The Nome nugget., 1901-09-20
Forges a Check for $3SO0 and Secures
 the Money.
The Check Was Drawn the Sub Erea5gcy of the United States at San !ranC;sCoChIef Signai Officer GraeH's Signature Was Forged, the
 Eldnk Checks Being Stolen.

James C. Beaslcy. commonly known among his friends and acquaintance in Nome a, Jim" Htaslcy. left Nync with his bride of three days on the steamer St. I'auI, which left Nome for l San Francisco on August lG.
 Before Bcas!cy left for the sunny south. however, he committed d forgery. the gross receipts of which We're S3. Nuu The instrument which he used to ob- tain this snug sum of money was q forged war department voucher, ctrv- erly executed. and Was Ca-Acd at the | Bank Of Cape Nome. The voucher OF the United StUtes at San Francisco. and it was forwarded by the Bank of Cape Nome to the treasury department at san Francisco, and was duly paid. and the Bank of Cape Nome credited with the amount.
 Three days later a second voucher for the same amount reached Assistant Treasurer Burn-. and his suspicious were aroused. Payment of the second v,ucher of course was promptly and the Bank of Cape Nome was notified that the first voucher was also a forgery.
 The forged voucher, which was paid by the Bank of Cape Nome and f0r- warded to san Francisco, was puri iorted to have been signed by "trank Green, Captain Signal Corps, L. $. A:, and was dated at St. Michael, August 9, 1901. It was an original check or voucher and bore the number 2399.
 The following telegram from Captain Green to Manager Holner Of the local bank, will explain how Beaoley. or some one acting for him. obtained two blank vouchers Nos. 2399 and 24O0:
 St. Michael, Sept, r. 1901. N. B. Solner, Nome: signal service cheeks on the assistant treasurer O1 tAe United States, Nos. 2.iS9 aud 240o were stolen from my office: payment stopped 1 in San Francisco. Refuse payment and cause arrest of person, utteiin9.
 FRANK GREEN.
 Possession of cheeks was gained by 1 forgery: preparation was forgery; particulars by first mail.
 The forgery of Capt. Greens name Is pronounced clever piece of work. On the back of the check is the indorHc- ment. "Burn, X Beasley. by J. (. Beasley. one of the firm" The face of the check also bore the words: ''tor building 3G miles telegraph from Kaltag north.'
 Last winter and spring Bea9lcy had a contract from the government for the erection of telegraph poles bet"eeh Cnalaklik and ka!tag. The Bank ot Cape Nome had previously cashed one or two government che, ks ndorsed by Bea4ley. They were genuine. The S3. 500 check was made out ln the same way as were the others which had passed through the bank. The forgery of Capt. Green name is said to be per feet. and no doubt Ncasley or his ac- complice, if he had any, had practiced initiating the name for some time.
 Beasley himself did not present the check at the Eanl, of Cape NonG for payment. It was presented to the bank by well known business man who had advanced Beasley $500 upon it. par tially to Beasley himself and the bal ance to Bert ohuler, who presented an order at one time for $250.
 Beasley was married on August l3 to Mrs. Margie Bennett, of San Fran cisco. She came to Nome few days previously. Beasley had known her in San Francisco during the life time of her first husband, a San Francisco den tist. She became infatuated with Beasley and secured devorce from Dr. Bennett. Afterwards Dr. Bennett shielded.
 This was in 1898. Beasley is an Aus tralian by birth,:a tall, handsome man of probably 3S years of age. with gray hair. In the winter Of lS91-9S he was in San Francisco and he occupied hand some apartments in the Palace hotel. He was the manager then of the Pat Calvin syndicate. In the spring of '9S he went to the Klondike in the same capacity, but the Calvin syndicate did not ''pan out, although Beasley made money.
 He came to Nome in the spring of 1900 and later bought an interest in the Colu nj ii theatre, paying for it, it is now said, with $lO,0OO draft on an Australian bank, which was not honor ed and " hi | was returned. Bcasley afterwards invested in Kougarok mn ing property and it is said that a few