Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-04-08
ALL FOR LOVE.
Young Weaver Forged His Mothers
Check to See His Sweetheart.

Young Weaver Forged His Mothers
Check to See His Sweetheart.
A few weeks ago one Edgar Weaver
| was arrested in this city by the police
on Information from General Passen-
| ger Agent G. J. Byrne. Of Los Angeles.
| Weaver had rendered his mothers
check for slI5 and after securing a
ticket to Boston and the change,
boarded n Santa Fe train and started
for the famous eastern city. Soon NJ.
ter his departure the railway officials
detected the forgery. and would have
caused the young man n great deal
of trouble had IL not been for the In.
reference Of the parents. At any
rate Weaver was taken In charge here
| and held until his parents adjusted
the matter satisfactorily with the com.
pany. after which they sent him
| money to go home on, and upon his
| arrival there they succeeded In send.
ing him to the reform school. Fol.
lowing is a clipping from the Los
Angeles Times regarding the young
man.
Edgar McWeaver, of Santa Monica,
was committed to the Whittier Re
form school by Judge York yesterday.
II was a violent attack of puppy love
that did II. Edgar may conclude that
II were better never to have loved nj
all. But he doesn't now. The heart
OF a Boston girl has him in its meshes.
Young McWeaver Is II years old.
His father, Michael X. McWeaver. is
a gardener: his mother is an invalid
OF considerable means. who Is living
at Sierra Madre In the hope of relief
from lung trouble. A year or 30 ago
| lHlu.. ,ta in nnatnn Tharn no mat
a girl In one OF the suburban villages.
%whereupon something went crack"
inside OF him and the deluges of love
Hooded him about. He complimented
the sweet young lady by fearing that
Everybody else would fall in love with
, her, too, and II was hard work to
break away from her. But he got into
some sort of trouble at last and hur'
riedly left for California.
No sooner was he back than a win
ter Of gnawing discomfort set in
Nothing went as he wanted II In his
home. He was dissatisfied and irrita
BILE. He wouldn't mind his father and
spent much of his time composing
|, polysyllabic epistles to the fairest 81
her sex" neal Boston town. The mon
lotony OF this state of things he varied
by running away a time or two.
q Less than a month x he returned
q home without money. One day tn
n father found a bank check on his desl
signed by the son and soon noted |
o to be a forgery. Edgar was duly lee
tured and told he would end In the bal
place II he did things like that. but Ed
gar was In love and spring fever file
his being with a wild delirium, tn
vision OF his mind being always of tn
Massachusetts, maiden. He must Sc
= her. A forged check or his mother
. bank account for $l75 gave him
good start.
He first made efforts to cash II wit
the Santa Fe agent at Santa Monies
but failed. Then he anne to Los Al
, geles. and at the Santa Fe headqual
! tiers here succeeded In buying n itch
n ct to Boston, and on he went. A
soon as his parents learned what h
! had done they set the telegraph wire
to clicking and finally succeeded /
!, heading of their love-lorn child at A
%buquerque and let him have jus
u enough money to live on until he coul
get work there. But he wasn't notice
to have done anything. Finally the
sent him a ticket, and he was HON
VI again. Then IL was that IL SCENE
Ie best to send him to Whittier. so car,
"a full In his testimony against the bo
'e was the father. that Edgar was hardl
- committed. Mr.. McWeaver wante
e. his son sent to the reformatory, br
he didn't want II to appear that b
!. was a bad boy. Edgar admitted tn
forgeries, and being a brave love
would not deny the eastern attacl
ment. The father a~sseverates thi
the girl Is an unworthy parsonage.