Cantor, who had first met the Denmans in Ohio, when on recruiting duty in that state, had planned to make Miss Denman his wife for purely mercenary reasons.

He had struggled to overcome his gaming mania, and had planned that once Miss Denman became his wife her money should be used to pay his gaming debts and free him from the claims of the vice.
But Mr.Denman, with the insight of a wise man, had discouraged the suit.
In New York, before the "_Long Island_" had sailed, Cantor had met young Tom Denman in a gambling resort.

Plying the young man with liquor, Cantor had persuaded the young man, when unconscious of what he was doing, to forge a banker's name to two checks, which Cantor had persuaded an acquaintance of his to cash.

Of course the checks had been refused payment at the bank, but the man who had cashed them had disappeared.
Cantor had offered to save young Tom Denman.

Without involving himself Cantor could have testified that the young man was all but unconscious, and without knowledge of his act, when he "forged" the cheeks.
The bank that had been deceived into cashing the checks before they were forwarded to the bank upon which they were drawn, had located Tom Denman easily enough.