| Show MADE OLD MAN 1 0 1 WRiTE RITE CHECKS I It t 4 Ernest Cronk Cr n Charged With Bla law lawt t DAUGHTER TOOK A HAND HANDOR GH OR D Tl TO T Bim P B BA i A sensational sequel to a divorce court scandal developed yesterday when Ernest Cronk the paperhanger who was arrested twenty minutes D after ng his divorce for carrying con concealed concealed concealed weapons was made the defend defendant ant in a criminal action for to attempted extortion The charges were filed by byJ byJ byJ J H Gertz GelU toe tae t of the young man who alleges allees an that the sat lat latter ter tet t r under nader threats of bringing bri n disgrace d upon the family ta ly by flUng filing a sensational aen d orce su Cu t t attempted to extort blond front from him bini and did a few even evenIngs jugs Ings ago force him hint at the point of a revolver to write a check for lor 75 11 The case involves the downfall of ot Mrs Mra Cronk and th t alleged ed threats thres of Cronk to expose all aU in the courts unless would w uld give hie hir money The demands v Are re restated resisted by the the divorce suit followed and now Cronk Crook Is in the county Jail charged with at attempting attempting attempting tempting to extort U 12 from Gertz G ertz The complaint against Crook Cronk was wu I filed flIed in Judge Jud e DIehls court yesterday Pe and according to the story atory of 01 Gertz his daughter Mrs Irs Cronk cane came to him about ten tea days daya ego ago and asked aske for stating that her husband L bd d doomed demand demanded de ed Pt p that thai amount if it were W re not paid that he would sue ue her for divorce and disclose a scandal that would bring brine disgrace upon tise alae father She Sh stated that she me had bad written certain which her husband had gotten hold of and which he proposed e to use WIe usein useIn in the divorce proceedings Threatened to Shoot Him The girl rl it is Ie alleged demanded tnt the father mortgage mor his hi home hOnN to tn se as secure curl cure cuI the money and after alter two refusals returned with the proposition to smooth the matter over for Gertz refund d to pay this amount and two nights later it is ta alleged Md Cronk and his hiB wife entered paint and paper whop shop on Market street treet early in inthe Inthe Inthe the evening and demanded the tile money again Cronk it is fa alleged drew a revolver and with an oath threatened to Moot Gertz if It he did not pay the mone money noney The wife it ix I 8 also alleged S sided Bided with her husband and declared that her father ought to have his head shot off anyway They represented to Gerts Gerta it is stated that they wanted the money to go to Chicago and would leave him alone if he would pay it Gertz ertz alleges aJ that he made out a check for 5 50 and later made out another for 25 Gen Gertz said that he thought by paying the money they would leave eave him alone and arid that the divorce pro proceedings proceedings cef would be withdrawn They were not however and aDd Tuesday Tue day Cronk Crook was granted a divorce upon an lon ion of the wife that the charges c in inthe Inthe Inthe the complaint against agal her were true Cronk was arrested a few fe minutes later and after his hia arrest arMat became known l Geitz Getts made his I complaint to th county attorney Cronk Crook it is al 81 l gEd d made several threats to kill Gertz and also aIo made madO threats in the presence of his wife that l Je Ie would ruin I younger daughter Daughter Made Mad Threats Gertz alleged that although his hia daughter was waa divorced from Cronk Croak she ahe came to his home night and threatened th to kill him and herself if he filed a complaint against abut her former husband Gertz would not promise but went before Judge Jud Diehl Diehi yesterday and swore to the complaint The defendant was already in the city jail and was arraigned on the charge charle He pleaded not Dot guilty and in default of 50 bell bail was waa sent Gent to the thecO i county cO nty Jail The police and aad the sheriffs officers consider Cronk a desperate d erate character and allege that he ban basi threatened to ic t I kill more than one man and they have t no doubt he be was aa carrying a gun for foY t that purpose when arrested ronk fronk when seen in III the county Jail jat I last night declared that the charges charge against again t him were wen simply trumped tramped up b by Gertz Gerh to get even with him for su so ing Mrs ronk rank for fr A Ii divorce The divorced dl wife not be he found last a t night Crook Cronk win will have bave a hearing before Judge Diehl Diehi at 11 this morning I |
