New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-28
STORY OF A FORGED CHECh'
G.. VI. NISBETT MAKES CONfES-loN'
THE ROYAL INSURANCE CoMrANY'' CLhRh DE-
sCRIBEs III, PLAN TO GET ssoooo-hh

THE ROYAL INSURANCE CoMrANY'+ CLERK DE-
sCRIBES HIS PLAN TO GET SsOooo-hh
SAYS sTURGIs Is INNOCENT
10th ncrsons who were concerned In the forgery
~ the check for $4,000 drawn on the Merchants
National Bank at No. 80 Wallst, were prisoners ~
Police HEADQUARTERS yesterday. George NJ. Nsb't''
the clerk in th, Office of the Royal Insurance Company
at No 40 Wall-st. who forged the signatures OF our
officers OF the company 10 the check was locked up
on Thursday afternoon, AMI was remanded yeSter
dav after his partner IN crime had been caught The
Youth who vninIy tried 10 get the check cashcd In
Albany Is James StIrgis seventeen years oid anu i
in appearance mere boy. His homo Is win MS
parents at No. 90 East Tcnth-st lie has been Il
.,udont in the business college at Fourthavc. and
Twenty tlird-, lie returned 10 this city yesterday
morning and was arrested by Dcec'ivc-Sergrant
norers rs he was going TO the Office OF his father.
Applcton sturgs who is an Insurance broker ut wall
and Front Sis The young man rides bcycl" ht"l'
and made the acquaintance of Nishett on trips near
the city, lie also has been member OF the Manhattan
Athletic Club, and /, good player III the game o'
water polo.
To Inspector Mclaughlin yesterday afternoon young
6t,rgis said that after he left tho Kenmore lioiel
in Albany he walked 10 Troy and got on tram Tor
This city, He was afraid "a have the forged check
in his possession any longer. hc snid ana ma torn
II up Nothing of value was found in his pockets
when he arrested.
A confession by Nsbctt was written out nj tho Cen
iral Office Yesterday a, follows git The check from
the check book in the Office Of the Royal Insurance
Company | entered the place where the book was
kept when nobody was there. and 1t flashed on me all
Of n sudden n take OF the checks. took four
and destroyed three OF them After forging the cheek
spoke t, sturgis about getting II cashed W" ar
ranged TO divide The $4,000 after he got tho money.
think on Tuesday hc sent the check 10 the Merchants
Hank TO be cished. II returned from the bank.
~ .N,.io afuzip Ia N "a
way but the check certified II was drawn 10 the
order Of lanes Woodward and Endorsed BIZ me In
that name. ! placed under the Enforcement the word
correct and tn, name 81 George NJ Colt, who Is the
assistant manager Of the Royal Insurance Company.
traced Mr. Cots signature from an old one which !
found in the office. took four checks out Of tho
book but destroyed three Of them. The fourth one
WAS the one forged. mink the number wa 2G,1l4.
II was dated January II. 1893 saw strH, on
Tuesday night. lie said he going . ALBANY and
expected have the check ca,hcd theie He said he
would try 10 deposit ii for collection He Is innocent
I'm The whole matter. WIS the one who suggested the
,ashing Of the check by him. lie knew nothing Of
the forgery until it done There was no such per
:, Woodward. That name was adopted BY me for
the rscry.7
Inspector Mclaughlin said that he had learned that
four name, were forged the check. They were
those Of b. F. Bcddall manager Of the Royal Insurance
COMPANY: rsgood Welsh. director; William j..
Stevenson the ca ,hcr, and Mr. Cot, the assistant
manager Mr. Iicddall got the first Information Of the
forgery from Ten Eyck & Lansing, the company ;
agent, I'm Albany, who sent message by telephone.
Nisbct had been In the employ OF the company several
wears H., Is twenty weight years old and has lived
at NO. 223 West Thirty -cghth-st.
Young ~tnrgs did not take the check 10 the Nor-
chants Bank Tuesday. but he sent II there by n
me- sengcr whom he met In Wall street. Nisbcti and
sturgis will be- arragncd at the Tomhs Police Court
to-day.
Edward r. Boddall. New York manager OF the Royal
Insurance Company said that he had no statement 10
make beyond that already printed In the newspaper.
" The now he said, as In the hands OF the
officers OF the law
Late last night several reporters Appleton
cturgs father Of the accused boy. nj hlh home.
no 30 Fast Tenth 81. Mr. SurgiS who Is n member
Of the Union cub ana has for many years been
prominent in business circles, In speaking Of the
affair eaid:
and seemed astrndcd when he heard Of Nisb2ttS
arrest. Up TO that time lie had been entirely uncon-
scious Of any fracd intended fraud in connection
with the check which, ~ II was certified, seemed
10 he perfectly genuine. can believe him for he
Of business financial matters. What he did was
done in sheer innocence. and. but for the way In
which nv family has been affected. ! should laugh
at the whole affair. | am inclined 10 regard IT as
downtown TO my LAWYER. nj No. - Wall St.. taking
my son with me. and then. after conference and
acting on the advice OF counsel, ] led NV son 10
Police Headquarters. where he surrendered himself TO
Dctective-ScrJeant Rogers
"Thc police say That your was arrested by
detectives at Broadway and Wall-st' said the re-
porter
THAT Is a bald unruth" answered Mr.. sturgs
warmly. Nv son with 10 Police Head
quarters and voluntarily gave himself up