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Show DUEL IDENTITY OF A SWINDLER Banker of Arkansls Accumulated Accumu-lated a Large Fortune by Forgeries. SL Louis, Aug. 30. Maintaining for years a dual identity of banker and prominent citizen of Forrest City, Ark., and an alleged forger of realty documents in other parts of tho country, John V, Kline of St. Louis was under arrest here today. IIo has confessed, according to de-toctivos, de-toctivos, to swindles aggregating more than $500,000. As a bank director in tho Arkansas city, Kline was known as John W. Barnhardt He had been urged to become a candidato for member of the state senate. In Forrest City ho and his family were socially prominent promi-nent Kline or Barnhardt was arrested here last night. He had escaped Jail two weeks ago, the police said, from Waukosha. Wis., where his methods in attempting to mortgage property brought him under suspicion. Tho hundreds of complaints against Kline charge that he went into a rich farming community, inquired for good farms which he might buy and got acquainted with men of money. When be had selected a farm, it was charged, he either borrowed the deed and made out a bogus deed to himself him-self or bought the farm, paid for it by check and took possession of the deed. As soon as tho deed was safely safe-ly recorded in his name Kline, his accusers say, mortgaged it and by the time the check was returned marked "no funds" he had gone back to Arkansas to become a banker again The police say Kline has a fortune of more than $350,000. on I |