The evening world., 1894-09-24
MORE sW|NDLERs CAUGHT.
Weber and Northrup Put Out
Bad Cochecton Checks.
Two Others Have Been in Jail for
Several Weeks.

-Four men who have been more or less
concerned In the working of the big
check swindle by which many business
men were victmlzed in cashing checks
on mythical banker in Cochocton, n.
y, about a month or six weeks ago,
are now in Jail awaiting trial.
The last ones to be caught and locked
up are William Weber, of Brooklyn, and
CHARLES Northrup, Of Tuckahoe, who
were arrested Saturday night by Detec-
yves Doyle and Sullivan, and arraigned
before Justice Ryan yesterday morning
at the Tombs Police Court. They were
indicted by the Grand Jury Friday w.
Il. Brockway and Ambrose Davenport
were indicted for the same ofrense early
IN the present month and have been
locked up in the Tombs ever since, await
ing trial.
Inc operations were carried on on a
large scale, and 1t Is said that the va
rlous men who put out the checks sue
ceeded In getting cash for between
$4,000 and $4,000 worth of them in this
city, Brooklyn and New Jersey. The
arrest of Northrup is considered an
especially important one. as he IL said
10 nave dealt more extensively in the
fraudulent checks than any of the
others.
Ihere Is an affidavit In the possession
OF Lawyer Frederick Lincoln in which
Northrup swears that he is worth at
aeast sZ5;oo In real.estate in this city
ana ana IN virginia. Mr.. Lincoln told an
Evening World reporter that he had
investigated Northrup's statement so
lar as this city is concerned, and that
ne he n n found that what he said about
MS property here was correct
Among the others whose names have
neen mixed up in the big cheek swindle
young man named Charles NJ. Smith
re re was arrested at the same time tina t
davenport was taken into custody, but
there was not sufficient evidence to hold
MIN and he was let go. Smith, in an in
IWsrV r,h ', with reporter, of The Evening
troubles, and said that ;orthrup had
swindled him out of a lot OF money on
H tIe beneeRs on - b. osmun, banker,
many thousand dollars worth OF the
bogus check ks in his possession at one
time, and that he deposited them to the
F RaDG u OF go 500 h In the Union Square
count In the Union Square Bank to the
extent OF three or four hundred dollars
ton cha ne was notified that the Cochoc
matters with the bank and then started
to get back the money which he had
given to Northrup for the checks
Northrup, In the affidavit which he
nader or Lawyer Lincoln, In which he
said he was worth s25,0OO said that he
would make the checks which Smith
had obtained from him good. Then
Sorfhrup went out of town, while the
wrote, letters to Smith from Boston,
Philadelphia, Buffalo and other places
in which he said that he was trying to
raise money to pay Smith. Smith would
not say that he had given Northrup
the face value of the checks, but sim
ply said that he had advanced every
thing he owned to him; All Of the
Northrup were signed c. C. Teall & Co.
The same signature appeared on the
checks for the passing OF which Brock
way and Davenport were indicted
Northrup was indicted on the affidavit
OF James Logan. of IS Wall street, for
getting Charles NJ. Smith to pass a check
on him, Aug. II, for $3.50, at restau-
rant at 10 William street.
Justice Ryan yesterday held Northrup
and Weaver, and remanded them in the
care OF the detectives. as they were ar
rested on bench warrant issued by Re
corder Smyth. The two men will be
called upon to plead either to-day or to-
morrow in the Court of General Sessions
At the District-Attorney's office II was
said that Smith had denied absolutely
that he knew anything about any other
checks except that mentioned in the in
dictment of Northrup. This denial was
Smiths lawyer showed to an Evening
World" reporter many of the bad checks
which Smith had deposited in the Union
Square Bank.