The evening world., 1894-09-28
WANTED BY MANY.
Inspector Mclaughlin Has a Much
Sought Crook in Custody.
Davis Said to Be a Very Successful
Forger and Draft-Rsiser.
A Cincinnati Bank His Latest Known
Victim for 81, 200.

There was locked UP at Police Head
quarters to-da" to await the arrival OF
officers from Cincinnati, O., crook who
has for long time evadcd the police,
| Notwithstanding that warrants IN near
| Is all the principal cities In the United
States have been sworn out against
him
He is Richard Davis, thirty seven years
old, who has recently been living at l2i
East Forty-eighth street. His picture
adOrns the Rogues Gallery and shows
him to be fine Looking man.
Davis was arrested at Forty-seventh
| street and Fifth avenue late last night
| by Detectives Valley and EVanhoe, OF
Inspector McLaughlins stan.
The criminal record kept by Inspector
Mclaughlin shows that the prisoner IL
cious criminal generally.
on April rs last Davis presented him,
self to the paying teller a. the National
handed a check through the wicket,
calling for 81 POO, and purportng to be
signed by A.. Senior q Son, well-known
bic to James Ramp, the bearer.
Although Ramp was stranger to the
teller and the other bank officials, the
check was paid on the strength OF n
the back OF It. Kamp disappeared from
the city before the discovery was made
that the check was a forgery
The police authorities were notified
and a description of the man, together
with the details Of the crime, was sent
to the police Of all the large cities in
the country.
municdtion on May s. 1t was signed by
Chief Deitch.- Of the Cincinnati police;
and contained fuller description and
more details than those sent to other
cities.
Inspector Mclaughlin looked over the
Rogues' Gallery and picked out Davis
picture as the most likely criminal. He
knew much of the mans record. ana
also that he had recently been operat-
ing In the West. The inspector for
warded the picture to Cincinnati and
il was Identified by the paying teller as
Davis and another equally celebrated
criminal, known as Bob Bowman,
reaped a great harvest by forging and
raising drafts throughout the West and
was apprehended at Atlantic, Ia, and
draft from sl6 to $1,000.
The artistic part of the work was done
by man named Charles Becker, who
had very successful method of filling
In the punctures with pulp, erasing the
writing and raising the amounts of the
drafts. The work was so cleverly done
as to deceive the most expert bankers.
Becker and Davis had been working to-
gether OF late in forging checks and rails
Ing drafts, and It Is believed that Becker
"a ;l-newhere in or about New York al
present Thlre are several warrants Out
Tor him, too.
The first police record OF Davis dates
back to Nov. %, 1883, when he WA -
rested with Edward Darlington aut
Charles Preston. alias Fischer. for furg
ius Il check on the firm of Harri4 4
Co.. Of this city.
on Dec u Of the same year Davis
| pleaded guilty to that charge in Genera
| Sessions Court. and was sentenced t
| state prison for six years,
| He was released in 1888, since whicl
| time he has been touring the countr!
with Becker engaged in criminal opera
| lions.
| This morning Davis was remanded b!
Justice Ryan, at the Tombs Court. unit
| to morrow morning