| Show ALLEGED HOTEL GRAFTER Porxner Guest at the Kcnyon Returns to the House Under Unusual Circumstances One of the former guests at the Kcnyon hotel returned to tIme house yesterday under I un-der somewhat peculiar circumstances Ho rcglbtcrcd May 20th as R J Smith had dinner and a room deposited 500 In a bank and went on to STJI Francisco When he reappeared yesterday he was iwpistirod as I O Jlotfman and was accompanied ac-companied by Charles M might city imirshul I of Springfield MO und Police Jnspvulor John H tioyloof time sa inc city He was united to these gentlemen by very clone ties bulng handcuifed lo one or tho other all tho lime Hoffman as he is called for convenience in the absence of his real name makes a specialty Ii Is saul of forging letters of credit on the Hourlmcns h Protective usuociailon As the letters are canned in San Francisco he began lila operations In Massachusetts where It is said ho victimized a number oi hotels Other houses I buffered until ho reuchcd Indianapolis where it Is nl Jegcd hv save up the credit letter Kraft ana besan depositing money in I bunks 1nAniIlklm7 uverdnifts on his accounts While in Salt Lake In May he nnidu no attempt to g l money from he I hotel and If lam timil Irulnd to nverdraw on the bank hf did umoit gel nround to It because he hilll hiis 1100 of the SM to t lila credit Ills arrcfit WIK caused by a cheek for v1 1 ivhulchi hue offood lo a Jeweler in San Friiiflseo In payment of it small pur olnie The Jtwcler wan n suipiclyii8 chap it m id reported tin matter to the police Ihc mun wns pointed uut and reeognbod an tho fellow the I Jiotcl nsoilation was iliffvr A lnil1 of his roim dlsrlosed a sine etching from whlcb his loittrs Of erodlt I had been printed blank rhrckh and farced credit letters The Massachusetts ofncers ut tti rued after the man and Cash iri B 1 Ldiry of time Cooley hou o at bprlnglluld went along to identify the Prisnhmcr I j ° Vimn it IK hal < l ban renllxed at lenst > tl 0 from hIs operations and had 1700 on his person when ho WH arrcs ed I Ic Is a rniuui of qmmfct and IlCtusing intuummiers and good aIIueartiulce |
