Show I I FORGER ISSUES ISSUES ISSUES' BAD PAY PAY CHECKS CHECKS I II I I IThem Succeeds in n Cashing 3 of Them Warning Is Given by Firm That a clever clover criminal has scattered a string of at fictitious checks on his trip through the time west drawn on the Con Consolidated Consol Consol- ol 1 Va Wagon on Machine company compan was the statement mad made yesterday esterday by local bank officials Three of oC the checks have have- already been discovered by the National Bank of oC the Republic and Walker Wallter Brothers Brothers' Brothers Brothers' Broth Broth- ers ers' bank ank George Georgo T. T Odell Oden general manager of the C C. W W. M. M Co states that tho the checks are aro plaIn plainly I a lL forgery Corser and has hasI made public the affair In Jn order that others others oth oth- ers may not be duped into cashing simIlar similar sim sim- ilar checks All three checks were re received received re- re within the last two days dars and arid each ench was ivas for the sum of 35 Each was made In the form of oC a p pay y check and si signed ed edby by g K E. A A. Stanton Tho The check received d b by the tile National Bank of tho time Republic was cashed In Butte Butto The two received recci by Walkers Walker's bank were cashed in St. St Paul Minn AccordIng According Ac Ac- According cording to Grant Hampton secretary and treasurer of oC the time C C- W. W M. M I Co all pay paychecks pa paychecks checks check arc signed by him They are also perforated nn and 1 protected In other ways The fictitious checks do cia not resemble the pay par checks of the company compan and could be easily detected If the time banker was waN aware that a forgery forger had been at attempted at- at tempted According to officials of oC tho the company they ther havo have had no b bythe by bythe the name oCE A A. Stanton on their records rec rec- Bank officials believe that the mysterious mysterious rious Stanton has cashed other checks of oC like denomination through the west The Time fictitious checks appear to be free from perforation and other protecting de de- de vices Officials of ot the time company compan state that the alleged allege l forger for cr probably made tho the checks out for or the tile sum slim of oC 35 5 In order to make It appear that they were for tor fora tora a a weeks week's salary In the time meantime bank officials are anxiously anxiously watching for the arrival of ot other checks check anti and warning has been sent scat out outto outto outto to watch for or the tho forger I I |