Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1893 — A FORGED WARRANT [ARTICLE]

A FORGED WARRANT

Secures the Liberty of a Notorious Crook-, It has been discovered that an accomplice of P. H. Danforth, “Red” Austin, the bunco man, who was in prison at Middleton, N. Y., for swindling Farmer Crowley out of $5,030, a year ago, has very cleverly buncoed the sheriff and under sheriff out of their notorious prisoner. About two weeks ago a man who said that he was a United States marshal called on Under Sheriff Goodale, at Newburgh, and asked for Austin, who he said was wanted in New York for slippery work. Ho wore a shield and had a warrant, and Austin was turned over to-him. It has just transpired that tho pretended marshal was an accomplice of the buncoer and that the warrant was a forgery. ).> ]