New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-20
OTHER BANKS WERE CAUGHT
o1rrGLEy's FORGED BONDS WORKED OFF
ON SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS.

THE MERCANTILE NATIONAL NOT THE ONLY SUP
rrHER-rHE PRISONER UNsTRuNG BY THE
prAIJZATION OF HIS GREAT CRIME.
Three banking institutions in this city besides
The Mercantile Mathematician have suffered through
the bogus bond operations Of Edwin o. oueie''
ord tho general belief in banking circles is that
there are still others which have been delrauueo
The attorney for three banking INSTITUTIONS III
this city said yesterday that they had suiiereu
10 the extent OF $4,000 between them, and that the
stealings would be charged to the profit ana loss
account and the names of the banks would never
be made public The belief that there are o.he'
institutions which hold Quigley's bogus pohos mas
been strengthened by the announcement 'hat ."e
total amount OF bogus bonds printed for Qus'ey
was $4,000 which leaves s254V" OF 'he pape.
70 he accounted for. and unless the contents o.
Ouigley's safe which has not yet peen opeheu.
shall bring to light the remaining bonds. IL VIII
be safe to assume that other banking institutions
have suffered None OF the city bank officers VIII
talk about the possibility of their banks having been
duned by Ouigley but they taking an intense
interest in the 1t was learned yesterday
that Francis r. Marley a lithosrapner al no
80 Broadway, had made the bonos TOT Qu'sie9'
and at his Office 1t said that Que.e! sase
Nr Marley an order on January To- 1888 LOT i"
bonds value 81 900 each for the city OF Davenport
Iowa This issue, he believes now was nohes'''
executed by Quigley. He ola no more ous'
for the broker until January % 1871 ''"N"
TINA he executed the following orders i-ish''
bonds Harrisburg Penn 5000 each; eighty-hVe
bonds Cleveland, Ohio, 1900 each; seventy ooiuS
Springfield Ohio. 81 900 each 10 bonus "d"e ~
Ohio, 1900 each The total face Vaiue Oh mem
was $4,000. OF these he sold SliAVp 10 'ne '"o on
tile Bank This leaves s2540yD unaccounted io''
DESCRIPTION OF THE BONDS.
The following is a description OF the bogus oohus
rs furnished by THE Daily Bond Buyer:
Cleveland Ohio-Funding bonds. due Julyl. lss'
interest Al per cent hank D. cty one Of
series Of - bonds number Sdrd 10 a ~ higher
sued July 2 1884 Signed by Mayor ana t !, Cierk'
Springfeid Ohio-Five per cent sinking fund bonds
principal due April l. 1854 interest April and Oeto-
S Sew i x CITY; one Of Of bonds issued
10 supply sinking fund WITH money 10 ss issued
April l. 1894; signed by Mayor ana City Se aacb
'zanesye. 0hio-ffve per cent waterworks extern
zion bonds due January l. 1890; Interest S anuag
City Bank. Ncw-York one of a series Of l25 bonds.
number to 1875 issued; for the sole ana onis iphin
ISs CITY limit: January 2 lSs4 signed by Mayor
and city Clerk; coupons signed b. CITY treasurer
'Y Harrisbnrg Penn.-Five per cent sewer bonds
City Treasurer's office. Harrisburg one Of .eriss
OF eighty bends, number 70 80 issued under ac.
hnlding and maintaining a sewer system; issued
December /. 1894; signed by Mayor ana Tly hnds
$500 S.ss; each. ''
ou,g,ev's lawyer j. H. Caldwell had a long con-
imitation with him yesterday, and subsequently
Ar Caldwell said. when asked about other insu-
4u,,ons having suffered by Qugley's operations:
do not know whether there are any other con
this or net apy 0 keep %epy quiet
since Quigley is in jail and there could be no o.
Their %ak No4 Hs HS %od Says tnS
in making the depostprs Of the ona nSy
on their officers for having been fooled on his bad
bonds. Until Two years agI IN cy bonds in
New-York and die large business with o. BANK x,
Ing institutions both In ms sac ia 1e aim in rail-
road and corporation bonds Qnigsy mao ne else, ae
WSs cS sS very s esS ercan he
known and trusted. If he did so. presume ne
will never say
Speaking OF the manner IN which Quigley obtained
the bogus bonds of Cleveland. Springfield, Harris
burg and GAINESVILLE. Mr.. Caldwell said; THAT IS a
simple thing and due to no fault on the part OF
the photographer. These firms. who deal largely IN
bonds. a., have certain concerns who do their WORK.
When a city-say Observation-Disclosures to raise money
on a bond issue. 1t advertises the sale on certain
date A broker buys them He gets copy OF the
proceedings Of the City Council at which the issue
was authorized and other evidence TO show the
LEGALITY OF the issue. The making OF the bonds IL
often left to the purchaser. because he desire
~ have the interest payable at certain place or
.i,,o .tc The broker will have the bonds made
ba desires and then sent to the city officials TO be
6uv authorized and signed and sealed. SO 1t was In
,h,s case Ouigley ordered the bonds made he
had done hundreds of times before. and signed and
.u,bor,zel them himself. He was an old customer
of the bank and man they thoroughly trusted and
70 their validity was never questioned.
uiI,,.m p St John, president of the Mercantile
national Bank. yesterday added this to his state
ment OF the previous Gay
The forged bonds hypohecated 10 tne oank
In ns rceiss from time 10 time under excnanses OF
collateral among the different denanu ,oa ,h nss
the bank had made TO Quigihey. ha S have been
cauqb, even n knew ! would not tell what
knew.
THE PRISONER UNDoNE.
ouigIey who is now In the Tombs Is compie'eiy
broken down and his nerves appear to be totally
unstrung. He has always been a man OF her
vous temperament and his crime ana 'he a"'",
disgrace into which he has plunged h'"seii a"'
family have worked him into pitabie cohdition'
When his wife visited him at the Tombs yester-
day he cried like child The record OF generous
uisposition and the Willingness 10 heip o'"eis o"'