The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
THE FREED Co. VICTIMIzED,
A STRANGER PASSES A CHECK
SAID TO BE WORTHLESS.
his purchase Amounted to $50 and
He rendered Check For SIS, Re-
ceiving the Difference In Change.

Yesterday afternoon a man appeared in
Freed furniture store and asked to see
some furniture. He was shown about tile
store and he purchased several pieces
amounting to $50. In payment for this
He gave check, signed by ". A. Nal
CON- Tor $40. This was accepted by the
company and the necessary change. SIS
was paid in a check by the Freed Fd,rni-
ture company
Tlaee man did not take the furniture but
te1J directions as TO what was - h. don
wtth II and departed. After The customer
Aau gone Mr. Freed began to thfnlx fba
In7ltte- over and il struck him thar r,sr-
maps the check was worthless. This idea
OS1dn 10 worry him and he finally semi
vti9 or ms clerks out to ascertain from
me oan5 ~ there were any funds to the
crsd.t OF W. a. Malcolm
1he cank was closed and no one con-
necled with II could be found 50 the clerk
W. 49, o- On a SUI hunt for the man who
hdI gwen the check to them. AbOut Q
CLOCK the man was found sitting in
front of the Cullen hotel The clerk iron,
rIeSI accosusd him and asked him IL ne
Would not return TO the store and change
the date OF the check as il was wrong
HCc0Td1ng 70 the clerks story the man
asked MIN II he was sure that was All ha
W35lted- The clerk replied thar liz Wae
and the man requested him m S,an ~
.sle MOTEL with him. The representative of
we furniture company aSdJItesced ana
tS--SS III BACK 70 'che toilet room of the
~ lo'-ei- me clerk kept close to the man for
ne reared that any minute he ,,r1,IiId
escape and the money would be Lost He
DeHsVed the man had passed a bogus
creek on them and he was Determined h.
&c. what money he could TO redeem H.
w men they reached the toilet room the
CLERK demanded the check which Freed
nad gwen him The man said he mad
Cdshed IL and only had a little left Ha
Went through his pockets and handed
over 10 the clerk $3.50 and two railroad
passes which he said were worth Sf4 H
SAID that he mad friend who had some
money ana ne would go in another room
f ~, geL IL I ne lnnocsent furniture man
thinking only OF the money, let him 90
ana that was the last seen of him
rearing that he would lose an tho
money Inc clerk rushed to the poIfcs
slauon and explained matters. Asked
Wny ne DID not tell the police when ne
= ~ 80 me man ne replied that 1t WIS not
" MS interest TO arrest the man: all thew
wanted was the money. and he WASN'T
BoInS 20 risk his life for IT. He cOuJd
n0g make his explanations clear WHY ba
ulu not tell the officers when he saw fna
= there We're several of them stand
ssas lsairoad passes were made ont IN
y. II. 1ripp. One Of them was an adver-
using pass over the Denver & Rio G,randa
from Grand Junction TO Denver and the
0lher a press ticket over the Rio Cran5a
" eStern from Ogden 10 Grand Junction
bVth were on the account OF the TeIe-
SIapn OIL Kalamazoo. Mich Accompany
lng them were two letters addressed To
Mr.. r a. Mason. business manager Of
the Telegraph, stating that the BASES
H T Deen extended 80 days Both were
from the headquarters of the roads.
so TAR the man Trip OF MaIcOm. which,
hended- aPHio-