The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-11-22
NOTORIOUS swINDLER ARRESTED.
Detected ns He Was Making an At
tempt 20 RenIinc the CnSh.

Detected ns He Was Making At
tempt 10 Realize the Cash.
RICHMOND. Nov. 16.-Special.-J. W.
Fuller. a notorious Dank swindler and
crook. was arrested here this morning
by Detective Charles Page.
Fuller attempted TO realize on a 81 900
check drawn on 5. Farnham & Co. of
Sandusky o.. at the Second ma
tional bank and attempted TO secure
identification by interesting Attorney J.
r. Robbins i'm a prospective stove polish
ing plant
Robbins went with Fuller TO the bank,
but became suspicious Of the man. He
stepped from the bank into rear office
and telephoucd back to the bank not To
trust Fuller. as he was a stranger. Full
Ter left the check on deposit and left the
bank. Page was put on his track and
found him just boarding "A train for In
dianapolis.
Page arrested him and Fuller tried to
secure his release by Offering the dctec-
tive $3.50 and gold watch. When ar
rested Fuller carried beneath his arm
a large pasteboard box. and upon ex-
animation at the jail it was found 10 be
filled with bank checks from as many
as fifty banks throughout the country
a dispatch from Taylor x Taylor Of
Columbus O. with whom Fuller claimed
70 do business. stated they had no
knowledge Of him.
Fuller claims his home is at Williams
port. Pa.
RICHMOND Nov O-SpeciaI-With-
in the short time that j W Fuller. the
alleged bank swindler. has been held
here under arrest large amount of in
ormati0n regarding the fellow crooked
work has been received. and several
bank cashiers have testified to being
short two or three hundred dollars on
just such scheme as he attempted 10
work here
Fuller is so notorious in his profession
that the American bankers association
has been hunting for him for some
time. Last May this association sent
out a circular 10 all the large banks in
the country warning members Of the
association to keep on their guard
against bold and successful swindler.
who mas already victimized a number
Of hanks. The circular described his
method Of working the banking houses.
and il tallies precisely with the manner
he started in here. The circular further
states that from Feb. 20 To April he
was at various times in Bay Shore L. l..
Freehold, BOrdentown, Patterson. Somer-
Vile and Salem, y. J.. Wilmington, Del,
and Hudson. y. Y. He was there lost
sight of for "A time. but appeared later
in West Virginia and Ohio. The ASSOC
citation. through the South Side bank,
Bay Shore. y. Y. offers a reward Of
$500 for his arrest
Louis Ryan, paying teller Of the Third
national bank Of Louisville Ky. is here
and testified that Fuller is the man who
worked him for $500 under the name of
G. Il. Hartwick
At Williamsport. Pa. Fuller tried to
cash against a check for $4,000 drawn
on Elizabeth. y. j. which he deposited
in the LycOming national bank At
Columbia. Pa. he did the same thing
and got money both times. He then
went under the name OF J. G. Taber
LOUISVILLE. Ky. Nov 20 - Mr..
Ryan stated 10 an Evening Post reporter
today, when questioned as 10 the dis
patch, that he had not been 10 Rich
mond or that any one connected with
the bank had been there. He denied
knowing anything whatever about the
prisoner either as Fuller or Hardwich
and finally denied that his bank had
been swindled at the time mentioned
How The name Of the bank in question
and that Of Mr.. Ryan came 20 be used
IN correction with the case is somewhat
strange in view OF Mr.. Ryan's state
ment