Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-12-13
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I'm, Arrested fox Selling IL cae
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Last evening Sheriff k;ucel arrested
Myron Wilcox, alias III. L. Mclaughlin,
90 charge Of forgery, on the complaint
Of Julius Goefz. q merohant doing bnsi.
ness on Pr3adwoy. TIE arrest occa,red
on Third street, the prisoner snfrendina
readily. he was placed in The county
Jail.
The prisoner arrived in the city Mon
day evening aud proceeded to the Mel
chants hotel where he registered as M.
L. Mclaughlin. of Chicago. The next
day the hotel por;er had occasion to go
into his room and noticed Mclaughlin
writing upon what appeared to be bank
paper. The porter mentioned the mat
ter to Leroy Jeusks, of the Merchants
firm whose suspieioas were SO strongly
aroused that he went TO McLaughiin's
room while its occupant was out. BE
there found in o dry slop jar a quantity
OF torn paper and among these frag.
ments two peritc checks on o LeMars
bank. filled out and signed with the name
of Scott. After this Mr. Jenohs kept an
eye on the movements of Mclaughlin
and conveyed his suspicious to Sheriff
Kinoel.
Last evening McLsnghlin strsyed up
| Broadway 20 the stors OF Julius Goetz,
on Broadway, between Fourth and
Fifth. He presented to hir, Goetz q
check and asked him to cash, the bank
being closed. The check read:
No 1893 Yankton. Oak, Dec. II, 1883.
First National Bap6, Yankton, Dako.
TIA. Pay to James Z. Barnes, or bearer,
Ten aud fifty ons.hundrgdths dollars.
$1,000. BOWEN u KINasppRY.
Mr.. aoetz took the check and gave
HIS caller ten and g hal; dollars
for 1t. After the departure OF
Mclaughlin Mr.. Goe'z became rus-
picious that all was not right and
went Co the Merchants hotel aud
Informed Leroy Jencks of the trRnsac.
tion. Word was Immediately Gen. 70
Sheriff Kincel who, together with Mr.,
Jencks and Mr., Goetz, proceeded tc
lind McLsuRblin. He was finally seen
walking down Third street end was
Swallowed. He entered +. Weber's stor.
and after o time came ont, being fully
identified by this time by MIR. Goetz
Enquiry at Webss's store revealed the
fact that he had there presented g checl
precisely similar to the one passed upor
MIR. Goetz in payment for q small pur
chase, but Mr. Weber being cut hi
clerk declined to take it.
This was sufficient for the sheriff. Fl,
went ont upon the street again ant
Eshortly his man came along from tht
Capitol street direction, whistling in
light hearted sort of q way, The sheriff
took him into custody without any op
position, gained possession of the checl
he had attempted TO pass of Weber,
end comparing it with the Goetz cheol
remarked that they were very similar
Mclaughlin agreed that they were, bu-
protested that he did not write them
Bat Sheriff Kincel took him to Jail an
looked him up.
10 searching his baggage anothe
heck for $40 so. drawn on McKinne
& Scougals bank payable (
the same party, and sigae
"Bowen g. Kingsbury" va
found. His baggage was all pacbe
ready fos departure and a ball of struni
Irvine found in his pocket suggests th
probability that he intended letting hi
grips out OF the window snd goingNawa.
without settling his bill. This morning
J. b. Shaw found another Bowen /
Kingsbury check for $40 80 between th
scene Of arrest and the Jail and late
Sheriff Kincel Eoand still another OF TIL
same kind and of the same amount. Thi
makes five checks, ali bat one on th
Fret National bank, each for $10.5(
each drawn in favor of James I. Barne
and each bearing the name of Bowen
K%,nRsbury. The only difference in thee
checks Is in the n%ambsrIng. They or
we'll executed, but are forseries,
This afternoon Mclaughlin was or
raigned before Justice Eldredae o
charge Of forgery in the second degree
By his attorney, FL. J.. Campbell, b
waived examination and bail was Hxe
at 81 ,000, which he had not given of las
accounts.
Mclaughlin ia recognized by man
people as e former river steward and q
ex-resident OF Ysukton, whose name
Myron Wilcox. He formerly lived o
the corner OF Second and Cedar streets
with his mother. or his aunt, who was
dress maker. He has o decided tinge {
/ his complexion and 10 probably abor
%one-elghth African The penalty for til
offense charged against him is from fv
t to ten years 10 the p~en!tentiary.
There may be more OF these ohecl
, ont, as Mclaughlin is suspected
having pals. Any checks purporting
be those Of Bowen d Kingsbury draw
upon blanks printed in black ink al
fraudulent. Bowen & K~iagsbnry's checi
. are printed in red ink. bearing II
printed name of the newspaper and g,
! numbered by a numbering machin
The last one issued was numbered l7,0(
ell Found-A vail. Gall at this Office,
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