Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-06 | Page 2 | Admits Theft of Mail Pouch

ADMITS THEFT OF i!L POUCH Omaha Police Declare Prisoner Has Confessed Cashing U. S. Checks OMAHA, Neb., Feb 5. A man who gave his name as Benjamin Fuller, and his home as Toledo, Ohio, confessed con-fessed hero today. ' tho police say, to I the theft of a mall pouch containing! $20,000 worth of checks at the Illinois Illi-nois Central mllroad depot at Kalamazoo. Kalama-zoo. Mich. The theft, tho police say, occurred last fall According to the alleged confession. Fuller obtained between $600 and $800 on checks which represented repre-sented old soldlerR pensions and which were cashed by him In various cities of the country Fuller was arrested several days ,igo by a detective In a store here for passing pass-ing a bad check, police say. They added add-ed that they had learned that he was a parole violator from Folsom penitentiary peni-tentiary In California. Polio- declare i their prisoner was in the California prison for forgery.