The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-10-01
IN IRONS.
4 Startling Array OF Forged
Notes.
He Signs +. q. Crowley and Her.
man Schmidt's Nsmeo.
a Racy Letter About On Interest
ing SISTER

On Wednesday, the llth of this month,
quite neat.looking and intelligent man
introduced himself 10 Mr.. =. u. Crowley,
ct his carriage shop. on West Main street,
aud ssked for employment. lie stated that
he had arrived here With his sister from
Kentucky. and would like tn stay. etc. AZ.
ter anne conversation,
A. ~. rN0ER,
for that vas the nsme he gave, inquired
where Maj Gentry lived. and .l.o ..ke,l
about other prominent gentlemen in ihi.
vicinity, With Ill Of whom he claimed Ia he
acquainted.
Mr.. Crowley prom,ar,l To give him EN-.
ployment. Cneer then hired buggy fr"m
Ben Lyon and drove out To Maj. Gensry's
but ihst gentleman wss attending the
Brownsville fair, and he did not sr~ him
Cnger then vent 10 LeIington. from there
to Miami, and then returned end vent io
work Tor Mr.. Crowley, having engaged
board for him,~l: and the LAZY he
cl,imed Ia he his sister ., Mr.. B<rerr;..
Cnser made second trip tn Maj. ;en.
iry's. but after his return he never men.
toned that genilemsn's name. NJ. Crowley
.oou found Unger to he
EIRsr-cI.Ass WORKMAN,
Who understood bis bu.,ne>s Hut il sp
pesred that he was . little hard.ur, and in
order 10 ease the financial procure, he tried
To cell note of $50 On Blumensiiel, Nc.
Kenna 4 Honty. = weil.kno~n firm al Hop
kinsville. ny. The purported note u.s
gwen on August ., and vas due in ihrre
months from that date. The note w.s of.
feresi To several psriiss. but rs Cnger was .
stranger. M one seemed di<Io-eh To- .pecu-
lNe.
Finally the matter Vas placed in
OFEICER CONHER'>
hands. a.d he quietly went Z" work Z"
trace the matter up aud lind out IL Cng-r
wss what he represented himself to be. 4
Dispatch ~. sent to HopkinsvilIe. which
promptly elected the following snsver:
IlorKIN.vILLE NJ. Sept. 81.
Blnmrn>liei 4 ca. say the note j. for.
gerry. jas. \. WALKER, Cashier.
Immediately after ihi- cane .noihes
Dispatch from Pembroke. n.y., = small
town in Christian county, near Hopkins.
vile:
PEMBROKE, kr., Sept. n.
II 4. II. Unger !. there, have him
arrestcsi f"r forgery here. Answer.
e. II. SMITH.
Right ate. this dispatch came another
PENBRoKE, Ky, Sept. u.
Arrest Cnger Immediately. Officer will
leave io.n.orro~ with req"i.i.ioo. Don's
fail to answer. Il. II. SMITH.
A strict watch wss kept on Ing. 9, sho
little dreamed that he vAs alresdy
encircled BY the n,eshes of the net that
was destined to spring upon him at IN
insiant's notice.
Yesterday evening, oy the Eve o'clock
train. Mr.. ]. II. Murphy. city MAMMAL oil
Pembroke. n.y.. srrived With the
necessary papers. lie funi Oiicer Con
ner, and the two. accompanied by BAz nj
reporter, procer,ied to Crow!eyis carriage
shop To
ARREST CNGER.
Conner entered first and asked him ii his
name Was Cnger. lie replied in
the affirmative, With slight irep.
idaiion. Then Marshal Murphy walked
up to Cnser and bid him gscd evening.
Cnger Sasspeechles. with .-tonishmens and
dIsmay. Ills face turned ~ pale - death,
while the cold sweat hung in teatis u,nn
las brov. lie said hut very little, aud to
the Ma,shal'. inquiries made but fee re-
plies. lie vas then taken to the police
Office and searched.
Then the Marshal told him what he vss
arrested for and asked him IL he would BE-
willing Ia accompany him On Monday.
After this the Mzr-lal said:
"Cnger, YOU diin'; treat me exactly
square when you left. You run I'd vi,hou,
pay ing me that fine"
To this Cnger made no reply. lie was
then a.ked about
MS SISTER,
and he requested that she be iniorn,cd Of
his arre-t.
The "darbie-" verr then slipped over his
wri.is. and he was consigned to cell.
MARSHAL NCRrHY's STORY.
This gentleman. nov Marshal IL Pen.
broke, lived in this vicinity in 1856, and l.
veil acquainted in the county. He il re-
lated Ia Mr.. Geo. X. Lingle hy marriage,
aud his father in las nov reside. in Wind
.or. The following, relating to Cnxer's
doing in Pembroke. vas related 20 BAzO0
reporter b. the Marshal:
4. Fl. Cnger. . German, came g. PEN
hroke from New York State about year
ago. lie secured employment at his trade
and vas first-cls-- workman. He had M
reIsi'ons there, except u young lady whom
he clsimed was his niece. lie xot On sev
eral spreea, AID just before he left VA fined,
bat did not pay il.
About the 6r-t al Sepiembes he
forged note f,r $500, signing the
name Of James Glover, his employ
er, ~ principal. and Dr.. J. +. Thomas
- endorser. This note he aid 10
K II. Smith, in Pembroke, foe So. H.
.Iu made ano,her rai.e by collecting
moneys due to bic employer. and then
PREPARED 10 SKIP.
He hired 6ra-clsa team and buggy from
T. L. Hopkins' livery stable. and in com.
pany With his niece Tor - he nov claims,
half s,ster). he drove to Hopkinavills.
There he put the team in stable. and lefl
orders that they should be yell taken care
of. After this they took the train and
departed for the West Ia grow mp With the
They vere traced to Evansville,
Ind. where they we're registered o. man
and wife. The balance Of the isiosmaiion
came 10 Pembroke in the manner that ne
have described.
ANOTaER TOa6GkY.
I. addition to the other fcrgesies given
above. Cneer soseed draft on the Hep
kin.ville Bsnk for $3.50, psvshle Nov. LEI.
shis vas SUCCESSFULLY di.po-ed Of,
lhe reporter eould mt arcersain.
THC g0R6ED note
The following IL . copy Of the soae tia,
Cneer tried n dispoae of here:
HorKixsviLLE, Ky, Seps "a, 1873.