The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-02
LYNCH IN TROUBLE AGAIN.
This Time He Talked " schifz Girl Into COM
miEfng Forgery for Him

This Tine He Talked " schifz Girl Into Com
miting Forgery for Him
J. Il Lunch and Miss Laura Stone. for
merry Of this city, have succeeded 10 get
ting their pictures into the police depart
ment Of the Denver Republican Lynch was
here during the boom aaa subsequently,
and married Wichita gir,-a Miss kaad-
man While here he was builder and Is
well known. Mss Ssoae viii be better
known as Laura McGreggor who married
Charlie Stone and Charlie Stone viii be
remembered as clork n his fathers cigar
store at I42 North Main street, in the
building now occupied by Ozaae & Dyer's
drug store Let the Denver Republican
tell the balance Of the story. II Is as fol-
lows:
4 daring schame 70 swindie real estate
dealers was asp3-d in the bud yesterday
By the arrest Of the three partici pants.
two OF whom are evidently noy3ces IL
crime. and the other already known 20 the
local police by reason OF couple o.
charges o. forgery now hanging over his
head
The plan OF campaign as exposed bJ the
detective department yesterday Is SO aQ-
creauiitv thar il should have been carried
through SO successfully even as tar as 1t
was. IL consists in Que man and q woman
actiag in CONCERT, the latter passing her
self of as woman OF capital ana owning
Denver realty, aad the former acting as
her agent and securing loans on forged
trust deeds. How Tar the scheme might
have been worked Is unpleasant to think
of, but 10 this case the abstracts had actu-
ally been secure1 and the trust deeds de-
liyered before the agent discovered that ne
wac being offered up as a VICTIM On the
altar OF trusts.
LYNCH PUT UP The JOB.
About four months ago j. H Lynch,
being financially wrecked III his business
at Wichita, Kansas, packed up what was
left and came TO this citF. About two
weeks ago this same arrival was arrested
ct the Union depot on two warrants charg-
ing the forgery OF small checks, for ~aich
Lynch Is at the present time under 81 .JcO
bonds TO appear for trial at the district
court
Back in Kansas Lynch was acquainted
with young man, Charles X Stone, en-
ployed in his fathers cigar business
Lynch's alleged business Is that OF a
laundryman, and he wrote back 60 young
Stone that if he would come on west he
would secure him job al SO month
Stone soon after left for Denver. 10 be
followed shortly afterward by Miss Laura
McGregor. who, upon her ARRIVAL, was
married to stone, notwithstanding the
fact that the lovers were both under age,
the bride being only II and her husband -
The newly welded couple took up quar-
tiers at 2163 Stout street and no 600 Ioo
PANIED out. Their funds ran out ana, as
young Stone stated last night, all the val
uabies they had were very soon pledged TO
meet board bills Judging from LyncA's
experiences he mast also nave been bard
ND. and all three were wondering how
they would hold their heads above water.
HOW THE SCHEME BEGAN.
One day towards the end Of last week
Lynch and StoGe met on the streets The
story can best be told in the iatters own
words a. he spoke TO Republican reporter
in the city Jail Lass night:
He suggest the scheme to me then" be
said. land that night he came TO the house
and talked il over again. He said that he
had many thousands of dollars IN debts
against him and told me what little
property he had was under the
alias of Margaret Parsons. He
wanted TO realize a loan on a piece Of
property be had in Denver and suggested
that my wife should lmpersonaie Mrs.
Parsons and sign the trust deed. dldn I
know that this name WAS that or a
was Lynch's assumed name"
Stone WAS very bitter against Lynch for
having, as he expressed, brought me and
nv wife to the Jail" IL seems hardly
likely, though that Stone was entirely
ignorant of what he was doing. Lynch
took him out and picked OUT beautiful
piece of property ON Iuslee street which
belongs 10 Mrs Parsons, the wealthy
eastern lady who owns a good deal OF Den
yer realty, Messrs. Wolf and q. Z Weir
were first visited, but failed TO Catch OH
worth a cent. Then Mr.. Francis Cole WAS
called upon and this gentleman Induced
Henry Charpiot 10 put out sl-UJO on good
security through his agency. On Saturday
last young Stone drove the agent out 10
lots Is aud part of 20 in Horr's addition,
the abstract was drawn. Mrs Stone All the
time representing herself 70 be MIRA Par
sons
TIE YOUNG wIFE's PART.
The little woman herself does not deny
this fact. She explaids matters by saying
that she thought she was merely helping
Lynch to raise money on his ewa property
held under n false name, aud added that
she did not expect anything for her scr
vices in this lna.
On Wednesday the trust deed was duly
signed and the cash was TO have been
handed over yesterday. Lynch. accordiD z
TO Mr. Stone wanted the latter TO take nls
wife TO Colorado Springs and be would
meet them there. Some does not deny
that he expected SOME reward for assisting
in raising the loan The journey to Colo
RADIO Springs, however. failed to material
jze and the first agent visited had
notified the detective department. thaJ
such a lob was being attempted
The civ sleuths tracked them np, aud
finding out that they had nearly put the
fraud through, the arrests were quickly
made by Detectives Curr1er, Holland aud
NcAndrews.
Mrs. Laura Stone is little bit OF pretty
dark-haireo woman, AID did not seem 10
realize the trouble she was IL Her hus-
band looks like mere boy and protested
his innocence as far as meaning any fraud
was concerned. He bitterly denounced
Lynch for persuading him, as be said, 10
use his wife in the shady TRANSACTION.
All three are charged vita forgery and
will have preliminary hearing today.
4 letter TO the EAGLE yesterday from a
Denver correspondent states that Charlie
Stone and his wife have been admitted to
bail in the sum of g., 90 which they have
given. Stones father lives On Cleveland
avenue and il is said he : a nephew Of Ex-
Congressman Stone OF Iowa who Is tie
general solicitor Of the c. B. and Q :, road,
one of the brightest lawyers in tue coon-
try.
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