The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-20
His Real Name Is Robert Bergman
and He Is ON Parole From the
Joliet Penitentiary.
FALSE PRETENSES HIS CRIME.
Served One Year of a Ten ear
Sentence and Came Here
Wanted in Milwaukee for
Passing Bad Checks.

Doctor Lou,s Frank Phillips, who Is
held by the police on two charges OF pass
ing worthless checks upon merchants from
whom he had made purchases. is no longer
q mystery. He never was d physician. but
| he did take course at hard labor in the
Joliet. H.. Fenitentiary. and he has nine
years yet to serve. being cut on parole
after completing one year OF a sentence
imposed IN Chicago for obtaining goods
| under false pretenses
All this he admitted to Chief Desmond
yesterday. His name Is Robert Bergman.
and his home is 10 Chicago where b!s
father. A. Bergman. lives, or did live. at
Thirty-frs; street and Winthrop avenue
II he IS not convicted 4 the charges
against him here. he will be returned to
Joliet.
Chief Desmond sent cut the prisoners
Photograph and Il careful description OF
him 10 oil the larger cities of the North
and East on Wednesday evening. In
answer yesterday re received several tel
esrams from cities where Bergman had
worked the check racket One telegram
came from Chief Jeneen Of Milwaukee.
Wis. where It is said that he cashed three
bogus checks for SO each on July 2. Chief
Milwaukee adventures but he only smiled
b!an6ly at the Chief and said he had never
been In the place. A few minutes after
wards the Chief received a telegram from
;he Warcen OF the penitentiary at Joliet,
stating that the Doctor Phillips under
arrest here was Robert Bergman. who Was
out On parole. When ths dispatch was
shown To tie prisoner he said: 1t is true.
/ was In the penitentiary. but l was
OF
me an order for $40 worth of goods to SET
for him l ordered the goods and sent
them 10 him, but he declared he never re-
cetved them. and l was indicted I was
not able to employ a good attorney. and
the fellow simply aided them In sending me-
10 the renitentiary. / was sentenced from
one 10 ten years. AZ the end Of oIlc year
and one month / was paro!ed by the Reard
or Pardons. l was let OUT IN April
In some RESPECTS Bergman i unlike any
other prisoner the local police have bundled.
HI. methods are crude and reck ess. 1t has
been established that as Doctor" Louis
jewelry houses OF tho city and some Of thu
smaller shops on Franklin avenue, III each
instance making purchases, which he or
Cerec sent TO No. liy1 Locust street G. o. d
The police have not discovered a case in
which he succeeded IN getting possession OF
the goo-ls.
the J. BoiIand Jewelry Company, who
caused the arrest O. Bergteld. The man who
represented himself as Doctor" Phillips
picked out a gold watch, gold watchchain.
diaInond-studded charm and diamond sun
burst at Eolland's. He explained that lie
didn't have much money with him and asked
that the articles be cent either to his Of
fce. which he said was liz the Commercial
building, or to his residence, at No. 2iu9 Lo-
Gust street. He1err, who waited upon him,
found out that his customer had no Office IN
the Commercial building. He became sus-
p.c:ous and telephoned TO the police.
Detectives frese and Geim-r responded
and Hetfern went with them TO the house.
Recognizing Phillips by his blue & asses.
Heffern gave the officers the signal and the
man was arrested. Later IN the evening
representatives Of other Jeweiry houses
called at the house with goods sent out c.
o. ID. But Doctor Phillips was in the
hoIdover. and none Of the orders was de-
EyereG
Bergman has also used the names OF A. V.
Ogden and Doctor Wentworth in his deal
ings with iewelry and furniture houses. He
Is not accomplished in his line of work. The
blue goggles which hs wore when he ca LED
at the Jewery stores and which he had on
when he was arrested would have caused
his Identification II everything else had
failed. The lenses are very heavy and OF
an unusual shade OF blue.