The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-11


Famous and the Cashier was Counting
Out the Money when He got a Tip From
Mr.. Pool-Jim Long was an Old Frienc
of Anderson Gray and Is a Citizen of thu
Strip-Some More yictimized Bank,
have Been Heard From, Including Mes
City and Canadian.
Jim Long is a new charac ter who has
shown up in the market for the worth
less drafts of Frank Royse, president
and cashier of the Citizens Bank o.
Jamaica, Iowa.
Jim Long halls from Pond Creek, Ok
lahorna, where he has a claim with a
contestant on it
He was an old chum Of Anderson
Gray the man who is serving a life SEN
tence in the Kansas penitentiary for
completely In the conspiracy to murder
Tom Pa,tten at Conway Springs a few
years ago.
About two weeks ago or perhaps
less, Jim appeared in the city and put
up at a lodging house on South Law
renee avenue where he remained two
nights.
During his visit to the city he visited
the Famous Clothing house and told
Mr.. Goldstein he wanted to buy some
goods and, Of course, Mr.. Goldstein
wanted to sell them to him. The prices
Were satfsfa Glory and he purchased $40
worth. He said that he had a draft OF
$3.50 that he wanted to get cashed but
that he would not be ready until $50
p. m. Mr. GOldStein said that was sat
tSfactory and went over to the Sedg-
wick county bank and informed them
that he wanted a draft cashed at s 80.
They said they would accommodate
him al that time.
In the meantime Mr.. Goldstein and
Jim Long went down to the Zimmerly
block 10 see Mr.. Ford the engineer
Mr.. Ford saw them.
How are you Ford" said Jim.
How are you jim" said Ford.
rs this Jim Long?" said Mr.. Gold
stein.
That Is Jim Long. without a doubt, 8"
said Mr.. Ford
You know him to be Jim Long?"
asked Mr.. Goldstein.
"Of course / do said Mr. Ford
Didn't ] run the engine for him when
he was threshing down near Norwich
If you don't think I don't know Jim
Long you are mistaken. OF course
know old Jim Long"
Mr.. Goldstein then told Mr.. Ford con-
f1dentially that Long had a small check
and that he wanted to know whether
Jim Long was the mans name
The $40 worth of goods was done up
in several packages and everything
was ready. Mr.. Long produced his
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to the Sedgwicl1 County bank together.
John Kelly was counting the money
out for Mr.. Goldstein and Jim Long
watched the crisp bills slid out through
the fingers of Mr.. Kelly with peculiar
interest. Just at that moment Mr.
Charles Poole happened to come up
and noticing the signature on the draft
he opened wide his eyes and stopped
payment right then and there.
That draft may be all right" he said
but I wouldn't pay s. on it. If you
endorse ii Mr.. Goldstein you can have
the full amount for it but unless you
do IT IS worthless so far as this bank
IS concerned"
Mr.. Goldstein handed the draft back
10 Jim Long and after going to the
store unwrapped the $40 worth of goods
and put them back on the shelves.
jim Long not only NdQ VnaU ura1C
but he had several more like it although
he IL not known among his friends and
neighbors to have a great deal of the
worlds goods.
All these drafts were issued by the
Citizens bank Of Jamaica. Iowa, of
which Frank Royse is president and
cashier. Jamaica is in Guthrie county
Iowa. and the bank IS in the bankers
directory. reported then as having
capital of 1000 With Frank ROyse as
president
Now, then. this same Frank Royse
was cashier OF the Enid bank that fail
ed and previous to that was cashier
OF the old county bank.
While he was cashier Of the Enid
bank he made arrangements to do bus
mess with the Sedgwick County bank
and sent a rubber stamp signature TO
Mr.. Poole. He proceeded at once 10
draw on the Sedgwick County bank
and instead OF writing his signature on
the drafts with his hand he used the
rubber stamp. Mr.. Poole smelled a
mouse at the very start and would pay
no drafts with the stamped signature.
Mr.. RokSe tried the stamped signature
racket q few times more but II did not
work and Mr.. Poole Amphatically told
him he would not honor any Of his
checks that did not have a written sig
nature
Mr.. Poole has the stamped signature
still in his possession and is very anx-
ious 10 know. from Cashier Bourne Of
Harper. whether the signature on the
original Elwood draft is like It.
When John Long was here he was
preparing TO go 10 Iowa, in the neigh
borhood OF Jamaica.
1t is thought now that there has been
an immense business done with Frank
ROySe's checks all through Southern
Kansas and oklahoma.
The evidence is that the drafts are
not a forgery and that they were act
uaily issued by Frank Royse When
Mr.. Poole was asked whether Royse
was not liable for a criminal prosecu-
ton he said that his position was just
the same as a man giving a check on
bank that he once had money in and
had none in it at the time OF making
the check
Last night information arrived here
70 the effect that one Of Royse's drafts
FOR S45e was cashed by hank at Cana
dian, Texas, and another one for $500
at bank in Ness City.
WANTS THE BOND SEVERED
That His wife Attended the Shaker show.