Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-15
A GANG OF SWINDLERS.
Their Operations Have Been
 Both Big and Bold.
VICTIMS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

Police of Several Cities Are on the Look out For Them.
 NEW YORK, May l5.-The police of this city and Baltimore and the federal au- thorities, as represented by the postoffice inspectors, are trying to ferret tho perpe tratorS of a series of gigantic swindles. It is the theory of the officers working on the | case that all of the frauds were undertaken | by one gang Their field has been. sesm- I ingly, the entire country. and they appear to have had established headquarters in Now York and in Baltimore. The operations of this gang appear to have included the sending for collection of n $30o, 600 bogus note, purporting to have | been drawn by tEo late senator Fair of California; the sending for collection of 6 Sl0O GOO bogus note against the estate of a deceased millionaire at Scranton. Pa the recent attempt to float from $l0, 900 to $40 O00 worth of bogus notes among the note brokers of this city, and the purchase | on fraudulent credit in this city of mer- chandiss of all kinds to the val of thou | sands cf dollars, which has be disposed | of for cash.
 There have been no arrests made yet. | Chief of Police Frey of Baltimore sent two of his detectives here last Sunday with let l Iers of introduction to Chief Byrnes, and l bANs hAS Lp" oOi mug III NphAOShAOh hAtA detectives from tho central office. The par ties concerned in tho San Francisco and | scranton a!Tairs have engaged private de- | toctivcs who are following clews in those 1 cities
 Their Offices Abandoned.
 The offices which the bogus firm of Will | liam Howell X Son occupied and operated from in Baltimore have been abandoned. The offices which the bogus firm of How ell X Co. occupied in this city are also de. serted and are now occupied by a city marshal
 The attempt to swindle the estate of Senator Fair on bogus note for $500. 900, | purporting to have been drawn by the San | Francisco millionaire to the order of Sena- tor Leland Stanford, also of San Francis | co, was made about a month ago.
 The bogus note was sent to the First National bank of San Francisco for collec- tiOn. It was forwarded by William G. Howell" of Now York. Nobody interested in either the estate of Senator Stanford or of Senator Fair had ever heard of "Wil- liam G. Howell" "
 The note was fer such . large amount that President s. G. Murphy of the bank nt onco sent for .. C. Angus. one of the executors of the Fair estate. The note was shown to Mir. Angus. It was drawn in the best business form. It was dated fivo years back and foll due on May 2S 1895.
 Mir. Angus was thoroughly familiar with the signature of both Senator Fair and Senator Leland Stanford. He said the | signature of the millionarcs on tho note appeared to be genuine. and if not genuine that they were certainly exceedingly clover forGeries Investigation proved the latter to be true.
 The note Is now in the possession of postoflicc inspectors here. although when questioned concerning it they either mako dcnials or evasive answers. They are try ing to find out who William G. Howells. who forwarded the note to San Francisco, really is.
 In regard to the scranton transaction fewer details have been obtained than concerning the bogus $500 coo Fair. Stan ford note It is known that at about the samo time that bogus note was scnt to San Francisco there was forwarded to Scranton bogus noto for SlU0, coo
 In appearance this note was almost iden tical with the Fair Stanford note. It was sent to be collected from the estate of de. ceased millionaire, md purported to have been drawn by him five years before, pay. able to the order of another millionaire, also deceased. This Scranton note, like the San Francisco note, not only purport. ed to have been drawn by one deceased
 
 millionaire lut, lko the San Francisco note, was dated five years back and fell , duo on May 2S 1895.
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 II any further proof was needed that tho $500, ,0U0 bogus note and tho sl00 O0O note are ly the samo forger or gang of forGcrs it Is found in the fact that the William G Howcl!s who forwarded tho san Francisco noto and tho person who forwarded tho Scranton noto gave but one address through which they could be reached That address was Lock box No. DIS in tn, New York poStofficC
 The eye "t an inspector has been contin ually 0n Hat hox since thcse matters frs became u-e sub. .ect of official inquiry. No body Las cono to it, however.
 Marvin D. Wheeler, chief inspector O the New York postoflice, is in charge O | the federal officers who are invest gal ing tho matter hora. He was questioned close ly by reporter. He was asked If it wa not fact, so far us ho had been ablc tt learn that the $500, coo bogus note sent t. San Francisco and the SloO. coo bogus not sent to scranton had not both emauatOI from the same source.
 Inspector WI eJ.cr looked at tho reporte curlousiy Tor a moment and then asked:
 Now, how did you learn that?
 But is it not sO:" tho reporter persist ed.
 Don't ask me any questions about it. said the inspector.
 But are not your men working unde that theory" he was asked.
 Now. now. said the inspector impa tiently, "thiH is a matter that canno | talk about at present
 Tho bogus note sent to San Francisc was forwarded to the First National banl of that city for collection. The Bank 0 Commerce Ot this city Is correspondent fo the San Francisco bank. The president o tho Bank of Commerce is W. W. Sherman
 Nr sherman was asked by reporte whether he had received letter Uf inquir about tho note. He replied that there ha been no correspondence. He said he ha heard of this $500. 900 bogus note, how ever, but had regarded the forwarding C it for collection ss the wild scheme of crazy man.
 In the operations of the gang using tn to be found that may lead to the identif cation and arrest of some of the swindleri
 Knocked Out by "MuIdoon's Cyclone"
 BosToN, May l5-At the Farragut Atl letic club Fred Morris (colored). known C 'Muldoon's Cyclone. knocked out Die Moore middleweight champion of th northwest, by a left handed punch in th U pit of the stomach at the opening of tf eleventh round of l5 round contest
 TO BLOW UP REED.
 Bottle of NHrosIyesrin Found on the cO