The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-26
FORGERY IS HIS FORTE
A Man with Many Aliases Gap
tured at Lansing, Mich.
RECENTLY ESCAPED FROM PRISON.

He Has swlndied Business Men in All sec-
tions Of tho Country. and wns Awaiting
Trial In Maryland When He Made His
Escape.
LANSING, Mich, Nov. co. Frank A.
harvey, alias Horace B. Baker, alias
George z. Sage, the forger, was arrested
mere yesterday by Pinkerton deRctlyo
from Philadelphia. He had been posing
rs the Rev. Charles o. Gibson. and was
preparing to swindls banks In this city.
On July 20 last Harvey was arrested al
Vineland,'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, Nd, by
means of forged checks. He escaped from
the Hartford county Jail on tho night Of
Oct. 9, being aided by two fellow prison
ers.
Harvey is said to have been born in Viz
ginia, and to have moved with his parents
to Philadelphia when a 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 20 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 II. All.
exander he claimed to be engaged by the
publishing house of Rand, McNaily & Co.,
OF chicago. Here he connected himself
with the Order Of Good Templars, Y. M.
U. A. and other religious and charitable
organizations, and carried on extensive
swindling operations. ...
In 1889 he appeared at the national CAP
ital, where, under tho alias Of Robert K,
Hall, on Nov. IA of that year, he was ar
rested for forging the names of several
business men on checks for small amounts
On his arrest 1T 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 penitcntiary, from which he was
discharged in August, 1892.
In November of the same year, at FL
mira he secured from bank there s12l
on forged draft, dated Oct. 90, 1892, 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. lie planned this forgery while sick
with typhoid fever in the Elmira hospital.
From Elmira ho went to Cleveland,
where he swindled wardell & Co. with a
forged draft for 1922 90 purporting to DO
issued by the Marrbnptsi hoplr ~ I;nu
hamton, N. Y, on New York city bank.
lie also succeeded in swindling banks at
Chicago on March 81, 1893, at Mount Vernon,
N. Y, on June 81, 1893 at Belnir, Md, on
May II, at Worcester, Mass, on June, 20,
1891, 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 Mr.. Brewer, paying 1900
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
oeeded In cashing check for 81, 900 at the
Manufacturers National bank, Mt Proyi-
dence, X. l., on the Quinsigamond No
tional bank
In his operations Robert A. Harvey has
used the following aliases: Horace B.
Baker, Henry M. Thomas, Reade Halford.
Herbert A. Roberts, Ralph c. Hunter, A.
G. Hinckley, Sherman Melchell, Henry w.
Hunter, Lawrence Stevens, A c. Buckley,
O. Il. Hiscock, Henry b. Scott, Frank q,
Woods, George p. Sage, Frank Moulton,
Walter B. Snow, G. w. Nelson, w. H.
Bunner, Victor Fennick and w. II. Miles.