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Show IroTecIatoF TURNSFORGER Representative Holzheimer of Idaho Legislature Accused of Many Crooked Transactions. Warrant Issued for Arrest of Accused Man, But He Evidently Had Warning Warn-ing and Has Disappeared Was Prominent Resident of Pocatello. Pocatello, idaho. Ed. L. Holzheimer Holzhei-mer of this city, representative in the' state legislature from Bannock county, coun-ty, is a fugitive from justice. A warrant war-rant is out for his arrest for forgery-He forgery-He is charged with signing the name of D. J. Brennan of Pocatello to a' deed and forging Brennan's signature to a check for $1,300. The county attorney at-torney is also in possession of sufficient suf-ficient information to warrant the is-Buance is-Buance of complaints charging many other irregularities, including forging other men's names to double mortgages. mort-gages. The total peculations will amount to $8,000. Hozheimer was apprised of the tact that his alleged crimes had been uncovered un-covered while attending the state legislature leg-islature at Boise. He immediately disappeared and his whereabouts si unknown. It is generally Believed .'hat he went direct to Canada, although al-though the sheriff is inclined to the belief that he is headed for Mexico. Holzheimer was elected to the legislature leg-islature on the Republican ticket last November. He was very popular throughout the county and polled an exceptionally heavy vote. At that time he was engaged in the real estate es-tate and insurance business, being secretary of the Bannock Abstract & Trust company of Pocatello. During the. campaign irregularities in the way of unremitted premiums began to bob up. The trust company made good about $500 and asked for Holz-heimer's Holz-heimer's resignation. On the strength of a bogus telegram tele-gram telling of his heirship to an estate es-tate worth $3,000, Holzheimer secured $1,000 in cash from the First National bank of this city about two weeks ago. He is accused of forging the name of Brennan to two mortgages, covering the same piece of property, and securing se-curing $2,500 from his aged mother and $1,500 from a well known business busi-ness man. As a notary public Holzheimer certified certi-fied to all bogus mortgages and deeds, so his dealings were known only to himself and the other principals in the transaction. Holzheimer was married about a year ago at Saginaw, Mich. His wife, sister and mother are here. |