Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-04
AT HIS OLD TRICKS.
FOrger KnoWItOn in The
Hands of The Police.
HE WAS ONCE PROSPEROUS.
His Father Saved Him From Prison
But Few Months Ago.

BosToN, ~. 4-When polio men Of
jivis',n terday afternoon placed un-
der a. rest d. abnut 2S years OF age. Of
med un eight nd smootk complexion,
on the snip on of being forger, they did
not for the me m realize the import
ance of the GA .G,r tu,y had made.
When arrested he gave the name Of Leon
G. Kuowlton. After the picture was seen
IL was lea d that his real name was
Lewis G. knowlton, and that only last
July he was arrested on the charge Of sew
eral wholesale iorgeries.
A few Gays ago the police Of the busl-
ness district le rned that youug man
had successfully passed several checks for
small amoun,s on various business firms
in the city proper In every case when the
checks were presented at the bank on
which they were drawn they We're pro-
nouncel TO he forgeries.
Policemen were de ed To work on the
matter, but 10 results were gained until
yesterday afternoon, when Patrolmen Hill
dreth and Burns Of station brought the
Aforementioned young man into the sta
tion. At that time he was partly under
the Influence Of liquor. He was searched,
and four checks for small sums were
4 und in his possession. Besides these
,cks ne had 81 or 40 blank checks on the
Isnufac turers' National bank and the
Old Colony Trust company.
Overstepped the Mark
1t appears that yesterday about noon he
went into the store Of G. +. Logue, la
Brattle square, aud purchased "a bell
punch costing e. 25 In payment for this
he offered a check for s.62 drawn on the
Manufact urers' National bank. The check
was accepted, and the young man, after
being given a receipted bill, which he po-
litely asked for, was given the change be-
tween the amounts-S637 He left the
store and shortly afterward the check was
sent to the bank, and word was returned
that 10 was worthless
Realizing that they had been victimized,
Mr.. Logu reported the facts to Captain
Pierce Soon afterward the young man
once more en- eted the store and tried to
pass another heck. This time he was
held by the clerks until the police that
had been sent for arrived.
After he had been locked up IL was
learned that three days ago he tried to
pass a check On Mr. Peare Of the firm of
Pettingill e. Peare of 40 Brattle street,
aud il was also learned that he had
swindled the Wheeler Reflector company
OF 1924 Washington street out of 50 by the
same trick
Not His First Onense
A year ago last October young Kuowl-
ton went INTO business as dealer in
leather, taps aud shoe stiffenings, at ~
State street. Lyun He came there from
Havsrhill. anu for n ii had Mr.. Porter
for partner He did a good business up
10 May OF the current year. when com.
petition was 80 keen as to drive him out Of
business.
This fact, IL is said, drove Knowlton 10
make use of worthless checks, aud wien
arrested on the l4th of last July he ac-
know edged that ne had passed between
10 aud 30 checks, ON which he had realized
about 5000. At that time he vicimized
many well-known firms in this city, and
he WAS also wanted in Lynn for various
offeuses that he h I'd committed.
Last July he began some bogus check
operations In this city and did quite an ex-
tensivs business before he was captured at
the South End. At that time his sole
business in life was to paiut the town red,
and he was engaged in that delightful job
when he was caught
Before the case was called In court his
father came forward and, to save the young
man the disgrace OF going TO prison, settled
up the numerous claims which he had
contracted and then the matter was mol
prose-