New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-02
FORGERS GET A NICE PLUM
THEY ROB THE BANK OF THE MANHAT
TAN COMPANY OF $4,000.
THE ENTIRE GANG OF FIVE UNDER ARREsI-IhE
SIGNATURE OF COFFIN STANTON. THE
BROKERS. SUCCESSFULLY mi

TATED on TWO CHECKS.
Tb. tale ~ q forgery almost original in Its
! conception. artfully contrived and worked Out
with brilliant skill. was last night told at Po-
lice Headquarters by Inspector William NC
Iauphun tn him and to the four detective
sergeants, Crowley. McCluskey, Downing anu
Grady are due the detection and capture Oh
as skilful a gang of thieves as was ever
lodged in the dingy white stone buiidhs III
Mulberry-st Four out of the five prisoners d!
reason Of their attainments. added TO ha''e
ren,us for rascality. were admirably adapted
for the work. .
John r. Brush. alias Jansen, fifty-two years
old. an accomplished linguist and schoiar' mas
for nearly twenty years enjoyed enhheH'e "' "
..penman." Henry D. Garrett alias Lopez
thirty-one years old, and James >. buciai'"N'
forty-seven years old. were once lawyers III '"e
Stewart Ruild,ng. Dr. Selden W. Grove. ni'y-
| seven vears old who acted as respectaole
bonnet" for the gang is physician VINO mas
| several times attracted the attention OF the
noice II was necessary to have one dupe ana
| Joseph n. O. Hayes's weakness for West SIDE
| concert halls. poker and racetracks h''eo MN
for the part. and made it possible Tor the ta's
TO steal a little more than $4,000 from the Da'N
of the Manhattan Company.
The original foundation of the band dates
back to 1885, when Garret. met Brush III sing
| Sing Garrett had defrauded Mrs 'Hdr-
pentier his prospective mother-in-law' ol apou'
$4,000 and was serving six years. b'ush'
With neriods Of five wears and three years TO
his credit. was serving ten years more Ioi
perjury committed in the Surrosa'es o"ce'
Garrett got his release in 81 and by the heip
Of kind d-hearted relative became booKKeepe'
in the United Service Club. He had met
Buchanan who had himself been under arrest
for a robbery of jewelry. and next he was 10
meet Brush
! Brush had somehow got the signature OF one
! Satherthwaite. a member Of the club lie asked
! Garrett to get two blank checks belonging 10
! Mr. Satherthwaite The work took some time.
but Garrett at last obtained them, and py Il
superb imitation of the genuine signature,
Brush obtained 1915 from the Essex County Ma
tional Bank OF Newark, where Mr. Sather-
! thwaite was well known Brush, who was never
| lovsl TO any human creature, told Garrett that
the scheme had failed 10 work. and robbed
| him of his share of the spoil Then sathe:-
| thwaite discovered the forgery told Garret, ;
relative who paid the money. whlc 'arte.'
/ was discharged from the service OF the cruz:
! Of course he upbraided Brush; equally oi
| course Brush's smooth tongue won MIN over 10
| the second scheme c..o, ,ho
/
! brokers Of No - Wall-st.." said Brush to Gar
rett one night when they were In Hermann,
! Concert Hall, Eighth-ave. and Iwehty-i'ui'"
st land | think we get hold oi one ul
,hair cbaclxs They do business with the Bank
of the Manhattan Company whose ohecks az
| not in books but on a pad. There youNs
boo by. named Hayes-1ust elgh1een er aua she,s
| drunk; he'll do for the job. Through MN you
can get two blanks and a cancelled checK-doh
! forget the cancel . CO.,.
rett and Buchanan to HAYES. They hlled NM
| with bad champagne; nducted MN lhto se'
eral quiet little poker parues ana d, 'lIe ~ ~
of a fortnight Garrett held Hayess l. y. T. :
! for sundry small amounts Hayes must pay by
a certain date, Garrett told him. or the l. O. Us
! would be presented to his employers. uness-a
| few whispered words finished the sentence.
| Nothing easier IN the world. HAYES got ths
| blank checks easily enough. but the cahceHru
check without which Brush could not work
| was another and more dlfflcult matter IL 700
! was secured in August.
Two more checks belonging to Newman Erb,
| who has desk room in Coffin & Siantons oince'
had been tried. but Mr.. Erbs balance Of s1s..
| 900 was not large enough to suit the purpose ol
Brush Hayes was silenced with 500 Thcn
Brush bundled Garrett off to St Louis Win
| $500 He had forged the two checks. one foi
| s. O66 Sc and the other for 80 I50si. 1t was now
| necessary to get the respectable bonnet l)r
| Grove and Brush were old acquaintances. pr'
| count at the Garfield National Bank. and from
| him Brush obtained the letter which will prob
| ably land the Doctor In Sing Sing. . ,
| ' September 13. 1896
| To the President Garfield National Bank.
SIR Please find below signature Of bearer OF
this letter, Charles II. Jansen. who desires to
| omen an account with your bank. He Is wei
! known TO me. and have much pleasure In miro
ducins MIN 10 'o' c. W. sELDEN
Then in the same handwriting follows The
! signature Charles II. Jensen" As Charles II
| Jensen a bookmaker. who might draw out MS
| money at any time Brush opened "A 600 ac-
| count at the bank lodged the forged checks
| 10 his account waited until they were certified
| bv the Manhattan Company, and then drew
| out the ss2l6 so In sums ranging from
| 81 600 to S115
| When the Bank Of the Manhattan Company.
comparing notes with Coffin G. Stanton. had
discovered the fraud, McLaughlin's men began
| 10 work To trap Hayes and scare him into "A
confession was easy. Crowley, after hunt
| through St Louis and Chicago. caught Garrett
| in Washington Monday night Buchanan.
| at No II East Nnetynfth-st. Brush at No.
| 200 West Twenty -fourth-st, and Grove at his
| Office No 217 West Forty-nnth-st., were all
| trapped yesterday. Hayes. Garrett and
| Buchanan are already indicted, and were com
mitted by Judge Martini. while Brush and
| Grove were remanded by Police Justice Martin.