New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-29
SUINDLING RIGHT AND LEFT
MANY CHARGES AGAINST A BROOKLYN
PRISONER.
CHECKS AND BANKBOCKS AS COMMON AS AU-
TUMN LEAvEs-DECOYED By

The police OF the Filth Precinct of Brooklyn have
a prisoner whom they believe to be ceVer s"inHieF'
and who has for several days been trying to get the
banks to cash a bogus draf, on the FIRST Nauond'
Bank OF Pittsburg. Penn. for $1,000 under the pre-
tence Of opening an account. The prisoner wno
described himself Charles He'd. jr. Is peheved
to be the same who tried to swird.e the Nc
chanlcs and Traders Bank. at Frankin-st ana
Greenpoint-ave. and the seventeenth Nard bahN'
in Manhattan-ave out OF severai thousand dollars
on Saturday by getting the large dra't ca7heh
When the prisoner presented himself at the Ms-
chanics and Traders and seventeenth Ward BANKS
he described himself as Charles Hello. IT.. ana saId
that he had only recently come from chicago anu
intended opening butchers business Inc hrst
knowledge that the police had Of the attempted
swlndes was brought to their knowledge on Sa'ur-
day by Robert W. Paynter. cashier Of the MShah-
lcs and Traders Bank who visited the seventh RE
cinct Station. and reported his suspicious OF 'he
visitor whom he had had during business hours.
Detectives soon learned OF the attempt tnat hau
heen made to swnd.e the seventeenth Ward bah<'
The descrinon OF the man that the police found aiso
tailed with that Of man whom the posioihee au-
thorl,ies have been looking ior for some time lot
robbine the mail boxes OF letters containing drafts
and money.
While the detectives from the different ponce
precincts we're looking for the prisoner he walked
,n,o the Dime Savings Bank. at broadway ana
Mvrtle-ave at noon and approaching inc caSh
ier's window presented the bogus draft ana asheu
the cashier 20 honor II. NicePresident u l. Ao'
ten who acts paying teller, was JUST leaving tue
bank and his assistant. Charles hroech 'ooH ms
place Held spoke with a German accent anu ms
r,.r,.r caused Kroeck TO suspect that ali was NOT
right Kroeck recognized him from the uesc'lp'io'.
given in the morning papers as the man WIN ""-
tried 10 swlndl. the two barks In rreehpoin' o'
SATURDAY When the man desired 10 MAKE uT
nosit OF $4,000 Mr. Kroeck replied that the oa'n
received only $500 on deposit but that ne ooui"
oman an account for other members OF his fafnliy'
| Hold then asked for four bank books
IAN right | will open the accounts. said MI
| Kroeck.
But how abou. the honoring OF THIS orait i0i
$1,000 so that | can deposit the greater par =,
~" inquired the visitor. Mr.. kroeck continued
% talk with Held until Policeman Jones. OF the
| Fifth Precinct for whom he had sent. appeared
| When Jones placed MS prisoner under arrest the
| latter turned pale. and almost tainted recover
ing quickly he knife. but before ne could
use it the officer had disarmed him and taken him
Ernest Rose grocer, doing business at No $50
a lawyer. OF No. 3e4 Clifton Place, to cash a check
! for s. 30 held by Held. who gave Lawyer Moultor.
a Worthless check for $50 and on the strength Oh
| ths check got Mr.. Moult0n to induce Mr. Rose TO
| cash the bogus check for s. 80
who swindied Frceborn C Smith. the Prohibition
candidate for Mayor u Brooklyn. and who t. !, a
ppiace Of business three months age and said he
desired To- PgrcnaS5e PaHo on o TeRYorF banks
| FOR 5000 and aftev ordering piano valued Al
S7O0 sad that he would Ike 90 borrow S2. "a The
/ hanks were closed for the day. Mr. SMITH gave
/ him the 81 and Held left his bankbooks for Sc
several New-York detectives identified Held last
night as thu man fo, whom thy haa been LOOK OK
/ ing The detectives said thu Held ct..ed on DC
! tober * on George Nichols OF N l.N3 Broadway.
| Zew-York and told Mr.. Nichols that he had IN
herIted S5 ca by death Of his grandfather. VINO
! b,d lived In Plttsburg Held declared that he
as DESTROYS of investing the money In rea! es-
ta.e and showed draft on the seventh Nard
Eank Tor $40 50l 20 substantive rs assertions He
scr,rei az ana les- the check security.
Held next visited the Union Dime savings Bant,
where he introduced himself as Charles frank ana
! onened an account by depositing a draft When
nsxt heard from Held about 10 invest in real
| estate Re cit 10 the Nationai Building and
! Lean ASSOCIATION at No 100 Broadway and an
| nounced mat re had $ nc 20 invest In property
owned by the association He gave me CLERK a
| OF Pittsburg The clerk was suspicious that me
! man vas a swiniler, and asked him 10 call the
| Following day when he would receive the balance
! due him Held failed 10 appear.
| The cashier OF the Harlem Savings Bank also re-
! ceived a visit from Held who presented draft for
| hin showing the amount deposited by HIM Later
Held dressed as lahOrer. appeared at the Twelfth
| Ward bank in East One-hun1red- and-twenty-hf
a. whore he sought to open an account ny deposit
| ing a draft The draft wa rejected. ,,
! Held then went to the North side Bank, or VII,
| ianshurg where NJ deposited a draft and received
| bankbook in return He called upon Judge Smith,
| for the ioan OF 500 When Judge Smith refused to
! loan him any money he went TO neghbors and
| got IT, he will be arraigned In the Lee Avenue
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