The evening times., 1898-12-31
BROKER PARKER'S son
ARRESTED FOR FORGERY
\ FRIEND OF THE PuLLMANs
Father "A Leading Business Man, and
His Amt Mrs. stone, Prominent
In Chicago Society.

I'm Chicago Society.
New York, Dec. 31.-Frank A. Parker,
arraigned in the Centre Street Police
Court yesterday on charge of forgery,
is declared by the police to be the head of
dangerous band of forgers, and by F. K.
Buckminster, Chicago detective, to be
the son of A. A. Parker a Chicago broker
and the nephew OF Mrs. II. D. Stone. the
leader of Cnicago society.
Parker's arrest is the sequel to the ar
rest TWO weeks ago of Walter Dixon, who
succeeded In passing a check for SI21 at
a jewelry store in Broadway After he
had leared the facts of that transaction
and had captured Parker, Captain McClus-
ky declared these two men to be the cley
crest forgers he had ever men.
Captain McClusky had been looking for
Parker and Dixon for several weeks.
Schinasi Brothers. tobacco dealers at No.
12 Broad Street, had informed the detect
i've bureau that their name had been
forged 10 check for S721, stating that the
work had been done so cleverly that 70
difficulty was found in having the check
verified. When the signature first was
seen by Schinasi Brothers they pronounced
il genuine.
After the discovery had been made that
the check was forgery an investigation
was instituted. This showed that Parker
had gone to the store OF Schinasi Broth
ers several weeks before and had made
some small purchases. Offering a $50 bill
in payment He asked for and received in
change check for s., saying that he
wanted TO send the money in a letter.
After he had the signature OF the firm IL
his possession, it is alleged, by means OF
a clever Photographic process the entire
check. signature and all, for S72i was
produced.
When Dixon presented this check at a
Broadway jewelry store he offered it III
payment for purchases amounting to $500.
The check was sent to the Germ1 MIA
American Bank. on which it was drawn,
and was there pronounced to be COOL.
But two detectives who had been qIes-
ticning Dixon about it decided to take
him into custody
After the bank had certified this check
the genuine check for s. given by Schi-
nasi Brothers was eashed. II was through
the Endorsements upon this check that
the detectives were able 10 locate Parke-
They assert that Parker is wanted IN
Chicago, and that he laid down q series
of bad checks for large sums in that city:
Dixon, they add, is only mechanic OF
Parker's band, being one of the men sent
out TO pass the spurious paper.
When Parker was arraigned in court
yesterday by Detective Sergeants Price
and Kiernan he declined TO talk and was
remanded until this morning He is a me-
dunn sized man. with light mustache and
hair, dresses in coed taste and has the Sp
pearance of a well-to-do young business
man.
Detective Buckminster. of the Chicago
central office. was present when Parker
was arraigned. Capt McClusky, knowing
that Parker was wanted by the Chicago
police, had notified them of what his men
were doing, and Detective Buckminster had
been sent to this city. He went TO the
Centre Street court so as 10 be or hand in
case the magistrate, deciding that there
was not enough connection between the OBJ
tanning of the 3 check by Parker and the
attempt to pass the forged check, should
discharge him.
Parker, according TO the Chicago detec-
tive, has been for many years an intimate
friend and companion of the Pullman
twins, George NJ, Jr., and Sanger, who
were disinherited by their father, George
NJ Pullman. Parker and the two Pullman
boys. he said. were together almost con-
stantly in their younger days.
Detective Buckminster, when asked for
what Parker was wanted In Chicago, said
the police had been seeking him on charges
of uttering" several worthless checks.
which were passed by Mabel Rapp. of Chi
cago, upon Mandel Bros, merchants in
that city. He said this woman. who was
connected with the recent hanson cab
mystery obtained large sums of money
from worthless checks