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Show GILDED YOUTH GETS IN SERIOUS SCRAPE Son of Wealthy Bostonlan Alleged to Have Passed Worthless Rhrrlc. Log Angeles, March 9. Edward M. Heed, who Is said to lio tho son of A. II. Heed, n wealthy lumberman and automobile manufacturer of Boa-ton, Boa-ton, was arrested hero today by Pin-kerton Pin-kerton detectives nn olllccrs of tho local pollco department on Information Informa-tion from Chicago nnd New York, where he Is alleged to havo passed bad checks. Tho Chicago check was for $250 and was drawn In favor of Paul W. Trier, It Is Bald. Slnco Reed's arrival hero on February 20 ho has been known under tho names of Theodore Whitman and Harry Crassetto, Infatuation for a young lady whom ho met In Boston nbout two months ago, with whom ho has been, since, Is given by Reed as his excuse for his actions, although ho claims ha signed his own name to tho check. Ho went to New York with hor, ho said and thcro started down tho primrose path, with tho result that wiicn his funds wore gono ho asked a friend to cash n worthless check, which led to the second orfenso in Chicago. Tho detectives havo located tho young woman who lives In Pasadena, nnd It Is Bald, hIio 1b a member of a well known family thoro. The oIllcerB rcfuBO to divulge her namo. Young Heed says he know her under the name ot Evelyn Hnrkness, nnd that sho was a member ot a theatrlcnl troupo. |