The herald., 1894-11-17
THREE SMART YOUNG RASCALS,
Seventeen Felony Charges in
Store for Them.
They Overreached Themselves and
Passed the Danger Line.
Forged Checks on Weli-Known Men
Who Live in Other Places, and
Bought Clothing With
tho Proceeds.

Three very tough appearing young
men we're brought before Justics Sea.
man yesterday afternoon for an exami-
nation on five separate and distinct
charges of forgery. They were brought
under the names of RobertJ. Brockwell,
Guy Roberts and Mark Shinn. These
are perhaps about as near to their true
names as 1t is possible to get, though
Mark Shinn is known sometimes as
Jim Klein.
This trio of lsw-breakers has been
focking together for some time. The
detectives of this city state that they
have II distinct cases against them, and
are pretty certain of q conviction for all
three sooner or later.
The cases they were held on yesterday
were separate charges against each of
the three, though the evidence clearly
established the fact that they have been
working in cahoots.
Evidently they wanted to fix them
selves in the way of clothes for the win
ter, for each one bought clothes at q
different place in the city and paid for
them in checks on the California bank.
They were clever in the matter of max
ing out these checks, and must have
spent considerable time studying out the
plan.
Rockwell went to Brown Bros.' cloth.
ing house on Spring street and bought q
suit, hat and shirts, presenting q check
for $22, payable to Robert Rockwell, and
signed by the name of A. j. Stevens.
Brown Bros. were q little suspici GUS
about the check, but the boys had pre-
pared for that. They knew that A. j.
Stevens was q butcher at Whittier.
Brockwell selected Brown Bros. because
he had an acquaintance near the store
who was in the butcher business, and
by taking @ representative OF the store
to this man and having Brockwsll iden-
tilted 90 young man who had bsen In
the butcher business himself, the whole
thing seemed square enough.
BrockwelPs defense, which he con-
Quoted personally, was that Guy
Roberts gave him the check and told
him it was good.
Guy Roberts passed check to T.
Goldsmith, also q clothing dealer. in
payment for clothing. The signature
on this check was that OF A. J. Star
buck, q druggist at Whittier.
Eisenbsr & Cohen, and gave them q
check with the signature of j. Il. Bixby
attached. The check was payable to
Geo. Taylor, and this was the name
Shinn gave to the clothiers and signed
on the back of the check.
He made slight mistake, because it
was George II. Bixby, the ranch owner
of Long Beach, whom he intended to
have appear as the maker OF the check.
He explained to Mr.. Eisenberg that
Bixby was large rancher of Long
Beach. There ia no such person as j
Fl. Bixby at Long Beach.
Roberts also passed a check bearing
the signature OF j. w. Scott OF Hyde
Park, who is the foreman of the ware-
house at that place, and q we'll known
man.
All three were held for trial in the
superior court apd their bail fixed at
$1,000 each. Zue g. Peck was the attor-
ney for Roberts and Shinn. Shinn has
served two years in state prison, and
Detective Bates says he has burglary
case against him If the forgery is not
enough.
The rest of the charges will be exam
ined on Thursday next.