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Show Woman Suspect Reveals Mass S. L. Check Fraud Salt Lake City's "coal cash case" Saturday had branched out into a wider field of merchandise, Including clothing and furniture. Gertrude Wells, 3. Los Angeles, who police said admitted having coal deliveries sent to random addressss that shs might cash cheeks and take the chsngs. expanded ex-panded her confession to include cashing of 90 fictitious checks, said Detective Cheatsr R. Colborn, head the bad check detail She reportedly confessed ts passing IS checks hare from A a- gust 17 to 22, going to San Fraa-'v Cisco, then, because merchants here were so willing to oblige, returning October I to cash It more. She was arrested Thursday at the Peerless Coal company. M7 Wsst Fourth South street, where ' she allegedly had ordered load ' of coal for a person whose name shs found In the telephone directory. |