The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-01-25
4 NOTED CROOK
AABBED At LAST
rUacaAsEp a YACHT IN THIS
ciTv AND WAS OFF ON A
CRUISE
CAUGHT At NAIPsRT, Fla.
s1ht Mza Came Here Fsg Weeks
Ago ard PURCHASED Prssty Ysent
Lucille fFSn E. p. Aiken.
Story Of H. Forderies.
DC g a. shreRIaest o. tha

scr operated in the country was
asSl in Jacksonville yesterday by
fanswick man ana h,s coming 10
s.ce was brought about by Bruins
lex bank officials and Pinkertcn de-
iycs
The story IN its entirety IS replete
ith a degree OF b9ldness that really
challenges admiration. IL shows. how
EASILY trained bank clerks can dc
iraud others through knowledge gain,
- in the routine work OF the count
rig house
on Deeember q 9 iauntlY dressed
stranger was driven TO the Office Of
d. NJ. straehan and inquired Of
ii gentleman ii be desired to dis
tose Ct steam yatcht. He vas
lausihle. stated 10 Dir. Straohan
taat he had spent the last five or six
yessH in the pursuit Of pleasure and
wanted 10 acquire d yacht for crais-
tag in southern waters AR strsehan
@irected the strange to r. D. Aiken,
kncwing that Mr.. Aiken had yacht,
ne Lroiie. which he was willing to
aoll
After a brief conference the deal
aas closed for 1880, and then it
sas that 1he stranger rendered Mr..
Aiken a New YORK exchange in the
4un1 Of $4,000 drawn by the Western
National Bank Of san Francisco in.
savor Of +. N. Wood, whom ihe
stranger claimed to be. on the Nat
onal Bank Of North AmericaHe dis
,layed papers identifying him as Mr.
=. M. Wood
The New York echange. az is the
sual custom with banking houses,
pas taken for collection and IN the
gneantime the urusUick pank ara
rust Company questioned New
York With reference to the exchange
md With reference to aIr. Wool, and
-eceivcd favorable replies. In due
orocess the exchange was paid by
me New York bank This Of course
out the supposed to be Mr.. Wood
N pretty good standing with local
banking concerns and he remained
mere for several days. repairing his
,1ewiy bought yacht and fitting Il for
the cruise to Florida His conduct
lid not excite suspicion and he rlade
some friends. Finally he was ready
for his pleasure tsip and ne en-
Dloyed Brunswick boy, Albert
Briggs, to pilot the Yacht to Fernan-
dina and babe goodbye to Bruns-
wick. Nothing more was thought OF
this transaction until later when
the Brunswick Bank and Trust Com
many were asked from New York
if The man who caahed the New
York exchange could be located, and
nere there began to unrayel some OF
the slickest and sh.ewdest defarltlns
and knitting IN forged securities on
record.
As a matter of fact the young man
IN question was F. Nordst-om, well
educated Swede who served several
years in a banking house in Astoria
Oregon. After leaving his western
nome he went to Chicago and forged
from twenty to twenty-five thous'
and dollars, also forging letters Of
sdenEEcat.on and operating under
the name Of. Cole. IN that city ne
bought sl5oo Of sterling exchange
which he deposited Ia London IN the
name OF K2vanaugh Leaving
Chicago. he visited Frisco and thers
adopted the. name OF T. n Wood,
bought the New York exchange for
$4,000 and came to Brunswick via
New Orleans and Galveston in which
cities. however, he did not do bus
ainess.
The .oficials af she >Brunswick
Bank and Trust Company, acting in
conjunction with the Bankers Asso-
citation. and endeagored to trace the