Ogden Daily Standard | 1903-09-23 | Page 1 | He Was Able to Swindle the Stock Brokers

HE WAS ABLE TO SWINDLE THE STOCK BROKERS beaton sept the superior criminal court here judge baa sentenced ced edward A cranston chapped with forgery and swindling to than fifteen nor less than ten ear in state prison on lie CT ald the prisoner denied that liia name was cranston and bifid it was edward condit chief inspector watta then hunted up the records which tended to how that condit if he ia alo name person is known all over the country as nn expert in beating I 1 brokers ho is said to haw been at one time wealthy hi plan was to open an account with a broker who would accept a check on a country banar as margin H his trades showed a quick profit he would close the account anil take up the check letting it go by default if the peculation showed los cranston began to ha records say as curly M 1872 lie waa convicted many timea in ho east and under the name V S adron was arrested december 22 in a city on a forgery charpe lie wag dent to the state at for tareo yearb in ha wai arrested in chic ago on a charee but waa on hi omi recognizance and duap pea red