New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-02
A CAREER OF CHIME.
HOW A NOTORIOUS FORGER GAINED y
LIVELIHOOD.
,,,.-,,ons ADOPTED BY ROBERT F. HARVEY WIN
,...n,,p ARREST AT vINELAND y. IA
BRILLIANT TALKER AT RELIC
IOI-S MEETINGS.

IOUs MEETINGS.
MI. o.ros, ~ Horace D. Baker at Vne!and' " De-
on U,ly "a will probably stop for whhe inc oP
." jug ~" ,'a ,yho has adopted forgery as pro
fssson and who. in the last TWO years "' I'll,
r,,d.I , number of banks. realizing P'o'""
.cono piuterton's National Detective Nse"''
,,,. civ which keeps full record OF pio'' 49,,
forcers gives the following facts re8a'u''e H.,1
"Uis right name IS Robert r. Harvey He =
, -, horn in virginia and 70 have moNeu
with hts parents to Philadelphia. PENN VIM MI.
VS. a boy Ills father was repu'ao' 49,
"a, ,f Phfalelphia and died come years "so'
His mother now quite an Ola 'a'y' 9''', -, -
phlladelpn,i He has two brothers !" D''
,bls city He is the only member OIL MS '"''"' =,
T., ,oroulng q criminals life. some time III '''
-, h ,s said To have served term Of I'M
-, 80, o., the california STATE Prison dI'e'
,,r,cb he w-ut to Montaua. and from tHerf i" ~
p.ka Kan WHERE. under the nam" Oh "D''''
Alexander h. claimed 20 be 'nSAS"l u! VI P"'
fishing house Of Rand. McNaIy CO.. OF Nn'Oaso'
H.. ne connected himself with the Ord,r OF "'o'
remplars the Young Mems Christian NSso0'I''o"
rd o,hcr religious and charitable orgauizatons'
81 II q said that he married the daughter u
very respectable man. . A..o
ms criminal record IN the East appears 70 nave
commenced In the fln OF 1888 at WASHINGTON - 80
hor. und,r the alias Of Robert +. Hall, on NO
vernbor "A OF that year, he was arrested TOT I"'s7
tho names OF several business men 10 c'''N' -.
I'LL ,r,o,,n,s ON his arrest It was developer mat
n. was waited in Montana and 'oioralo '"' .o'
aar.s there. AMI an erort was mao" u 'h''",
him but be- WIS tried on March H. lS" TOT ''.'
,,asb,,g,on o0crces found guilty AMI sentenced 70
tire. years In the Albany Penenillry' from ""'0'
ne was discharged IN August NC In pctoo'' sue
.e,,g b,s release while confined in thu Arnot
ogden Hospital Of Emirl. y. Y ne wrote 'e'''
- The Twin Valley Bank OF West AieNa"N''''
ohio. rs follows.
"t;eurcmcn. on September 10. while stiing }"
the Rathbun House. this city. young "'"" 'P
nr,achel me and after few moments c"hVerS'-
,l,n Uos attracted by ny finger ring ana "dh'el
., has. u consented 10 sell u for SO. lie ON!
hl a., rash but on, rcd me sos q draft drawn Oy
,,,r bonk IN a $ew York bank. The draft was
%o cs7 p,vsb. o. George C. Richards. signed Dy
! S?"I ~ 80 i9y VAS taken SICK with typhoid
49, ,nl have been IN the hospital ever since
i'yrg nv M moss have often thought 81 the HIait
,n hsys ,5n.lderalic curiosity 10 know II my sus
"ins we're correct n you VIII take the trouble 10
inform me viii be under o5Asa'lons an a 1S"i
s,r,,a srult grower living At san jose Hoping /
may have the pleasure y" 'fniESkY 81 THOMAS
he TIL" , VAIN ,6at the dra referred - wa
fraud The object Of this rti"f "as ~ W la,
T. secure ,he name % the cashier OF ne I"in Ntnry
T.rk :, ,s.lst m tie sw.nIle which Howard aieI
usrr ucrf-.traicl On November j.. ~ AZ -
nra ~ gr, Ga,ra o,5b@r p i~s purgorns % be
i.sucI by IN" Twin Naey i.nK % f5ss,,b1i. ~
dr1 Ohio me Nationai Bank OK me he2Ho'y n, %
while sick 800 me Eluira Hospital, ne p.fNn'G Il
forgery. which ne successfully executed lmmela'eF
on rs release $780,, A.. 49,. -t,,
ID usually prepares for his f0rgerics By entering
into correspondence with some minister or oni0er
~ some religious organization In the city wherc ne
purposes % operate He thcn foiio%' up tHls ~ ~
rc.noni.sr. with visit lie - we'll ver-ei IN tfie
rifaa ~ ihe order u Good Tem?.ars. unieretlnu'
The Bible thoroughly. Is well acquainted WIN mrs
fi,r Frtcay.r work. cHVv"rs1ut with DOCKS ana "H-
ihors AMI tnc apparent sincerity ot nls addresses
ana t-ayer- ~ religious meetings always nrn3- hi.n
a b =. ~ friends from whom lie soon PICKS Guy
some on. q Introduce him NJ ne bank n" propose
fo s.ind,e IT, tfeu deposits small amount an !
for A short time keeps running BANK account, ann
analiy deposits forged drift AGAINST Nmch he
lrar.s anl Ilsappe1rs This was the prthod Ar
adop,.l m Chictgo. Mount Vernon and Rel AIT
In his operations Robert T.. Harvey ma ut"I me
following alih@cs Henry II Thomas. Reaie Hal
fori Herbert J.. Roberts. Ralph g Hunter, a g
Urcklev sherman Mecheu. Henry W. Hunter
Lawrence stevens. \. e. buckley. G. T. Hlseock
Henry 70 scott Frank G. Woods. George ! sag.
FranlENoui'on. Walter IS SNOW @ " NNeison' W.
n Bunner. VICTOR Frnnick md ". II Miles
II. f. fhrty-scvru years of age. nNe f'"t ak AMI
one-haif inches. dark-brown hair. dark-sray eyes
weight ii5 pounds
4 representltiye 81 P.nkerton's Agency. who
visited Vineand yesterday IN tho interest OF the
Hartford National Bank 81 Rel Ar Md has iienu.
nei Baker tho party who. under ne name or
Gc0rg' + Sage sw.nded that bank IN May last