Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-17
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
A Slick Rascal Gets in His Wholesome Rec ords That Are Wanted-ln 9
 Bad Fix.


 gene DuMoulin, a young man who came to this city about a week ago and in that time. branched out into the real estate and immigration business left suddenly on Thursday night, and he is very much wanted by the -postoffice authorities.
 Shortly after his arrival in this city DuMoulin met MT. Kohn, a gentleman who had been conducting an immigration bureau in Jacksonville, Fla, and who makes a specially of German immigrants MT. Kohn was desirous of settling in this city and opening a bureau here, and wal awaiting the return of Commissioner Lane to talk the matter over with him.
 Mr. Kohn and DuMoulin met in the rooms of the Commercial and Industrial association, and after a short conYerSa- ton DuMoulin found out that MT. Kohn wanted to go into the immigration busl- ness, and he. then began negotiations looking to the formation of partnership with MT. Kohn.
 DuMoulin was at the Exchange hotel, and he invited MT. Kohn to his room there for a conference. He showed MT. Kohn a number of New York checks drawn by New Orleans banks payable to different parties, all duly indorsed, and he gave MT Kohn to understand that there would De no shortage of capital in the new firm
 
 and said his uncle was president or one of the largest banks of that city, and that his father was member or the poaro of directors of that bank.
 An agreement was reached, and the firm of Kohn & DuMoulin came into existence and opened up for business III room 91, Moses building.
 Last Monday or Tuesday DuMouhn was introduced at the Farley Natlonai bank and the Bank of Montgomery anu in both banks he made deposits or New York exchange, in the former $73O and In the latter some $1600. The exhange had all been sold in New Orleans and was payable to various parties, each urnlt being apparently properly indorseo. he afterward made a deposit of cash Tn the Bank of Montgomery, most or Wnlch ne drew out later. He drew $500 from hls deposit at the Farley but local real estate agent identified it to the bank as being all right and the bank will not De loser.
 Last Wednesday night the gentleman who introduced DuMounn 10 the fariey National found out something Whlch shook his faith in that individual lie called on MT. Farley and together they went to see DuMoulin. He was not at the Exchange and they then went 10 see MT. Kohn to find out where DuMou- was. MT. Kohn stated that his partner had spoke of going to the theater. and he was found enjoying the play. He was called out and a talk followed, DuMou- lin making some sort Of an explanatlon.
 Thursday the wires between this city and New Orleans were used and repnes came from that city that the checks were all right, and then things began to LOOK better for DuMoulin, but he was on his guard, and Thursday night he left the city, going, it is said, to Birmingham. Friday a postoffice inspector was in the city and spent the greater portion of the day in conversation with the inter ested banks, and it developed that the checks deposited by DuMoulin had been regularly issued by the New Orleans banks to merchants of that city and were enclosed and deposited in the mail for transmission to creditors in various eastern cities.
 It is stated that DuMoulin, to have ob- tained these checks, must have robbed street letter box in New Orleans, as no robbery of the postoffice of that city has heen reported. DuMoulin is about 5 feet 8 inches high, broad shouldered and stoutly built. He was clean sbaven and wore glasses and had a habit Of looking over the top of the rims. He was well dressed and a plausible talker, and dur ing his short stay in this city exhibited great interest in real estate, visiting the real estate firms and looking at large amount of property in the hands of the various firms for sale. The first day or so after his arrival he gave out that he wanted to buy tract of 10000 acres and was suited by price by firm having body of land that size in southeast Ala bama. He has an engagement with member of the firm to go to southeast Alabama Monday to examine this prop erty