Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-17
MADE A GOOD HAUL
Parker. the Forger. Captured
by the Police.
pILIeENT woRk REWARDED
lie H@s Floossa ms cay wah Forged
casess and Ev.sss sns Pols-s ior
wss2s-as L. iasnn1sd.

The toExsr Who has Hooded TIE ely
~ith forged cneeks tor tho past fs.
weeks nae been captured and bankers
and D1Hnsss ulen Gil breathe more
freely.
Ins police have worked diligently
trgshE - xst description Of the man
that wouId insure De capture, tus
Iaos1 on whom ne p4sss1 nls cnscxs
seemed unable 10 give . good dsscrio-
ton. He gisss the name OF James
Parker and. 4 that = ne eorrec; name.
he has bsea IN Jackson pri-cn once or
charge Of forgery. One OF the nfst
f0rgeres reported Vas . check sigaed
by 4. {. C0mstock. ~hsch Parker passed
"a a shoe man on PsAnnsld Avenue in
payment for = pair OF Shoes Next ne
psssed check OF Go on Mr.. Elnxle-
berg. the -alocnkssper. The check
~as sgned BY Berkey q CAV. Another
eaec<. s8.ch hs passed a. SAxie's meat
market. sAs .gued BY Nstson q Frost
eneek sgned ~ W u. kemm.nxton
he trled - p&ss on Van Dan n keyltr
aud Oh Mr.. ilyksfFA on >prinx street.
Bat they did not BIKE lie succeeded II
ps-slag . 50 cnec< NJ Jennisonyilie-
THIS sxs sgasd ~ -. A. Blodgett. lie
q Ell - pass . note sgned by j. r.
Moran al ths Fourth National bank
aud attempted 10 pass . check sgnec
By the same man ~ me Morton house
Detectives smith aud barr have
worked long and faithfully on the case
-. -
street. lie Was boarding with an old
s3ld rr named Taylor. but for q week
hs a.s been IA MUS EXON. White Cloud
aud Nessygo, where % . sad DC has
passed several checks. In MuskegOa
De forged Mr.. HAckley's name and sue
cee1esi u passing one ct trose checks.
Joe saith >.bs Him-
ietscuve smith uss out alone ysster.
day add found nlna on flfth street. lie
told the stranger that the superntsnt..
cot Of police wished 20 see nina. Mr.
smith asked nlm where ne lived. snc.
Parker replied THAI DE lived Oh Third
street ana invited smith 10 20 aud zee
where he lived. As soon as they
reached Third street Parker attempted
% run for his liberty. put vas captured.
Before De had taken . half dozen steps
the 0fhcer had nlm By the collar and
brought nin up with a Jerk. The
prisoner refused 10 make any state
nengs regarding the forgeries. but ssy-
era Of The persons on whcn ne passed
or Atten pied "a pass noies or cheeks
have called and identified him 40 the
msu- tie e about As or SO years OF
age. weighs lao pounds. has sanity HAIR
and mustacne. signuy gray. The
LzlT OF shoes which ne got on
Plaiu field avenue we're found, also
a par Of shoes winch Re had never
worn. and rh:ch he = posed 10 have
obtaiusd IN Jrnnisonvllie. Parker has
= son n tnis city who travels for the
tsrsnd Rapids Brush company. An
cxtfa cut Of clothing Vas found IN the
Taylor house on second street. An
old asercoat with q greenish tint and
sioue1 hat wnlch he ware wuen at
tss ptinx 10 pass Oh AZ laborer, were
found and even identified a. the hat
aid coat worn on several occasions
wheu hc psssei his forged checks. The
police are happy over toe capture anu
believe they nave very bad citizen
tn4s time. The officers are thankful
- those Who reported the attempts Ia
pass his forgrrles promptly. they are
of the opinion that Il they had teen
notified promptly when be tired TO
pas me Moran cheek a. the Morton
Rouse they could have captured him
win little trouble.