Show THUS S BOG US f BONDS The Off r Claimedto be Made by 1 aIT tI rger DENVER RIO GRANDE AFFAIRS lh8eban ntlonal Bar Association horn 1filro That Rescript Again Ottier Notes The Bogus Bond Offer IIILADZLlHU May 22 Diligent inquiry in-quiry has established the fact that Maria Smith broken of No 20 South ard Street IB tb9 firm whose name was used by a person persons who sent to Secretary Fairchild the bogus offer of 45205000 of bonds on Friday last The report was confirmed tnia afternoon by a mamber of the firm He said i dont know where or how you got the information but it is true our name was used Tnera was no attempt on the part of the forger whoever he was to imitate the firms signature His writing I writ-ing was not at all like ours The first intimation wo had of the matter was on Saturday when we received a notice from Assistant United States Treasurer Page to toe effect < that the bonds offered by us had been accepted by the United btat 9 government An in I Tesngtkion followed and as soon as we I saw tUe letter we informed Page that a forgery had been committed Detectives De-tectives Wtr put upon the case at once The tmng was done ol course for stock jobbing pjrposea und the market as you know improved after the annolnce jaent of the purcba3o The government can hold the forger if hn is apprehended appre-hended and I suppose he can be seycrely punished r |