Show the idank of england forgers la in connection with the bank fo forgeries it is understood that th tho the prosecution a are ill lil in possession possession of the lowing following toi lol fachs facts with regard to the tbt prisoners i bia bla macdonnell cdonnell who has lish dish connections in company with austin bidwell visited ireland in the autumn of 1871 on that occasion they altered a check on the bank of ireland from za 3 to and obtained money on it from froma a bank at belfast they subsequently proceeded to manchester whelo by similarly altered checks and a gorged letter of introduction from one of or tile the leading nier mercantile cantUe houses in london they obtained obtain eda a large sum swim from heywood 4 they then left england in april 1872 macdonnell macdonneil with the tivo bid BI wells dwells arrived in E england from america and went to lodgings at enfield road lUngs land aland atter alter being fitted out by the tle tailors they thes they left at the end of the month austin bidwell and arid macdonnell macdonneil pro fro ro beeding to IQ berlin and dres I 1 en george bidwell to bordeaux marseilles and aud lyons taking with them forged letters of introduction of the the manager of the union bank of london and forged letters of credit i of tile the bank of north and south IN wales Tales liverpool by means of these letters and of bills drawn under the forged letter of credith credi credit tp they obtained in cash and with this they ie turned to london t but not to their old lodgings in the following month donth the threce sailed by the lusitania w leppool for buenos ayres ayrc s theto thero Ther thero 0 they obtained from one firma arm f w whose hose name it is s sary ary to mention ten tea thousand pounds under forged letters of credit and of introduction of thu the ho london and westminster bauko banki the parties then separated but again met in london in august of lawyear last laA year and it is proba biens bleas stated by macdonnell Mac donnoll that the scheme was at that time settled of forging foggin bills for discount at the bank of england coin coln communication mb n leation was wag the then n entered into with noyes royes albay czada hills wih will regard to him it appears that lie he had been reent recently ly ie released from the state prison of j sew new ew je jers jens jery m y having been sentenced la in january 1869 to seven ceven years lm prison mout for uttering a forged check on a ban on tho the ur urgent ent appeal jofh is s fri friends and mid relations a pardon was granted to 1110 hin Tin pin din B march I 1 arch 1872 3 jie lie I 1 e tm arrived 1 ved ted in F lins ling n land in december and the tho were t lien then in preparation it is further stated the forgers were all known to each other in america these facts will give the mercantile community throughout world an idea of tho the dan daner danger er from which they have been re loved loved by the removal of the tho party from all ail further possibility of df crime and th the a acknowledgments which are due dub to the governors of or the bank england ot and the bank solicitors fresh nield field for tho the vigor orand and sagacity by which that end has been accomplished london temes times aug 28 |