The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-09
FoRGERiES STILL CONTINUE.
ANOTHER FORGED CHECK CAME TO
LIGHT YESTERDAY.

The Fellow Who "LOOks Like II
WOrkingman" Appears To BE
working Savannah Freely-Ih he
Name of the brush Electric Light
and Power Company Forged to a
Check for S3I.4O-Henry Snlter Adj
vanced 81 on the Paper, But Held
Back an Order of Groceries.
The man who looks like a workman ana
who passes forged checks upon unsuspect-
ing merchants is still in town and con-
tinues to pass forged checks. If the banks
should have several checks to throw out
tomorrow there need be no surprise.
A forged check for SSl.40 on the South
ern Bank came to light yesterday. The
check was for $40, and was signed
Brush Electric Light & P. Co, per k 1t
was accepted the night before by Mr.
Henry Suffer, grocer at Liberty and Mont
gomery streets. Mr.. Suffer is only out 81
however, his suspicion of the character
of the check being aroused in time to save
further loss.
MIR. Suffer said yesterday that man
who looked like a workingman, and who
said he was in the employ of the Brush
Electric Light and Power Company, came
into his store Friday night, and bought
about $40 worth Of groceries. He offered in
payment check for $S1,40. The check was
drawn in favor of Charles S. Wilson,
which, the stranger said, was his name.
The check had been given him, he said,
by Mr.. Keck, superintendent of the Brush
company. 1t was too late to have the check
cashed at the bank and he needed grocer
les and other things for his family.
The story was plausible enough, but
Mr.. Suffer was unwilling to let the man
have the balance in cash. The stranger
said that "a would do him, and that he
would call for the balance the next day.
He ordered the groceries sent to No. 22J
jefferson street.
After the stranger left Mr.. Suffer took
q second thought of the transaction. He
looked up the address given him and
found that Nos. 223 and 225 Jefferson street
were occupied by a negro cookshop He
decided that he would hold the groceries
and await developments. Yesterday morn
ing the check was sent to the bank. The
bearer was informed that the Brush Elec-
trio Light and Power Company had no ac-
count with the Southern Bank. The check
was then taken across TO the Merchant >
National Bank building, in which the
Brush company has its office. Presiden;
Hamilton and Supt. Keck promptly pro-
nounced the signature a forgery. Supt.
Keck stated that il was not his signature
and that there was no such man as
Charles L. Wilson in the employ of the
company.
James Malone was the name assumed
by the stranger, who 'looks like a work
ingman," when he passed half a dozen or
more checks on the Broughton street mer-
chants Saturday a week ago, the name of
Mr.. P. Hagan being forged on these
checks. From the description and the
manner in which the work was done 1t
looks as if the "workingman" was still
working Savannah. 1t is more than likely
that he got off some checks yesterday,
Saturday being a good day for the work,
the merchants being too busy to take the
time to investigate such paper and there
being no probability of the forgeries being
discovered until the checks are presented
TO the banks tomorrow.
Like others, who have been deceived Mr..
Suffer took no particular notice of the
stranger His son said however, that the
man was of medium hight, middle-aged,
stout, with a small goatee and light mus
tache.