Show VANISHED WITH ALL THE SECURITIES No wo o Trace of the Clever Forger Who Secured cured Worth V of Stocks and Bonds From the National City I V Bank Ban of New York I V SW rYO YORK RK Sept sep 1 So far as could COU ld I he be ascertained today no attempt tE lute has h yet been made de by iy y the thief thi who a 16 by y Y pre tg tc t a forged check for fop them at the National City Bank Batik yesterday to dispose of them Detec Detectives tives and the lie he financial men interested in hi the hie loss are tire making every effort efort to prevent the negotiation or sale of the time securities and to t find the young young man hC presented the bank bOk a what purported to be the time bearing bering sig signature sl signature nature of Pearl Co the owners own r rs of the securities I Knew the Situation I II Much significance Is attached to the time i I fact tact that the certified check exchanged ii for the time valuables made was out with 1 one days da s interest at 41 4 pet per cent in I Isted sted of Per cent cent Pearl Perl Co the owners of the securities which they the had deposited d as collateral on the pre previous previous previous day thought the te rate rte was although the time bank batik authorities put it I down at 4 on their books and title this fact tends to show according to the de detectives at work on the case SC that the theorge forger orge must have been in close cose touch with wih the tue loan department of the Na National National a atonal tonal City bank V Forgery Was Clever fc Vice President Frank rank A of ot the National City bank made a statement regarding the theft He said that Pearl Co made a loan bait at the National City CI bank through the stock I in lii the ordinary way On Wed Ved Wednesday Wednesday a check cheek apparently of the firm of Pearl Co was presented drawn on the Hanover National bank and with a certification made malle malc for the tue exact I amount of the face of the loan plus the interest for fm one day This showed showe I he said aid that tha the person pein pel J who made the th V forgery had known the details dewUs of th the loan 1 the firm the rate of ot interest and andare te ih Amount which are ara tb wt interest calculated The Te forgery of the ti name of ot Teller eler Burns of the Hanover bank Mr pronounced espee especially laity good So He said sid that no 10 one in the y of the tho National City bank was Has suspected in the case cs V Extreme Carelessness The T he freedom with which securities representing hundreds of thousands of dollars dol s and even certified checks check for 1 g V amounts are entrusted to mes ames messenger boys was wa referred to by an ofil official of cial of ot the National City bank in dis discussing cussing cu the disappearance of the B H Pearl Perl Co securities The Tue The National City bank has been loaning fifty mil mu millions mi lions lons a week lately he said sid and much of this had been ben taken away by b ames mes messenger me boys bos In the form of certified checks cheeks Even Evet as he was sas speaking three small smal messenger boys bos in uniform came cameto cameto to the loan window put in securities and drew put ut checks check for loans aggregating gating fluting The National CIty bank officers say Sy they have no description of the person who put In the checks and got out the bonds E F of the firm of Pearl Perl Co said sid it i was possible that the he thief might have already realized from the securities He said saidI I do not think it possible for the tile thief to have negotiated the tobacco and the Wabash bonds The tobacco bonds are arc coupon bonds and they are worth more than If I he could negotiate them alone he lie could throw the time res rest t away awa These bonds have cou con coupons pans pons the coupons payable on Oct 1 He could sell sel |