Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-10-16
SPROGELL'S SPECULATlONs.
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! a1H nm Denk1n8 8uslDess NJ
| ChecTs. "eek-Orawn ON Forged
! from tho Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot.
| Ine ocate bank and two other banl.
ing institutions paid out I'll. 693. * tha
other day on checks signed by Edward
Sprogell,: a brakeman on the Pemn.nI.
wanna h9liroad, and purporting to be
o :' ~ several residents of Har-
rlsDure: three Of the checks had the
name 91 John K,llinger on the back.
several That OF Charles Meunch. Es0.'
una one 1, that of Augustus Shellenber,
eer' Inc amount received by Sproecll
on on VI me nrst named was IS, 933. Is
SSo'o9o''o from the State bank, and
$1'4uD from the banking house of
Dougherty Bros. & ca The check.
endorsed by MIR. Meunch's name called
1or %, 1Wl, and the one endorsed with
Mr. She!lenberger's name $1,000. All
the cheeks were returned as protested
by PHILADELPHIA banking institutions
on which they had been made payable.
Inc State Bank officials maintain
that the endorsements are genuine. and
express determination to decide the
matter by a resort to litigation. Messrs.
Killinger, Meunch and Shelienberoer
pronounce them forgeries, and Mr..
hillnger refused to comply with a de.
mana OF the State Bank for the pay.
ment OF some of the checks, on the
ground that his name had been forged
to the checks, and he is anxious to have
the matter settled by the courts.
In addition to the above, Spropell
owes MIR. Killinger $40, the latter hav-
ing gwen him q draft for $3.50, and
sold him $3.50 worth Of groceries. Thig
money sprogell obtained through bust
ness relations with Mr.. killinger. hay
ing frequently bought goods from him,
Sprogell has not yet made his an
pearance. The State bank, from which
the bulk of tho $11, 500 was obtained.
has instituted proceedings ooa;nat
Messrs. John Killinger, Charles M1encI
and Augustus Shellenberger for the re-.
covery Ut the money drawn by Sprogell
ON checks endorsed with the names of
the above persons.
The tinancierirg brakeman had been
in the check business for number of
years, in which time he had dfnwn
over million dollars in Philadelphia
and Harrisburg, and recently his
transactions with the State Bank and
.Dougherty Brothers & Co.. aggregated
between $500 an $40, COO a week
All the checks cashed in Philadelnh;a
were endorsed by VIM. Zeller. vho ia
now supposed to have been a myth.
Sprogell was always very reticent With
reference to Zeller, and when asked in
this city as to the man and his hnsi:-
ness, he invariably gave an evasive an
swer.
Sprogell has been in the Pennsvlva-
MIA railroad company's employ for four
or five years, and had been generally
regarded as an honest man About two
years ago he called on the Mechanics
Bank of this city, and gave his note
for SO, which being endorsed was
honored. Subsequently, he presented |
q check for over $500, which was also
cashed. The demand became larger
and larger, and the sum required |
reaching $500, the cashier refused tn
have any further dealings with Sproeell,
that there was screw lo<,se
somewhere. While negotiating for
OF the different sums at the
banks, Sprogell represented that he
""nU0u Sno A4Ouoy " speculate IN eggs,
butter, etc. He then went to the other |
banks named above, and continued
business with them until the recent |
It is said that neither the State Bank
nor Dougherty's banking house will
lose anything, should the endorsements
on which the money was drawn even
prove forgeries, Sprogell having prop |
erty more than enough to cover the