Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-12-27
ASUPP0SED FORGER,
Is 0zias Bean, End, Guilty Of
Swindling Banks?
Forgeries Alleged Will Amount to
Several Hundred Dollars.
Marshal Bean Of Augusta, is Entitled 10
Great Deal Of Praise.


this time it is Qzias Bean, who looks
from behind the bars of Kennebec iai]
upon all who may choose to call upon
him. Bean is charged with forgery ap.
cregating, If the charges can be affirmed
to several hundred dollars. As near as
can be learned this young man has not
been of the best during the "a years that
he has sojourned upon this sphere. Card
playing has had fascination for him
and also been means by which he has
added to his purse funds sufficient to gain
alivelihood during his travels iover the
State, at least this is the story that comes
from several quarters. One man, who
has been anxious Chat he should be cap-
tured writes that, Bean is a professional
gambler and has been very successful
with the pasteboards
When j. L.. Brackett of J. J.. Brackett
g. Co., dealers in trunks, valises, ETC.,
came here the other day from Portland,
he Immediately identified Bean as being
the man who passed a forged check upon
him, last summer, amounting to $7S.
This check was alleged to have been
drawn by G. E. Stevens and made pay
able to C. A. Clark. The writing upon
the face was with blue pencil and in
a sort of back hand style, while the
endorsement was in ink and the writing
was in a neat round hand, varying from that
of the front This. is one of those peculiar
cases where a girl is at the bottom of the
affair and the fair maid Of this narrative
resides in Rockland. The first thing Bean
did after being brought here from the
Lime Rock city and lodged in Jail was to
write very affectionate letter to his
"adored" young lady friend. The writ
ing inside was of style much different
from that on the outside and a portion of
it was in cipher. He passed out of the cell
two letters, both addressed to ladies, but
it is supposed that the cipher in the one
directed to the young lady in Rockland
was in reference to the other letter which
possibly was an assumed address and
could be called for and procured by his
lady love.
1t has not been proven, but is supposed
that Bean is the fellow who passed a
forged check on the First National and
Augusta National banks of this city, each
for SIS, which amount seems to be his
hobby. If he was the man who swindled
The check presented, was drawn on thea
Veazie National Bank Of Bangor,
signed by J. E. .Varney and endorsed by
A. M. Getchell. Before cashing it the
man was told that it would be necessary
for him to be identified or have tn name
affixed to the back of some responsible
man whom the bank officials knew. He
asked if Father Doherty would do and
receiving reply in the affirmative he
went out and soon returned with the
necessary endorsement in style of hand
writing exactly similar to that of Mr.
Doherty. Father Doberty says that he
did not write it, but that the fac-simile
of his signature is an excellent one, nearly
every letter being as he would write 1t
1t is supposed that Bean must have
communicated with him in regard to
some matter in order to procure his sigma
trre that he might practice upon it and
be able to write in the same style, asking
for the information in an assumed name.
The check passed in Gardiner was endorsed
with Father McCarty's name, and he also
denies ever affixing his signature to the
paper, but admits that the manner IN
which it is written resembles his style
nearly to perfection. 1t is understood
that Bean had two check cashed IN Tar
diner, each for $7S, but one of these has
not yet been procured as evidence against
him. A check amounting to s7Ss
forged on the First National Bank OF
Ellsworth, and it is thought that Bean
is the fellow guilty of passing 1t. q
forged check of $S4 was passed on j. A.
Robinson & Sons of Bangor, merchants
and was drawn on the Merchants Bank
ing & Trust Co., of Presque Isle, ana
Bean is the supposed handler of this paper.
When Bean was at Foxcroft last October
he passed a forged check of s14.7o upon
the proprietor of the Exchange HOTEL
which was drawn on a Presque Isle BANK
and he acknowledged doing this, put
claims that he procured this check from
another man. H. b. Kennedy, one OF
his aliases, was the name that appearea
upon this check. At Houlton he is saiu
to have cashed a check on Mr.. Schmuck-
ler, clothier, amounting to s47.oO, winch
was endorsed by H. b. Kennedy.
When the banks in Augusta hau peen
worked, Marshal Bean took the matter
of discovering who had done the forging
act in hand, and has followed it seVeral
months with patience and has expendeo
quite an amount of money in making tne
capture of the man whom circumstances
seem to indicate is guilty. he hrs'
Wrofe IN all tho han lyS in the State 1nIOflH-