Show BAD CHECKS FLOATED Los Angeles Cal aL Jan 2 One or of the I smoothest swindles tl i has been worked j in the lie far tar w west st is being on I merchants of oC the Pacific coast by an un nfl unknown unknown known man Is floating checks cheeks osten given by W A Cowden former clerk of the supreme court of the state of or Tennessee The latter according to advices from Nashville has been deal deaI de 1 several years When a check was returned from ville yule with Ith the statement no funds r an ah Investigation revealed rev d the tact fact that tire man had left the tho city elt soon after passing the chocks cheeks Further communication with witha Vitila a Nashville bank brought brou ht out oui the state statement m ment nt that Mr Cow Cowden den had been dead deall for several years The swindler had evidently In ono sono Ion manner obtained possession of or the official cial stationary J blank checks and seal of nf f Mr Hr Cowden and was filling them out and cashing them It was ent that th t the he had bad a confederate rate In Nashville who was supplying him with the tile ne Cowden correspondence bearing the th proper post marks maris |