The evening world., 1894-09-28
WANTED BY MANY.
Inspector Mclaughlin Has a Much
Sought Crook in Custody.
Davis Said TO Be Very Successful
Forger and Drait-Raiser.
A Cincinnati Bank His Latest Known
Victim for 200.

There was locked up at Police Head
quarters to-day 10 await the arrival OF
officers from Cincinnati, o., a crook who
has for a long :ime evaded the police,
Notwithstanding that warrants in near
~ all the principal cities in the United
States have been sworn out against
him.
lie ls Richard Davis, thirty-seven years
old who has recently been living at l27
East FOrty-eighth street His picture
adorns the Rogues' Gallery and shows
him to be a fine looking man.
Davis was arrested at Forty-seventh
street and Fifth avenue late last night
by Detectives Valley and Evanhoe, OF
Inspector McIaughln's stan.
The criminal record kept by Inspector
Mclaughlin, shows that the prisoner is
a celebrated forger and daring, auda-
Cious criminal generally.
on April Is last. Davis presented him,
self to the paying teller at the National
Lafayette Bank in Cincinnati. He
calling for $500 and purporting to be
signed by A. Senior & Son, weli-known
merchants OF that city, and made paya-
BILE to James Kamp, the bearer.
teller and the other bank officials, the
check was paid on the strength Of a
very cleverly forged identification on
the back Of It. Ramp disappeared from
that the check was "A forgery.
The police authorities were notified
and n description of the man, togeth er
with the details of the crime, was sent
to the police Of all the large cities in
the country.
Inspector Mclaughlin received his com
munlcation on May 3. II was signed by
Chief Deitch. OF the Cincinnati police,
and contained fuller description and
more details than those sent to other
cities.
Inspector Mclaughlin looked over the
Rogues' Gallery and picked out Davis
picture as the most likely criminal. He
knew much of the mans record. and
also that he had recently been operat'
ing in, the West. The INSPECTOR for;
1t was identified by the paying teller as
James Ramp.
Davis and another equally celebrated
reaped a great harvest by forging ant
raising drafts throughout the West anc
Southwest some years ago. l5OWmar
was apprchended at Atlantic, Ia; anc
was sentenced to prison for raising o
draft from SIG to 81 600.
The artistic part of the work was done
by IA man named Charles Becker, who
had a very successful method of filling
in the punctures with pulp, erasing the
writing and raising the amounts OF the
drafts The work was 30 cleverly done
as to deceive the most expert bankers.
Rocker and Davis had been working to-
gether of late In forging checks and rails
ing drafts. and It is believed that Becker
IL somewhere in or about New YORK al
present. There are several warrants GU,
FOR him. too.
The first police record OF Davis dates
back to Nov. %. 1888. when he was ar.
rested with Edward Darlington and
Charles Preston, alias Fischer, for forg.
ing u check on the firm of Harris &
Co, of this city.
on Dec q OF the same year Davis
pleaded guilty to that charge in Genera
Sessions Court, and was sentenced e
State prison for six years.
He was released In 1883. since which
time he has been touring the country
with Becker engaged in criminal opera
tons.
This morning Davis was remanded by
Justice Ryan, Mt the Tombs Court, until
to morrow morning,