The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-12
PAT NOON IN TROUBLE AGAIN.
CHARGED WITH FORGERY AND
OBTAINING GOODS ON FALSE
PRETENsRS.

Represented Himself to Mr.. p. H.
Ward as the Agent OF Mrs. J. J..
HOrrigan First Secured Three
Bottles of whisky and Then Pass
ed n Check for S35 with Mrs. HOr-
riEan's Name Signed to 1.-THE
Fraud Discovered Yesterday
MOrnInG-Pat walked Into the PO-
Hce Barracks Yesterday and Was
Arrested-He VIII Hardly Get on
as Lightly This Time rs He Has
Done Heretofore.
Pat Noon was locked up at the police
barracks last night charged with forgery
and obtaining goods under false pretenses.
Noon has not done anything contrary
TO the statutes for several months, and 1t
was about time for him to be heard from
again. This time the charges are prefer
red by Mr.. P. H. Ward, and the case is
likely TO prove more serious than any of
Moons previous troubles. Monday after
noon a young man went into Mr.. Ward s
store on Bryan street and stated that
Mrs. J. ]. Horrigan, who has small
business at Bryan and Houston streets,
wanted two bottles Of his best whisky TO
be used at a wake in the Fort that night
Mr.. Ward took the young man for an
other young man named Prendible, who
has on former occasions made such pur-
chases for Mrs. Horrigan. Knowing Mrs.
HOrrigan to be perfectly good he gave the
young man TWO bottles Of whisky.
Later Noon, for he Il was came back
and said that the whisky was not salts
factory and that Mrs. Horrigan wanted
another bottle of a different brand He
hy-fu In oh WI he NJ
previously obtained, however. He was
given another quart bottle OF whisky. He
then stated that Mrs. Horrigan wanted
$50 for a special purpose that afternoon,
and the banks being closed she wanted
Mr.. Ward to do her the favor Of cashing
the check. Knowing Mrs. Horrigan to be
perfectly good for the amount Mr.. Ward
readily consented, feeling satisfied that
the party making the request was young
Prendlble and knowing that the latter fire.
quently acted as Mrs. Horrigan's agent.
Noon went into considerable details as
to why Mrs. Horrigan wanted the money,
and said that as she could not sign her
name herself her daughter would write
out the check and sign it, and Mrs. Horri-
gan would make her mark. Some time
later Noon came back with a check for
S35 on the Citizens Bank, made out as he
had stated would be the case. Mr.. Ward
cashed the check
Nothing was thought of the transact
ton until yesterday morning, when the
CiulZenS Bank returned the cneck, with
the statement that it had no funds to the
credit of the party whose name was at
tached. Mr. Ward then went to
see Mrs. Horrigan, who denied any
knowledge of the transaction. Mr.. Prem
dible, she told him, was sick in bed. In
order to satisfy himself that the party
who secured the money and whisky was
not Prendible Mr.. Ward went to the lat
ter's home, where he found him in bed.
| He soon found that he had been mistaken.
There is a marked resemblance between
Prendible and Noon, however, and the
former informed Mr.. Ward of this fact
| After hearing something of Moons pre-
| vious record, Mr.. Ward swore out war
rant for him before Justice Fitzgerald
The constable, in whose hands the war
| rant was placed, did not succeed in find.
| ing Noon and the matter was reported tc
| Chief McDermott. A few minutes later
| Noon walked into the barracks and made
| some pretense of inquiring about some
| other arrest 1t is more than likely thai
| it was his purpose to ascertain If any
| charge had been preferred there agains
| him, as this Is exactly his style. He was
| promtly locked up by order Of the chief
/ Later, he was identified by Mr. Charles
| Lufburrow, who is in Mr.. Ward 5 employ
| as the party who presented the forged
| check. Noon denies his guilt, but the evil
| dence is squarey against him. Noon is
| regarded as rather Eighty, but he is SHARP
| enough to get the advantage of other PEG
| pie, and this is not the first time he has
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