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Vermont Phœnix
Brattleboro, Bellows Falls, Ludlow, Windham County, Windsor County, Vermont
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In Boston, forgeries by absconding broker George Miller exceed $70,000 and may reach $100,000, impacting private individuals. Miller forged notes from railroad contractor S.F. Belknap and lost $60,000 in stock speculations before fleeing, leaving family in Waltham on the 26th ult.
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Mr S. F. Belknap, of Concord, one of the largest railroad contractors in the country, had business dealings with George Miller, and from time to time gave him promissory notes; from which notes Miller manufactured an immense batch of forged paper. Some of it is so well executed that Mr Belknap himself cannot tell the good from the bad!
Miller was an operator in stocks, and is said to have lost $60,000 by recent speculations; so that he could not have carried away a great deal of money with him. He has a family residing at Waltham, whom he informed when he left them on the 26th ult., that he was in trouble.
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Boston
Event Date
26th Ult.
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losses exceed $70,000, possibly reaching $100,000 on private individuals; miller lost $60,000 in speculations and absconded.
Event Details
George Miller, an absconding broker, committed forgeries in Boston using promissory notes from S. F. Belknap of Concord to create forged paper sold to private individuals. The forgeries are well-executed, and Miller informed his Waltham family of trouble before leaving on the 26th ult.