The evening world., 1894-09-24
MORE sW|NDLERs CAUGHT.
Weber and Northrup fut 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 victimized in cashing checks
on mythical banker in Cochecton, n.
y, about 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 Tulkahoe, who
were arrested Saturday night by Detec-
tives Doyle and Sullivan, and arraigned
before Justice Ryan yesterday morning
at the Tombs Police Court. They were
indicted by the Grand Jury Friday. w.
l.. Brockway and Ambrose Davenport
were indicted for the same offense early
in the present month and have been
locked up in the Tombs ever since, await
ing trial.
The operations were carried on on a
large scale, and 1t Is said that the va
rious men who put out the checks sue
ceeded in getting cash for between
$50, 900 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 is said
to have dealt more extensively in the
fraudulent checks than any of the
others.
There is an affidavit in the possession
of Lawyer Frederick Lincoln in which
| Northrup swears that he is worth at
| least $4,000 in real-estate In this city
and in Virginia. Mr.. Lincoln told an
| Evening World reporter that he had
investigated Northrups statement, so
far as this city is concerned. and that
he had found that what he said about
his property here was correct.
Among the others whose names have
been mixed up in the big check swindle
! is a young man named Charles NJ. Smith.
He was arrested at the same time that
there was not sufficient evidence to hold
him and he was let go. Smith, in an in
| terview with reporter of The Evening
| World" blamed Northup for all his
swinIled him out of lot of money on
the checks on Il. b. osmun banker,
, Cochecton, n. Y"
1t is known that Smith had a good
bogus checks In his possession at one
time, and that he deposited them to the
amount of $500 in the Union Square
| Bank. He drew checks against the ac-
count in the Union Square Bank to the
extent of three or four hundred dollars
before he was notified that the Cochec;
matters with the bank and then started
given to Northrup for the checks.
Ncithrup, in the affidavit which he
made for Lawyer Lincoln, in which he
said he was worth $4,000, said that he
would make the checks which Smith
had obtained from him good. Then
Northrup went out Of town, while the
detectives were looking for him. He
! 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 Northrlp
the face value of the checks, but sim
ply said that he had advanced every
thing he owned to him. All of the
checks which Smith obtained from
Northrup were signed c. G. reall & Co
The same signature appeared on the
checks for the passing of which Brock
way and Davenport were indicted.
Of James Logon. of 3S Wall street, fol
getting Charles NJ. Smith to pass a CHECK
on him, Aug. II. for $3.50, at restau
rant at Is William street.
Justice Ryan yesterday held NorthruI
and Weber, 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 b,
called upon to plead either to-day or to
morrow In the Court of General Sessions
At the Distrct-Attorneys office 1t wa,
said that Smith had denied absolutel.
that he knew anything about any othe
dictment of Northrup. This denial wa
made notwithstanding the fact tina
Smiths lawyer slowed to an "Evenin
World" reporter many of the bad check
! which Smith had deposited in the Uniol
Square Bank.