New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-19
LLOYD ASPINWALES A RRESl.
HE Is CHARGED WITH FORGING hi'
BROTHERS ENDORSEMENT.
THE NOTE on wHIcH THE NAME WAS SUM"
WAS FOE - 4oo-LATFsT AND MOST SERIOUS
OF TIE TROUBLES OF TIE. WE'LL

| WAS FOR - 4OO-LATEST AND MOST sEHio''
OF TIE TROUBLES OF THE WE'LL
KNOWN CLUEMAN.
The disgrace of Being arrested on e''''l :
! of forgery is the latest TO come Oh tie o"'
proud name of Lloyd Aspinwall. Inc soh ""'
| namesake of General Lloyd Aspinwall mas c"'''
| into dsagrecabc notoriety from time W va,
| from his club. matrimonial and hnahcIa' "''''
cuties and yesterday he suffered his worst u's'"
| dation-that of being thrown into prison y"
| charge which. if proved, viii make io''" "
| him. :;
Justice Koch in the Yorkville Police 'oui'' "
| the morning issued warrant for the arrest VI
| ,sninvau at the instance of John Dclahuh'I
rho LAWYER. of No. $50 Broadway 1h''
ras served hv Detectvc-Scrgcant Frink, Of the
Central Office, who arrested Aspinwall at "''
| Hotel Kcnsington. Sixteenth. st. and fli'naN'"
where he has been staying. 80
The defendant was brought 10 the iorKNii.
| Court and arraigncd privately in the JuS"'o
room The specific charge against hlm was lo' 's','
The Bank of the Metropolis some time ago "is
counted promissory note Of Lloyd Asplh""''
for $1,000. which bore what pnrported 10 W. '",
Endorsement of William H., brother OF LioH ="
Aspinwall The note was not pald whch !" '''
due. and a Judgment against the maker WAS -
cured He was examined in supplementary pro-
ccedngs and placed his assets at 80 cents
Al one hearing before the referee, William Henry
Willis No. l15 Broadway w. II. Aspinwall tcs-
tilted that the note had not been ndorscd ny MIN.
He had given his brother several notes inuorS'o
I'm blank for specific purpose. Some had p'Fl'
used for the purpose for which they were ih'h"c"
others had not been. The signature OF W. IL
Aspinwall was pronounced forgery by the pay
,nctcller of the Bank Of America, who Is iafniiar
with his autograph. David n. Carvaho' u'
handwriting expert after close comparison o'
the signature in question with the handwrl'lhs
Of Lloyd Aspinwall. declared that he. Asplnwali'
had written the indorscment to the nof. Hr'
Delahunty made up his mind that the clnnman
had zone a little too far in this and sworc
out the warrant for his arrest
Justice Koch set the examination for to-day
and committed the defendant TO the lorkvllle
Prison in default Of $1,000 bail. When Keeper
Lynch asked him for his valuables, III" prisoner
had nothing to hand over except plated match
safe
A hearing in the supplementary proceedings
was set for yesterday at the office Of Mr.. Wills,
hut it was postponed by consent Of both sides
Colonel Thomas +. Wentworth. Of No. 60 Cedar
ST WAS council for Aspinwal. Mr. Dclahunty
said that the hearings would not be resumed he
fore Scptembcr OF course the criminal proceed
ings overshajiow tho civil one
Lloyd Aspinwall started in lif" with an honored
name and great wealth. His father had dmasscd
n fortune in the South American trade. Lloyd
Aspinwall married Miss sutton. lie at one
time belonged 10 the Inion. Racquet. Calumet
Manhattan, Scawanhaka-C Corinthan Yacht Rock
away Hunt, Tuxedo, Westminster Kennel and
United Service clubs. He has, however. been
expelled from the Union, and probably been
dropped from most Of the other clubs.
~ than year ago, Mrs Aspinwall had a
narrow escape from death by Ire IN their nom"
in Grainercy Park She hung out OF an upper
story window and dropped To the sloping roof
Of an extension. where she clung until fireman
rescued her In the spring she brought n snlt
against her husband. The papers w"rr sealed, ami
reporters were not allowed to sec them. II was
taken for granted, however, that She sought a
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