Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-26
AN ADROIT SWINDLER
NEW YORK MERCHANTS FiEEcED
 BY A SMOOTH ROGUE.

All on Stolen Check-The Alleged MT.
 Munroe GotNIoney and Goods-Dr by
 John Munroe 6 Go. and stolen From
 the Mails.
 A young man with blond beard and A defect in his right eye, who represent- ed himself as John, Munroe of John Munroe & Co.,, hotel keepers of Eliza beth, N. J., has succeeded in swindling a number of storekeepers in New York in manner that shows him to be very clear headed and adroit rogue Shortly after banking hours last Saturday he called at the salesrooms of the National Cash Register company at 1179 Broad way and requested the salesman to show him 8 second hand cash register. This was an unusual request, so the manager endeavored to sell him new machine and was successful. The price of the register was $150, and the terms of sale S25 down and $15 monthly.
 A contract was drawn up and several promissory notes were made out, all of which the man signed in a firm, round hand in the name of John Munroe < Go, giving the address as 135 Broad street, Elizabeth. He then remarked that he did not have $25 ill cash with him, but he rendered in payment of the first installment certified check for $256 Ii drawn by Baker 6 Williams, storage warehouse keepers of 437 Green wich street, on the Broadway National bank in favor of John Munroe 86 Go. He indorsed this i'll the same firm hand and received a receipt for $35 and the Cash Registry company's check on the Garfield National bank for the differ ence, $2S1.14.
 The manager then telephoned to the Register company's Newark agent to look the man up i'll Elizabeth, and on Tuesday he received an answer that no such firm could be found on Broad street. Soon after receiving this infor- nation the manager was surprised to see Munroe walk in and give instructions for change in the name plate on the register from John Mnnroe & Go '' to "Munroe Go. s. 1" The manager in formed him of the Newark agents mes sage, but he merely laughed and re- marked that there were two Broad streets in Elizabeth-one North and the other South Broad street His place was on North Broad. he explained, and the Newark man had no doubt visited the wrong end of the town. This seemed plausible and. restored the managers confidence in the man, who then said that the bank had refused to cash the check, as they did not know him, and he requested that some one from the of flee go to the bank with him to identify him. The bookkeeper was sent to do this, but on reaching the bank he could not state positively that the man was authorized to inderse John Munroe &5 Co. s checks, so a compromise was eff fected by the cashier certifying the check
 The alleged Munroe then left and, as was afterward ascertained, visited J. R. Gibney of 51 Murray street, where he again represented himself as hotel man, and explaining that he intended serving a banquet he purchased $5s worth of glassware, for which he ten dered the check of the Cash Registry company ill payment and received i'll change $79 IA ill cash and check on the Irving National bank for $100. Aft er leaving intructions to ship the goods to Elizabeth he left, going immediately to the Irving National bank, where he had the second check certified, as the cashier refused to pay it without his be- ing identified.
 On Wednesday morning he visited the harness store of Isaac I. Stelling, 1560 Broadway, and bought boys saddle for $25. This item he paid with Gib- ney 8 certified check for $100, and as Stelling did not have change he handed the check to the errand boy, with pri- vate injunctions to visit both the Irving National bank and Gibney's. This the boy did and at both places was inform ed that the check was perfectly regular. So he had it cashed at the home bank and gave the supposed Munroe the $76 change. About ten minutes later man called for the saddle.
 About this time the Broadway Ma tional bank discovered that the indorse- ment on the original check for $231. IA was forgery, and that the check had originally been drawn by Baker & Will Hams in favor of John Munroe & Co, bankers at 32 Nassau street, New York. The Cash Register company was notified z Of this, and simultaneously with the announcement came notifications from the United States Express company that DO such number as 135 existed on North q Broad street, Elizabeth, and further g more that no such firm was ill existence 2 there. The manager of the Register < company immediately visited the firm of Baker 6 Williams, where he was in- < formed that the check in question had # been mailed to John Munroe & Go. at
 5a Nassau street on Friday, but had z been stolen from the mail, as it had S* never reached that firm.
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