Evening journal., 1899-04-18
SWINDLED LIQUOR MEN
Blank Checks Stolen From
Lawyer Davis Check Book.
HIS NAME FORGED ON THEM

FROM WILLIAM AI.SENTZER AND
DOMINICK sUsTILIo. WHO
CAsHED THE FORGED NOTES AND
RETURNED CHANGE.
william Alsentzer. wine importer OF
No. @S King street. and Domnick sus.
tillo. liquor dealer, Of No. 5i9 Tatnan
street. are losers of considerable
amount OF money by clever swlndlers.
The men, of whom there were two.
worked n clever game, combining theft
with forgery. BY some unknown means
| they effected an entrance into the office
| Of Attorney Thomas Davis. 10. gl5 Mar
ket street. ana removed six blank checks
from his check book and carried them
Off What time the theft occurred Mr..
Davis Is unable to say and knew nothing
about it until yesterday.
PURCHASED GOODS.
About $50 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
during the absence of Mr.. Sustllo from
his place Of business. the telephone rang
and was answered by the young woman
clerk who had charge Of the store whis
the proprietor was away. She was in
formed by the party at the other end Of
the wire that his name was William
Reynolds. and he wanted to know il Mr..
sustillo could fll small order Of wine
for him and deliver it, The young
woman, thinking it was Mr.. Reynolds
OF whom she had some knowledge re-
piled in the affirmative. whereupon the
man ordered a quantity OF wines amount
| Ing to S5.75. He informed her that he
wanted them sent to No. SOB Jefferson
street to a Mr.. Shaeffer. and that his
Reynolds) son. would call around ana
pay the bill by check.
Before the goods We're delivered. how
ever, q stout man. well dressed. aged
about 2S years. called az Mt. sustlos
store and presented n check for s2S.
drawn to the order Of William Reynolds
and signed Thomas Davis. He rendered
the note in payment Of the bin ana re-
ceved the proper change, S22.25 from the
young woman, and after telling her to
be sure and deliver the goods as soon as
possible. departed. The wines were 40.
cordingly sent out to Mr.. Shaeffer's about
o'clock but some half hour after he
came into the store Indignant that they
should have been sent there. and wanled
them removed at once. He said ne knew
Reynolds slightly and that ne had been
| requested by him to be allowed to leave
a few articles at his home for a short
time. as he was going 10 give a surprise
party to some one and did not want, to
send the goods there. When his wiie saw
the nature Of the artlces she objected.
however and he wanted them removed
especially as another lot of the same
description had arrived. The goods were
accordingly removed but two bottles
We're missing
This aroused the young womans sus-
picions as to the validity Of the check,
and she informed Mr.. Sustiuo of the
transaction after he came in. All the
Mr. Reynolds were called up over tele-
phone, but none had ordered any wine.
As it was too late to consult the bank
upon which the checks were drawn. The
Equitable Guarantee and Trust Company.
the matter went over until yesterday.
ALsENTzER swINDLED.
in the meantime two men had entered
William Alsentzer's place, No. 30S King
street, and inquired If they could pur-
chase some goods. Upon being informed
they could they bought S25 worth Of
wines and champagnes and ordered them
sent to Mr.. Shaeffer, No 500 jefferson
street. In payment they rendered check
for Si3. drawn to the order Of Howard
A. Crossan, on the Equitable Guarantee
and Trust Company. and signed by
Thomas Davis
Khe shorter man OF the two told Mr.
! Alsentzer he was student in the Davis
2 office and that the check was good II
0 was thereupon cashed by the proprietor
and the change. SIS, handed to the men,
About a half hour after they departed
1 they returned and stated they wanted q
small quantity more, and accordingly
4 purchased s. worth. For this they pre-
D sented another Of Mr.. Davis checks e:
s $50, drawn in the same manner, whicf
was promptly cashed. After 1sain order
:. ing the wine sent to the Jefferson stree
house and inqurlng where they could
purchase ten gallc.s Of ice cream for q
surprise party, .hey departed and were
( seen no mc-e.
{ The goe'.s were delivered al the address
e given md behind the entry door huns
e two cards bearing the names Of Howard
q \. Crossan and William Reynolds, which
= Mrs Shaeffer told the man who brough
- the wines had been left there i'm cast
It anyone had any parcels to deliver fo
1 them. The card upon which the mel
left their order at Alsentzer's bore th'
name "The Prospect" No. S27 Race
street, Philadelphia.
e THE FRAUD DETECTED.
When the young woman from Mr.. Sus
2 tilo's presented the check al the Trus
= Company on Monday Mr.. Davis was sum
moned at once pronounced Il forgery
Mr.. Alsentzer came in about the sam
: time to deposit his and was also informed
u of the same fact He at once sent hi
man out TO the Shaeffer house and re
covered all his wine except four bottles
some of which had been drunk on th
premises and several, Mrs. Shaeffer In
formed him. had been packed in gri
Saturday night and carried away by tn
l. men.
10 The police were notified Of the affai
II and the three checks turned over 4
'' them Mr. Schaeffer declares he know
r nothing about the men beyond having
slight acquaintance with them, and Say
s, that they requested him to allow them Z