Show VETERAN OF WAR AR HELD AS FORGER Bogus Checks Undo Former Army Major CHICAGO April 6 A A letter from his wife telling him that he was soon to be become become become be- be come a father brought temptation and I misfortune to Major Karl Chatten Kert- Kert of Houston Tex He was arrested arrested ar ar- ar- ar i rested here today by federal secret service service service ser ser- vice men charged with forging army checks to the amount of ot 1700 Major was one of the first to answer answel his country's call when war came But after it was over he found It impossible to get a position equal to the theone theone theone one he had held before he went Into the I service He drifted from Job to job and finally landed in Denver Then came camo the I letter from his wife wire telling him she he long d to have him with her er when the greatest event in her life took place The temptation was too much for Major I He had in his possession some blank quartermaster checks He is said to have forged one of these for and then went to Houston He was with his wife when his b baby by was born It was the old story after that he said following his arrest today After taking the first stop it was easy to go still further in that way of obtaining money He will be sent to Camp Logan near I Houston a military prisoner |