Show KiiiLD HIM til u its AURFD SEVMOVR ArTXK iLKARINfl IP A IOHTUNH SIDDKNLV UlftAriKKII = Allred W Sejmour the bAnk swindler swin-dler who Is I credited with having defrauded de-frauded banks In Ihe Northwest out of Jy > ooo or more In the past couple of months although an old criminal Is a novice at this particular branch of crime In which lie Is now alleged l to be working work-Ing Seymour according to the Chicago Unald commenced operating against Ihe banks about April Illli of the pies cut year I Us work has been so well done as to defy detection except by correspondence with the banks from which It appeared his draft was purchased pur-chased ills I plan 11 h to visit t a city and i ascertain who Ihe correspondents of the banks are In other places lie then goes lo the smaller places buys draft generally ol the denomination of 14 f 15 mid < I8 against thu banks he Intends to victimize and raise them to flaw fiasco and fiu and so succetful has he been that us tct none of his drafts hate I been refuse Je payment ddl In not one I Instance Wee the forgeries dbcotered 1 until days alter when correspondence between the banks Involved disclosed t er > The drafts were all perorate 1fl orate but this 1 was owe obstacle to 1 eymour lie covered the perlorated tarts with a hue pulp and submitted 11 t n I t o a pressure that filled the perforation I completely He would then take s check perforator o Su make the railed figuresalter the writing and present the draft at the bank against which U was drawn fur payment It was only by the aid of a microscope that the work was de cltd Seymour commenced operAllons In Des Moines In April And victimized banks there to the rxlertol A war He nest called f on the bankers I of Atlantic I and secured about f i ooo there Kansas I ity banks lour In numlxrwere victim I zed for about lloooo l Omaha bankers I contributed about t ooo to collection and Council lllulT banks caught for I ai much more He neat went to Mitchell Mit-chell S n I and bought drills on Sioux I Halls bank that lealiieil him Jjfeu and drafts on Sioux City tanks that Increased In-creased his plunder by 17100 Ious banks were Caught here and each on f t8oo drafts Cedar Rapids 1 banks were touched up next und early this week Scjmour turned up In Mdwaukerwhere lie > ui reeded clearing up5400In two i or three days Since that time he has h not been heard from In sawn Seymour wit a businessman at Alto In n lluena Vista county Iowa He was elected a member of Ihe County Hoard 01 that county and then came his downfall Transactions Ills In con nectlon with bills aganst the county were shady He was indicted for forgery convicted and sent to the penitentiary I Rnt OIr alAiiamosa lie served his time was released returned lo Alta I to settle up t his business allaits l there and until t April nth was engaged for one firm or another d an-other at Minneapolis as a bookkeeper J AI |