Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-10-19 | Page 8 | Alleged Ogden Forger Caught

ALLEGED QCOEN FORGER CAUGHT Local Hotel Clerk Reported to Have Confessed to Federal Operatives j John Francis Mi Klnnon. 22 year, old. Ifl reported to have confessed to, eerel aervlco. operative at Sun Fran- clco yesterday that h had stolon and. forced u Kirternmcnl check, p.iyublc to Joaeph 1 1 M- Collam whll employed employ-ed several months agu as night clerk! ut the Arlington hotel In Ogden. The Information wan received yes-1 tcrrt.iv l, William II l'.i upon, mrrrl Mrvlc operator In tho intermouolaln ' district. Mi Kmr'.n irr. -'.-.i .it San Kr.ui-claco Kr.ui-claco by Operatives Charles F. Galling and Hnr B T.ncgart. former a plain! jof police at Slt J-akc. A warrant i lurginp forsery waa aent to San Francisco Fran-cisco eaterday by Mr. Davenport. The prisoner will b returned to Halt Iik-' ana held in the county Jail, pending consideration of his case at the next session of th- federal grand Jury in April. Mr. McCollam. a railway mail clerk in trunsferrtnc early tn the year from) (instructions that a check covering hi traveling expenses should hr mailed there After arriving in ogden he took I up his residence elsewhere, inquiring; from time : :im for th heck from San Francisco. When It failed to ar-; I rive. he. communicated with hla for mer employ r to learn that It had' been ent lo th- Arlington hotel An I investigation was begun by Operative! arl w. Blair which resulted In Mc-j Kinnons srre