Salt Lake Tribune | 1902-10-17 | Page 3 | Hotel Beat Confesses

HOTEL BEAT CONFESSES I W J Reid Noted Crook Who Stopped I in Salt Lake Last June Owns Up to Much Swindling TRIBUNE SPECIAL New York Oct 16V J Reid the selfconfessed hotel beat nt his trial at Springfield Just ended confessed to defrauding de-frauding a large number of banks allover all-over the country by h means of forged letters of credit and the deposit of jogus checks of the Earl Fruit and Produce company of San Jose and San Francisco Cal and by checks gotten from hotels by fraud which he deposited de-posited and then drew currency upon Among the bunks whose check books and bank books showing deposits were jiven up by him wag the National 3unk of the Republic of Salt Lake City the deposit book being opened In his alias of R I Smith Reid was arrested in San Francisco last June and hly captors slopped overnight over-night here with him on the way back East The forger Jiuulc his bank deposit de-posit here while on his way to California Califor-nia lie stopped at the Kenyon but made no efforL to add to his illKottcn gains while in Salt Lake