The New York Herald Newspaper, August 31, 1873, Page 5

York Central Securities, Aftoat on the Street. WALL STREET WILD. Everybody on the Lookout for Impending Ruin. BOLD AND RECKLESS FORGERY OF BONDS, How the Villanous Frauds Were First ‘ Discovered on Friday Morning. WHO IS THE PERPETRATOR? Poor Brown, a Broker, Bagged for Supposed Complicity. —-————— Report That Half a Million of the Bonds are Held by a Bank in the City, BUSES Sey Tnterviews, Reticence and Bewilderment on All Sides, New York ofter lays the flattering unctton to her Boul that she is not easily outwitted in commercial and banking matters. London may possess her “Joe the Penman,” who maintained that he could umitate any signature whatever within the spave : of an hour, including Horace Greeley’s or Captain Mayne Reid’s, for the drawing up of that legal in- strament known as the bill of exchange. Bank of England forgers may come and go, Fremont may foster his railroad schemes in Paris, but the New ‘Yorker believes that the art of forgery is but little practised in Wall or Broad street. From time to time eruptions break forth in the classic regions of the Stock Exchange, produced either by a ‘Black Friday or the flooding of the market with ‘bogus bonds of many denominations. The following story shows, upon the high credit of Mr. Denny, Jr., that upwards ofa quarter of a million of forged railroad bonds are afloat at the present moment, and a rumor, which is given for what it is worth, alleges that a bank in this city holds the colossal sum of halfa million of these forged bonds. It can only be hoped that the latter statement is an exaggeration, INTERVIBW WITH MR. HENRY DENNY, JR. Yesterday afternoon, while the frequenters of ‘Wall street were winging their way homeward, little dreaming of the immense amount of bogus bonds which had been thrown on the mar- ket, a HERALD reporter entered the office of Mr. Henny Denny, in Jauncey court, to hear , what that gentleman had to say with reference to the new undertaking in the predatory art. Mr. Denny was found hard at work, but kindly con- sented to give the HERALD reporter a few moments Of his time to tell what he knew about the last great swindle. HOW THE FRAUD WAS DISCOVERED. The way the frand was discovered was in this ‘Wise:—On Friday Mr. Olcott, of the firm of Olcott, in Broad street, received from Messrs. Sanders & . Hardenbergh, brokers, of No. 112 Broadway, 17,000 bends of the New York Central seven per cent, ‘ of 1876. On Mr. Olcott looking at them he discov- . ered that among the bonds offered, purchased by him, were two of the same number. These duplicate bonds were both numbered No. 261, and it will be seen at once that Mr. Olcott was justified in thinking that there was something materially ‘wrong. Mr. Olcott in this dilemma brought all the bonds in question to me and submitted them tome for my inspection and judgment. I told him that I had sold No. 261 to Messrs. Sanders & Harden- bergh on the previous day (Wednesday), having seceived it from a prominent London banker. I felt positive that our bond was good, and ad- ‘vised Mr. Oicott to go to the office of the New York Central Railroad and make inquiries as to whether the bonds were counterfeits or not. Mr. Olcott immediately started off with the seventeen thou- ‘sand bonds, which the company without hesitation pronounced to be FORGED AND COUNTERFEITED, witifthe exception of the bond just alluded to by me, which had been received from our London cor- Fespondents. This took place late on Friday after- noon. This morning Mr. Olcott made a demand upon Messrs. Sanders & Hardenburgh for the resti- tution of the money paid for the bonds, which had Deen sold at par and one-half per cent premium, and the money was promptly refunded. . THE PLOT DEEPENING—MORE BOGUS BONDS. “This morning Mr. Wooster Sherman, who has @n office above Messrs. Duncan & Sherman, the bankers, in Nassau street, opposite the Sub-Treas- ary, called upon me and asked me if I would like to make a time loan on New York Centrals seven per cent of 1876. I asked him how many he had and he told me 90,000, and that he wanted to borrow eighty five per cent on them for sixty days. ¥ then asked him if he had them, and he said, Yes, and showed me _ one. Upon examining it I found it was a very excellent counterfeit and forgery and if I had not bad my suspicions aroused on the subject I should not nave hesitated in purchasing or making @n advance upon them. I then told Mr. Wooster Sherman that he was unwittingly the owner of forged bonds, and that as they were in his pos- session I must demand of him where he had got them from AND WHO HE WAS ACTING FOR? He promptly answered he was doing it for Mr. » Brown, areputed broker having an office at 112 Broadway, and that if there was anything wrong he woald willingly use his utmost efforts in co- Operating with me to detect the offenders, SENDING POR THE STOCK EXCHANGE DETECTIVE. I then sent for the Stock Exchange detective, Mr. ‘Thomas Sampson, who promptly came round, and ‘We went to the office of Mr. Wooster Sherman, at the address I gave you before, where we found Brown sitting. As soon as I arrived there and saw that Sampson had his man I left. Sampson then arrested him, and found in his possessicn no less a sum than $30,000 worth of bonds of the New York Central seven per cents of 1876, Since then I have * geen 30,000 other forged bonds of the New York Central Ratiroad, of the same denomination; and, in my jadgment, from what I have heard and seen, I believe 1am justified in saying that there exist from ‘TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND TO TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THESE BONDS now floating in the market. As far as I have been able to ascertain the chief operator is one Charles 4. Williamson, who is believed to be identical with ‘the notorious Ross and Wright. This man appears to have been dealing, through vartous brokers, toa very great extent, dealing principally tn New York Central seven per cents of 1876, New York Central eixes of 1887, New York Central sixes of 1883 and Baffalo, New York and Erie first mortage bonds, ‘Williamson is an outside man, and I cannot take upon myself to say whetheg all these bonds just mentioned are forgeries or not, or merely covers by which he was enabled to issue forged bonds; it is impossible to tell. A CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC, M “7 should think it advisabie for any persons who ¥ have bought any of the clases of bonds just men- have them examined at the several offices of the companies to have their genuineness attested. “Bampeon, OU detpctiye was instructed, when he BOGUS BONDS ee ee ee Purporting To Be New tioned since the date of last interest payment to NEW YORK HERALD, called upon Mesars. Sanders & Hardenburgh this morning, to offer his services on behalf of the Law Committee of the Stock Exchangeto make any fur- ther arrests, in addition to that of Brown, which might further the ends of justice; and it is hoped on all sides that he will succeed in capturing Williamson, who, 1 think, is the centre pin of the whole affair, Thave this afternoon seen several members of the Stock Exchange, who all speak in the highest terms of Mr, Oicott’s discovering the forgery in the first case, and they also are indebted to Mr. Wooster Sherman for assisting m the prompt arrest of Brown. A MYSTERIOUS FIRM. ‘There isa firm doing business at No. 11 Broad Street which is reported to bave dealt very ex- tensively with Williamson. 1 must dectine to give you its name, but I have no doubt that one of its members will come forward on Monday and make @ clean breast of all that the firm knows about Wiliiamson, should the reports be true that they have had transactions with him.” At this time the reporter, believing that he had ascertained from Mr. Denny all the information Possible bearing on the case, thanked him for his patience and long suffering under the wearisome ordeal ofa reportorial interview, and bade him good evening. Mr. F, W. Holbrook, of the firm of John W. Eddy &Co., bankers, of No. 26 Pine street, was in his offtce at an early hour yesterday morning, when Brown (whose arrest is described above, and who was taken to Police Headquarters, at No. 300 Mulberry street) entered the office and introduced to him a Mr. Williamson, described as a fine looking man. NRW YORK CENTRAL ONCE MORE, Williamson said, as it is alleged, that he wished to borrow $25,000 for sixty days, at seven per cent and commission, the security he offered beitig thirty $1,000 New York Central Railroad seven per cent bonds of 1876. Mr. Holbrook took one of the bonds and went oat to place the loan at a neigh- boring bank. He succeeded and soon returned for the other bonds, when to his astonishment he found Williamson had disappeared. Hie first im- pulse was to examine the bonds critically, which purperted to have been signed by Erastus Corning, President; Gilbert L. Wilson, Treasurer, and Jacob Steinberg, Register of Coupons. Mr. Holbrook, who is well acquainted with the sign-manuals of all these gentlemen, saw at a glimpse that they were forgeries, and that he had been deceived in the gharacter of the bonds, and rushed out to stop the Joan which he had just arranged, He then went to look for Detective Sampson, who is always re- sorted to when men in the street lose money by the pirates of the place. With subdued steps Mr, Holbrook returned to bis banking establishment, at 26 Pine street, in the fond hope that the fugitive, Williamson, might be tempted to put in a second appearance, even if he came not under the guar- Gianship of “Old Brown.” Mr. Holbrook, who is of @ generous and confiding disposition, declares that he does not believe Brown meant to have him fleeced; but, on the contrary, he believes Brown to be aa honest man. LE CHEVALIER D’INDUSTRIE. Brown, who introduced C, J. Williamson to Eddy & Co.. says that he frst became acquainted with the latter last march. Williamson did not seem to follow any regular business, but claimed to be interested in a patent which had lately been in- troduced. Brown knew nothing, he said, of the antecedents of Williamson, and cannot give any informanon regarding his place of residence, On Thursday, while passing through Broad street, he was hailed by Willtamson, who said that he wished to raise some money upon New York Central sevens of 1876, and asked him to negotiate the loan. Brown replied that ne would undertake the business upon a suitable commission, and made an engagement with Wil luamson for Friday nigtit, when the latter was to bring the bonds to the office of Eady & Co,, ana what transpired has been told above, ANOTHER PHASE OF THB GASB, Toward the close of business hours yesterday the reporter called at 112 Broadway, at the handsome offices of Messra. Sanders & Hardenbergh, to see if it were possible to learn how the forged and coun- terfelt bonds had come into their hands, 4 tall, handsome looking man was seen walking across the room at arapid pace, giving instructions to clerks, and, upon arriving athis desk, sent off a telegraphic despatch by @ messenger. UNSUCORSSPUL ATTEMPT AT INTRRYIBWING. REPORTER (to tall, handsome man)—Can I see either Mr. Sanders or Mr. Hardenbergh ? Mr, HaRDENBERGH—Hardenbergh is my name, sir. What may your business be? ReEPoRTER—I have just recerved from Mr. Denny statement about the immense quantity of bogus New York Central bonds, and I have come to see if you will give me any information on the subject, Mr. HARDENBERGH—You must come later, sir— perhaps I may have something to say to you—but you must excuse me at the present moment; be- sides, what can I tell you? ReportTerR—I will not detain you thirty seconds; I merely wanted to ask, if my question is not in- discreet, the name of the person or persons who gave you the forged bonds, Mr. HARDENBBRGH (changing the subject)—Per- haps Mr. Denny has told you alll can on the sub- ject? REPORTER—I will read you what that gentleman told me, if you like, Mr. Hardenbergh. Mr. HaRDENBERGH— Yes, if you please. And the reporter read his notes. By this time a cluster of friends had gathered roune the chair of the re- porter. RerorTER—Well, Mr. Hardenbergh, I will not bother you any longer with my questioning, but before I go will you permit me to ask you once more if youcan give me the names of the people who gave you these bad bonds for sale? Mr. HARDENBERGH (musing)—You see it would defeat the ends of justice to publish anything about it. RErorRTER—Then I must go away without tne de- sired information ? Mr. HARDENBERGH (sternly and in measured tones)—The bonds were received by us from a cns- tomer, WHO RECEIVED THEM FROM WILLIAMSON. Now you have got the information you wanted. 1am not disposed to give their names, Before the reporter leit he asked Mr, Harden- bergh, “Can you tell me anything about Brown’s antecedents /”” Mr, HARDENBERGH—I have Known him for twenty years, and in arresting him they have got hold of the wrong man. Why, he is incapable of doing sncn a thing, I believe. He has no office in this this building, as Mr. Denny states, There are ten men about to-night looking ou#for Williamson. STARTLING RUMORS, It is reported in Wall street that a certain bank has been victimized to the extent of $500,000 with these forged New York Central Railroad bonds, and it is farther reported that the arrest of several prominent operators in Wall street may be shortly looked for with reference to this worthless paper. INTERVIEW WITH DETECTIVE SAMPSON, A HERALD reporter saw Sampson last evening. He said:—“Detective Elder and myself feel conti- dent that we shall soon have William- son, As the saying 1s, ‘the best laid schemes 0’ mice and men ng aft agiey,’ so we may fail to capture him. We have been informed of the forged bonds for a couple of days betog in circulation. I believe we shall find that the ramifications of the case are large, The police are all on the alert, and if Williamson slips through their net J shall be astonished.” BXCITEMENT AT THE PIFTH AVENUE HOTEL. The all-pervading topic of conversation at the Fifth Avenue Hotel last evening was the immense forgery cases above told, and numerous were the Speculations as to the developments, The Detective’s Story—Arrest and Incar- ceration of Leonard Brown, « Broker— Near $100,000 in the Counterfeits the Hands of the Officials=Many More Sup- Posed to Be Extant. Some four weeks since Captain Irving, of the detective force, obtained info in which led him to believe that « large quantity of forged ratl- Toad bonds was about to be placed on the market, and he accordingly directed his subalterns to keep @ sharp lookout on Wallstreet. This order had been observed, and with the best results, Re- SSDI My, Alcott, of she Arm of Alcott # Cow In a. lot of New York Central Railroad bonds, old issue, of the aggregate of $17,000, which had come into his possession, found two which were numbered alike. On taking the entire amount to the office of the New York Central they were all pronounced forgeries, with one exception. Asis natural this discovery created a PROFOUND SENSATION, and all the resources of the detective oMce were brought into play to find the guilty parties, On Saturday, a week ago, a gentleman named Brown, through Wooster Sherman, broker, of Nassan street, endeavored to negotiate a loan on $30,000 of New York Central bonds with Messrs, Thomas Denny & Co., of Jauncey court, Wall street. Upon an examination of one of the bonds Mr. Denny at once pronounced it a counterfeit, and notified De- tective Sampson of the circumstance and gave in- formation as to where the parties were probably trying to sell the bonds at the time. In accordance with this information Mr. Sampson proceeded to the office of Wooster Sherman, and there found a man walking up and down in the hallway, evidently very nervous and excited, Soon after Mr. Sher- man came in and banded this person a bond and he (the stranger) immediately left. The detective followed and arrested him as he was going down the stairs, Upon being searched there was FOUND UPON HIS PERSON forged bonds to the amount of $28,000, The de- tectives had meanwhile learned that the prisoner, whose name fg Leonard Brown, had left two bonds with Eddy & Co., for negotiation, and on proceed- ing there obtained them. The prisoner was then taken to headquarters, where he stated that he was a broker, with his office at No, 113 Broadway. He claims that Charles J, Williamson 1s his princtpal, and that he has had business with bim for some six months, and was merely ACTING A8 AN AGENT. Since the arrest of Brown a large quantity of the bogus bonds have been discovered, and the uum- ber is summed up as follows :—Found on the person of the prisoner, $30,000; with one firm on Broad- way, $30,000; with another firm on Broadway, $32,000; making in all $92,000. The bonds forged are of such high character that there is a likell- hood ofa larger amount than at present discovered having been issued, The detectives give great credit to Messrs, Ol- cott and Sherman for the assistance tendered the officers by them. All buyers of the following named bonds, bought since last interest payment, are advised to take them to the Inspection Com- pany’s office to be verified:—New York Central Railroad bonds, sixes, of 1883; sixes of 1887; sevens of 1862; sevens of New York Ceutral Rail- road, first mortgage. A SHREWD GAME. —+__+-___, An Insurance Clerk in Philadelphia Robs His Employers and Pretends that He Has Been Overpowered and the Money Stolen by a Stranger. PHILADELPHIA, August 30, 1873, ‘This morning, at an early hour, a gentleman, named F, M. Nichols, connected with the New York Life Insurance Company, went to the Central Head- quarters of the police and stated that a daring robbery had been committea in the Philadelphia agency of the company, the mat points of which were as follows:—He said that there came a man to the office this morning and asked of Mr. Walter Snowden, the only clerk in the building at the tame, that he would give him, in exchange for $50 in smail notes, a single $50 bill, Mr. Snowden said that he would do s0, and went to the till for the bank note. The stranger passed over the amount in ones and twos, and then, according to Snowden’s atatement, raised his arm and dealt Mr. Snowden a furious blow. Pur- suing this story it is alleged that the stranger, walking over the senseless and inanimate body of his victim, opened the cash drawer and extracted all the money thereirom. It was said that the er- rand boy then came in, found the room deserted and Snowden lying senseless on the floor. Some- what alarmed the boy made frantic endeavors to arouse him, and finally succeeded, assisting him to reach a lounge in @ near spartment, When the members of the frm reached the office they at once notified Osptain Heins of the affair, and an investigation was immediately begun. The young man detailed to the detecttve the facts as they occurred before he was knocked senseless and gave the following description of the man who committed the rob- bery :—Five feet eight or ten inches in height, dark hatr, either dyed or else a wig, dark moustache and chin whiskers. Was clad in a dark coat and light vest, lignt pants and light hat with a black band and wore a blue necktie. Mr. Snowden was unablo to state the Kind of instrument with which the blow was inflicted. A wooden rest used book- keepers, which is heavier at one end than the other, was beyond on the counter, and it was thought he was hit with is. From the character of the wound, however, which would tndicate that the blow was not from an edged instrument, the detectives doubt that it was done with the rest. fotace Heins at once put officers Tryon and Weil upon the search, after whose investigations rere deducted the following remarkable facts :— The officers Heel Snowden resting his head upon his desk, and lifting htm a carried him into a back room, and stretched him.out upon a lounge. On examining his body the only wound they could find was a slight lump on his forehead, mintiatee the suspicions of the detectives were immoedia' iy aroused, they not thinking that such a biow cvul have caused any one to lie insensible forthe space of forty minutes, as it was alleged by Snowden himself, Arousing him,‘they began to question him. His story was poorly constructed, and con- tradicted itself in many particulars, He said that at the time he was negotiating with the atranger his head was bent down, and yet this blow had been edt 4 squarei: dealt upon bis forehead, All the while he was tal out he would go off into Pi gd bp pong! but while suffering from them the beat of his pulse was firm and regular. Upon the arrival of tne doctor he could discover noth- ing wrong, and upon rubbing the bump violently the man Snowden complained of no pain. The officers then left him and reported to Cap- tain Heins. The latter, along with Detective Wood, visited Snowden and corroborated the opin- jon of Detectives Tryon and Weil that Snowden was simply playing @ game of his own, and that no trust whatever should be put in his statements. This fact was made known to the members of the rm, 4 the young man Snowden was taken to his home. Upon examining the place they found beneath @ mass of stovepipe, under Snowden’s desk all the money which he alleged had been stolen by the stranger purported to have come in the office this morning, rolled up in @ kind of paper peculiar wo the interests of the insurance company, torn from a@ piece which the detectives carried of with them upon their first visit. The officers then made up their minds that Snowden had really stolen the money, and that as he had duplicate keys he would return at some hour for the purpose of securing the treasure hid away. They waited until eight o'clock to- night, and then Snowden returned. The officers arrested him, and wrung from him the foliowin, —He confessed that as he wagdeeply in deb’ had stolen the money hidden it away, and that at the time of his arrest he had returned to t it from under the stovepipe beneath his desk. le confessed that he had put it there ; he also said that he had struck bimseif in the head with a dumb-bell and rel oh feigned unconsctousne: and spasms. At this hour he is locked u] cell, and will have @ hearing before Alderman Butler on Monaay. THE MICHIGAN RAILROAD SLAUGHTER. The Dead and Wounded—The Negligence ofa Brakeman the Real Cause of the Disaster—Testimony Before the Coroner. Detroit, August 30, 1873, The following {s a list of the killed and injured by the accident to the night express train on the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad, which occurred on Thursday night :— KILLED. Ellecka Hed, 8 Swedish woman, who was thfown against a fence with such force that her back was broken; her daughters Thilda and Salina and her son Johann, were impaled by spinversy wich pinned tel” t- gether and fastened them to the sleeping coach, INJURED. Orrin |, of Ellsworth, Me., who was badly ond of | Tne tee ry oct tot fat iy injured . en h . te Ne LcBermote a Canadian, had a leg en, Mrs. A. Mears, of Lowell, Mich., terribly lacer- Sted about the arms and breast ; . the women only six are seriously injared, none fa The Coroner's inquest on the dead body has begun at Mair, and will probably close to-morro’ From the tes' before the jury it appears the Fahy ae or oF : > oe the rae man sent e conduct passenger train te the freight train to go far enough away from his train to AkOW the alcaaly ™ SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1873.—_QUADRUPLE SHEET. FORGERY EXTRAORDINARY. A Lancaster County Forger Captured by New York Detectives and Sent to Pennsylvania Yesterday. CONFESSION OF HIS GUILT. How He Escaped for a Time and Was Afterwards Captured. Charged with Forging $27,000 Pennsyl- yania and Reading Railroad Bonds, or Two Hundred Shares. Other Charges of $45,000. Yesterday one of those stupendous forgeries which betimes attract the attention of the public mind came to light, as a man named Horton was being conveyed to the railroad depot, being charged with forging on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company bonds amounting to $27,000, The alleged torger has been also charged by the detective force with other defalcations amounting to upward of $50,000. The following is a story of Horton’s career, the history of his crime, guilt, confession and arrest, a8 procured from the authentic sources named below, yesterday evening, when a Heravp representative called for THE DETAILS on the Superintendent of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, No. 66 Exchauge place:— On May 26 of the present year J. H. Horton, of Lancaster, Pa., sold to Reid, McGrann & Co., bank- ers, of Lancaster, what was supposed or repre- sented to be 200 shares of Philadelphia and Reading Railroad stock. He received, as is alleged, 200 shares in exchange of Pennsyivania stock. Some ten weeks later he sold to Reid & Henderson, bankers, of Lancaster, Pa,, what was also repre sented to be 200 shares of Philadelphia and Read- ing stock. A week after this last transaction, in handling the stocks, one of the firm discovered AN IRREGULARITY IN THE FIGURES giving the number of shares, and spoke to Horton about tt. Horton said that he would go to Phila- delphia and see if any discrepancy had occurred. He went to Philadelphia, taking with him all the Pennsylvania Railroad shares that he obtained from the bankers of Lancaster in exchange for the Reading certificates. On his arrival in Philadelphia he sold the Pennsylvania shares to Peterson & Co., bankers, in Third street, Philadelphia, who gave him a letter of credit on George Osgood & Co., bankers, in Broad street, New York, for $27,000. Horton immediately afterwards, and with an air of periect nonchalance, came to this city, and on his arrival proceeded on his route to the office of Osgood & Co, and daringly presented his letter of credit to Mr. Osgood in person, Mr. Osgood, who is @ very careful and efficient man, as far as his business is concerned, said :— “Mr. Horton, I will require an identification of this person to whom I am to pay so much money, as you are aware Iam not at all acquainted with you.” Mr. Osgood in the meantime telegraphed to Peterson & Co., and placed to his credit with Drexel & Co., bankers, Philadelphia, the amount of their letter of credit given to Horton. Horton. somewhat disappointed, yet full of con- fidence in HIS PERSONAL ASSURANCE, expressed himself willing to give a satisfactory identification, and accompanted Mr. Prince, of Os- good’s firm, to the oflice of Scotts, Strong & Co., y who at that usiness for the lorton became acquamted with Mr. business transactions he had with where he met Mr. Francis, the time conducted the out-of-town firm, Mr. H Francis through him in Lancaster, Horton having been appointed administrator of the estate of a banker named Long, who had fafied there, and with whom Scotts, Strong & Qo. had done business. Francia ) 90 acquaintance of Horton’s, accompanied the latter, with Mr. Prince, to the office of Mr, , where they met Mr. Osgood, and where Horton was identified by Mr, Prince. Mr. Osgood, on seeing Horton so respectably identified, declared himself ready then and there to pay the money, he in the meantime having received a reply to his (Mr. Ne sar telegram trom Philadelphia, that Drexel & Co. had received from Peterson & Co. and placed to his credit the amount of their letter of credit given to Horton, oe then requested Mr. Osgood to let him ve TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN GOLD CERTIFICATES and the balance in currency, which amounted to about $2,000 or $8,000. It took only a few moments for Mr. ood to send out and get the gold cer- tificates required. In the meantime the delictous Horton and himself conversed in regard to the stock market, When the clerk of Mr. Osgood's establishment returned the money was paid into Mr. Horton's hands. This was at a quarter to two o'clock in the afternoon, and a few minutes later Horton leit Mr. Osgood’s office, At ten minutes to two o'clock @ telegram was received from the Superintendent of Pinkerton’s Detective Agency, in Philadelphia, addressed to their Superintendent in this city, ordering the arrest of Horton, and also giving the information that he had a letter on Osgood & Co. for $27,000, and ordering pay- ment to be stopped, nefmating thereby that it nad been discovered that the certificates of the Readiny Railroad Company, on which Horton had obtaine the money irom the bankers in Lancaster, had in each instance been raised from One share to 200 shares by the use of chemicals. (Here Mr. Pinker- ton’s representative produced the forged certifl- cate or share note which was found in Horton's possession at the moment of his arrest.) Pinkerton’s superintendent immediately went to Osgood’s office and there learned that Horton had only a few moments previously left the office, or, a8 one of the firm Pe “that the steps had not grown cold im the time of the dis- appearance of Horton until the appearance of the detective upon the premises.’’ A thorough ex- amination of the neighborhood was immediately made, but Horton’s whereabouts remained a mys- tery. For weeks subsequently New York city was scoured by detectives, All the principal and rivate hotels were vigilantly looked af r, and all the steamers leaving the Bay were most caretully watched. Telegrams were sent to the various police departments of the aif- ferent cities, and every precaution was taken to prevent the escape of the notorious Horton. For @ considerable time nothing was heard of him, and it seemed as if the SEARCHINGS AND DOINGS OF THE DETECTIVE FORCE were ail in vain, and that Horton would be eventu- ally successful. Among the parties communicated with by the Pinkerton detective force was, for- tunately, the Chief of Police of Providence, R. I. This was the keystone of success toward the arrest of the daring forger, for on Wednesday last a telegram was received from the Chief of Police in Providence, stating that a party, described in one of the circulars issued from Pinkerton’s office, New York, and supposed to be Horton, was under arrest, Inthe same telegram the presence of a faye of that force was requested to identify the party. ‘On receipt of the telegram, Pinkerton’s superin- tendent lelt for Providence, R. L, and on arriving there saw Horton and conversed with him for a considerable time while confined in the prison. At first sight the detective recognized his man and, although he chatted with him in an indifferent strain, Was DETERMINED TO HOLD HIM FAST. On asking Horton his name the latter denied him- self with the view of baffling the detective expert. Some time elapsed in conversation in the prison, Horton was earnest in his denial of both his name and character, but the ae areatan was steady in the investigation of person and character- istics. At length the detective s ited his re- moval to New York, and it was only then that Hor- ton seknowledged his personal identity. While travelling from Providence to New York Horton said that it seemed useless for him to den: his character, name or guilt to any further extent and therewith made an entire CONFRASION OF ALL, He said that after he leit the city of New York he eluded the vigilance of Pinkerton’s detective force, who were solely concerned in his arrest, oy walk. ing out of the city toa way station on the New javen road, where he ik the train. Since his arrival in Providence he said he had lived a very retired life, in @ quiet, peacefal, but aristocratic neighborhood, and In a respectable private board- | fi house, "Sn h rson when arrested by Detective Bik tiny widence, was found onfy the small sum of $49 90. He claimed, or rather proclaimed, that he had lost the balance of the mone: the c the opportunity of monopolising ibaeg admitted to , of forgery. He sul nents: however, T Pinkerton that this Was OY the Gase, aud thee he would make the loss of the Lanoaster bankers as far as laid in his power. It is alle; that he also stated that the greater part of ‘the money i d for was still big wccaine tena pacs et th go into the Tombs) at the hakas of thy dovectives Wo %Q XOAteRGaY Morning, dpring Whisn time, a0 cording to the statements of those on ae Observed the strictest decorum aud edeuner ° On yesterday morning, about hall-past ten o'clock, while the “wide, wide world’ were uncon- scious or the fact, he Was despatched, accompanied ry two of Pinkerton's detectives, to Lancaster, P: Where he ls now detained. HANSA tes hile under arrest his person and b searched, In his baggage ae A BAISED CERTIFICATE of the Pensylvania and Reading stock from one share te 200 shares was found. There were also found in his possession a number oi letters from Edmund D, ndoiph = & Co, bankers, of this city, who had been in correspondence with Horton while in Providence, and through whom he had been speculating under tie assumed = name of Francis A. Vaughan, In addition to all that Horton sat he still further stated that it was his intention, after estab- lishing a good business standing With Kandoiph & Co,, to commit the same kind of forgeries ou them that he had done on the Lancaster bankers, ‘This statement, as coming frem the detectives, is given, however, cum grano satis, ‘To give some idea of the expense gone to in hunting up Horton, the alleged perpetrator oi this extraordinary forgery, it will be suilicient to state that there have been 60,000 postal cards, giving @ history of the crime and a description of Horton, sent to all chiets of police and postmasters through- out the country. It took eight clerks each day for ten days to direet them. Mr. Jones, the Vice President of the Pennsyl- vania and Reddington Railroad Company, author- ized Mr. Pinkerton to go to any expense to find the man, as he said he was bound to make an example Of all parties that forged his company’s stocks. One of Mr. Pinkerton’s sons is at the present time on the eve of his departure ‘som Kurope, where he has been making a fruitless search for the alleged forger. Horto’s previous history is but little known, even by his wife, who lives in Lancaster, Pa, After the forgeries, however, the detectives, in tracing Up their man, discovered that HIS RIGHT NAMB was John 8 Yonng, and that some ten years pre- vious he had been in the empioy of a banker in Philadelphia, named Sevell. [t was generally Horton’s business, after the office had closed for the day, to carry his employer’s bonds, stocks and ora collateral to a bank for safe keeping for the nig! On one of these occasions he failed to deposit the box with the proper parties and the next morning was found missing, a8 Was also $45,000, nearly the whole wealth of his employe. it 18 said t he evaded arrest in this case by pur- chasing & horse and riding to a small town near Lancaster, where he put up at a country tavern, and a year later MARRIED THE LANDLORD'S DAUGTHER, Horton 1s an accomplished scholar and speaks and writes French, Spanish, German and English Nuently and bas travelled the best part of the giobe. Had he not been stopped in bis career it is possible that the banking interests of New York and the Fg country would have good cause to remember m. Horton reacked Lancaster, Pa., at a quarter past three o’clock P. M. yesterday, accompanied by two detectives from Pinkerton’s ofice. He was tmme- diately confined in the county jail, and will be brought up to-morrow and charged with the extra- ordinary deeds the committal of which it is said he has diready contessed. Horton’s Experience in Providence, Where He Was First Arrested. PROVIDENCE, R. I., August 30, 1873, Afew days ago James L. Bliss, Jr, clerk ino clothing store here, observed an advertisement in a@New York paper offering $1,000 reward for the arrest of one J. H. Horton, who in May list passed @ forged certificate of railroad stock on bankers in Lancaster, Pa., realizing from that and similar transactions about $75,00\ ‘The advertisefnent contained a description and a wood cut of the man wanted, Bitss, having a remarka- ble memory of faces, recognized the picture and description as that of a man who tried to purchase a coat of him a few days before. Watching, be soon saw him again, and tracked him to his boarding place. Independent Detective Billings was then called on and the suspected man was arrested, and the detective agency which inserted the adver- tisement was notified. Parties came on and fully identified the forger, and he was taken to Pennsyi- vania, news of the arrest being kept secret two or three days so that efforts might be made to recover $28,000, over which the prisouer was supposed to have control. The in- junction of secresy being removed this afternoon, jt 1s presumed that a satisfactory arrangement hi been made to secure the money. Horton was boarding with a respectable private family on the east side, and had succeeded in a good im- pression. He was much liked for nis social qualt- ties and for his skill asan artist with the pen. Vari- ous creditable specimens of his pen's work are hanging up in the house, which he had presented to various member! occupation while hefe was vo visit th ers’ offices and Board of Trade daily, and learn the condition of the different ‘stocks, Appearing to be much interested in stock matters. le was also in correspondence with several New York banka, under the name of F. A, Neon foe which was the name he was known by while here. Upon being taken to the police station Horton was very indignant, bat, after conversation and find! that he was thoroughly caged, he quietly inquire what Mr. tering was oats for this operation, and upon being told $1,000 na ye 4 held up four fingers, asking, “How would that do?” saying that by writ- ing to New York he could get the money here by the ac The suggestion, of course, did not prev: MISSISSIPPI REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. —_-—__—. Repetition ef the Maine Plattorm—A Quiet Condemnation of Louisiana Tyr- anny and the Kellogg Government. MEMPHIS, August 30, 1873, Aspecial despatch from Jackson, Miss., says:— At the Republican Convention the following pilat- form and resolutions were adopted unanimously :— The republican party of the State of Mississippi, in con- yention assembled, recognizes the strongest evidence ot the periuction of our polltical crved the iact that we do not find It necessary to make any new departure or an- nounce any new dogmas, but smply to renew our steadiast faith in old republican’ landmarks, to wit—The preservation of the States, the strict enforcement of equal rights and privileges to all, universal education, retrenchment in expenditures, rigid. economy and equal and uniform taxation, opposition to fostering monopoles at the expense of the imasses and honesty, capacity and fidelity as the test of politic breiermeni; that we are apposed to burdening the reconstruction of the State of ississippi with old rep ers’ Bank bonds, y culled, contracte! by locofoco democracy and by them repudiated, and we pledge ourselves to resist, by every lawful menn: in our power, the assumption by the State government of any and all such debts. esed to loaning to railroads or other corp Rinds donated by Congress to this state for edu ni we demand the prompt repeal by the next of the law by which agricultural scrip and , ickasaw school funds have been diverted from the yects contemplated by the donors; that we favor 1 sessions of the Legislature ; that we recognize no distinction as now existing by law in the rights of ali chil: dren in the State to equal privileges and to accept, suc! in all public schools, colleges or universities; and should any of said institutions of learning deny to any child, on account of race or color, its cqual rights, we pledge Gur- selves tc enforce the said rights by appropriate legisla. to the support of id our present edu- ith in the integrity of dovernor R. ©. Powers. In all responat- ble positions in which he has been called upon to act, whether airman of the Republican State Executive Committee, Lieutenant Governor or Chiet Executive of the State, ‘he has proven himself (@ be an able, honest and fearless advocate of republican principles, and firm supporter of all those measures ‘calculated to ad ‘vance the prosperity of the State. Aresolution to endorse the Kellogg government of Louisiana was received with such demonstra- tions of hostility that the mover withdrew it. General Ames Was introduced and made a short speech, saying, among other things, that if elected Governor, and during his teri any bill looking to the payment of the repudiated debt or reopening the question in any Way shall come up, he will most certainly veto it. : The Convention adjourned sine die at eight o'clock last evening. Resolved, His Exceliene: COMPTROLLER’S RECEIPTS. Comptroller Green reports the following amounts paid yesterday into the city treasury :—From Bu- reau of Collection of Assessments—Assessments for street Me nada improvements and interest, $28,077. Bureau of Arrears—Arrears of taxes, as- sessments, water rents and interest, $6,708.” Bu- reau of City Revenue—Market rents and fees, $1,984. Bureau of Water Registrar—Croton water rents and penalties, $6,789. Mayor’s Second Mar- eer tine ee Aty Courts—Fees from Third Judicial District Court, $61; fees from Fightn Ju- ictal District Court, $340; fees from Fourth Ju- dicial District Court, $i30—$540. Total, $39,069. CHILD RUN OVER AND KILLED, Yesterday afternoon a iemale chiki of Michael McCarty, two years of age, waa run over by a Ninth avenue car, driven by Hugh N. Constable. She was fat injured and soon afterwards died. Constable Was arrested and taken before Justice Fowler, at the Jefferson Market Police Court, who committed him to await the action of the Coroner. SUICIDE Julias Kuhner, @ German, forty years of age, who, & iew days ago, while in a fit of desperation, swallowed Paris green, and then jumped into the dock to make sure of ending his existence, died yeater: in Believue Hospital. Coroner Herrman ‘Woe notified to hold an inquest over the remains, A BEPENTANT HUSBAND, ALBANY, August ye A. ©. Foster, of Keene, N., ue Pratebtese Ahn pom ty big 5 Bar cane, left his wife and two children be- nine. repeated and atarted for his home this ROODy 5 MEXICO. Senor Minister Mariscal Inter- viewed in New York. His Opinion of the Home Position and Indus- trial Policy of the Repubtic, pone set SE ET Po No Alienation of Terri ory and the Monroe Doctrine Firmly Maintained, Seftor Ignacio Mariscal, of Mexico, a republican diplomatist, has arrived in New York, A HERALD representative has just tad au interview with the gentleman. Minister Mariscal authorizes the fol- lowing 2 STATEMENT. ‘There is no trath whatever in the rumor that the hewly-elected Mexican Cougress is opposed to American enterprise. All thht can be yet known of the new Congress is that the majority of its members si pore the Lerdo administration, and that many eld members have gone out oi oftice, new ones, whose names were hardly known outside of thetr respective districts, being elected vo fill the vacancies, Minister Mar- iscal says that, judging from the resuits of the late elections, there is room to believe the new Congress will be vers sarccane toward Amer- tcan interests, Lerdo de Tejada favors them, and, as his administration will have a majority of votes, it ls clear that the Congress, as @ parliamentary body, cannot be uniriendly to Americans, No rea- sonable person could make an assertion to the con- trary; lor, as Congress will not meet until the month of September, and as many of its members elect are partly unknown to the public, it 18 mani- festly absurd to define its future action on any given question many weeks before it has verified even its preparatory meetings. Persons desirous of fomenting bad feelings between the two Repub- lies must have invented, be says, this false report. Perhaps the friends of some railroad enterprise whe had been disappointed in their projects, and are destitute of both brains and of capital to carry them out, The English had, he observed, succeeded in the Mexico and Vera Cruz ‘oad after the expendi- ture of millions, Thus far Americans had proposed many railroad plans, but spent no Baier in carry- ing them ott, ‘Tne same also held good with mining speculations, General Rosecrans had laid before government and Congress a plan for the constraction of a narrow-guage road. Mr. Plumb haa a rival project for a standard-gaage road, This gentleman's echyme was better combined, more reasonable aud acceptatle to the country. The Vera Cruz and Mexico Railroad was of the sort of tne family. His principal ie banks, brok- known a6 Standard guage. The American roads now being built thisugh ‘Texas and the south western Territories were also of the same guage; {t was theretore reasonable tor the Mexican authorities to salect this guage, which would enable new roads to be herea(ter constructed to interlace, by using the same breadth of track as those already in use or being built, For these reasons the sche of Mr, Plumb had been preferred to that of Gener Ft fata eed the former gentleman had receive from the Executive concessions; but these con- cessions only await the approval of the Congress, Jt could not, therefore, be,said with the shadow of truth either that the new Congress or the gov- ernment of Mexico were in any way opposed to American interests. On the contrary, it must ap- ear to every impartial observer that Mexico anx- fousiy desires the co-operation of foreign capital, especially irom the United States, to assist in de- veloping the rich resources and to bring to light the untold hidden treasures lying dormant in the rich valleys and mountains throughout the coun- try, that but await the touch of intelligent industry to spring tuto fountains of riches and lite. It has also been telegraphed, said the Minister, that an intrigue was on foot in Mexico having for its aim the transier of Lower California to Ger- many. This rumor is entirely unfounded. The Minister here cannot say what intrigues may be going on ma the city of Mexico, but he is certain there is none of this nature that receives countenance {rom the administration, The most uipepulae act that any admitiistration could do would be @ proposition to alienate any portion of the public domain. The face of the nation ie firmly eet ag it any such project, and the bare mention of it would prectpi- tate the fall of op thar no matter how popu- lar. Indeed, the Executive ts powerless to initiate or carry out such @ measure, Mexico has no idea o! parting with her territory. It may be true that some Germans have gone to work nines, or otherwise improve the peninsula of California; but the citizens of the United States, or those of aby other country, are not only tree to do the same, but they are even invited py the liberal colonization laws of the Republic to go there, settle, make a home, and to al! intents and urposes enjoy the same righ ad privileges as jose who are born in the lund. Mexico has alread; alienated enough of territory, and she is resolve to with no more. Were she willing to do so, it is very natural to suppose that tue United States, a bordering, friendly nation, of the same kind of government as Mexico, and not a European monarchy, would have the first offer, Ger! is @ powerful nation and on terms of friendship with Mexico; still there exists more between republican governments than m: expected between 4 republic and a mon- archioalform. Persons need not be slarmed that Mexico will invite or encourage any infrmgement ofthe Monroe doctrine. America should rather, he thinks, look to what is now Solng on in Cuba than turn the pubMc eye towards Mexico. She can take care of herself. If anything ts being done the Monroe doctrine Mex- ico is «=not =the offending Power. Cuba should claim @ share of American attention ITEMS OF NEWS. The cultivation of the silk-worm ts being rapidity extended in the State of Michoacan de Ucampo. Experience goes to prove that worms fed upon the black mulberry are the healthiest and most robust, ee the strongest, soltest and best quality Of silk. A boat from the Spanish steamer Marco Aurelio had been capsized while crossing the bar at Tam- pico de Tamaulipas, anu the captain and two of the sailors drowned. The National Exposition of home products and manufactures has been put off for the present. The pecuniary aid deemed necessary for this land- able object 1s expected to be granted by the new Congress, which will meet in the beginning of September. ‘he State of Jalisco has founded a School of Agri- culture in the convent building of Zappopani, two leagues from the capital, Guadalajara, An ingenious mechanic of Movelia, the capital of Michoacan, has invented a new, simple and good working sewing machine. On the 2ist of July the telegraph lines of Arto, Patzcwaro, Maravatio and Toinca were declared finished and opened to public use. BUTLER’S DELEGATES, cabin bei The Friends of General Ben Rather Astonish the Washburnites, Boston, August 30, 1878. The summary of results of the ward elections for defegates to the State Convention thus far, includ- ing Boston, shows an election of 113 Butler to 33 Washburn delegates. ‘The Daily Advertiser says :—‘Republican caucuses were heid last night in the larger cities and town: where the Butler men have contro! of the local organizations and where there wasa reasonable prospect of electing the Butler delegates. The intention, obviously, was to show their strength at the beginning in the hope of getting recruits among the wavering elsewhere who may be waiting to see which side is the stronger. In Boston it was their intention to carry every ward except two or three at the most, and they made their estimates accordingly. Large as the caucuses were the anti-Butier republicans were weakened, as it was well known they would be, by the apgence of a large number from town, many more than enough in the several wards t6 have changed the result. That the opposition were able to elect deiegates in four of the filteen wards is, under the circumstances, the best that could be expected.” The Journad remarks:—‘‘So far as this city is concerned the result does not come up to tne Butler antictpations. The authorities on that side had given out that they were perfectly sure of car- rying all but three wards, while they hoped to make a clean sweep of the city delegation. this end they laid out their plans some time ago; laid them skilful and prosecuted them without the least regard xXpense Or fairness.’’ The Post General Butler's friends were say! out in full force and in some of the wards there was hardly @ show of respectable opposition to his pretensions, while in others there were @ strong fight and a decided vic- tory. Whenever the opportunity oifered the cut and dried programme was carried through with @ rush; but covamotely, bay des Reg el vigorous test against the action it baa es} tally ‘was this the case in the Tenth ward. n the whole the adherents of the General ‘were hly elated with their work, the result in fiteen wards—ward six not holding # meeting—footing up:—For Butler, 60; anti-Butier, 26, which is & ain of seventeen delegates in his favor over his aign.”” "Hon D. w Gooch has been selected by the Re- nblican State Central Committee to preside over the Convention at Worcester on the 10th of Sep- vember. PUBLIO WORKS, Commissioner Van Nort makes the following statement of public moneys received by the De- tment of Public Works during the week ending Josterday (Saturday) :-— Croton water rent. o1 a is Por vault permits... wer permits. vor mower pe sold Totab.