Evening journal., 1895-02-18
Legislative Notes.
NEWARK MANS NAME FORGED,
A man who Gives His Name as Dollar
English Arrested for Passing Forged
Checks in Cecil County.

A Man who Gives His Name as Dollars
English Arrested for Passing Forged
Checks In Cecil County.
HAvRE DE GRACE, Md. Feb. 1S-A man
registering as d Long, Philadelphia, Pa ,
was arrested in Havre de Grace yesterday
on the charge OF passing forged checks
In Cecil county He was taken by the
Cecil authorities to Perry Eille, where he
was committed to Elkton all to await
the action Of the grand jury.
The commitment was made on the
testimony of Ira @ Mclaughlin, Of
Newark, Del, whose name had been
forged, and Of Samuel j. Reeder, Of
North East The accused arrived in
Newark on Thursday last and stopped at
the Washington House, registering as 9.
II Eaton He became acquainted with
Mr. Mclaughlin. the proprietor Of the
house, and offered him check of Rankin
Armstrong, Of that town. after purchas-
ing some articles of furnishing goods
The check, however, was not received
and he left Newark the same afternoon
He next appeared in North East, Cecil
county. where he registered at the Hotel
/ Cecil as ID Fl English. Her,
be met Stewart Deford, who was
soliciting subscriptions for destitute
woman, and made an impression on Mr.
Deford by contributing quarter to thi
charitable object He subsequently wen
to Mr. Deford and stated that his sym
pathies we're greatly enlisted In behalf o.
the poor woman. aud that II he could cRsl
him small check he would give him
couple of dollars more. It WAS not con
venient for MIR Dsford to do this, but b
took him to the hard ware store of d II
Bacon, TO whom he was introduced, wher
check drawn on the Newark, Pei
National Bank for "a to d q English 0
bearer. signed BY Ira @ Mclaughlin, wa
presented and for which the money wa
given. He was also introduced to Mi
Reeder, from whom he made some tridin
purchases, giving him check, the exaC
duplicate of above, ard receiving th
difference In cash.
On Friday the stranger arrived
Havre de Grace under the name OF
Long He started out ia Havrs de Grat
by attending the convention In II
interest of the young people
societies OF the Presbyterian Churcl
The next day he made some purchases (
Greenbaum & Co., Of Havre de Grac
and while trying TO negotiate a chec
Ahb Ouoho ptahhu ih NoIbu E&Sbi exec Y
being payable TO d Lorg, he Was take
into custody Mr.. Reeder had trace
the accused to Havrc de Gracl
A number OF checks were foun
on the prisoner, all drawn on I'll
Autographed blanks Of the Pennsylvani
Company, for insurance OF lives an
granting of snnuities for variou
amounts, from $40 TO $50, and payable
such names as d. H English, Dali
Burkhead and Q H. Eaton, aud signed /
the names A. w. Forbes, II II. Dette
D. B. Brown and D. B Smith He al.
had In his pocket several letters of di
ferent addresses, one being that OF D
Paul Jones, Is South Paca stree
Baltimore.
The prisoner is small. delicat
2 looking man, possibly 20 or 2S years
4 age, with dark hair and smooth fac
Q sharp features and nose inclined to tui
Q up little. He was well dressed Z
Q wore black overcoat. with tRn.color,
: kid gloves, and black Derby hat,
Dollars English was the name he ga
8 when he was put in Elkton jail He So
{ his address was No. 92l Lombard stree
, Philadelphia, where he stated be had
9 | wife and one child