The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-08
AN ALLEGED FORGER.
Man Wanted in Various Parts Of in ctatp CarSht hy Detective M t(rrat

l
 Man Wanted in Various Parts of the i State Caught by Detective M.Grath | Yesterday.
 | An alleged forger who has been want
 ed by the authorities in New Haven
 and q number of Connecticut cities was arrested by one of New Haven's sharp
 detectives yesterday in Norwich. The
 name of the prisoner is John Wen2el and his captor is Detective McGrath, or the local bureau. The detective had heard that a man answering The de-
 scription of Wenzel was in NorW1cn, and so he went there yesterday morn- ing in the hope of landing his man.
 After skirrnshing about the city for
 few hours he got track of him ana
 about noon made the arrest.
 Wenzel, it is claimed, is the man who
 worked games on a few of the local
 merchants about the first of March and
 who had met with some success in his particular line. At that time it is al- legged he passed forged checks on the firms of Hastead, Harmount x Co.,, Hodges Brothers and Moorhead, the tea man. His game was to intercept bill sent by firm to a citizen of the city and then to present the bill with a forged check for an amount little larger than the bill, and finally to make away with few dollars in change.
 This mode of transacting business was tried on the above named firms, and the methods of the operator were discovered little while after he made his departure.
 Detective McGrath learned that he was arrested in New London on the same charge and that he was taken to Norwich for trial, but enough evidence against him could not be got together and he was allowed to go. Another money making scheme that the prison CT is alleged to have worked in New Haven was that of getting money from friends in the university here on worth less notes. There are many Yale men who have been out of pocket on account of this generosity, and it is expected that their claims will be heard if he is brought to trial in New Haven.
 The man arrested claims to be grad uate of Boston university and he seems to be well educated. He is abolt thirty years of age and makes d good appear
  his home.
 Detective McGrath returned to New Haven with his prisoner about 90 yes terday afternoon and he was placed in the central station. He will be heard before the city court this morning
 A novelty for this years festival was the operetta "Pygmallon and Gala tea" given by four of Hartford's rep resentative church singers. At the 2 o'clock concert the first two floors were well filled and the large audience was appreciative. There were many rear of text from the original to which Suppe wrote the music, in fact 1t has been modernized and quite clev- erly at times, The sculptor was Hubert A. Maercklin. tenor with some good I,ieh notes. but he displayed an not very free delivery of tone, which the dramat- i rr ~e 6parYoNated really demand l ed. However with mohe hlstrionic ex- perienoe he would fill the part we'll
 Particularly charming in appearance was Mrs. Elizabeth A. Smith, as the | statue, and in voice was adequate for the many difficult passages with which the role abounds.
 Mrs. Virginia F. Marwlck, as the | Grecian maid, was success. Her | voice was heard to better advantage | than on some previous occasions. She | is the life of the part and shared the comedy honors with Ebert c. Couch, the tart oatron' In this part his professional experience stood him well in hand, and after the statue" comes to life there is plenty of fun for all interested, and barring few amateurish intervals, the produc- ton would rank well with many pro- sessionsl company. An important fac tor in the operetta was the piano ac of Mrs Harriet Crane 
 The o'clock concert introduced a new metropolitan pianist, Victor Ben nam. His playing ranks with the best we have heard in this state this season. Mr. Benham, besides being a master ,f technique, is a player of more than lverage temperament. This was dis played admirably in the Beethoven so- lata. One of his strongest numbers vas the symphonic etude by Schu- nam. He possesses an unusual amount if tone color. That much of this was accomplished by means of the instru- nent Employed, the "Steinertone,"