The herald., 1897-01-16

and pasted together A number of other
drafts, some with the amounts filled out,
some with the amounts perforated in
the corner, and still others blank, were
found in his valise, showing that he was
systematically working the country.
On preliminary examination he was
held for trial and now lies in the county
Jail awaiting his hearing. Since his ar
rest Chief C} Police Glass has been
looking up his record, and has ascer-
tanned that the smooth young forger is
wanted in no less than five other cities
where he worked the same game, but
more successfully.
From the chief of police at Beatrice,
Neb., comes the information that in
May last Afford, was employed in that
city as a clerk in the office of Kilpat-
rick Bros. & Collins. He forged the firm
name to four checks, aggregating in
amount $3.50, which he passed on diff
ferent business men. He fled the town
in company with young woman named
Miller, driving from Beatrice to Te-
cumseh In carriage, and at the latter
place taking the train. kilograms head
ed him off at Atchison. where the couple
were captured and returned. On pre-
liminary examination he was held for
trial in bonds of $1,000, but on the night
of May 10 broke Jail, in company with
seven other prisoners and escaped.
Some one on the outside assisted in the
jail delivery and passed in saws and
tools, by means of which three doors
and twelve bars each an inch thick were
severed and the men got away.
The next heard of Afford was in Chi
cago. where on July Goth last he turned
trick and succeeded in passing forged
check which netted him $500. With this
he came west again and finally turned
up in Spokane Falls, Wash. Here he
is wanted for passing two bogus drafts
of the same description as those used
in this city. Mrs. G. A. Welsh, proprie-
tress of the Cosmos hotel was done up
for s100, and Dr. John s. Newcombe for
$140 by cashing the worthless paper.
On December 18th last Afford was
introduced to the officials of the First
National bank of Portland. Or. by Ed
win r. Kimble cashier of the Stude-
baker Manufacturing company's branch
in that city. and got safely away with
5000 by means of one of the drafts AS
his health demanded constant change
of scene. Afford went to San Francisco,
where, from the First National bank.
he got 5000 more by the same CID game.
Then this city was favored by his pres
ence, hut Los Angeles did not prove az
easy as had been expected, and he fell
down"
Chief Glass has in his possession let
ters from the heads of the police de-
partments of the different cities named
above, besides others from Afford S
home in Dallas, Texas. and the Pinker-
ton detective agency, all expressing the
warmest desire to get hold of the young
swirdler, and asking that should ht
by any chance manage to wriggle out of
his scrape here, to hold him and war;
rants would be Immediately sworn out
and officers sent for the prisoner The
record as above given does not by any
means comprise all of Affords esca-
pades. only those of the last few months
Over a year ago he was arrested in st.
Louis for passing forged check. but his
father came to his rescue and managed
to patch the matter up.
In Dallas the young man is well
known, his parents being highly es-
teemed. Gen. Afford, his father. has
helped his scapegrace son out of many
bad holes, but is understood to have at
last renounced him. and will let him suf-
fer the consequences of his crime. He
will be tried February 18th.