The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-10-08
IS A CRACK SW|NDLER
First-Class Hotel Keepers Are His
Particular Victims.
HE WORKED BOGUS CHECKS
John Wansmaker and Henry clews
Among His Victims-operated a.
All Parts Of the Country De-
frauded a Widow

New York. O't. 1-Th- police say
that Emmett g. Gibson. also known as
Gr1rg" A. Sherin, who was arrested
hfad4uaft- il the must accomplish
% bupus check and hotel swindler in
lns country. Gibson. according 70 tho
FNlirr has succeeded by means II for
e'r}- bogus che, Ks aud dealings In
stn'ks and bonds. and plying his wiles
upou 'ifsJ-Hlass hptelke-pers, during
tho lass four years IN getting and
sprndlng IN M" n"ighburhood Of sa0o.
~@. Among his victims, according 4,
pDll,r captain MoCIuskey. are Henry
CirW'r and John Wanamaker.
The police had begn getting COM
plants from different first-class hotels
in thr city fnr many days back. Bogus
checks were laid dawn by Gibson ia
payment ~ board bills The checks
were huuurcd iu almost every case.
their WnrthlcssneSs only coming To
hcht whrn he had made himself
scarc", Complaints reached headauar-
iers from lh' Uolir" officers in both
Eastern and Western cities and the
police recognized Iibson's handiwork.
Detectives We're put an the Clewes
trf+ anu NlA'N AiN tNfhA 'flhNNN As Alt
Hotel Bartholdt. They did not ind
him in when they went 20 the hotel
yesterday % bag the game. lie was.
however. found ia the Grand hotel. The
d,t~'tiNos saw A tall. slim. sharp-fea-
'ur''d man. with blue eyes. a high fore
head and blonde Whiskers. lie was
we'll dressed and very coul when the
officers invited him tu take a stroll To
police hcadqgartcrs protesting that
the polic" had made mistake.
N police headquarters he described
himself a. Emm-t &. Gibson. - years
~ ag-. at m" rariholdi hotel and a
natiV" of this country. H. said h. vas
,icr pfnsidrni ~ the Akron Street Rail-
Way company uf Akron, ohio. "A lawyer
aud unor upon "A time Judge in an
ohio town. Th' sprcinc complaint m
tor'd nu The bl0lter dgainst him was
made hy the auditor ~ tho Imperial
hui,l lie alleges that Gibson was a
guest NJ thr hotel On Aug. 4. ~ last
y,aU and presented Worthless check
fnr $500 In payment vi s26 board bill.
Gibson "put down ghe check and went
away with tho halanCc in cash. lie
was s,s'n M more nt the Imperial.
",iihson had An office in the Mills
building not long ago" said captain
Mcclusky. IT was handsomely APP
painted, tie talked about his connec-
ti"n with the Akron Street Railway
company as winning card e. gain
confidence, He Wun over even Henry
clcNs. la fp't his office Was next Ia
Mr.. cIcWS' when hc had wormed
himself into Mr.. rlrWs' good graces
he calmly laid down with him a NS)9
Chcck Mr. cl.ws cashed W. only to
discover how worthless " was. but Glib
son had gone \ paddock was ia, On
his otiice dnir
Gibson met MIR Wannmakcr In
Philadelphia somr time age and the
dry goods man was attracted by him.
Gihs"n suggested a paper 10 be started
and run by him in the interest ~ Mr..
Wan1makrr store. Good idea Mr..
Mnnamalirr said to Gibson, and a
plant WIS purchased. The next ming
Mr.. Wanamakrr knew Gibson had sold
th. plant Tor several thousand dollars
and Philadelphia has not known him
since. 50 far as il known. The police
have not yet got a definite Idea nt Gi0-
ynn's st,plings. y viii foot up To mere
than si0n.OoO In four year and he ope-
rated In both the Fast and the West.
\ widow I'm cleveland Is said To have
been dcfraudcd ~ 81. o00 hy Gibson.