Show CHECK WRITER THIEF SOUGHT o 0 A man who took in a friend In need and a woman who took in a abo bo boarder were money out Saturday according to police reports Jeff Coffin Coff n North Main street who first went to police headquarters late Friday to report a friend missing found in a checkup later that also missing were his 35 watch his 65 overcoat and a a. 20 bill Mr Coffin said the friend Gerald Turner 28 described as 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing about pounds had lost his job and that he had sheltered him since December December Decem Decem- I ber her 30 Mrs Alice Yoder East First South street told police the story of a man who gave her a bad 15 check on December 28 in payment for board Mrs Yoder said the man who signed his name L McCormick and was 30 to 35 about 5 feet 10 inches tall weighing about pounds slender well dressed told her he was an attorney from California California Cali Call fornia who had just inherited from an uncle The next day Mrs Yoder reported report report- ed she found eight or ten new fountain pens and 12 new wrist wristwatches wristwatches wristwatches watches in the mans man's room when cleaning it up Police tentatively linked these to a recent jewelry store robbery in Cheyenne Wyo The man disappeared on December December December Decem Decem- ber 31 Mrs Yoder told police but the next day another man who claimed to be a friend came and claimed the boarders boarder's effects explaining explaining ex ex- that the boarder was in St. St Marks Mark's hospital This was found to be untrue Mrs Yoder reported When the check returned marked no account she got in touch with the police |