Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1925-04-19 | Page 4 | Wolf Facing Prison Term

W V FACING I PRISON TERM TER Man Who Cheated Thou Thou- Thousands sands In Fake Stock Game Wanted CHICAGO April John 18 ll John W W known hero her 0 as the Ih Wolf Volf of o La 11 Salle Street reco fired na as a a wizard In financial at- at at fairs which nevertheless always ran him afoul of the th authorIties who now Is 1 In a a California sani- sani and under charges of em- em embezzlement and grand Brand larceny In 1 Los JOR Lo Ang Angeles I Is under tinder sentence iier to serve two years eara In federal prison and pay a fine fino of 2000 2000 Worthington was wa convicted In 1323 1923 of th malls mails In a a scheme to defraud after nine years year of of- of fords forde ford of tato an and federal prose prose- prosecutors to convict him In lion with his alleged fraudulent enterprises enterprIse Ills wee was of- of at firmed after a rehearing granted by the th United States StaHl circuit court cour of ot appeals on September 1 I 1924 SICKNESS IS PLEA Since Sinco then he has hILS ho been dodging d prison by pleas plea that he was near death and probably would die din be- be before tore fore he ho could be he taken to prison end had remained In California os- os ostensibly ostensibly for his hi health Although charges mAde mad In Los Angeles that had lia used In stolen bonds from fron tho tim mall mail train robbery robber at Illinois last June have not reached the tho postoffice In- In Inspector In octor here it Is la known that Worthington and James Jomes Murray Hurray who was found guilty and sent tnt to prison rl on In connection with the th rob rob- robbery rob bery conspiracy were friends Poe Poe- os tal tel Inspectors have o ti aced ced move move- movements monte menu of Worthington and anti Murray Murra and found they usually appeared In inthe li the th same ume aam localities More titan than a a dozen years year ears ago Worthington operated ft a private bank la Iu Chicago known as ao s the association be- be before before fore Illinois law D abolished private banks bank The rho In institution became bankrupt and afterward Worthing- Worthing Worthington ton appeared In the roles rolel role of brok brok- broker or er and nd promoter promote ClU fA IAN Y Tin no w was arrested several several- times once In connection with the dl dis- dis discovery covery of stolen bonds bond in boxes of ofa o a II company vault rented by Worth Worth- Worthington Ington ThIll and other cases case against him tailed failed HI His convIction In the th federal Courts court resulted from the selling of stocks to hundred hundreds of persons In many states many man of his victims victim who included school schoolteacher schoolteachers teachers teacher farmers farmer and generallY small Investors having led that they lost thousands of dol- dol dollar lollar lar many of 01 them their life say say- savIngs sayIngs Ings