Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-08-05 | Page 12 | Death Crook Recalls Crime of Swindlers

i DEATH DFCRODK RECALLS CRIME OF SWINDLERS I Joe Furey W Second of ) ' Trio to End Criminal C. reer Behind Prison Ban; Thought on Hunger Strike i FT. WORTH. Tex.. Aug. I.-Jos Furey, whoa body Is being shipped i to Oakland, Cel., from her following 1 hla death at tha atala penitentiary, i was ona with two others Implicated I In tha swindling or J. Frank North-i'i North-i'i float. Tha trio waa trailed for mora i' than a year by Northfleet. who la a - farmer. Northfleet apent thouaanda '. of dollars In hla search, and finally : waa successful In landing tha entire 5' band behind bora. t: Dlapatchea from Los Angeles laat night aald that District Attorney Thomas Lea Woolwlne of Los Angeles county had telegraphed the authort-j authort-j ties hers asking a poaltlve Identifies-7 Identifies-7 tlon of tha body be made. : Furey. whose widow snd son live rn Olendale. a Los Angeles suburb. Is alleged to have operated In Loa r, swindlers. Furey was sentenced to f serve twenty years In the penlten-j penlten-j tlary for . defrauding Northfleet out ! of 145.000 In a fake a took deal, f - Of Furey's band, ona member died In New York in prison, committing sulfide, and one Is now serving a term. Authorities hers scout the theory that Furey may have "put - M over" on the Texaa officers and Is not deed. Furey made several desperate attempts to escape while on tha train being brought lo Ft. Worth for trial. Handcuffed, he ! leaped from tha window and broke Ms leg. During his trial ha waa so wsak ha had to be aaslsted In court tr attendants. Officers point out thst ha had been III for long time and hla death waa expected for sev oral weeks before bs actually was reported desd.