Show PASSES CHECKS AND THEN SKIPS George Wanted by the Police for Obtaining Money Under False Pretenses AMOUNTS AGGREGATE CASE TURNED OVER TO PINKER PINKERTONS PINKERTONS PINKERTONS TONS V George Georgo Clark an inventor and elec dee electrical electrical engineer is being sought by the police poUce for fourteen worthless chocks aggregating which he passed at stores and business houses lark issued all aU the checks Saturday afternoon after banking hours and then disappeared The checks came ame flowing into the Utah National bank Tuesday and payment was refused on thorn Clark had a 3 handicap on the police but his description has tel In all four directions Checks hecks were passed on the following houses J P Gardners clothing store 50 J JI H I R Franklins confectionery store 10 Walkover Shoe company 15 Tom McCoys livery stable 23 Intermountain Intermountain tain tam Electric company 20 and J G McDonalds Candy company 50 Be BeSIdes SIdes several checks were passed on saloons and Clark rented two type typewriters typewriters typewriters writers and a phonograph which he dis disposed disposed posed of before he loft left Poses as Inventor Clark lark came here about two months ago n o and claimed that he was an elec electrical electrical engineer and had patents on a number of or new electrical Inventions H Hc lip seemed to have plenty of money and interested some of or the electrical supply companies in his inventions ALter After remaining here a month he ho took tooka a p l position at 1 G McDonalds manu manufacturing plant He left his position about two weeks ago after drawing a months salary Clark went to lo the Utah National bank Saturday morning and opened a small bank account there thereAfter thereAfter After securing a bank ban book and check checkbook book he padded the account until it S showed he had about to his credit Saturday afternoon he went to Gard Garth Gardners ners store and bought some furnish ji Ii gs He Ho handed the clerk a check for fo fl The clerk took it back to the desk deska a id d Clark showed his account The was taken and rund Clark received S 40 in change In a similar man S r r he passed checks on the Walkover S hoe ne e company Franklins store and saloons Passes Other Checks lark went to McCoys livery stable ann nd hired a horse and buggy bugbY He had I hired ired carriages there before and was wasa a patron of or the place This Tills time he handed Mr McCoy a n check for 23 was cashed and Clark received change He bought tools and elec cleo S tri trial al supplies from the Intermountain L 1 trie company and passed a worth S If ot chock check h ck for double the time amount of the bill lark chirk rented two typewriters which I h hr disposed of and also had a S IS cr r ph which he ho neglected to pay for foric S ic foro selling it Clark was always r Ii 11 dressed and made a good appear rn fine ri r f Little is known of him but he Fair taid that he ho had a wife and family in I 1 II II a i when he first came to Salt LUke Like The Tue case was wa reported to the police poUce ami nut efforts have been made mad to locate locateS Imn Through the American Banking S av l oc the Pinkerton Detective nci 1 ncy Iny has haM been employed to run Clark d n J |