The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-29
BECAUSE He LOVED
Young Brown Bought Daisy
Bentley a Few Groceries
WITH A FORGED CHECK
Jim Tapp Victimized in the
DeaI--BroWn Arrested.
WITH A FORGED CHECK

". z. Brown, now in the city Jail, Is
one young man who probably thinks he
had better stayed in the country and not
have loved Daisy Bentley. He is charged
with passing a forged check on
James ". Tapp. manager Of the
Red Front Racket, yesterday morn
ing, and the police say he has
confessed. Mr.. Tapp swore out a state
warrant for Brown in the city court yes
terday afternoon and the young man will
probably land in the penitendary. The
check which he forged and presented TO
Mr.. Tapp was purported TO be one issued
by J. <. Steele, a prominent and well-to-
do farmer near Maize and was made pay
able to Brown for 81. Mr.. Brown knew
everybody about Maize, and told such a
straight story that Mr.. Tapp sold Brown
some groceries and paid him So in cash
on the check. After Brown left the
store Tapp examined the signature on the
check and became suspicious. The reve-
nue. stamp was not cancelled with Mr..
Steele's initials. He then sent a boy TO
the bank with the check TO see If it was
genuine and the bank said il was a for
gerry. Mr.. Tapp then informed the chief
OF police and inside of an hour Detective
Cairns and Policeman Osborne had land
cd young Brown in the city jail.
Brown acted very boldly for one who
comes from the country to ply q new
trade. He had doubtless become tired of
the motony Of country life, and when
he came 10 Wichita his head was turned
by the gayety Of the Christmastide in a
great city. He fell in love with the city
and its ways. Likewise he found a sweet
heart, and sweethearts are sweeter at
Christmas time than any other time, at
least they make a young man think so,
SO Brown lavished his affections and his
cash on the girl until his cash ran short
Yesterday he hired a livery team and
took Daisy Bentley out for a ride. Daisy
had been staying with her sister in a
room on East Douglas avenue, and the
girls needed groceries. Brown, after hay
Ing driven the team pretty hard. stopped
at Mr.. Taps store and bought Daisy
and her sister the groceries with his
forged check. He was seen to unload the
groceries at Daisy's door, and they were
afterwards recovered there. The S1g was
not recovered. It was thought TO have
been IN Daisy's stocking. and after
Browns arrest Chief Cubbon sent for
Daisy, but the money could not be found.
Miss Bentley was so mad when she got
10 the police station that she threatened
TO dishevel Chief Cubbon's hair.
BE careful young woman" said the
chief, cor I'll lock you up too, quick"
Lock me up as quick as you want to-"
retorted the girl IF that jail is good
enough for Willie it's good enough for
me"
But the chiefs threat finally quieted
Daisy. ard with the assistance Of Detec-
tive Sutton, Daisy and the chief ended
their seance amicably, and she was sent
away with a good lecture. The Bentley
girl is reported to be a very pretty but
very bad girl, and she has given the po-
lice a great deal of trouble 1t is
thought Brown would not have forged
the check had it not been for her, but
he became infatuated with her and was
bound to keep her in groceries and trim
kets. and in order to do so played a
very rash and losing game.