The evening world., 1893-11-02
BOLD F0RGERs IN COURT.
Manhattan Bank sharps Held
Without Bail.
DIR. Selden "Crowe" Again In the
LAWS Clutches.

DR.. C. w. selden, of 217 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 Cresswell's 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 5000.
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 the crimina courts. hav-
Ing done time" and they are admitted
to be about as daring in their line Of
work as any in the country.
Crowley. McCluskey, Downing and Ora
dy, who made the arrests. In the war
rarts they are named as follows:
Henry -. Garrett, alias Lopez, thirty
six years for d~efrauding Mrs. Charpen-
tier. his prospective mother-in-law, out
or $4,000.
John T. Brush, alias Jansen, ffty-two
years old, an accomplished linguist and
scholar, who long has enjoyed eminence
served terms of five, three and ten
years.
James S. Buchanan. another lawyer,
long since out of practice by reason Of
the fact that he Served time" for a
jewelry robbery.
Joseph n. o. Hayes, the .dupe of the
party. recently employed as a clerk in
the office OF Coffin & Stanton. brokers, 70
Wall street.
Or. selden w. Grove, as he calls
The. three first named recognized each
others ability when they met in Sing
mixing with the outside world, they de-
cided to put some of the schemes
in prison into practise.
Garrett. after serving his term. Sc
cured employment through the Influence
o. relatives as a bookkeeper in the
United Service Club.
One of the members of the Club was a
Mr.. Satterthwaite. and uy some means
Brush obtained one of his signatures.
checks belonging to Satterthwaite, one
the Club members signature to it. In
stead of dividing the spoils with Garrett,
Brush held on to 1t all. Later, when the
fraud was discovered. Garrett was dis
Brush then evolved the scheme to rob
bank OF the Manhattan Company.
found out that Coffin and Stanton
was to obtain some of their
Garrett eagerly jumped at the
scheme, and by, the aid of a lawyer
named o,Donnell' they made the ac-
Money was spent upo the boy. He
was taught to drink and dragged into
poker games. Soon both Garrett and
-,.A L.Il hfa - Y e fAr anngtln,, 4
amounts. Then he was told they would
be placed before his employer unless he
Joined in their scheme.
He consented, and, acting under in
two blank checks of Coffin & Stanton
and one cancelled check of the firm. 1t
was at his point ina pr: "selden' was
He was well known at the Manhattan
Bank, having an account there. He
gave Brush a letter Of Identification to
the name Of Charles II. Jansen.
The latter promptly opeaed an account
the Garfield Bank, depositing 500
Coffin & Stanton's signature forged
o them. The forSer e w 50 cNNi that
the Bank of the Manhattan Company
money as fast az possible.
After the torgery. most or the gang
scattered. but diliEent search by the de-
finally resulted In the arrest of
III, ildytS plCdhlilb "a III iidNiilS a
'ull confession. Just what connection
Buchanan had with the forgeries
has not yet appeared. A.,
morning for the prisoners to be brought
before him. but up to 10 o'clock none of
the Central Office men appeared with
their prisoners. Then the Judge left for
wards the officers with their prisoners
David u. Carvalho, the expert in hand
T Ten g. e SofSn { the st fG5ssd ehsS snS,s as
The forgerles were CON
the neatest piece of work ever
witnessed by the expert.
len were arraigned before Justice
smith. and the others were sent down
to he brought before Judge Mar
inc, in General Sessions, later in the
lay, that course having been decided
stephen Blake. Vice-President Of the
Bank of the Manhattan Company, made
he necessary %afidayits, and william
hat the signatures to the check were
Brush waived examination, but Selden
insisted on "A hearing, and the case was
tomorrow afternoon.
Justice Smith said II would be neces-
iary to have some OF the Garfield Bank
'~ficlals present 10 identify the letter Of
IS well as 10 Identify the prisoner who
presented II.
1t was intimated that the paying
ellcr Of the Garfield Bank Is unable to
10 so. II so, there IS a possibility u
;elden. as well as some Of the others,
escaping. All were held without bail. F,
When Seldeu signed his name to the
egal papers his hand tr,mh!ed. This. it
= thought. was in order TO confuse
Carvalho SO that he could not
IDENTIFY the signature.
warrant iS mn for unnFhar man |
Who Is said to be implicated in the case.