Show PLAUSIBLE SWINDLER 6 0 NOW IN THE TOILS Jose joseph 1311 hermann worked check racket in several places about town satt lake aug 11 II chief of detectives tec tives george A sheets and sergeant J henry johnston yesterday afternoon arrested an unusually clover and plausible swindler lo in the peron of joseph hermann who claims to be a representative of a liquor house in spokane wash and to live baere herman came to salt lake about ten days ago and made himself known RS ris a good fellow spending nearly all of his bis timo time in the cheap lodging houses and saloons ile he seemed to be well supplied with money and earned carried arb an imposing and prosperous looking check book he ran short of cash saturday and gave dominic blanca proprietor of a commercial street saloon a r check tor for 20 the check was drawn on the first national bank of ocean park cal signed by and made payable to himself blanca cashed the check and yesterday morning early carly indorsed endorsed Indor sed a check of the same sort rt for after in dorsing the big check he gme diew suspicious of his new friend and telegraphed the ocean park bank asking for information about him he received an answer late yesterday afternoon ter noon saying that fl hermann ermann Is ie a CT and asking that he be bo be taken into custody he called at police headquarters and after explaining the matter stated that hermann was even then in his saloon playing pool the officers callej called at the saloon and after showing the telegram nr arrested rested hermann and took him to a cell at police headquarters |