Show TOO HANDY WITH A PEN I The Career of an Expel Forger Finally Closed Julius K Dillman is the last man to achieve a peculiar fame in the criminal line His method was so very peculiar that one can only wonder how he escaped es-caped detection so I long yet there I t was a certain genius gen-ius in it and a I coolness worthy of I a general I His line was 1 forgery and his method was to walk into a bank I bareheaded and i v with pen behind I i his earaslf he had J K DILLMAX just left his desk at a neighboring store and present a check for some amount less than 5100 and did it so well that he never failed getting the cash in one instance at a desk whore there was hanging at the time a police circular of warning with good description of him He isa New YorkerJie saws but he began I C V V his forging career in Georgia early in 18b8 I In March of that year he appeared in San Francisco and rapidly cashed checks as follows March 17 one for 650 31st one for roo April one for X10 April 9 one for Wi May 10 two for SoO each and then in rapid succession five for 60 each the last on June 5 In November he appeared again and cashed two checks for Sop each I He then married a beautiful and estimable young lady and disappeared for a time i i Recently he resumed business in San Francisco and was caught Then evidence came in rapidly showing that he had i worked Dallas Tex Columbus Ga I and other places for small amounts In his rooms were found blank checks I on many banks and imitation signatures I of many firms with a great variety of pens and rubber stamps fixed to 0 K the i checks as occasion might demand The i young wife was heartbroken She had believed be-lieved her husband to be a commercial drummer and was evidently in complete ignorance of his crimes Dillman fiuding that he had a long term in prison in sure prospect made a full confession declaring that he had no confederates I |