The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-17

Arrest of an Accompanied Swiudler. a Man
of Many Startling Adventures.
IChicaeo Inter-Oceal

Chicago Inter Ocean,
Mr.. Willism A. Pinkerton has Just re-
: turned from Boston with one OF the smooth
est citizens that ever raised q check or swim.
died bank. Franklin 7. Lsnders is a gen.
. temaDly looking prepossessiDg young man
; about twenty eight or thirty years OF age,
with pleasant face and winning smile. The
story of his life, as told the reporters by Mr.
Pnkerton. is as follows He was born in
Western New York. raised In New York City,
and for some family trouble left home at an
early sge. He took to the road as a train
hoy, running out of st. Louis. After
q while he got into trouble at Ssdalia,
Mo-, but was released. and came to
Chicseo about ten or twelve years ago. Here
be became identified with gang of bunko
men, and some of the older officers will re-
collect his C0ings at that time Drifting on
East, about four years ago he was arrested
on charge OF forging $50 check in Balti-
more. be was In jail there for six months,
and was afterward arrested on a charge of
rchbiDg railway passenger at Port JsrYis,
n. Y, but was acquitted. he was after ward
j. arrested fer forging check at Hartford,
Conn.,, for which ofense be received six
, months in Jail. He then went to Philadel-
phia and bad printed lot OF bilI-heads and
cheeks. with the name OF Adam Jehn-
son ( Sons, Reading. Pa. thereon, He
successfully swindled Bailey, Banks x
Bid0le and six other Chestnut street,
Philadelphia, jewellers at from $3.50 to $50
each. He then went TO San Francisco, and
ths re conceived the idea Of syste maticslly
swindling jewe ers. Re assumed the name
Of w. r Marshall, having checks aud letter
heads printed with the hame of Henderson
x Marshall upon them. a well known frm
of Los Angeles, Cal. Pretending TO be abo1t
TO sail for Honolulu. he perpetrated swim
dies upon eighto OF ths largest iewelrv firms
in San Francisco, at FROM 1919 to $500 cash
After some time on the Pacific slope he
came TO Chicago direct. This was some
time IN The summer OF 1881. Putting uD st
the Palmer House he assumed the name of
; Lieutenant Somerville. of the United
States Armv. BE appeared in a full
uniform OF the rank, including a
sword, amp cut considerable OF a dash
round about the corridors OF the
hotel, and il may ba that bis appearance will
be remembered by some OF the guests Fall
ing with = reporter Of this city ne was lite
closely questioned, and. imsgining thai the
reporter suspected that he was fraud left
the city. The pre;enc>s Lieutenant ives
afterward written up By tie reporter under
the name OF the Count OF Monte Cristo"
From Chicago the fine worker went IN
!. Ithaca, n Y. where he spent some little
time moving IN the best of society. Going
on to New York City he took ship Ter En-.
rope, and amused himself on the voyage by
making pin money out of the PASSENGERS in
card playing He returned to the United
States again, and went to New Orleans, where
he stopped &C the st. Charles Hotel under
his own name. Here he protested to be a
reporter OF the New York Herald. though
among the jewellers and bankers he
represented himself to be member Of big