Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-11
FORGERY MYSTERY
IS CLEARED Up
Man Most Wanted in Connection
With il is Now Under
Arrest.
PROOF OF CERTIFICATE FOUND
Lilhograph Stone From Which Bogus
Ones We're Made Turned Over 10
District Attorneys Office.

New York. Jan. u.-Announccmen
was made today by detectives engaged
upon the case. that the mystery
surrounding the origin of the counter
felt Norfolk & Western railway stock
certificates recently placed upon the
market, had been cleared up and that
the man most wanted In connection
with the forgerles was under arrest.
The officers said that Charles Augustus
Seton, the promoter who was arrested
IN Tlirkstown hamlet near Elkton,
Md, last night on charge of grand
larceny, In no wise connected with
the stock certificate forgerles, would,
however, be an important witness, MS he
il alleged to have received one of the
counterfeit certificates.
The lithograpn stone from which the
bogus certificates were made, with
correspondence alleged to implIcate
the suspect have been turned over TO
the district attorneys office. A proof
OF the certificates and an alleged forged
order FOR stock certificates addressed TO
the Hamilton Bank Note company and
purporting 10 be signed by the presl-
dent OF the Norfolk q Western Railway
company, wss found, the detectives de-
clare. IN Wall street Office. The full
significance OF the find was not realized
until the forged certificates We're mar
keted. 1t was then that the plate was
traced through tho correspondence
found and this with the proof and al
legged forged order was turned over TO
Dist. Atty. Jerome.
The suspect in the forgery case the
officers say went TO the Hamilton Bank
Note company in this city and. showing
q letter written on the stationery Of the
Waldorf Astoria and purporting to
come from the president OF the Norfolk
& Western railway, ordered 500 certif-
Gates of 10 shares OF common stock each
They were made IN two books. one OF
the bogus certificates has been shown
to n LOT OF photographers In town. one,
Gustave @. Schwardtzwal, said that tho
"tiansfer'' had been made from good
certificate without breaking It up nj ALL
Such job would be exceedingly diff
ncult. he said He IL said to have Civ
tll iIt ufA7tAsH'N lffF lluilf1N WI fFNflbt
men who. he believed, were able to do
such work Two OF them are IN Canada.
Seton. who Is charged With Grand lar-
ceny, comes from Cleveland r. ,aid
TO be we'll known there. he herlted
$40 coo from HIS father. soon after he
came TO New York he got up the Ma
tlonal India Famine Relief fund, lie
was arrested twice IN connection with
that. one charge was that he had col
lected money from lot OF young wo-
men who had applied for work as ste
nographers and another chlrRe was
that he had forged the name OF
society woman TO his subscription APP
peal. He was IN the Tombs for two
months and was then discharged the
complainant having gone to Europe.
That was In 1900.
Setons wife was Miss Crum of
Columbus daughter Of former post
master. She Is his second wife They
occupied expensive apartments here al
i64s Fifth avenue while Seton vas a
banker and Offering to float bonds.
They left the Fifth avenue place Last
October.