Show DIED BEFORE HE WAS FOUND OUT Te The Lt Late Benjam Benjamin H E Gaskill of Phil a Forer Forger MANY BA BANKS VICTIMIZED GREAT SENSATION IN FINANCIAL CIRCLES ILA DELPHIA un SOne or of orthe PH I the most sensational e 01 I forgery th that t has ever been ht to light In financial circles of thi this citY wa was disclosed toa today when ken It W was a as that certificates cn calling for smal small numbers of shares or of tock Iad had been fraudulently rise raised to hundreds of shares cusing causing a loes to certain bond bondholders holders and trust of this city of from to The forge forgery Involve Involves the n name of Benjamin H who went to 10 hi his grave four weEks ago Ga l was the tol role member of th the and brokerage concern known as H Gaski Caskill Co He 11 hd had in inthe inthe was the considered financial district an anti hi his et credit Weeks Ago Gaski Gaskill di lcd about four weeks agn agnand and at t the time of his bin death h to be worth abt about haI half a mil mD Ion loti He lef left no wl am and ad began to close up hi his busin business 9 A patron o of the firm w name is not given iven bought fr from the stale estate 10 shares of Philadelphia Trac Traction Traction tion company sk stock an and 11 10 share shares of stock stok of the United nied States Stel Steel corporation He turne turned hi lila account over to E C Miller ller Co which Arm sent the share shares or of Tracton Traction stok stock to the Philadelphia Traction cm corn I corded office to have the re recorded recorded Forgery Discovered The certificate tIM did nt not a agree p with the books an and an gation showed that the certificates hd had been raised from six six sare shares to Ii III The discovery was reported to E C Miller and company which firm immediatelY fr notified the stock exchange of which Gaski was a member which In turn sent out notices to it its members not to receive stock lock certificates from th the Gas Gaskill ki kill estate A further Investigation brought to light a surprising state of affairs I It was as found that had credited himself on his own books with 60 shares of Philadelphia TraCton Traction stock valued at approximately motel while hie the traction Compans books showed h he had bad oly only share shares I It was als also d discovered that he had raise raised stock certificates of the United Railways of New Jersey from two to and of the Frankfort Street Railway from two to company or of this city twenty The hatter stock is w wOrth rth rtha a share Kept Two Accounts Gaski Gaskill kept two accounts on one re recording recording cording the transactions o of hi his ewa IS tomer which was corret correct and an another another other giving his own transactions His bok books showed showed that h he ws was losing from l to a year bUi business O Hs His method or s to ob taju certificates of r biege eur te ties calling for one two three or some m mother other smal small number of shares ar o raise thE figures and give them a as suri securities te ties for large loans At lest least six banks and trust companies of this cl city admit hOlding fraudulent securities fo for large loans Not one of th the wi will make public the amount of mey money I it advanced but a financier Wh who ha been making an investigation tin sk said to tonight night that the amount of montY moneY on the rie raised certificates wi will aggregate between And Sl 00 I It is believed very J little aill be recovered from the estate Was a High Lver Liver Gaski Gaskill was abut about 4 41 yer years of a ate when he fIed died and was oa a high liver He was a member of the and other cubs wr wi wel well welland and favorably kno known The of th the estate Lincoln L Evre and George M 1 Wagner Vagner have retained John G Johnson to protect th the inter eats o of the e estate Gaski lef left a a wife to whom the stock exchange e a fe few days ago pi paid as life Insurance Hi His st seat on the stock exchange j is valued alue at l 1 MOO |