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Show Tricksof the Forger Space prohibit! tho brie! recapitulation recapitula-tion of remarkably Ingenlout fraudt yet fre-a.lt In Itp public momom but tho rrtnclral aim of tho forger ' f today to-day It toward the Indoricmeot i an checkt planned lo be ttolen t ibte-qtttnt ibte-qtttnt to tlgnature. aaya London Tit-Dili. Tit-Dili. No paint, etpento or trcublo are tpared by the twlndlera la t rder to obtain a butlneat memomt Jum bearing tho tlgnaturo of tho fir i ot rayeot, and upon n rrlntcd cop- ot the former the forged tlgnature of tho litter It tent to the drawer of the atolcn chcck( (hut allaying tuiplcton temporarily. Two twlndlera of thlt type ticcr-talned ticcr-talned that a gonttcman wat In tbe habit ct tending two checkt for tub-ttantlil tub-ttantlil amount! periodically by pott. Opening a email account at the tame branch ot tho bink, at one of tutee timet, the thlevce contrived to obtain ob-tain rotteti on of the checkt from tho pout box wlureln It wat the gen-tlr-rrnn't cuitom to rt hit lettert. lleetlp-ti were aent bearing Imltiiloni ot the prc Irmly obtained tgntturV , of the pteta and the craned drattt brarlng forged Indoreetrenta veje paid tb rough the pott Into the far-inert' far-inert' nwn account. Tbe c-ieeft could tlmi he drawn upon almotl lai-medlitely lai-medlitely and at the earllett rorilSo moment tho twlndlert withdrew and cletred with the cath. Tho bank repudiated re-pudiated the ciiatnmer'a c'alm. but after a Inn; action wat ordered upon appeal to make good hla lott. Again, late on a Saturday morning, -purporting lo emanate from the I on-don on-don or other office where n wealthy customer Ittept an account, a telegram tele-gram may arrlie addrete-d to tho manager of a local branch of that bank at aomo fathlonable retort, advising ad-vising that Mr. So-and So, a rollahlo and retpontlblo customer, It arriving In the town, and requeuing that eery courtesy and attention be thonn him. Tho wire It followed by the advent of tbo reipectcd "Mr. So and fc'o" him-aelf him-aelf n prosperous lool.lng gentleman who rroduclng n check for, toy JMCfO. request! tho Immediate opening open-ing of n current neccunt. Aa tho chrcl. It drawn by him In faor ot "tclf" the utuil formatlea ar oatlly lubtcr'hed to by thu refonttor of the "emilne ciittomer, an I If an atlute bank manager denlet 'Mr. So nnd So' rcrm!t"lon to draw uron tho cheek until cleired he can ectrcely relu a tn Item a checkbook which the twin-dler twin-dler oan me frr all It Is worth p" rtout In hla depirtura frr other teen i nn tbe followl-n eenln. Thlt tret bat been fucc-ifiilly carried out In teveral Inatmcea. |