The sun., 1895-04-14
A FAMOUS FORGERY CASE.
WONDERFUL CRIMINAL <BILITr
or cor. MONROE EDwAKDS.

uis Operations Sc Great as Nearly to Cause
Panic In New York In 1aAI-The Late
Richard vaux Arrested Him md Will
Ham VI. Evarts Helped te borend HIM
Iiair = u;I'ion In Notes In tais Tru.k,.
There ure yet mon In business in this city who
recall the sensation. OF its kind rccedsnted
and sitce unparalleled which vss created by
tho famous Col. Monroe Edwnrdss forgeries.
Such men were at the time Junior clerks or
office boys, for the forgcres were committed
Hfiy.four years ago In 1871.
There arc plenty OF business men who have
heard OF the case. for tho oodnoss and wonder.
full criminal ability o.t the forser have becomsa
tradition Ia the mercantile community. In
deed. they were .cinsrknb!o, ms is proved by the
fact that when he arrested there were found
II Cot Edwaris's trunk half n million dollars
IN gool bills. which he had realized BY his for
gcries; forgcriss OF such amounts and Of such
eudaclty that they created something like q
panic In commsrcinl and banking circles
Tho arrest and trial of the forger we're as re-
martable IN their way rs tho criminal acts
which brought them about The arrest was the
result of detective work dono by ex-judge
Loundes. a criminal lawyer Of high standing In
those days. who was employed by several mer-
chants and bankers. while tho fact that the
forger was being sought was not known even to
the police OF this or any other city. 1t 10 thought
a' !. .ne soa n m. ,"u
Col. Edwards was successfully perpetrating
comme ercial panic would have followed
The actual arrest made by the then Re-
cor Ter. afterward Mayor. Richard Vaux Of Phil
adelphia. Tho trial in this city, before Judge
William Kent. engaged the talent OF a young
lawyer named William VI. Evarts, and OF an
already famous lawyer and member Of Con-
1,n % t,,,l,w
who shot and permanently lamed Col. James
,vat.nn w.hh sditor ~ IN, Covri,r nu,l En-.
quirer. in duel growing out OF the case
chant. and bankers of .ni, city found that
heavy say0nee, they had been % making M os, on sup
p'ea spmSn,S m t"d o. eus.,M 'e .." drarcns
roor,rcs % urelimin.rr % CORES porrs,pondsnce ] Of ,sen.
nical character, vouchers of shipments. bills of
isd,ny insurance and other non,r. dff,cult to
obtain and as the whole intricate commercial
machinery Of such transactions was supposed to
be known only to the southern houses Gu
gagged in the business. the firms vctimizod here
were a'tonnaed nearly as much much % by the , fact o,
.ne as 'y .ne vas. sums .',y e"Ie 1e
hv
the forvcr and as each of the supposed shippers
hal victimized several New York houses. re-
ceivinG In one single transaction $50. 900, the
.tot.n,nt ,hot .om.thinn mar a manic wac
statemoht that something near panic was
created can be well understood not to be an
sggcrat!on.
IL was In thls condltion OF AFFAIRS that the IN
tere.trd parties. determining. for the reason
b aimed not TO call In tho aid of the polics or
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any detective agency invited Judge i.ouhdes TO
take charge OF the affair and endeavor to run
dawn the forrcr Judge Loundes had no. the
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shShtest ciew 10 the iaehtit! Oh the crimihai
for those who engaged him had no clew not
even the faintest su.picion He set about frat to
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learn. II p"ssioie VINO other thah tho houses en-
gagged in the cotton trade would have
Oh. p,cess,rv knowlcdve of ,h. ,om.
WHAT involved process whercpy the snip
lers secured advances from banks and
Con.iruces on shipments Of cotton For weeks
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