Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-30
likeness Leads a Young Man to
 Theft and Robbery.
E. J. IVORY NOW IN PRISON
Charged With Stealing a Money Order Book and Forging and
 Cashing an Order.

There now languishes in the city prison a young man named E. J. Mory with two serious charges against his name.
 The story of his crime is that which been told over and over Sagain, and which has carried many a young man to prison ana blighted many happy home. It was want of money and too great temptation to se- cure what was not his.
 The two charges are forgery and grand larceny, and were preferred by MT. C. E Hailey, agent of tie Southern Express company.
 Mory, who isa young man, is an opera tor, and it seems for some time has been out of work. However. he worked around the office at Village Springs, which is combination railroad and express office, now and then, and it is said was taken care of by Mrs. Childs, who is the agent of the express company and the Birmingham Mineral railroad at that place.
 Some time Sunday night or early Monday morning book of express money orders, which have limit of $50, was stolen from a desk in the express office, but was not missed by the agent until noon yesterday.
 Mory came into the city on the early ac- commodation and went to the First Ma tional bank, which cashes Southern Ex- press money orders, and collected mouey
 
 About an hour afterwards Mory went back to the bank with another order, pur- ported, as the first, to have been issued from the Village Springs office, payable at the Birmingham office, for $25. When he presented the forged order at the window Cashier Cameron saw that it was improp- erly filled out, and was led to believe that something was ong. He then tele- phoned for MT. Hailey, the local agent, to come up to the bank.
 yoH 1 to ia office after he had satisfied himself that something was wrong, and there detained him until he could hear from the office at Village Springs. Mir. Hailey knew the Village Springs agents handwriting and knew that it was altogether different from that on the forged order, and while waiting for an answer to his telegram had Mory to write his name and S25 on a piece of paper. That on the order and what he wrote corresponded. The answer which came from Village Springs was that the book of orders belonging to the office had been stolen.
 AS soon as MT. Hailey read the telegram he told Mory the orders were forger1es and that he had to give up the rest of the book. Mory denied the fact that they were for geries and denied also having the book. After Mir. Hailey repeated the demand Mory grew nervous and pulled the book from his pocket. MT. Hailey then demanded the $42.25 which Mory had gotten on the forged order, but the forger pulled out oniy a few dollars, W hich he said was all he had. MT. Hailey then called in Officers Johnson and Ball, who were outside during all of this time with their eyes on Mory, and had them to search him. Nothing was found in his pockets, but when the lining of his hat was opened $21 in paper was found;
 All but about $17 of the money obtained on the order was recovered, the loss of W which will fall on Mrs. Childs, the agent. When searched a receipt for his grip, ex- pressed to Ed Moriarity, San Antonio, Tex, which is still in the express office, was found.
 It is supposed that he intended to follow this grip as soon as he had secured enough money on the orders to get out of town. When arrested he was in half drunken condition, having been taking touch of 'shigh life'' upon his ill gotten money.
 He was taken to the police station by officers Ball and Johnson and locked up.
 His trial will come up in the recorders court this morning.