Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-29
From Friday's Daily. NJ M! N
CLEVER FORGERY CANE
" Little Falls Business Man
Victim,zed by a Bogus
travelling Salesman.

l. y. Brown, proprietor OF the
Pioneer Drug store In this city. was
done to the time Of $40. nv a clever
forgery game on Tuesday Of this
week. sN @ n .s' I ~ &
The wpy the deal came about
shows that Mr.. Brown had been
spot ted by the crook. who cIeverlv
represented himself to he a travelling
salesmnn. Mr.. Brown, DR.. Trace
and Chas. Hyde were coming from
the Twin Cities on the night train,
Thursday, Dec. H. They met !, man
on the train. who claimed that he
was travelling for WyckOff, Seamaas
& Benedict, Of Minneapolis. dealers
in typewriters. He gave his name
MS Luse. and during the ride from
Minneapolis he sat in the same seat
with Mr.. Brown, and HE cOnversa-,
ton was mostly in rega'd to the
house he was travelling for and the
goods he was handling. The Little
!1al's gentlemen got off at this place,
INT Luse said he was going 20
staples that night. and would visit
}rainerd and Aitkin, aid would then
.eturn and visit Little Falls, expect
ny to reach here ON Tuesday Or
Wednesday. He was true to his
youl and sanntered into Mr..
,ruwn's drag store just before noon.
lie asked MIR. Brown II he needed
nv typewriter ribbons, and was
answered in the negative. He took
silver half dollar from his pocket
. send it up in the air, and asked
,r a cigar, remnlking that that was
n the money he had. but said he
vas certain the house would send
i'm check 10y the first mail. He
it the store, and shrrtly after the
Don train came in he returned. and
flashed ascheck for $40 ON the First
,ational bank Of Minneapolis He
lsked Mr.. Brown If he would 20 to
ne bank and identify him SO he
uuld get the check cnshetl. Such
transactions being very common
With travelling salesman MIR. Brown
id not hesitate, hut wrote his name
n the back of the check which was
,gned with the name Of the firm
NyckOff, Seamuns 4 Benedict, aud
vas made in favor of Geo. NJ. Luse.
use, Or whatever his real name may
,e, went to the First National bank
/ this city and the check was readily
ashed for him. He chen returned
10 the drug store, and bid Mr..
;rown goodbye. saying that he
would 60 to st. Cloud on that utter
Don train and would go from there
up. the Great Northern to several
,ti,er points. The check was sent
'own to- Minnea polls. and the next
lay a. telegram was received stating
hat the signature was a forgery.
md that the firm had no man named
leo. M. Luse in it's employ.
A description Of Luse is now in the
lands of. the officers and an attempt
will 3e made, to capture him, but as
,e has over twenty-iour hours start
il likely that it will be difficult
work to locate him.
He registered ut Hotel Buchanan
~ G. NJ. Luse, and as he entered the
.,otel he shook hands with Landlord
Necusker. Mr.. Mecusker says that
re does not recall the mans name
,uttretnembersh hi wing met him many
lines during the last twelve years.
tie had lately shaved his mustache
If, Mr.. Mecusker says, and had
some what changed his appearances.
Dut when MI. Mecusker referred to
the change he made some joking re-
mark about it. Mr.. Ford, clerk at
The Buchanan, says that the man
who called himself Luse has benin
this city many times, not within the
last six months. He could not recall
his name but does not think 1t is
Luse. .5.
Forged checks ore becoming verv
numerous, and several of our, bust
ness men have been vlctimized by
them. tits to, hoped that the officers
will find Luse. and the full extent of
the law he melted out to him, for the
crime Of forgery is becoming too
common In this vicinity, and some
one should be made an example OF,
to stop Others. - '%$'s4iI. r..