The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-24
he GOT CAUGHT At It
BaQley Passed Worthless Checks
on Working Women.
HE SWINQLED MRS. Under
Il Was q Very Raw Piece OF Work and
Led TO HIS Arrest-His Victims
Were Unsccustomed to Hand
ling Checks

The arrest yesterday Of Joseph Bag
lev for ~swindiing Mrs. Dora Linder OF
335 South Montana street out OF sl2,
disclosed the facts In connection with
about the rawest Job Of passing worth
less checks on record. Bagley palmed
OF his spurious checks on working wo-
men. but got caught at II. and Is now
in the county jail on a charge OF OBJ
tanning money under false p~retenses.
Bagley's scheme as stated was about
the rawest imaginable to be worked
successfully. even on people as unac-
customed to handling checks as are MS
victims. As told by them. II was about
as follows: Last Friday Bagley went
to the home of Mrs. Joseph Taylor. at
20h West silver street. and represented
that he wished to engage the services
of a housekeeper. Az Mrs. Taylor is
dependent pom her own exertions Tor
a livelihood and Bagley offered fair
terms. she opened negotiations with
him. He agred to pay a stipulated
wage. and said he would take MIS-.
Taylor on trial, and II she suited him
he would marry her. Mrs. Taylor did
not acquiesce in the latter part OF the
proposition, but thinking she might get
a good home. agreed to go and keep
house for Bagley. h did not know
the man and thought ne ought to give
her some evidence of good faith, and
to convince her he was all right. and
that there was nothing small about
him. he pulled out a blank check on the
First National bank and wrote a check
In lead pencil. for $50 Of her pay In ad-
vance. The check read:
Butte, Mont, Oct. 25. 1ses-First Ma
tional Bank Pay to Bose $50. Joseph
A. Bose"
To carry out his BLUM Bagley put a
one-cent postage stamp on the face or
the check for a revenue stamp. Mrs.
Taylor had not had very much ex-
perience with checks. but this one was
so ~palpably worthless that II excited
even her suspicion and she remarked
IL had a peculiar appearance. Bagley
told her II she had any doubts about
II being genuine to go across to the
wood yard at the corner of Montana
and Silver streets, near Mrs. Taylor's
home. as the people there knew him.
expect Mrs. Taylor to take him
at his word. but she did. after
he had gone and was told the check
was no good and that the wood yard
people knew no such person as Bose
Mrs. Taylor concluded she did not care
10 d. business with Bagley. or Bose
as she knew him at this time, and
MHtl Ht Ndlitb aNtA' eb' 80 1890
she had changed her mind.
Bagley started out to find another
woman n went to the home OF Mrs.
Dora Linder of 1886 South Montana
street. not far from Mrs. Taylors.
Mrs. Linder also works for a living and
was glad to accept Bagley's offer. and
a deal was soon contaminated and
Ragley Informed Mrs. Under he would
come for her this morning. At this
time he b%ethought himself that he
ought to give Mrs. Under some sort OF
n guarantee of good faith, and that he
needed a little change, so he produced
a check for 800 n asked her 10 lei
him have a little money and he would
leave the check with her. The check
read:
Butte, Mont. Oct. .. 1898. w. A
Clark a Brother-Pay to bearer the
800 and oblige II. b. p"
The check bore a signature which
looked both like J. NJ. Forby n j. ii
Forbis. the handwriting being so bad
Il was hard to tell which was meant.
Mrs. Linder took the check to Clark
bank and foundi IL was worthless. and
having seen Bagley at the house o.
Mrs. Taylor. went there TO inquire
what she knew about him. The wo
men compared notes and soon became
convinced one had been indie an'
that an attempt had been made t
SWindle the Otner. SnOrlly dlteTNdI'
Bagley again put in an appearance a
Mrs. Taylor's. driving a rig he ha'
hired at a livery stable. Mrs. Linder'
little boy called his mothers attention
to the fact when he saw Bagley driv
up, and Mrs. Linder went over and de
manded her money. Bagley made pro
fuse protestations that he was all RICH
and said all the check needed was
revenue stamp. He told Mrs. Linder {
get I'm the buggy and he would driv
her to the bank and convince her he
fears were u~nfounded. Mrs. Linde
started around the buggy to get in an
Bagley whipped up his horse and drov
away. Mrs. Linder's boy. however. hai
succeeded in crawling into the back o
the buggy. and his mother called to hir
TO hang on and see where the ma
went. The boy did as he was told an
hung on for lei life while Bagls
drove rapidly across the city and dow
to the Great Northern. where h
knocked the boy of n turning aroun
drove back up town. The boy locke
around for an officer. but could not fr
one. and went home. Mrs. Linde.
once sent for the police, but had gon
out when Detective Murphy arrive
at her house. and nothink was don
till yesterday, when Mrs. Linder's DO,
who vas watching for Bagley. saw hiI