Show DETECTED BY DERN AX IJXKXOTVX MAX PRESEXTS A RAISED TIME CHECK The Bookkeepers Memory nwd His Accounts Serve Well The Detec tion of the Forgery Cannes the Presenter to Beat a Retreat Readers of The Herald will remember remem-ber the story of Union Pacific check raising told in these columns several days ago Bookkeeper Dern of the Mercur Mining company is watching whether or not a similar practice has been started regarding the time checks issued is-sued by his corporation Yesterday a man with a pronounced German accent came into the office and laying down a time check for 3162 issued to S E Gail one of the Mercur employees asked that the same be cashed The time check bore the purported pur-ported endorsement of Gal and that of Charles Webber a saloon keeper at Mercur Mr Dern while examining the check remembered Gail and upon looking at the books discovered that the amount due was only 162 Closer inspection of the check revealed that i had been very neatly raised by adding the figure 3 and the word thirty as prefixes Mr Dern began questioning the man in relation to the matter and was told that the check was purchased from Webber But Wen the bookkeeper pursued his inquiries still further he became alarmed and fled He has not been seen since and in all probability the Mercur people are 162 ahead |