Show Big Swindle I Discovered in Sali Lake Lade I i IUS N a SS HOUS HOSS HOSSAR S Si i AR ARE V or Of ori i l VER Crooks Steal Money Order Blanks and Cash Them Here Tho most sensational daring and clevor swindle that has been exposed In the west in a quarter of a century was discovered in Salt Lake Lako City today A gang of shrewd crooks has secured hundreds hundred perhaps thousands of dollars from business houses with the carefully laid plot usIng using us- us Ing money mono order blanks stolen from tho the Schurz Nev ev office When tho the National Hank Bank of the Republic Ife Re- public this morning presented at the Continued on Pago Iago ii fJ 0 POSTOFFICE SWINDLE Continued from Page 1 postoffice several se o of the tho money moncy orders that had bad been turned into it i by patrons patrons pa pa- the plot was discovered Tho The Salt Lake Lako post postoffice ha had received d DO no nd advices es from Schurz that the orders had been i issued SI d and upon investigation tho the Salt Lake authorities discovered that the tho name on the tho for forged ed orders was not that of the postmaster at Schurz Further investigation elicited the information in in- formation from the real postmaster at Schurz that the tho at that place had been robbed and aud money order blanks stolen Tho The local office r refused payment on tho the orders and tho the bank returned them to their customers customer who had deposited them Several l prominent firms a an as well wol as individuals were amon among tho the victims of the tho forgery All Al the tho checks were made mado mato payable payabo to Joe oe Burns Saturday ni night ht in the rush of business a man giving this name entered en en- terel tho the clothing othin storo store of Rowe Howo Kell Kelly South Main street and presented presented pre pre- an order for 65 in in payment for lor fora lora a small article of clothing Other Victims Too The Tho mono money order was cashed ell and the tIro firm knew mew nothing of tho the forger forgery until the time order ardor was returned this morning morin from tho the bank Almost at the same samo saro time another man differing considerably in description description tion ton from tho the first enter entered tho the Utah Liquor company's place place- and cashed cashe another another an an- other order for 35 Tho samo annie evening evenin tlc tIre Davis Shoo Shoe company gave avo goon gool good goodmoney money in return for a similar worthless order presented by still sti another per por son sn All Al three of these men differed radically in in appearance Tho The man at Rowe Kellys Kelly's Kely's is described de do- scribed cr bed as ns tall tail tl and dark and ana middle aged the tho forger at nt tho liquor company was sandy andy complexioned anti and possessed l lof of close cropped rod red ha hair r. r He lie was evidently evi cwi- dently coso younger than the tho other man The Theone Theone Theone one who swindled the shoe company compan is il described as very short and older olor than tho limo other two All Al three of these orders or or- tiers ders were mado out to Too Joe Burns and cOrA si signed with wih tho the ame signature An n attempt had hat been made mado to give these si signatures rue ino same samo a but tho variation was plainly visible Aside side from front these orders near neady a dozen others W were presented to tho the lo local local lo- lo 0 ca cal postoffice for payment and refused There were ivere wee all mado made out in in the same samo handwriting and tho the names si signed nd were all al Joo too Burns Durs tho the difference in stylo of handwriting appearing as 31 in inthe tho the first frt three orders From Front this it is evident ident that a gang an of at least three men is at work work The rho faco face of each fach order is mado made out in a stron strong plain pain handwriting n. n and th the naino InlO I. I I Baker is attached as tho the postmaster post post- master mater at Schurz No Nov Tho The namo name of tho time remitter in each case cas is C 0 henley Tho orders aro arc stamped with wih tIme the government tO gov gov- stamp which was either cither ma made o h by hy tho the sn swindlers or was wa stolen from tho post at tho time lime the tho blanks banks were taken Leave Lave Unused Blanks Tho The United States Stated money order is supposed to bo be the tho safest method in vo vogue for the tho transportation of mone money So confident of its safety have havo business businessmen men become that no hesitancy is is made mado in cashing au an order Out of sheer audacity ity it- iy tho the swindlers to show their contempt contempt con con- tempt for tho the security dropped the tho remaining stolen blanks down the mail mai chute in tho the local office where th they wore were p picked up by tho the om- om plo and tho the first suspicion that a robbery had been boost committed was aroused Postmaster Thomas rhoma wired to tho the department at Washington tou that a n robbery had occurred and immediately im un- un mediately a n secret service service- serviceman nina man was placed at nt work So far ho has been able to discover r nothing of tho the whereabouts whereabouts where where- of tho the men inca who turned tho the swin win tile dle le The real postmaster at Schurz re reports ro- ro ro ports that his office was robbed several eral da days t ago O and the blanks corresponding o 0 tho the orders presented in in Salt Sat Lako for were stolen Tho Iho amount of tho the checks so tO far presented pre pro seated is several hundred bundred dolar dollars andin andin and aud audin in all al probability tho the swindlers succeeded sue suc in passing numerous for forged or- or et doris dora ord in other parts of tho the state which o ha not yet como come to tho the local office for payment |