The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-11-26
FORGERY IS HIS FORTE
A Man with Many Aliases Cap
tured at Lansing, Mich,
RECENTLY EsCkPTD from PRISON.

lie Has swindIed Business Men in All Sec
tions of the Country, and was Awaiting
Trial in Maryland When lie Made Hls
Escape.
LANSING, Mich, Nov 60 Frank A.
Harvey alias Horace b. Baker, alias
George p. Sage, the forger, was arrested
here yesterday by II Pinkcrton detective
from Philadelphia. He had been posing
as the Rev Charles o. Gibson. and was
preparing to swindle banks in this city.
On July 20 last Harvey was arrested at
Nincland, n J., where he had been living
under the alias of Horace b. Baker, with
his wife and child He was taken on re
QUESTION to Hartford county, Md, where
he had been indicted, under the alias of
George p. Sage, for swindling the Har-
ford National bank of Belair, Md. by
means Of forged checks. He escaped from
the Hartford county Jail on the night of
Oct 8, being aided by two fellow prison
ers.
Harvey is said to have been born in Nir-
ginia, and TO have moved with his parents
to Philadelphia when boy His father
was reputable business man of Philadel-
phia, and died some years ago. His mother
still resides in Philadelphia. He has two
brothers in business in that city. His
criminal career commenced in California,
where, in 1881, when % years old, he was
convicted in Santa Clara county of embez-
element and sentenced to the state prison
at San Quentin for two years.
After serviag his sentence he went to
Montana and from there to Topeka, Kan,
where, under the name of Robert H. AL
eXander, he claimed to be engaged by the
publishing house of Rand, McNally q Co,
of Chicago. Here he connected himself
with the Order of Good Templars, Y NJ
G. A and other religious and charitable
organizations, and carried on extensive
swindling operations.
In 1889 he appeared at the national cap
ital where, under the alias of Robert e.
Hhll, on Nov, ID of that year, he was ar
rested for forging the names of several
business men on checks for small amounts.
On his arrest it developed that he was
wanted in Montana and Colorado for for
geries there, and an effort was made to ex-
tradite him, but he was tried on March 81,
1890, for the Washington offenses, found
guilty and sentenced to three years in the
Albany penitentiary from which he was
discharged in August, 1892
In November of the same year, at FL
mira, he secured from bank there 1921
on forged draft, dated Oct 29 1899, pur-
porting to be issued by the Twin Valley
bank of West Alexandria o., on the Ma
tional Bank of the Republic of New York
city. He planned this forgery while sick
with typhoid fever in the Elmira hospital.
From Elmira he went to Cleveland,
where he swindled Wardell & Co with
forged draft for s42220, purporting to be
issued by the Merchants bank of Bing-
hamton, n. Y, on a New York city bank.
He also succeeded in swindling banks at
Chicago on March 21 1893, at MountVernon,
n. Y, on June 27, 1898, at Belair Md on
May II, at Worcester Mass, on June, 20,
1894, and many others.
Early in June of the present year
Harvey, under the name of Frank Moul-
ton, got control of drug store in Worces-
ter, Mass, from a Mr.. Brewer paying $500
on account and giving mortgage for the
balance. He carried on business until
June 20. Mr., Beewer introduced him to
the Quinsigamond National bank, and
after opening and carrying on an account
with the institution for some time he sue
ceeded in cashing a check for 50, 900 at the
Manufacturers National bank, at Provi-
dence, r. l., on the Quinsigamond Ma
tional bank.
In his operations Robert A. Harvey has
used the following aliases: Horace b.
Baker, Henry NJ. Thomas, Reade Halford,
Herbert A. Roberts, Ralph c. Hunter A.
G. Hinckley, sherman Melchell, Henry w.
Hunter, Lawrence Stevens, A c. Buckley,
g. E. Hiscock, Henry B. Scott, Frank G.
Woods, George p. Sage, Frank Moulton,
Walter b. Snow, G. W. Nelson, w H.
Bunner, Victor Fennick and w. H. Miles