Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-03
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Publication o. the Faie

Publication ~ the Fais
Al lhe request " Dr. Johnson. oolIn-ali-
oaled b H. r BAKER. Cashier "a Lbs foarth
National isa1k Saturday aaofBiuss ps0srs
isd Bot alenrioa Tie targerg case, the facts
of sllcn @sre partially gwen ~
IsE zIz5zAz Frisiay morning. Jsrt ~ny
r1sy desired ths matter -aIpressed wls La
stated aad ~ "a -as all0sed " be published
saturday evening the reasons f0F ksepsng Il
os.l "a tle moruing papsrs are aOt apparent.
lt sselns thal iI @ss u0t tie name ~ DIG. r.
Johnson taat 80 forged, bat mat ~ y h.
"A linlga. 4 wealthy hOr-eGlan of Texas, osu-
ss u "Jsrome Turner. Lena S@all0~. and
other noted horse. and instead " the loss
falling ~ the bank Dr. Johnson Is TIE loser
The nan 800 s1ccoe.sfglly SoFzed The
-chems Eas Eltn Dr. Johnson ~ the army A.
az orderly. and the TO hase Deen nfiu
friends for the past tseHtg fouf Years. be
man II > ID. Fuller AT the close " Ine
gar he VISITED DR.. Johnson ln tins cits. and
spent several days nis guest i've years
latsr. When hs 9as here ia $50, Fuller rep
resented thai hs sas Ia the livery business a.
MaunIee OHIO, and the doctor since heard Of
hIIu A. prosperous livery man IA that town.
Hs came mere last tuesday and registered al
The Morton A. " X. White and
represented himself ~ AL bat Dr.. Johnson
A. the celebrate hOrseman. lie had oee a
Al Battle Creek sneFe he met George IL.
Morgan aud obtained a letter OF intrOduc-
ton ~ Boyd Panthnd and NJ. j. Smiley a.
" K White. Ca Wednesday he asked
Mr. Panthnd - endorse draft for him, bat
ia accordance with the rue1 Of The AOrsOn
ar Pzntilnd declined. He also asked Mr..
smiley ~ endorse his drafts, bat failed De
caa-e Mr.. smiley ~ss cOnnned 10 his house
by sickness. Then the schemer sought his
old army friend and represented himself ss
engaged IN buying hne horses with head
quarters At Toledo. lie claimed q
have bought some horses and said
that he must draw on Toledo for $40 and a
he Wa not acquainted with the banks here
he asked the doctor 20 endorse his draft, ana
tbe doctor With ali the confidence III his old
friend dad So At this time ne was driving
A fins horse which he claimed he had bought
here, but has since been found 10 have been
obtained AZ Pulvers stables. The Toledo
draft for $40 Wa cashed at the Grand
Rapids National Ba1k. and on Thursday he
visited the doctor again; had bought more
hor-es. and wanted 10 cash a 500 draft on Z
bank Al Forth Worth, Texas, drawn by W
4 Wilhite. Without mistru,tiug that there
was anything wrong the doctor again
accommodated him, endorsing this draft,
which VA cashed AZ the Fourth NatlOna
bank Thursday afternoon the Grand Rapid,
National Bank notified the doctor that there
was no money IN the Toledo bank 20 meet
the SNO-draft. Then the Fourth Nationa
/ telsgraphed % Fort Worth and found that
W T. White did not live there and had nc
bank account there. The doctor concluded
/ that his friend had deceived him and beater
him out of 500 which no promptly made
/ good 10 the banks.
Fuller took the Michigan Contra
train for Jackson Thursday noon. war
rant for his arrest WAS issued and placed II
/ tho hands OF Sheriff Kinney who started af
ter him Al go p. M, nine hours later
Fuller Il a tall man with dark complexion
/ and dark hair and mOustache. His nOs'
/ i long and slightly iattened at the end. III
l. evidently working his friends for all h
/ can get, "a he Il known 10 have had abOu
/ s2,O,s when he arrived here. He undoubted
/ Is forged Whites name 20 the Texas draf
Z aud II caught will probably work for th
State for a number of years