The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-31
SKILLED FORGER NABBED.
Parker SAID TO BE WRITER" ron
4 GANG or CHECK PLSSERS.

Mixed UP with Walter Dixon in Ono of the
Cleverest Forgerles Ever Known In Now
H~ork-Ncphcw OF Mrs. II. o. Stone
and Chum of tho Pullman Brothers.
Several weeks ago Walter Dixon was ar.
rested for passing u bad check for S751 on
Mrs. Lynch's jewelry store In Union square.
In payment for $3.50 worth OF jeweiry. The
check bore what purported to be the sigma
ture OF Schinasi Brothers. tohacconists at
az Broad street. It was sent to the German
American Bank. on which Il was drawn. and
returned, certified by the cashier, who said
that the signature was genuine. Not satisfied.
the Lynch people sent the check to tho to-
bacco store. and Mr.. Schlnasi himself said that
the signature seemed to be his. but that he
had never made out such a check. Dixon was
arrested and Is now In the Tombs awaiting
trial. Yesterday the police made another ar
rest In the case. taking into custody Frank A.
Parker. ~ years old. OF Chicago.
Parker was arrested on Liberty street by
Detective Sergeants Price and Herman. and
was identified by Detective Buckminster OF
the Chicago Detective Bureau. who wants to
take him back to Chicago to answer to two
charges OF forgery there, He says that Par
ker ia a son of Augustus A. Parker. a we'll
known and wealthy Chicago broker. who lives
mt the Hotel Lexington there. and a nephew OF
Mrs. II. o. Stone and Mrs. Burton Holmes,
prominent Chicago society women. He also
SAYS, that the young man has been a chum of
iine rMIlinan brothers. Parker Is good look
With Hi arrest Sgs his Is the result on Of an invsstiga,ion
tension Dixon SSsM eS was t tols S'n that t'I the o sUprS,
against him was that he had raised a 50 check
issued by sehinasi Brothers to a young
asked II the police would be, satisfied, in
case the SO check came back. They said they
would. A few days later the So check came
back, with a number OF Endorsements. through
which II was TRACED to Parker.
whom the check was Issued n ~ and yUi" tLe sns S5755YI
fhsc IS Is cb alleged to ta be q s Sopg I. made n by yo him . Of
bought some cigarettes and asked for a blank
check, saving that he Wished to send some
On the following day he came again and pur-
chased $40 worth Of cigarettes. which he or
fSr ssy sSn, to Se 3 sa iFtsna sI l1 b hif'y s ;Rintn fo srr s 3
check, in return. as he wanted to send 50 to u
man in the West in a hurry. The check was
Parker admits being the man who got the SIS
check, and says that he sent it to his friend in
knows nothing Of the check for $75i.. The
scsRinSSssI' iBs ro It | rs V cheek Be SR' but bans has S9i"t di T.
re tere e stV water tnr marx 9qE ,rh Its lumber y corresponds
Parker is the writer for a gang of organized
check passers and that he is The most skIlfal
ed twice for forgery in Chicago and both times
his father settled the cases. 1t is said that he
was associated there with Mabel Ramp. a no.
tortous woman known to the police as a passer |
of bad checks. Detective Buckminster says
that there. are now two indictments against
him in Chicago and that IL the present case
falls through he will take him back there for
trial.
As there are plenty OF other checks OF Schin- |
asi Brothers from which the $751; check might
have been copied. it devolves upon the police
q. prove some connection between Parker and
or that Parker used the 81 check.
which he freely admits having cashed, as a
model for the forgery.