The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-02
HE FORGED RIGHT AND LEFT
ROBERT Y. HARVEY LIKELY Tu
 SPEND MANY TEARS IN PRISON.

He Has Defrauded Several Banks of Lsrss
 sums of Money in a Most Clever Manner
 At Ono Timo Ho Claimed Waterbury as
 His Home.
 New York. Aug 1.-Horace D. Baker, who was arrested at Vineland. N. J.. on July 90. has detrauded number of banks during the last two years, realizing probably seo.0oo. His right name Is Robert E. Harvey. His father. a reputable business man of Philadel- phia, died years ago. Somo time in the eighties he Is said to have served a term in the California state prison. after which he went to Montana and thence to Topeka. Kans. In 1880 he was arrested In Washington. D. C.. for forging several checks. He was wanted in Montana and Colorado for forgeries there. but he was tried for the Washington offences and was sem fenced to the Albany penitentiary for threee years. After his release ha sw1ndled a number of banks by means of forged checks. The apparent sin- cerity of his address and prayers at religious meetings always brought him host of friends, from whom he soon picked out one to introduce him at the bank he proposed to swindle. Ha then deposited a small amount for short time and kept a running ac- count and finally depositing a forged draft against which he drew and disap- peared.
 Early in June this year Harvey, undes the name of Frank Moulton< appeared in Worcester. Mass. and bought Mir. Brewers drug store, paying $500 on account. He carried on business until June 20. MT. Brewer had introduced him to the Quinsigamond National bank. where Moulton opened an ac- count, made deposits and drew checks for bills contracted in running the drug store. On the date mentioned he de- posted a forged draft for s4,356, pur- porting to be drawn by the National bank of Tama. Iowa. on the First Ma tioal of Chicago. The same day he went to Providence. R. l.. and cashed at the Manufacturers National bank of Providence check for s2.OOO on the Quinsigamond National bank. payable to Walter Snow and signed by Frank Moulton. He had prepared to secure this $3,0O0 from the Manufacturers Na- tional bank in this way:
 About year prior, under the name ot w. B. Snow, he had formed the ac- quaintance of prominent attorney of Providence, who was much interested in prohibition. Moulton spent some time in Providence, during which he contributed literally to the cause of prohibition and to churches there. During last winter he sent to the at torney referred to. a subscription for the prohibition fund and this spring called on the attorney, asking him to look up some drug stores advertised for sale in Providence. At his request the attorney introduced Moulton to the Manufacturers National, where he pur- chased & draft for $500 and deposited $500, and kept running account until June 20.
 In his operations Harvey has used many aliases. The police of various places throughout the United States are desirous of experimenting Harvey, and already acquisitions are being prepared in number of states, including West Virginia and Massachusetts. Yesterday a detective identified him as a man who, under the name of George P. Sage of Waterbury, Conn, ,swindled the Hart- ford National bank of Bel Air. Md, in April last out of $S,6OO. At Bel Air hs claimed to be purchasing lands fnN friends at Waterbury, who had been ,en< gagged in the creamery business.