The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-06-21
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nm Exemplary Iife and Cuiti.ates III.
Opportunities MS Reputation Gives hin
Forged Paper Amounting 10 sI5O.OO,
supposed 10 Exist.
NEW YORK. June H. Albert \
Moore com bined the superintendent,
Of "A >unday-school in Harlem with In,
treasnrer>hip Of silk company il
Wall street and the study Of Tolstoi il
his private library with the study OF
speculation on the stock exchange 4
such an extent and with such unfor.
tunatc results that he is now a
prisoner =, the Tombs on the charge
OF having swindlcd several banns
IN this city out of an amount
estimated TO be almost $3.50. 900 by
means of forgery. The names which
he forged. according To the complaint.
are those of Imam, Swami & Co. of
No. III Cotton Exchange: Robert w.
lnman and George Menkc. commits.
sion merchants, Of No IL Green street.
The banks which suffer, 50 far rs
known, are the National Union bank.
the Bank Of New York. the Southern
national bank, the United states ma
"a.
The forgeries. Mr. lnman saws. ex.
tend over one year.
Albert ). Moore is well-appearing.
neatly dressed. thoughtful looking
man OF 50 years. lie began his lif,s
work as schoolnaster in n small
town up the state. When he came To
New York some six years ago he had
no difiicultv in securing a place with
lnman, Swami & Co., the BROKERAGE
firm. at the head Of which is John II
lnman. He progressed rapidly in the
nrm FAVOR. and showed SO much abil-
NY that despite his lack of CONNER.
cial training he was made bool<l<eeper.
All went well until last November.
Then one day Mr.. John H. lnman was
astonished at getting quiet tip that
ms bookkeeper was specializing out
side. lie investigated and found that
II was true. He went TO Moore, so he
said this afternoon. gave him three
months advance salary ana told him
70 put on his hat and never come back. |
we don't allow our employees to spec.
ulate. said Mr.. Inman, emphaticallv.
this afternoon.
Mr.. Moore took his hat and his sal.
airy, but did not go far Right along
side OF the manSwann offices is the
office OF the East River Silk Co. which
has small factory near Astoria. Mr..
robert W. Inman, q Junior mem
Der of the firm OF Inman.
swami & Co. has an interest in
I. Mr. Moore had so far husbanded
MS resources that the time Innan.
swami * Go. discharged him he was
reasurer Of the East River silk Co
nj owned $4,000 of its capital
took Of $4,000 So he simply turned
nto another door when he went To tho
ot,on exchange i'm the morning. /
here he remained and transacted /
nsines~ until Yesterday. lie was in c
Is Office Wednesday when mr. {
ilicer of the Union bank called
n Mr. lnman and just on the +
ther side Of the partition. showed 2
Ir. lnman three notes with the name c
ninan. Swami x Co. written across !,
rem They Were issued by the East
liver silk Co. :,
They are forgeries. exclaimed Mr.. e
imam at once. "Who discounted il
em?" Ii
"A ;. Moore, replied the bank Off.
r. and there are others-many, 81
any Others b
cons ulfations were held and il was il
cided to arrest Moore Yesterday "
orning II was felt that he would 81
AXE no attempt to escape. and he did A.
u lie came dowr TO his Office as q
ual yesterday morning. Detective al
'yle met hun and took him To the
'mbs police court. Lawyer Clinch hi
peared for him. lie wished to waive II
animation, but was not allowed to "
so, as il was not formal hearing. 30
was remanded in $4,000 bail on a
arge of forgery. te
'Ir. John II. Inman said this after sh
on. ia
i am sure that Moore led no double in
?. lie had no vices--exce pt as il
rms out. that Of forgery" bu
'ir. lnman was Inclined to criticise to
bank which handled Moores pa IL
:. This thing" he said, "had been in
ng on for year. understand. and re;
banks did not take the trouble To at
"a down here to find out if the sig pr
inrc was genuine until "Wednesday Gel
hard to tell how much bad paper fro
ore Heated in that year. lie never 4
any come to maturity and so ma
ded iscovery." DO,
ate this afternoon the East River ito
70. OF which Moore was treas til,
r. went into the hands Of receivers.
: action Of the company was cx- val
tea, and is believed to be due TO the tn,
yeries. WEE