Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-09-06 | Page 9 | Forger Makes Single Error

FORGER MAKES SINGLE ERROR Mistake Betrays Fake In Auto Purchase Salt Lake police and sheriffs sheriff's officers officers officers of of- Saturday were on the trail of a clever forger who signed a dead mans man's name to a draft to pay for an automobile automobile and and whose crime still might be undetected had he not made a single slip The chain of events started on the night Of August 27 when home of Mrs Jane Solomon a re recent recent recent re- re cent widow at 2887 2881 South State East street was burgled Included Included In In- eluded in the loot In addition to 11 In cash jewelry and some abstracts abstracts ab ab- and deeds were 65 shares of Great Western Coal Mining company company com corn pany stock and and anda a savings account book showing a balance of about at Zions Zion's Savings Bank and Trust company On September 3 a draft for signed with the name of John Solomon late husband of the South Salt Lake widow was presented presented presented pre pre- to the Grant E. E Hayes company company com corn pany In payment for an automobile Being unknown to the firm the buyer left the bankbook and coal mining shares as evidence of good faith while the company made sure the dr draft ft was good He drove away In the car The draft cleared the bank A day later a car was J left t at a service station at Ninth South and Main streets for a wash and grease job but the driver didn't return Subsequent Investigation reve revealed led the forgery Saturday the bankbook bankbook bankbook bank bank- book and mining shares were returned returned returned re re- re- re turned to Mrs Solomon and the car carto carto carto to Its seller while a search was extended for the forger 4 i