The sun., 1902-03-09
THBFTS OF GOUDIE And BURGE
AMERICAN BOOKMAkER At MEAD
OF Gang VINO cor THE MONEi.
remarkable story Of the Liverpool Frauds
: for which a CIerk. an English PuE'-
list and Two Touts Have Gone u"
r prisou-The Principals Are Missing.

JoyDoS. Feb. IA strange story o'
fraud and folly has just been unfolded II
the London law courts. Plainly set forti
the tale seems almost incredible. The
5,amatis persoHo comprise bank clerk
10 wears Of age, "A Jewish bookmaker, who
In supposed TO have committed suicide
n professional pugilis,. well known ir
England and America and couple OF
the fraudulent, swindling hangers-on tc
the seamy side of the turf. Besides these
there are still an unarrested card sharp and
q millionaire soap manufacturer whose
oheques were forged to the extent of es&7 :
800 before the Liverpool Bank, which he
used, suspected THAI anything was wrong.
T. p. Gcudie. 20 years of age. was a clerk
In the employ Of the Liverpool Bank. at a
salary Of $3.50 a year He had to deal with
ledger containing the names OF customers
whose initials we're from II. to X, inclusive.
In this wav he became familiar with
checks and the state Of the ac-
count Of X. W Hudson, the wealthy
soap manufacturer Checks drawn upon
Hudsons account coming into the bank
from the clearing department would be
entered into the Journal and then come into
Goudie's possession. He would receive
the che cks from the clearing clerk, and
Il was then his duty tn enter them In the
ledger and afterward file them.
He made use Of this position and the OPP
portunites il gave him TO rob the hank of
over $500 ,O00 between October 1s and Nov.
n Of last wear. And this does not include
his defalca,ions during the previous two
years.
During those,two years Goudie had been
betting on the turf. playing lone hand.
/, -. st..gl
Of his betting as having been only in "a
small way" Yet ne had won as much as
$4,000 in a week and lost as much as So 900
For man whose income was only $3.50
year this might I've considered as on
fairly large scale. But no doubt he con-
sicered il RS merely trihing compared
with the ma nticsdt operations of October,
1901, when he ber, lost and forged to the
extent Of si5O,O0O week
To return Tor a moment to his methods
Of swindling the bank. His duties have
already been explained. When he wanted
money he forged a check in Hudson's
name upon the Liverpool Bank. making
II payable TO T. p. Scott When the forged
check came to him from the clearing clerk
he destroyed IL. not debiting the amount
10 the custOusT's account. Owing, ap-
methods he was able to tick of the entries
in the clearing clerks journal as cor
rect. instead of the checker doing il. IL
seems incredible that this could have gone
on for more than two years without being
found out. hut such was the case.
During his two years of operation -in
a small way" Goudie had done his betting
by telegram with man named Kelly,
rtaipn ha ff nd hax lat
ters and kilograms sent to him at bureau
in Liverpool, where any one could receive
such messages at fee Of one penny each.
One morning. while on his way to the
bureau. Goaidie was aocosted by stranger
This was Mances, the card sharp, who
has since disappeared. Mances proved
that he knew Goudie was in the habit of
betting and frightened him into granting
him an interview THAI night, during which
they could discuss business. by telling
him that he knew Goudie was a clerk in
the Liverpool Bank and in a position
TO command money Goudie went to
keep the appointment at Mances's hotel.
and there and then he fell into the hands
OF the gang Of London sharpers. At the
head Of this crew was one Laurie Marks,
who carried on small bookmaking busi-
ness in an office in Adam street, Strand.
Some little time before Goudie was got
hold of, Marks was practically penniless.
He then, as far as can be seen. got 10 know
of Goudie. through Kelly and another book
makers tout named Stiles, who. like the
other pair OF the trio, was out Of work and
without any money. Marks then went
TO Dick Burge. a well-known pugilist,
and borrowed from him sl,15O, which was
employed TO start the Goudie gold mine
working.
According 10 Burgess story. Marks told
him that he had knowledge OF a rich betting
man In Liverpool whom he would get hold
Of as customer and that If he was SUCCESS
ful Burge should stand in for clear half
OF the profits, which, II the Liverpool man
backed few lusers. ought to mean a lot
of money. And 80 II was that Mances was
employed to 60 10 Liverpool and open up
communications with Goudie. Burge ar
companied him, but did not come into
personal contact with the bank clerk
Mances found the latter'to be "A gull who
would swallow anything. He actually be-
Geved that Marks was wealthy man
who would give the odds to $4,000 or $50
600 on a horse II ne got a telegram an hour
before the race. Goude promptly started
on his new career by laying $4,000 on a
horse that, naturally. did not win During
the last week of October he backed horses
to the extent Of si60 900, and never made n
win. The next week he lost s155 900. Every
penny of this he paid promptly by means
of forged checks. The next week bv some
mistake or other he backed a winner. He
actually bet $4,000 on a horse named San
some. which won at 20 2 against. But, Of
course, he got no money The London crowd
evidently did not think II necessary TO feed
him, even to the extent OF one winner. He
got a telegram from the London office
sent an hour after Sansome had won the
race, saying: mir. Marks sick. Not doing
anything to-day
And 80 the game went merrily on for
about month But on Nov. 20 tho ac-
countant at the Liverpool Bank found
entered in the clearing book a check
for s450OO which he could not find in the
ledger. Goudie had licked of this check
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