The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-29

for SI5O--He Did Up Wellington, Win
field, Emporia aud Arkansas City Also
His wild Career of Pennmanship Ter
inmates at the Latter City Where He
Made Slight Mistake in Initials-Novel
Method of Raising the Doodle.
Charles Revel is now a guest Of the
county jail at Wellington.
Charles is a man who is supposed TO
have done q great deal Of fine handed
work among the banks in Kansas and
caught one Of the national banks of this
city for $50.
He was more kind 70 Wichita than
he was TO other towns for he caught
two banks at Wellington, two banks at
Arkansas City and one at Emporia.
Charles, OF course, denies his quit
but the bankers who went 70 WelHnS-
ton few days ago positively identlreo
him as the man who did them up
His home is said TO be at, or near,
Saltwater Oklahoma, and ii is even
said that he goes under many assumed
names Despite his protestations OF in
nocence he is held and firmly bound
in the dungeon of Sumner county as a
very slick criminal.
novel They work like charm and it
was by the interest accident that he was
caught
Mr. Revel Travelled around the coun-
try a great deal and stopped at small
towns. He had money to jingle in his
pocket all the time and whenever he
opened his pocket book the corners of
a 500 bill could be seen. After being
about a day or so in a little town ne
n wit
grain or stock buyer and talk about
buying him out. He had always one
great complaint 10 make against the
town and that was that there was no
bank there. 81 have considerable mon
ey about me and 1 would like to put
It in a bank" he would say.
''Well. why don't you go into Wichita
and put 1T in a bank there?" the grain
buyer would say.
Il don't know anything about the
Wichita banks the swindler would
then say. ga man who is a stranger
and don't know the country or the
banks is very much in danger as it is
hard now, since the panic, to get
safe bank
The grain buyer would then very nat
urally say Il am doing business at such
a bank and I know they are safe"
We'll, if you recommend it, the
swindier would then say, Il guess
viii go in and deposit my money there"
Before he would leave he would say.
by the way, write me out the name
of your firm as I may want to CORES
pond with you about our deal in a day
or two
The grain buyer, Of course, would
write his name on a piece OF paper and
the swindler would put it in his pocket.
The next thing he would do is to forge
the grain buyers name to a check and
get II cashed at the bank where his
money was on deposit. He was so
clever at his work that nobody ever
caught him at it until he went to Ar
kansas City. In a little town near there
there was a grain buyer named II. NJ.
Gelly and his good wife was named NJ.
II. Gelky. In this family the good wife
wore the boomers and while her old
man did the work she kept the bank ac.
count. The swindler caught the old
man for sucker and he received his
signature from him. He put it TO a
check and presented it to the banker
at Arkansas City. The cashier told
in the initials of Frau Gelgy and handed
the check back for correction. The
swindler wanted to argue the matter
and in the course Of the argument the
cashier learned enough to know that
Mr.. Revel was fOrger and had him ar
rested. He was taken out of the Gus
1ody Of the officers of Cowley county on
hstbeas corpus but an officer from
Wellington was present who arrested
him and took him over to Sumner
county. There. also. habeas corpus
officers from Wichita and Emporia were
present Mr.. Revel concluded to take
his medicine with the good people of
Sumner county.