The evening world., 1913-07-29
HOW STOCK FORCER
DODGED ASlEUTH
WAITING FOR HIM
Time Lost in Seeking a Tele.
graph Office Gives Swim
dler a Chance.
BROKERS OUT 100000.
Certificates for Thousands of
North Star Shares
~ Counterfeit.
BROKERS OUT 100000.

cry received . report to-day from De-
tsctivs August Mayer Of the First Dis
{tsict concerning the escape yesterday Of
. forger who has cleaned up. accord
snG to Wall street report. q sum esti-
mated st from $1,000 to $4,000 by sell.
Ing curb brokers forged stock certif-
Gates Of the Tonopah North star Mining
Company. The story Of the escape OF
the forser a. II came from wall street
sources embraced the charge that two
Central once detectives allowed the
svindlsr to clip through their fingers.
According to Commissioner Dough.
.srty. the nrst intimation that reached
ths police Of . swindls by means Of
forged certificates came In the form
of . telephone message at ii.3o o'clock
yesterday to the Detective Bureau Of
the First District from Weir " Co.
.bsoksrs. At No. 25 Broad street. DE.
sectivs Mayer was sent to investigate.
J. c. Weir Of the firm told him that
Harvey A. Willis Of No. 81 Broadway.
. broker. had bought . forged csrtin-
cate Of Tonopsh North Star stock. and
sthat the man who had sold the certin-
cate ~as to call for his money at any
time between noon and o'clock. |
Meyer won't to the once Of Willis to
wait for the swindler and make an
arrest. The man wanted. according to
Willis. had siven the name Of e. q.
. EAsich.
Al iO O'Clock. Mayer says In his 70.
VorG Wills was called up by Arthur
Nerkisln. . private detective Of No. q
broe6way. who had been working on
ths case. Asrkiein ssid tho swindisr
would call for q telegram at . telegraph
oocs at Broadway and Sp-ins strest
within fifteen minutes and could bs ar.
rssted there. Mayer hurried to Broad
way and Spring street. but found no
tslssrs"h once on the corner. He did
'eud 8 teiesrsph once at Broadway and
6eoome street after telsphonlng to
Asrklsin. but the man under suspicion
hsl received his telegram and departed
~ minutes before.
Hsnbers Of firms which are reported
to have been victimissd by the forser
stated to-day that thar losses were
small The stock transfer once Of
Tenopah North Star 10 In San Fran.
cisco. and . statement from the presi-
dsnt Of the company was expected In
Wall street this afteNa1r.
Tonopah North star ..As been Q "a.
vesits speculative stock on the curb
snes April. whom . reported BONANZA
strike at the mine began 70 boost prlces.
osetauons had previously hung around
. cents Q sharA The sure-,hing news
nsn. sent Il killing. and fortunes
- pepsr we're made By dealers In Il a.
Il scared 70 par. II stood on the list
ysstsrday at u bid. y asked.
0AokgRS FIGURE 100000 40
~ PoRoGR's RRoFirs.
J. c. Weir Of the brokerage nrm said
eo-day that investigation had shown
that o<3.eoo In $1,000 certificates had
tees forged and about $4,000 In Ger.
tiocatss Of from 800 TO 1900. He
0all the certificates had been circ ulatsd
~ widely that brokers generally esti.
uatsd that they had been worked by
the countsrfsitsrs for a. mush a. 500.
~. although his own estimate was
shout half that sum. He said he BE-
noVo1 the game had been worked A
=.
iAmong the firms besides his own
that had taken them he named Baruch
eco. Oaubs Co.. Winklsman & Co,
Nat boas J. W. Sparks 4 Co. Foster
. wsilenbsrs. J. J. csrsw 4 Co. and
Harvey willis 4 Co.
AL the bogus certificates have
changed hands so often that they bear
~ ENDORSEMENTS OF various nrms. and
late buyers have recourse TO the In
1orser
goNoGRs sELlEvE SHARES WILL
NOT De RECORDED.
Daruch 4 Co. of No. ~ Broad street,
Who have been leading In the figh. to
procure control OF Tonopsh North Star,
declared to-day that there were no, moro
than 5000 Of the forsed 81 shares OF
stock or certificates In existence. and
that these are being passed because the
fersers did not believe they would ever
return to San Francisco to have the
transfers recorded In the books OF the
corporation,
According to members OF the firm,
these 1.OW shsres are equally divided
between certificates that have been raised
from 500 to ,l.0o and entirely forged
certificates
we handle about 5000 shares OF this
stock daily. and We have had only two
OF the forged certificates. In both cases,
OF course, our customers were reim-
bursed. One Of the certificates bore the
disbursement Of = Frisco broker, the In.
dorsement being forged.
AN immense amount Of this stock IL
traded In daily. and there a?e few sc-
tuAI shares In the market As re.
DuIt. the ceftincs uaaa hanis a.vseul