Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1888-08-23

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vertisement in the daily PIONEER on
August 18th, led to the arrest of a
man for forgery, which will probably
send that individual to State Prison:
LOST.
| COMEWHERE IN BRIDGETON, A CHECK
y on the Camden Safe Deposit and Trust
Company. Camden, N. j., given by the West
Jersey Railroad Company to Edward j. Parker,
for 1884, A liberal reward will be given by
| leaving it at this Office. re
The facts concerning the affair are
these: Last Tuesday week, E. J. Park
er, colored man, in the employ of
the West Jersey Railroad Company,
received a check from the company,
made payable to him on the Camden
Safe Deposit Company, in the sum of
$2S "A. Parker boards with Elijah B.
Miller, who lives on Orange street, in
one of the houses owned by H.. B.
Shoemaker, and he missed the check
when he arrived home at night, and
about seven o'clock at night, in COM
pany with a man named Cornish and
Miller, he came to the Office of the
PIONEER, for the purpose of advertis-
ing the loss, recognizing that it was
the surest way to have it returned to
him. and the above advertisement ap-
peared in our columns on the 18th.
Early on that morning Elijah B.
Miller went to the stores of L. J. Bar
ker, w. W. Robbins, Henry MAR, and
Theo. F. Lore, and endeavored to get
check made payable to E. j. Parker,
cashed. None of them acceded to the
request, Later Miller went to the store
of Jos. Arnold and purchased goods
amounting to about $2.00. He offered
the check in payment and Mr.. Arnold
seeing it was railroad chick knew
that it was good, and told the man to
endorse it, and he wrote upon the back
''E. J. Parker" Mr.. Arnold gave
Miller the change due him and thought
nothicg 1ppre1gf the matter until he
| picked the PIONEER up, and saw the
little advertisement. He Immediately
communicated with this office and
learned that he had received check
with a forged endorsement. Miller
was sent for but nothing said to him
about the matter. He was simply
asked to write the names of those who
boarded with him on piece Of paper,
which he did, and the name Parker
was identical with that on the back Of
the check @ S e ~ l8 81 "
Mr.. Arnold then had Squire F. P.
Riley issue warrant for the arrest of
Miller, charging him with forgery, and
it was placed in the hands of Constable
r. F. Ayars, who, the next morning
about 3 o'clock, arrested Miller in bed,
and took him to Jail. lT
That morning Constable Ayars and
Louis Beckhardt, of Arnold's store
went to the home of Miller and after
searching the house found an under
shirt and a pair of drawers in the trunk
of John Nichols, another boarder The
overalls and shirt, which was also pur-
| chased could not be found.
Shortly after eleven Miller was
brought from Jail and given hearing
before Squire Riley. Prosecutor Hoag.
land conducted the examination. Louis
Beckhardt was the first witness called.
He testified to Miller coming to the
store of Mr.. Arnold as above stated,
and purchasing the goods and tender
ingto him the check, which was offered
as evidence. He gave him the change
after he (MDler) had said that he was
Parker and signing his name E. ].
Parker" He positively identified the
man and the check. ae.7. -.
said that he was at present working
for l.. j. Barker, and on the morning
of the 18th, Miller, whom he identified
had come to the store and made pur-
chases similar to the ones he had made
of Mr., Beckhardt, but he did not cash
the check, and the goods We're not
taken from the store. q NJ
John Nichols was sworn, and was
shown the goods that had been found
in his chest, but declared he had never
seen them before, and that if they had
been found in his chest, somebody else
had put them there. e
e. J. Parker, the owner of the check,
said that he missed the check when he
went down to supper Tuesday night,
and identified the check shown as the
one he had lost.
Miller was allowed to make state
ment, in which he said that he was not
down town Wednesday until after four
o'clock in the afternoon. He claimed
he could prove this. AS the offense
charged is not bailable one, the
Justice committed him to jail until
Court. ia tH M
Much credit is due Louis Beckhardt
and Constable Ayars, for Miller's
prompt arrest.