence to land him in Sing
Sing on the charge OF being implicated
in a forgery. by which the bank OF the
Manhattan Company has been robbed of
over $500.
The men who. with his assistance, are
said to have worked out the forgery
here were five in the gang altogether
were this morning taken to the
.Tombs Police Court. Three of them are
we'll known TO thu criminal courts, hav-
ing done time" and they are admitted
to be about as daring in their line Of
work as any in the country.
They were in charge Of Detectives
Crowley. McCluskey. Downing and Ora
dy. who mad the arrests. In the a
rar Is they are named AS follows:
nenry ~. Garrett, alias Loper, thirty
one years old, an ex-lawyer, who served
six years for d~efrauding Mrs. Charpen-
tier. his prospective mother-in-law. out
John T. Brush, alias Jansen. ffty-two
years old, an accomplished linguist and
scholar, who long has enjoyed eninence
IA a 'penman.' For perjury he has
served terms OF ive, three and ten
years.
James s. Buchanan. another lawyer,
long since out OF practice by reason OF
jewelry robbery.
Joseph y. o.. Hayes. the dupe OF the
party. recently employed as a clerk in
the office OF Coffin & Stanton brokers. :.
Wal street.
The NTH man was Or. 1 W. sclden,
or Or. Se.den w. Grove, as he calls
himself.
The three first named recognized each
sing prison. and long afterwards, when
mixing with the outside. world. they de
Matched in prison into practise.
Garrett. after serving his term. Sc
cured employment through the influence
OF relatives AS a ~bookkerper in the
One of the members of the Club was a
Mr.. Satterthwaite, n by some means
Brush obtained one OF his sigma iqreS
checks belonging to Satterthwalte. one
Of which he filed out for 1915, and forged
the Club members signature TO ii. In
stead OF dividing the spOils with Garrett,
brush held on 10 1t all. Later, when the
fraud was discovered. Garrett Was dis
charged.
the bank OF the Manhattan Company,
He found out that Comm and stanton
dld business with the bank, and all was
necessary WAS TO obtain some OF their
checks, Garrett eagerly, jumped Al the
scheme, and by the aid Of a lawyer
named O'Donnell, thcy made the &C
uuaintance OF the boy Hayes.
Money was spent upon IN" boy. lie
was taught to drink and dragged into
poker games. Soon both Garrett and
Brush held his ! q. Us for cousiiertNle
Their he was told they would
be ulaced before his employer unless he
ioined in their scheme.
He consented, and. acting under IN
struc.ions OF Brush and Garrett procured
two blank checks Of Cofin a stanton
and one cancelled check Of the firm. II
vas al this point that Dr. "Sv.dcn" Was
brought into the conspiracy.
lie was well known Al the Manhattan
Bank, having an account there. He
gave Brush "A letter Of identification to
the Carried National a Brush going
uraer the name OF Charles VI, Jansen,
The latter promptly ope ned an account
with the Garfield Bank depoSltinS SaN
and two checks for $3.50 ana S,lJ0,Ot
with Coffin a Stanton's signature forged
10 them. The torgeries were 50 good mat
the Bank OF the Manhattan Company
certified them. Brush drew out the
money as. fast an possible.
After the forgery. most Of the sang