The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-11-29
SCHEMETOROBW .R.GRACE&CO
CABLE CLERK ACTUALLY cor
SI2,5JO ~ BANK.
Forged Despatch. Forged letter and
Bogus Telephone Messages Ingen-
iously JtiI/rd To Land the Money and
Just as n Was Landed so was Monet.


Frank Monet. q cable checker" em-
ploycd bv William Il. Greece & Co, more
chants at I Hanover Square. Cpnfes-nd
yesterday that he had schemed to de-
freud the company out of sl2,55o The
money is safe in the bank where he de-
posted it, and before he was marched off
to the Old slip police station on charge
Of forgery Monet sat down and dictated
to a stcnographer in Grace Il Co.'S office
o detGiled rccount Of the gene he had
played
He needed money. he said because he
was about to he promoted from the place
Of cable checker" at SIS week and sent
to take charge Of the Company's agency
ct l." Paa Bolivia. in recognition of his
ability Snd worthiness. He wanted
~ leave a large sum of money with his
parents with whom he lived At 60 King
ston Gvenue, Brooklyn. and who would
suffer want otherwise.
Monet translated cables from the firm .
cipher On November 10 he faxed
CGhlcgram which rurported TO come from
the compenv's agent ~ Lima and which
read in his translation
Pay sl2 ,55o L. $ gold or its equivalent
to care of British Consul. Payment il To
be ~ the buying rEte of exchange for
commercial bills on New York. three days
sight. rhiladelphia. Francisco MunoH.'
Which meant that the agent in Lima
was Gakng Grace y CO. To- pay Munoz
si25oO through the British Consul in
PniEudelphia Monet initiailod the trans
letion and sent it on its way 70 the cash
D L.. Ia, h., g h,t.ippgS mn a
, ont a check for sl2 500 which was sent
to Holhngsworth 4 Peterson. Grace 4
Go y Philadelphia representatives.
Two days later Monet in the lunch
hour journeyed over T. Iloboken. and
going to the telephone called up Mr..
lla'l Of the cashier = department Of Grace
& Co. represented himself "a Mr. Muhoz
I talking from Philadelphia and asked If
H Grace 4 Co. had some nancy for him on
en- order from Lima MIR liatz told the
supposed MunoZ that the check had been
4 sent to Philadelphia and that he could
collect by properly identifying himself TO
tn" British Consul
Monet came back TO his work. and the
next day he reported sick and took an
early train for Philadelphia. where he
called on the British Consul. represented
: himself "a Francisco NlUfOz and presented
, a forged letter purportlnE 10 he signed by
/ Mr.. BatL introducing him But the British
: Consul wouldn hand over the check. He
| mad no doubt that las caller was Munoz,
bu5 wouldn't MIR, Muhol please bring in
, somebody known 10 the Consul To intro
dVce them. lhen the Consul telephoned
to Mr.. Peterson about Mir MuhOZ diff
CIitIes and was told to send Mr. Mufo1
/ over.
Monet. as Muhof, called on MIR Peter
son and was advised 10 60 to New York
I 4 Ina.,
, ing tnat he would send back 10 the home
Office the check and the correspondence
, relating Ia it. SO Monet came back and
hung around the mail room AZ the Office
here untIl he saw letter bearing the
Holhngsworth 4 Peterson mark This
he stole and when he opened II he found
/ the check for Sl2 $40.
| Last Monday Monet still posing as
Mufo2 deposited the check with the New
York Trust Company. opened an account
in the name of MunuI. got his pass book
and went back To work
Meanwhile lioiliug-worth 4 Peterson
were writing to ask why the receipt OF the
check and correspondence was not ac-
knowIedged and who Francisco Nh hoz was
ANYWAY. A. # to answer tn" question
back came the Cashed check with Nunoz :
signature ON II from the New Ork Trust
. Company just a. Grace Il Co. were writ
ing to say that the check hadn't been re-
tho Pinkcrtons were called ia and Supt.
Rogers, after looking things over, asked
. Deputy Police Commissioner DOughertv
and INSPECTOR Hughes of the detective
bureau TO help him ont. They sent down
/ Detective Michael Reap and R"ap wat ChCd
Monet while Rogers went on picCing
things together.
A little cabling disclosed that no cable
directing a payment to Muhoz had been
sent to Grace 4 Co. from Lima and the
Office began to nu2z with rumors of
trouble Monet from his seat near the
cashier desk could hear all that passed
ever the telephone and yesterday morn
ing he heard Mr. SChaefer, the treasurer
and cashier. tell the New York Trust
Company that If Mulol came around
Grace 4 Co, would send somebody over
to take look AT him
Then Monet slipped ont to public tele-
phone and called up Mr. Schsefer.
This is the cashier of the New York
Trust Company" he said, You needn t
bother to send any one over. That matter
properly identified Then he rang of
Bv that time the detectives were about
ready to arrest Monet, They waited
hoping to catch him in such a position
that he would confess and toll If he had
any confederatcs Then in the afternoon
Mr. SChaefar walked into the cage and
began loudly tn accuse one of the clerk :
of having stolen the check. The Cler,
naturally protested his innocence and
Monet standing clos" 10y, grew very pal
Then suddenly Mr. SChaefer switched the
accusation To Monet, who after sparrina
feebly for q moment broke down and
confessed He said that If he had not been
arrested he would have drawn out mos
of the sl2 $50 to-day.