Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-12-25 | Page 1 | $100,000 Bank Note Swindles Are Confessed

BANKNOTE BANK BANKNOTE BANKNOTE NOTE SWINDLES ARE CONFESSED LOS ANGELES Dec 25 Police 25 Police today were awaiting Instructions from Kansas City authorities as to the disposition of Fred Mayer alias B. B E E. B 13 B Hatfield Hattield alias aUas' William F. F Walker who they announced yea yea- esterday es es- esterday had confessed wide nation-wide forgeries netting him more than Mayer was arrested and held as a fugitive from Justice atter after Oscar formerly a bank In Kansas City said he recognized him as the man who swindled banks in that city of He later confessed to a series of ot forgeries in St St. St Paul Chicago New Orleans Brooklyn Boston and Kansas Kansas Kan Kan- sas aas City according to police detectives detectives detectives detec detec- tives who said his method was to open accounts with eastern banks and then obtain funds by means of ot forged certificates of ot deposit