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The Daily Dispatch: April 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], Heavy Forgery in Boston (search)
time. [It is surmised that he took the night train for N. York, and left on the following day in the steamer for Europe.] Although the amount forged will not fall short, as it is thought, of the sum of $50,000, the amount discovered as certainly involved up to the present time is only $10,000. Each succeeding day for a week or two will probably bring to light fresh instances. The motive of Mr. Bigelow is unaccountable. He has at certain periods of his life been deemed quite wealthy, and those who ought to know say that his concern was solvent at the time of these illegal transactions. One of those who know him intimately gives the opinion that "he probably desired to get rid of old associates, and live alone and independently." But the secret is locked in his own heart, and we only wonder at the picture as shown us. He is a man nearly fifty years of age, and has two daughters of sixteen and ten. He came originally from Grafton and has numerous relatives in that vicinity.