What did Moritz Ormai forge and what happened to him?

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Only partial, but we'll get a bit closer with this info:

Subsequent to the date on which the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador requested the extradition of Moritz Ormai on charges of forgery and uttering of forged papers, it was ascertained that the accused was a deserter from the military forces of Austria-Hungary and that in the circumstances it would be necessary to try the accused before a military court. When this fact was brought to the attention of the Secretary of State by the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, the Secretary replied that

the Department understands from your note that Ormai will not be prosecuted on the charge of desertion, but will be tried for the offense for which this Government granted his surrender, namely, forgery. It is assumed that, if the occasion should arise in the future, the Government of Austria-Hungary will offer no objection to the trial before the military courts of the United States of a fugitive surrendered by that Government to the Government of the United States.

Secretary Knox to Ambassador von Hengervár, Apr. 17, 1911, MS. Department of State, file 211.630r5/5.

Since he was listed as deserter it seems most probable that they also wanted him for forging identity papers?

Unfortunately the actual warrant doesn't come up in the records of the Office of the Historian. But then not even German or Hungarian Wikipedia seems to know Ladislaus Hengelmüller von Hengervár.

It should be listed in

Extradition Warrants, 1843 - 1930, National Archives Identifier: 1229766, ARC Identifier: 1229766, HMS/MLR Entry Number: A1 859, 5 volumes, oversized:

Scope & Content This series mainly of copies of warrants issued by the Secretary of State for the arrest in the United States of fugitives from justice and for their surrender to representatives of the appropriate foreign governments. Also included are copies of Presidential warrants authorizing and empowering agents to receive prisoners from foreign countries and to deliver them to officers of the proper State of the United States. Each warrant indicates the name of the fugitive, the nature of his crime, and the name of the country requesting the extradition. Each volume contains an alphabetical index to the warrants by name of criminal.

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