| Show if CLEVER BOGUS G S SG G tG W tR i American Bankers Association Sends Warning to Merchants Throughout the Country I DONE BY MAKING PURCHASES Claims Ll lo In is la IC lias od Front loins In to Chicago July o depart department department ment meat stores litO and the country were wore w ieti Jell to 10 tobe tobe be on nn the th lookout it r tlona of A clever r boa check work who Ides iden identity l tit U 1 1 unknown un Ulo The warning came from rom the American Dk association tion Uon tile Hit rot I hod of or operation succeed accord log Ins In to u ii detective agency K ocr ocy la is t to te pre Pee present pr sent nt chock check for tor about tM I to 10 J SW In the theoffice office of the UI store alor representing that Ihal he had not money nf to 10 pay JIll for tor his hili I The swindler gets huts his at 1 vari various van vanus ous nUl us banks bAnk whore ho he to 10 secure blocks of ot ordinary counter checks ch kl During January Janu he h operated in St 51 Luul and Louisville under the name of ot A C Acton his hi checks purporting to 10 have beets been signed by b S 8 SIt SIt It Swanson Drother II 11 the cheeks checks being issued for tor amounts ranging 1174 15 to 10 he lie claim claimIng claimIng Ing lag to 10 b lM ho traveling age for this firm Inn Hv lie also d some som purporting to 10 have base hl 1 been signed by b harris In New Oell Orleans During March and April he h operated from rom Dallas Dallu Texas tard through Colorado Montana and Ind ington receiving cash on worthless worthies checks h kl drawn drull to the order fOr of or II H M Ol Moore purporting to 10 ha h have n e been Sn signed by b J It II Mercer Irrer and drawn on the Penn Penis National 11 tlona I batik bank of ot Reading headIng Pa 1 During thin this trip tIp he ll check In Tacoma and Seattle and also 1110 operated In Oregon At D Den Denver nr r he lie represented as I H It clergyman He lIe H next appeared In hi Grand Grind Rapids where he hI operated under the tho name of or W tv M 1 Warde The These checks purport to 10 have lIa been l fen signed br by of or Grand Ond Th The swindler is I described d as tt 35 to 10 40 10 S q ln l In III years of or age gl 6 feet reet S or height HO pounds pound in weight slight build medium dark Hair mixed with gray clow cropped moustache or clean cl n shaven |
