Show INIST IR GIVEN PAY IN BOGUS C ECK HE MARRIED A COUPLE AND RE 7 25 presented the chock check at a bank and was told it was valueless now new york feb ava 7 many ny new yorkers have been the victims of men who have given bogus checks but for the first time a minister has been cheated out of his fee for performing a marriage ceremony by this method the minister Is rev george dark clark houghton rector of the church of tho the transfiguration commonly known as the lettle church around tho the corner dr houghton was called upon the other day to perform a marriage ceremony ho did not know the couple who called upon him but that was not unusual as his services are constantly demanded for that purpose after the ceremony the man dr houghton a check for 15 but at the suggestion of his bride afterwards made the amount 25 soon after dr houghton presented the check at a bank only to told that it was bogus and was the work of a man who had been swindling people right and left by means of similar cli checks ecks dr houghton refused to give the name of the man who signed the check but admits that the story la Is correct |