Show WOODS WOOD'S SON IS AlLEGED FORGER Sought by Florida lorida Officers Officers Officers cers on Charge Cha ge of f Passing Passing Pass Pass- ing Worthless Checks HAVANA Jan 27 AP Osborne AP-Osborne Osborne Wood s son of Major General Leo Leon Leonard ard Wood at the Hotel Biltmore today said he knew nothing of charges charges' against him of passing worthless checks in in Florida and declared declared de dared that he would go immediately to Palm Beach to straighten out matters WEST P PALM r BEACH Fla Jan 27 AP AI AP Former Lieutenant Osborn Os- Os born Gj Wood son soc of o Major Gen v eral Leonard Wood governor general general gen gen- eral of the Philippine Islands and whose meteoric financial and marItal marital mari marl tal adventures are widely known today was being sought by officers officers cers o 0 of Palm Beach county on charges charge o of having passed worthless worthless worth worth- less checks Miami ho hotels ets were searched and a a. sharp lookout lo kout is being kept along the south coast o of Florida The Th charges were filed by the Palm Beach National Detective agency late yesterday est with the sheriff The ath agency as y said h had Information that Wood d had tad left for Hana va and t-lt t has asked the prefect of f police poUce qt ot f Hav Havana n to 10 re refuse refuse re- re fuse ruse Wood to Cuba FORMAL WARRANTS Sh Sheriff r r B Bob b Baker Bak r early earli today s said ld Charles Reed h head ad of r the de- de I Continued o on page 4 4 WOODS WOOD'S SON ALLEGED FORGER C Continued from page 1 1 agency would swear out formal warrants today for Wood The information came to the sheriff slier sher iff yesterday after the office of the prosecuting attorney for Palm Beach had closed for the day Reed refused last night to make known the amounts of ot the checks or the names of ot the persons to whom whon they are alleged to have been given Reed informed Sheriff Baker that Wood left lett the Royal Poinciana ho hotel hotel hotel ho- ho tel where he had been staying since Christmas eve for Key West Weston on the Florida East Coast Const railway taking the regular Havana boat at Key West Sheriff Baker was vas not told until after atter the boat had cleared Key West for Hav Havana ana Reed said also that he had asked the Key West police to arrest and hold Wood in case he returned there thereafter thereafter after atter being refused admittance to Cuba CAME AS SALESMAN Wood came here last March re reported reported reported re- re ported to be ne nearly rh broke having been sent here by a Tampa real estate concern as ds s a salesman After a few weeks of active e social life he went to New York saying he was going to buy some clothes On his way ay back he ho stopped for tor a few days at Wilmington Del where his wife was granted a divorce from him I Returning here Christmas eve he resumed his real estate business and social activities Investigation here last night re revealed revealed revealed re- re that he had bought three tickets to Havana The names of his companions were not re revealed revealed re- re |